The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-09

lection the splendid palaces Of protected
manufacturers are browning the hills, while
imported Huns, Italians and Bohemians are
olsplaclng American citizens.
THE ROTTEN RICH.
ihose who are sometimes called rotten
rich are defying the people, seeking
through venal press to destroy the repu-
tation, honor aud estate of any who NAV
wage war vigorously in the cause of the
people. [Applause.l We are rapidly
reaching the condition which was
predicted by Abraham Lincoln
when he uttered these words: AS a result
OF the war, corporations have been en-
throned, an era OF high prices will follow,
the money power will endeavor to prolone
its reign until all wealth is aggregated in
the hands OF few and the republic is lost ,
[Applause.l
THE PREDICTION BEING REALIZED
ITO convince you that the prediction is be-
ing realized, cite you the utterauces of a
republican congressman (Butterworth) from
Ohio. who said in congress that he could,
upon ten fingers OF his hands. count the
men who had added more to their wealth in
the last ten years than had
been added to the wealth of all
the agriculturists in any state in the
union. Democratic applause. The Amert-
can Economist says that the number of
people in the United States who own their
own homes has in twenty-five years fallen
from five-eighths to three -eighths. How
many years will 1t take them to fall to one
eighth.
HIsToRY'S STARTLING SHOWING.
"The Progress of Boston saws that when
Egypt went do Rn, 9 per cent. of her peo-
pie owned 81 per cent. of her wealth, the
people were starved to death; that when
Persia I mai ~ haV-
tion owned all the land; that when Rome
went down 1,S00 men owned all the
known world. In 1850 in this
country capitalists owned 3715 per cent. OF
her wealth. Yet. he who goes before the
people and without com nent, without
temper, points to these facts that are statis-
tlcal, is sneered at as Calamity croaker.'" "
THE YEARS BAD RECORD.
"Bradstreet, an authority in this coun-
try, says the total number of mercantile
failures in the United States for nine
months for 1891 are s,s66, as compared
with 1883 in like period of
This is under the Mckinley bill. Zap
plause. Yet, in 1890, when Maj Mckinley
accepted the nomination for congress- he
said that If his dill passed the
Senate this country would win a
boom more marvellous than itEHha ad
ever known. [Laughter.1 Where eis that
boom? democratic applause. Free sugar.
Free sugar." from the republican, We're
it not for the present abundant crops, the
best in ten years, these failures would be a
great deal worse than thsy are.
TOO MUCH TAXES.
Zone of the greatest causes Of the de-
preston and failures Of the present season
Is that we are paying too much taxes.
Maj. Mckinley on May 5, 1883, at Phila-
delphia, said that the tariff was tax
democratic applause Now. who pays that
taxs The major says this tax is not
paid by the consumer. Now the supreme
court of the United States, an authority in
the land, has said who paid the tax. In the
case of Brown against the state of Maryv
land, they unanimously announced that "a
duty on imports is tax that is paid by the
consumers.n Democratic applause
In 1870 William Richardson, once a mem
Der of the court OF claims and ex-Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. in reply to an in
quiry of Senator Sherman, said that the
importer adds the duty to the cost of the
goods aud the consumers pay tn
MADE AS PLAIN AS DAY.
Gov. Campbell here caused board to be
hoisted upon the stage on which he demon
strated by methods of bookkeeping the al
legged injustice of the high tariff. man
BOes W Enk!ahu anu purchases RooQS
TO the amount of s5 900, the aver
age duty on these goods would
be $1,000, making $4,000 the total
sum paid by the importer Here another
board was hoisted on which this s., 900 was
charged up TO profit and loss,n indicating
that if the importer did not charge the
duty to thesconsumer he would lose 50, 900
paid in duties Thus the foreigner did not
pay that tax. Another board was hoisted. 1t
O., a..
the cost price of the goods offered to the
American consumer would be S., 900 instead
of $4,000, which would be absolute free
trade Now, when genuine reciprocity
comes in Ue would have not little one>
sided reciprocity with the little countries of
South America, but substantial reciprocity
with England, France and the world. Zap
plause.]
THE DUTY ON PLATE GLASS.
1.-THE duty on plate glass is 140 per cent.
Last year we imported 100000 worth of
plate glass. That was the value of the
goods In England, yet upon that glass there
was paid 1928 900 duties, or $63. 900 more
than the cost of the glass IN England. Who
paid that taxi Did the English manu-
facturer give US the glass and pay
$e3 900 besides to get us to take it?
Applause and laughter A Chicago paper
says that last week Chicago firm received
81 400 worth of pearl buttons from Austria
and the duty on these buttons was just
IS, coo, or a trife over 200 per cent.
Who paid that duty? [Laughter.l Did
the foreign manufacturer pay nearly
81, 600 for the privilege of sending pearl
bu tons to usl Laughter and applause.
The Mckinley bill provides that 80 per cent.
of the duties on some articles shall be re-
funded, provided these articles are exported.
Last year the Standard Oil Company i'm
ported tin to this country upon which
they paid more than $l,25o,OOO
tax, or duty. II they did not,
IL the foreigner instead paid that duty, then
the United States has put its hands in our
pockets and presented the Standard Oil
Company with 81 ,25O, 900 of our money, for
this amount was REFUNDED TO the Standard
Oil Company.
BIG SCOOP FOR MANUFACTURERS
"Thsre were manufactured in this country
last year $5, 500, 100000 worth Of goods. III
the tariff on dutiable goods is 90 per cent,
it Is far &c presume, taking the
protected and unprotected industries
to1e; her, that at least one-third
of that sum is paid in lieu OF duties to
manufacturers at home upon the American
product IL is said all this is done for the
upbuilding and maintenance OF manu-
facturers. How long, o Lord. how long
shall this upbuilding and maintenance go
onl Ia voice for all time Applause: !
Then it will not stop with eternitys
TApplause. Gov. Campbell continued
IN this manner hls analysis OF the
Mckinley tlriff aud then read from the
certificate Of the republican secretary of
the Ohio state board OF equalization show
ing that ia ten years the appras sed value of
farm lands has deprecated f9s, ,OO0,OO0 ana