The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-09-24

oifering its wares at prices from 1G to |
as per cent. below the prices Whicn |
we have to pey; yet poche. cut
lery was increased from 40 to llo per |
cent. Since then the manufacturers nave |
met nearly every month to put up prices
ON American buyers, and, in some cases,
have advanced them 4Oper cent.
The slate trust,whose productia 10 protected
30 per cent, sells cheaper to England ana
Germany than at home. Inc hnseed OIL
trust, whose product was advanced from
25 TO 30 cents, sells to us at 60 cents
and to England at "a. Pig lead, with
heavy utlty, is sold cheaper to Canada.
WOOL,
FOREIGN woods have advanced, while
Ohio woods have declined. The Home
Market CLUB of Boston, comoinaWon OF
protected manufacturers, whose doeu.
ments the Ohio Republican commluee
use, issued secret circular to their
| friepds. You may be sure none were sent
| 10 Ohio wool growers. In that document
| tGov set ont that the tariff on foreign wool
| enables them 20 purchase their American
wool at to 8 cents below. the torelgn
price. The concluding words are ~ Is
| a mistaken idea with many manuIactur-
srs that foreign prices of wool are neces'
| sariiy lower than home prices under pro-
| tscti1n. They average higher" Mr.
| Thomas Dolap, president OF one OF the
most prominent tari associations IN TINS
| country, says duly q, 1891
| : IT, Ia an interesting fact, deserving much
| ernnbasis of statement, that the prices of
| wool are lower now than they were one
venr ago. This decline was distinctly
| promised by protectionists during the dis
| cussion which accompanied the framing
Tbe lowering of prices for wool was ex-
| pected. In fact it was designed by the
| woolen manufacturers. The same result
was predicted by the Democrats, and the
| Mills bill, which put wool on the free list,
was greatly in the interest OF wool rais-
Woods which can only be grown ia other
lands and climes must be mixed with. Ohio
| woods In order TO render the latter fully
| rsgftll, Were these woods imported freely
| as they are in all other manufacturing
| countries, our wooden mills could com.
pete in the markets OF the Woriu their
| OUTPUT would be extended and the de-
mand for Ohio wool increase in proper
| ton, The manufacturers could make a
| greater variety OF goods and would use
| less sboddy. This is well understood by the
woolen manufacturers. In the August
| QSSS) North American Review, Mr.. e. Il.
| Ammidown, the great woolen goods au-
| thority, said in regard to the tariff on
wool: 1.-THE effect of the duties has been
sufficiently marked to justify the contin-
ued application of protection to our wool
| Industry for the distinct and avowGd pur-
pose TO secure lower prices
Mr.. M'KINLEY QUOTES INACcURATELY.
While on the subject of wool let me
quote from Mr.. McKinley's speech at
There was much said by Gov. Campbell
| In his speech at Cleveland about the low
price of wool. He stated incorrectly, and
have no doubt by inadyertance, that the
| farmer of Ohio was only getting 20 cents
| a pound for his wool. AT the time he
t1.,f %, ara
ceivinR for his choice clips % and 20 cents.
The inference from his speech would be
that the increased duty on wool is the
| cause of depressed prices.
What l did say was that wool had been
sold as low as 20 cents in Ohio, so Il has
and the proof can be furnished. More
than thai, the 20 cent Ohio wool WAC clean
er, better, worth more and of higher
grade than the 10 cent Canadian wool TO
which the mai jor constantly refers as an
awful example for the wool growers OF
Ohio.
BINDING TwINE.
There are other items in the tariff Of
especial interest 20 farmers, such as lum-
ber, but we must pass them by. A few
words, however, on binding twine, may
not he amiss. This article is made by as
grinding o crust or monopoly, as ever
existed. The senate very properly struck
out the entire duty but when tho bill came
back 20 sir. Mckinley, for conference, no
pcrcmptUrily refused 70 agree to this
amendment, which had been made in the
interest OF tle tax burdenGd and trust
ridden farmers. Soa duty of seven.tenths
OF cent was put on to please him. de
fought for more and opposed so small
duty 20 the last AS late as sept. II, l0SO,
he said in the house:
wish to say, further, that the duty fix.
ed in this report is wholly Inadequate, in
my judgments the duty ought not to have
been SO low as seven.tenths OF l cent.
DEPRECIATION OF FARM PROPERTY,
As result of all these burdens put upon
farming, whatdo we find in Ohio? Farm
lands stood upon the duplicate OF 1880 las
assessed in 1S50.with subsequent improve
ments) at S725, GAP, ,254. Their assessed val
ne now, rs recently equalized, is S627,2 ,27S,-
974. This shows q neJ loss i'll assessment
on farm property in ten years of $685.
260. But as this property Is assessed ar an
average of about 40 per cent. upon its act
ual value the depreciation in ten years was
S245, ,908, 200. Deducting the estimated wear
and tear on buildings at S26,0O0,0OO, we
have 1920 9OS, 200 as the sum which has
clipped through the fingers of Ohio farm
ers in ten years. When you re-
fleet that in those ten years
protected manufacturers by the hum
dreds have made their millions each and
that the aggregate increase in the wealth
of this country exceeds that of any decade
in this or any other country since the
dawn of creation, you have some idea of
the wrongs and expressions which the
agricultural population has endured.
SUGAR.
When you speak of these serious mat
ters to Republican politician bis unvary-
ing reply ts but you get your sugar
as the Republicans, including Mr.
Mckinley, claim, to have made
sugar free, why did he, in the debate
upon the bill, May 20, 1890, say: ~ would
have preferred, Mr.. Chairman, IL the arti-
Gle OF sugar could have been left ia the
il also be recorded that in 1888, when the
Mills bill was before the committee of
ways and means, that every Republican
member, including Major Mckinley,
voted against any reduction in the duty
on sugar. II is freely conceded that the
apparent cost of sugar Is less than form
erly, but the actual cost Ia greater. We
paid S55 100000 annually on sugar dutiss.
These have been taken Off, but the same
amount OF money must go into the treas
ury from some other source consequently
You buy your sugar cheaper, aud then pay
out the money thus saved for additional
cost on cottOns, woolens, and other goodo.
This is not all. The Mckinley bill pro-
vides for bounty 10 be paid out Of the
treasury on all sugars grown here. This
Will amount TO az least $4,000 900 this year.
We will therefore be compelled to make
up by other taxes the'S55, 100000 deficit in
the revenues and the Sl2,000,000 new ex-
penditurea from the treasury. Our bur-
den is just increased to that extent. No
such transparent humbug was ever be-
fore attempted in a legislative body.
THE TIN PLATE CONSPIRACY.
While free sugar 10 only humhus, the
action of congress with reference 10 the
tariff on tin amounts almost to crime.
Who fnImar lnLN ON tin nlnla AnhE 1 cant