The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-10-09

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| cost price of the goods when offered to the
1 American consumer would be 5000 instead
| of 5000. which would be absolute free
trade. Continuing. the Governor said:
Now. when genuine reciprocity comes In We
| viii have not little One-sided reciprocity with
| stantialy free trade with England, France ana
the world. [Applause.l The duty on plate
| one hundred and sixty Thousand dollars' worth
| OF plateglass. That was the value OF the goods
s22s.6oo duty. or S6s, 900 more than the cost Of
| the glass in England. Who paid that taxi Did
the English manufacturer give MS the glass and
| plause and laughter A Chicago paper says
that laat week CHICAGO firm received
| OF pearl buttons from Austria. and the duty
| on them was just 5000, or trife over 200 per
| cent Who paid that dutyi Did the foreign
| manufacturer pay nearly S2.o00 for the privi-
| lege CT sending the pearl buttons 10 usi The Mo
Kiniey bill provides that 80 per cent. of the du-
ties OH some articles shall be refunded provided
these articles are exported. Last year the stand
| ard OIL Company imported tin tn this country
| upon which they paid more than million and a
| quarter tax or duty. II they did not pay this,
| II the foreigner instead paid that duty, then the
| United States has put It's hand In our pockets
and presented tho STANDARD on company win ina
| amount was refunded to the Standard Oh Com
| pany.
There were manufactured In this country last
year SIS. 500, ,000, 600 worth OF goods. II the tar
LIT on dutiable goods is GO per cent IL is fair TO
1 presume, taking protected and unprotected In
dustres together, that ri least 0ne-third or that
sum Is paid in lieu of duties TO the manufactur-
| ers At home upon the American product. 1t 10
said all this is done for the upbuilding and main
| tenAnce OF the manufacturers. How long, oh
Lord. how long. shall this upbuiiding and main-
tenance 90 ont
| A voce-For all time. [ApplauseI
| Then it will not stop With eternity. Jap
| plarse. I will read you a letter written by q
man named James q. Blaine. On the 10th of
| stubborn things, and the hard figures OF arith-
| mctic cannot be satisfactorily answered by airy
coarser escPipslons of cotton and cotton prints.
/ boots and shoes, ordinary household furniture,
harness for draft animals, agricultural imPle-
ments OF all kinds, DOORS sash ana blinds. locks.
bolts and hinges, silverware, plated-ware.
| woodenware. ordinary paper and paper lang-
inss' common vehisies. ordinary wIndow,elass ,,a
white lead lead pipe and articles In which lead
is the chief component can he and are producod
as cheapy In the United States as IN any part OF
| the world" tApplause.
SOME MISLEADING FIGURES.
II will call your attention to the length Of time
and amount Of protection many of these infant
industries have had and are now having Glass
| ware. OF the common kind. has been taxed since
| l7s9 The duty under the tariff OF 1883 was 40
| per cent. Major Mckinley raised 1t to go per
cent, although Mr. Blaine said seven years ago
that It could be produced cheaply in this coun
| try as anywhere In the world. The fact IL. this
kind OF ware is made cheaper hero than any
where elsc and is shipped all over the world.
Yet so per cent. OF the former rete was added TO
exist Glass chimneye, from as per cent. by the
tariffof 1888, the Major raised to 60 per cent; PEN
s fro 13 ae 70 hs
menmeetevery month or two TO oorganize and raise
| prices. We have been taxed one hundred years
made here as cheaply as anywhere else. Why
not. since We grow the cottOnl Yet under the
per cent. Grain.bags, protected since 1924, paid
40 per cent. under the tax of 1888. but were
raised to SO per cent: oii;oloth which has 81 been
taxed since 1924, was raised from 40 TO 80 per
cent; edgng embroideries ruchings and all
those things that the women Ike and which used
TO be taxed from so TO So and 40 per cent, are
Low all put up TO Copper cent Tie woOlen manu-
features have been taxed eince 1si6,
and the duty on tho lowest grade of blan-
kets was ~ per cent in 1852. yet it Is
highest grade was raised, however, from 90 to
only 7l-an increase OF but 2 per cent. Before
the Mckinley bill five-pound blanket cost to
make $3.50. The labor cost was IS cents. and
that blanket is now protected under the Mckin-
ley bin TO the amount Of 1928. And that. they
tween this country and England. tLaughtcr.l
Expensive carpets are put upon 40 to 60, and
carpets have been taxed since 1916. save during
the fifteen years of Democratic low tariff be-
tween 1s46 and 1851, when they were not taxed
at ell.
Something has happened In this country as a
result OF the increase of taxation. At the close
OF tho war, when We had taxed everything that
%n to be- 9 the Uns %s
danger, We had only gotten up to so per cent. OF
sVa Since the we
have raised that 30 per cent, first to "a, and
| then. under the Mckinley bill. 60 60 per cent.
IN the tariff on goods brought into this country.
Who is benefited by iti What have the farmers
OF Ohio gotten out oe I'll
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
Governor Campbell here read from tho
certificate Of the Republican secretary of
the Ohio State Board OF Equalization.
showing that in ten years the appraised
value of farm land has depreciated sos, ,OoO.-
coo. Have other classes suffered alike3"
asked the Governor.
Yes" said the Governor. Carnegie has
| 100000, ,0G0 of il. lLaughter.l In spite OF
this depreciation in farm lands the report
of Superintendent Porter. of the United
States Census Bureau. shows that in the
ten years the State of Ohio has increased
in wealth s2i3. 100000. How much have the
farmers got ont Of thatf Applause. IL
there farmer In the sound of my voice
who is better OFT now than he was in 1SS0l"
tion.
Cries Of here. here" from yariOus parts
of the hall. and laughter.
"But he has mortgages and has seen more
sheriffs' sales" shouted Democratic agri-
culturist. and q dozen others chimed in
''yes right
'"I state it as fact that not one farmer
in ,0G0 in Ohio is as we'll off to-day as in
1882 said the Governor.
Right. right; that's q fact" shouted
various voices Continuing, the Governor
said:
The appraisement shows it. Three hundred
and sixty million dollars have gone from the
farmers of Ohio. The Major SAWS they don't feel
the tariff taxation; but they feel it when they
compare their condition now with that Of ten
years ago. Last October the tariff Of this coun-
try was raised from AZ TO 90 per cent for the
avowed purpose Of benefting labor and increas-
ing its compensation. Will every laboriug man
in this audience who has had his wages increased
since the Mckinley bill went into effect please
stand up and be countedi No stood up and
the Democrats cheered iustiiy.l / want MAJOR
Mckinley, when he replies. TO tell this audience
where these workingmen are who have got bet
ter wages under his tariff. Applause.
In tAis country there have been more than
three hundred great manufacturing establish
ments which have reduced wages since the pass
age OF the Mckinley bill. and 4 don't know one
which has increased them. lCheers In the
iron industry have had more strikes which
were unsuccessful since the passage OF that bill
than in three years before. 1 hold In my hand O
list OF thirty establishments, including Carne-
ge's, working Sc, 800 men. IN which organized
labor has been banished. will ask the Major II
he fayors the baDishment or organized labor
from the great factories or the country. lChearsl
/ have said before that the United States Glass
Company. organized since the passage Of