The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-08-27
HOW DEMOCRACY STOOD IN 1891.


Whereas, The said reduction OF tariff
on imported wool discriminates against
the wool-growers OF the west in favor of
the manufacturers of the east, thereby
compelling the wool growers of the west
to compete with cheap wool of foreign
countries 10 their own great Injury and
Whereas, That tariff was reasonable
and not too high, before the reduction,
and stands now at rate SO low as to
injuriously affect that large and respect
able class Of people who have devoted
themselves to wool growing AMI
already introduced q bill in the House Of
OF the Forty.eighth Con
press, to restore the tariff on wool as II
stood prior TO the recent reduction which /
should be passed at the earliest time pos
sible; therefore, bel
Resolved by the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio, That our Senator's in
Congress be and are hereby instructed,
and our Representatives requested TO use
all honorable means and vote for the bill
TO restore the tariff on wool as II stood
prior to the recent reduction, and that the
Governor be requested to send a copy of
this resolution To each OF our Senators and
Representatives at Washington,
The question recurring on the adoption
of the joint resolution, the yeas and nays
were taken, and rosulted-yeas "a, ngys L
This resolution received the support of
The wrong of 1888 was righted at the
very first moment that the Regtk lican
party secured control of Congress and
wae not Ttghted in oil the years the
Democrats were in control. The new law
gives the wool grower better protection
than he ever bad before. The wool of the
world has fallen in price. American
tariffs do not fix the price of foreign wool,
but they do stand as a wall of defense TO
the American wool grower against the
wool produced on cheaper lands and by
cheapear labor in other countries.
r7HE NEW TARIFF LAW HAS INCREASED OUR
TRADE.
The new tariff law went into fleet Oc-
tober G. 1890. 1t had been in operation,
therefore, "a few days short of'tine months
on the Both of June last. The iast official
report we have Of the statement of foreign
commerce. issued by ths Bureau of Stats.
tics of the Treasury Department, shows
the total value of imports of merchandise
during those nine months was S630, ,206, 900.
During the corresponding period Of 1870,
the total value Of imports OF merchandise
was$599, ,769,305. There were, therefore,
imported during the nine months of 1891,
under the new tariff law Sl ,436 100 more;
than in the corresponding period of 1880.
under the operation of the old law. AS
showing the effect of the ope ration OF the
new law, it is important TO know what
proportion of these imports were freeSand
what proportion were dutiable, both uader
the old and the new laws. During the
nine months ending. June 30, 1891, the for
eign goods admitted free Of duty, were
valued at sos 1888 ,G65. During the nine
months ending June 30, 1890, the value Of
free imports was sos, ,9SS, ,873-an increase
Of free importations, in favor of the new
Law, of $S6, ,979, 1872.
AN IJNPREcEpENuwp FREE LIST,
The foreign goods which were dutiable
under the new law, in that period, we're
S384 $40 in value and, for the nine
months, under the old law, ending June
30. 1890, the foreign goods dutiable, were
1855, ,7S6, ,032, being decrease In the value
of merchandise paying duty under the
new law in the sum of SOC, ,543, ,6s2. Forty
six aud nine-tenths per cent. under the
uev law of all our imports, in value, were
admitted free of duty, and for the same
period under the old law, "a and $40 per
cent. we're admitted free of duty. That is
to say, that under the new law, which our
opponents assert is prohibitory. and, a
greet increase of duties over the old law,
46 and 10 per cent. in value of all ourim-
ports were free and So and lilo per cent.
paid duty, while under the old law for
that same period, "a and 8 10 per cent OF
our imports were free, and 65 and lie per
cent. paid a duty.
Stlcn showing OF Tree imports CANNOT
be found in any tariff law since the begin
ming of the Government.
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Our foreign commerce for the..yearend-
ing June Both, 1891, was greater than itbas
ever been before. The total value of the
products we bought abroad and sold
abroad, from June 30th, 1890, to June seth,
1891, was 81, ,729, ,330, 1896, an increase over
those of 1890, Of So, ,l91 ,s0S. and an excess
over that of 1889 of sal .797 1867. The value
of our imports for the fiscal year 1891, was
the greatest in our history, and exceeded
those ofl890 in the sum OF S55, ,595, ,Os2. This
incrGaSe is made up largely OF re follow.
ing articles: Co1ee, tin plates, hides and
skins, chemicals, drugs, dyes and medi-
cines, fruits, raw wool, India rubbersg gutta
percha, sugar and molasses, vegetables,
which for the most part we do not produce
in the United States.
And yet with this unprecedented impo--
tation our exports exceeded our imports
ia the sum of $685. ,9l4. So that law
which our opponents declare is In re-
stcaint of trade, Is in fact an encourage
ment of trade, with the balance forHl-
na&ely in our favor, as 1t should always
be.
THE TARIFF PROPHET A FAILURE,
The predictions made by the enemies of
the new law. nine months ago, have not
been VERIFIED b Il on the contrary have
been shown to be mere assumptions utter
ly without foundation. They served a po-
litical purpose, and worked positive in
jury to the merchant and the manutac-
turer and the consumer. There are few
merchants in the state OF Ohio who have
not suffered from the exaggeration of the |
importer and the false prophet, whose dire |
prophecies of the effect OF the new law
caused them to increase their purchases
and prices, which prices have since fallen
Nts.l,
has on hand can be replaced at |
from ten TO twenty per cent. less than he |
paid for them. Prices today in staple |
goods are less than they were during the |
months OF October, November and De- |
cember OF last year, and there is scarcely
a manufactured article which goes into |
the family and which is classed as ne. |
oessity, that has not fallen in price and is |
less than II has been for many years.
PEOPLE ARE DEcESGED.
Ihave heard of hundreds of men who |
relying upon what Democratic orators and |
Democratic newspapers and their import. |
ing allies were saying touching the great |
advance which was to take place, embar- /
rassed themselves to lay in a stock before l
same articles at retail at much less than /
they then paid. The people were be-
2uiled once, and are not likely 10 be be-
yuiled again. They will surely not follow |
The business advice of this class of po-
itical alarmists in the future.
It is always better to be frank and can
lid and honest with the people. One
hing is certain, that the prices of manu-
'actured articles have not advanced, but
,s rule have diminished in price. An
other thing Ia equally certain, that exist
nR industries have been stimulated to
greater activity, and there Is wider de-
mand for labor than there has been for
m WI M aTNto nFNRfa aasI
springing up all over the land and this to,
m spite of the conspiracy of the Democrat.