The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-10-21

Through a fclldl plCoo w oeooAoy 'no
reputation, honor and estate OF any
who may wage war vigorously IN the
cause of the people. Applause. We
are rapidly reaching the condition
which was predicted by Abraham Lin
coin when he uttered these words: LAS
the result OF the war corporations have
been enthroned, an era OF high prices
will follow, the money power will en-
deavor to p:olong it's reign until all the
wealth Is aggregated in the hands Of the
few, and the Republic Is lost" Ap-
plause.
To convince you that Lincoln;s pre-
dicrlon is being realized | cite to you
the utterancts of a Republican Con-
gressman (Butterworth) from Ohio,
who said in Congress that he could up
on the 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 o., all the
agriculturistsi in any State in the Union.
democratic applause.l The American
Economist says that the number of
people in the United States who own
ther own homes has In twenty-five
years fallen from iye-eights to three
eighths. How many years will it take
them to fall TO one-elghth? The Pro
cress says that when Egypt went down
3 per cent of her people owned 81 per
cent of her wealth; people were starved
to death; that when Persia went down
l per cent Of her population owned all
the land; that when Rome went down
1900 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
comment, without temper. points to
these facts that are statistical, is Sneered
at as a calamity croaker."
Bradstreet, al authority IN this coun-
try. says that the total number Of mer-
camille failures in the United States for
the nine months for 1891 WAS 1856, as
compared with 1928 in like period Of
1890. an increase OF II per cent. This
is unoer the Mckinley bill. Applause.
Yet in 1890, when Mckinley accepted
the nomination for Congress, he said
that if his bill passed the Senate this
country would win a boom more mar
vellous than it had ever known. Laugh
teri Where IS that boom? Demo
cratic applause. Free sugar Free
sugar." from the Republicans. Were
it not for the present abundant crops,
the best in ten years, these failures
would be great deal worse than they
are. One OF the greatest causes of the
depression and failures OF the present
season is that we are paying too much
taxes. Mckinley, on May 5, 1888, at
Philadelphia, said that tariff was tax.
Democratic applause.] Now, who
pays that tax? The Major says that
this tax is not paid by the consumer.
Now, the Supreme Court of the United
States, the highest authority in the land,
has said who paid the tax. In the case
of Brown vs. the State of Maryland
they unanimously announced that "a
duty on imports is tax that is paid by
consumers" democratic applause.
In 1870 William Richardson, once a
member Of the Court Of Claims and ex-
assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in
reply to an inquiry by Senator Sherman,
said that the importer adds the duty to
the cost of the goods and the consumers
pay it.
Governor Campbell here caused a
board to be hoisted upon the stage on
which ne demonstrated by methods of
bookkeeping the injustice Of high
tariff. \ man goes to England and
purchases goods to the amount of 5000;
the average duty on these goods would
be $1,000, making $1,000, total sum paid
bv importer. Here another board was
hoisted on which this 81, 900 was charged
up to profit and loss," indicating that
if the importer did not charge the duty
to the consumers he would lose $1,000
paid in duties. Thus the foreigner did
not pay that tax. Another board was
hoisted. 1t was shown that If the for
eignec paid the tax the cost price of the
goods offered to the American consum-
er would be $1,000 instead of $1,000,
which would be absolute free trade.
Now, when genuine reciprocity comes
in, we would have not little one-sided
reciprocity with the little countries Of
South America, but substantial re-
with England, France and the
world. Applause. The duty on plate
glass is i40 per cent. Last year We i'm
ported $4,000 worth of plate glass.
That was the value of the goods in
England; get upon that glass there was
paid $4,000 duties, or $4,000 more
than the cost Of the glass In England.
Who paid that tax? Did English man
ufacturers give us glass and pay $4,000
besides to get US to take it.: Applause
and Laughter.] A Chicago paper says
that last week a Chicago firm received
S1,4OO worth Of pearl buttons from
Australia and the duty on these buttons
was just $1,000, OF tritle over 200 per
cent. Who paid that duty? Laugh
te1.] Did the foreign manufacturer
pay nearly $1,000 for the privilege of
sending pearl buttons to us? Laugh
ter and applause. The Mckinley bill
provides that 80 per cent OF the duties
on some articles shall be refunded, pro-
vided these articles are exported. Last
year the Standard on Company i'm
ported tin to this country upon which
they paid more than a million and
quarter tax or duty. If they did not, II
lhe foreigner instead paid that duty,
then the United States has put its hand
in our pockets and presented the Stand
ard Oil Company with million and a
quarter of our money, for this amount
was refunded to the Standard Oil Com
pany. There we're manufactured in
this country last year S5,5OO,WOGO
worth of goods.
If the tariff on dutiable goods is 60
per cent it is fair to presume, taking
protected and unprotected industries
together, that at least one-third of that
sum is paid in lieu of duties to manu-
facturers at home upon the American
product. It is said all this Is done for
the upbuilding of and maintenance OF
manufacturers. "How long, Lord, how
ong, shall this upbuilding and mai1lte.
nance so on?" A voice: "For all time" :"
Then will It not stop with eternity"
Applause.
Campbell continued in this manner
lls analysis { f the Mckinley tariff and
hen read from the certificate Of the Re-
publican secretary of the Ohio State
BOARD of equalization showing that in
Ell years the appraised value of farm