The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-09-02

our exports exceeded our froports IN the sum of
c59,5I9,9l4. 20 that a law which our opponents
declare Is In restraint OF trade is I'm TACT an en-
enlargement OF trade, with the balance FORUM
htely In our favor, Ms IL should always be.
The predictions made by the enemies OF the
fed, but on the contrary have been shown 20 be
mere assumptions utterly without foundation.
They served n political purpose, and worked
positive injury TO the merchant tho manu-
fac urer and consumer. There are few mer-
chants in the State OF Ohio who have not suffer-
cd from the exa2geration OF the importer AID
the false prophet, whose dire prophecies OF the
Z feet of the new law caused them TO increase
their purchases and prices. which prices have
since fallen and in some instances the goods
which the merchant has ON hand can be re-
placed mt from 10 TO 20 per cen less than he
paid for them. Prices to-day In staple goods
are less than they were during the month OF
October November, and December OF last year,
nnd there Is scarcely Il anufactured article
which goes into the family and which Is classed
as n necessity that has not fallen I'm price aud
is less than IL has been for many years
l lave heard OF hundreds of men who. rely
ing upon whnt Democratic orators and Demo-
cratic newspapers and their importing allies
Were saying touching the great advance which
was To take place, embarrassed themselves to
lay in stock before the prices advanced can
now buy the sane article at retail at much less
than they paid. The people v ere beguiled once,
and OF likely TO be beguiled again. They
Will surely not follow the business advice OF
this class OF political alarnfsts In the future.
1t Is always better to DO frank and candid
and honest with the eople. One thing is GER
tain, that the prices of manufactured articles
have not advanced but as II rule have dimin-
ished. Another thing is equally certain,
that existing industries have been stimu-
lated TO greater activity ana there is wider
demand for labor than there has been for many
years while now enterprises are springing up
all over the land and this, too in spite OF the
stroy confidence and prevent investments.
There are "A articles in the new tariff law.
OF these the duties on 40 were reduced. On 80
of these articles the duties were changed from
ad velorem to specific, because experience has
shown that al valorem duties invite fraud upon
the revenue and operate unfairly to the honest
merchant and importer.
There are 2I9 articles i'm the new law on which
duties are identical with those under tho pre-
vious law.
Upon what articles were the duties increasedP
For Y eight were agricultural products, forty
three were wool and its products, twenty
four were fax and its products. Forty per
cent. of the increase was for the better protec-
ton OF farm products. Twenty eight of the
increases were upon champagne, wine and
spirits, five on tobacco, one on opium, three
on silk
Duties we're increased upon liquors, cham
payne, tobacco, silk, embroideres. LAGOS, fine
hosiery broadcloth. fine linens, opium for
smoking fine cut glass, French and German
china, firearms, playing cards, pearl buttons,
! jewelry, pianos, seal fur and tin-plate. One
! hundred and eighty-fve duties under the new
! law are the same as under the Mills bill.
| The reductions were on suga~, molasses,
! leather, boots and shoes, lumber, rice starch,
! trace chains, hammers spikes, tacks and nails,
| wire, screws, nuts and washers, files, rasps,
! ropes binders Irvine, log chains, iron piping.
! stove plates, horse shoes, sewing needles cop
! per and products OF, lead ana products Of nickel
and products of. structural ir II, bar iron, hoop
! iron sheet iron, steel rails wire rope an wire
netting books for the blind varni shes, turpen-
! tino, camphor, chloroform, glycerine, medicinal
preparations.
This nlain statement OF facts, taken from the
new Law should be and lie n conclusive refuta-
tion OF tho statements OF free traders, and ought
to set right those who have blindly accepted
! the misrepresentation OF our adversaries.
! There are no prohi bitive duties in the law.
| Yes there are. We prohibit the importation OF
/ obscene literature.
We prohibit the importation Of foreign goods
| bearing an American name or trademark, and
! insist that the foreign goods shall be marketed
| upon their own mer Is under their own trade
mark We prohibit the United States from
! importing anything which Is dutiab e, except
upon the payment OF duties. Heretofore the
| United States could buy It samples abroad
! free OF duty ana did italtoge her too frequently
| They must hereafter obey the law which they
| require their citizens TO observe. We prohibit
/ tho lnportGti IA of goods products produced
, by the convict Ia or of other lands. We pro-
/ toct our ifeo labor at home against the convict
labor at home. But never before q ainst
! the convict labor abroad. This new law stops
| the products Cf European convicts from COM
/ petition with our free American labor, and
! will not admit such products to land on our
! shores.
/ 1t Is over and over again asserted that the
farmer cannot possibly be benefited by a
/ lRrin on farm products. That he has a sun
plu and therefore he must seek n foreign mar
ket 70 DISPOSE OF it. There seems 10 be n gem
eral imprcs sion that no products come into the
! United states in competition with American
/ farm products, An examination OF the imports
of 1870 most effectually disposes OF this as-