Sharp County record., 1891-07-23
u WHIP TRUST.

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oieSpOo, =, xx.ters Combine and Put Up
dSp0o,s, -Talxjnc Advantage of Mckinney
|SSeS n,,t,es-Trusts and Protection
Lka IVA I, Glove, and Labor Is "Not In IT,
Nlfas mother trust has been added to
adv long list. The latest is
E,ue rs. ust Tie managers of this trust
,us well troll of the rattan supply, shut
'He oilb the small concerns, formed
"aShlg alton and whips are higher now
+ lioas ~ asO't before, with chance of a
w fepeai rice as the stock grows scarce
.. he rnonopolists tells us These
COOK u. Il saws the Rural New Yorker;
gar L.. he whip-hand of the consumers
1nen adi mt: What satisfaction 1t would
nee; theS ,cyef. I'd use the lash on their
is ligb cks:n and, it may well be added
|ed in tht backs of the McKinleyites who
Fugar To- he high protection which makes
|ot Free p trust possible
Y all whips are made OF rattan
fd usiD, with FAX or leather. II they
|e lors1s cred with flax they are dutiable
are i, ufactures of flax. The duty on
10 resrl, rticles In the old tariff was 40
be YEAR at ad valorem; but the Mckin-
eals ~ raised this to 50 per cent.
S bads covered with leather were duti-
fer sss' 40 percent; but this gave place
uty of S5 per cent under the
lHfri q; Of the Mckinley hand. These
|5f MIN iG were; 0f course, imposed under
{ 1 j. tense Of better protection to do,
|onfri & industry and as a guarantee OF
wv wapes To American labor.
"d mU5 ebenefts of protection" can only
orauN ,nvi lized by raising prices, and the
|,ru 1n'l'y 5,! trust thoroughly understands
|.od aV4' It is therefore, perfectly idle for
To..y cKinleyite to pretend to be the
;'a i'ia'a trusts and combinations to con-
ipGj'- rices. The trust merely appro-
"a uali what the tariff makers give,
1'lu le trust is the surest means OF
=" ny ng into effect their patriotic
on ,es"
ices oil the trusts themselves take this
Is only / the matter is evident from the
|eets Of remark made last year by
/ Il hot eiit Havemever, Of the sugar
on' and Speaking Of the hostile criti-
sauce 1 the Sugar trust in the columns
tectionist organs; the great sugar
P make aid: "The great cry of one of the
|ns, one parties is for protection; that is,
PonfuB ry fof it loudly during campaigns,
butter hen we proceed to give ourselves
melt protection a howl is raised. They
lett I'd protection for the industries.
hen it an industry protects itself it is
m the lat it is illegal" A more logical
Fifteen lent Of the kinship of protection
L that usts was never made than in these
ns and 1--WE proceed to give ourselves
long. protection"
is what the whip trust has done
b well ely this and nothing more The
when lsed protection granted by the
every nleyites was taken as an invitation
Spoon. Sc prices But the small concerns
lem. in the way. The trust, however,
SUGAR out way to apply their protec-
water They got control of all the rat
|lutes nd shut out the offending small
h wa. rms completely.
Eerye course, the closing up of these con-
wav means that the laborers employed
bI I'm are thrown out of work; but
|ostoS is no guarantee in the tariff law
- \. --AAL2 al find steadier employ
,riM Of any better wages Has any
Ia yet heard Of a case where the en-
onaj IS of awhip factory have received
S oSi vance Of wages since the higher
t,.a nss Of the Mckinley law took effect?
ItS IA Is case labor once more gets left;
= " rejection has never yet protected