The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-08-25
TARIFF AND TRUSTS,

| and aided the Dill through congress- ~
is good time now to look over
the work this bill has done for the
trusts with view Of voting intelligeutly
this fall.
Below we print list of some of the
legitimate children of the Mckinley
bill. Look the list over carefully.
Anthracite coal trust.-Tariff, 70
cents a ton on bituminous coal,
As the price of bituminous coal
determines that at which tits profitable
to use anthracite for manufacturing
the tariff on bituminous coal protects
| as well.
In the case of this prominent and
most flagrant trust, involving hundreds
of thousands of workingmen and
millions of consumers, no explanation
or denial is even attempted.
Barbed wire trust.-Tariff, 6-1O cents
per pound.
Borax trust-Tariff, crude BOrax 3
cents per pound. Boracic Acid cents
per pound, Increased from cents by
Mckinley.
Brush trust-Tariff 30 per cent,
Raised from 80 per cent by Mckinley.
Button trust-Tariff, % per cent to
400 per cent. Increased to this by Nc
Kinley act.
Castor Oil trust-Tariff, 80 cents per
gallon.
Cigarette Trust-Tariff, 100 per
cent. Increased to this figure by Nc.
Kinley.
Cordage trust, including binding
twine, cables, rope, twine, &c.--Tariff,
binding twine, 40 cent per pound
other twine, 21a cents per pound; hemp
cables and cordage 219 cents per pound; {;
other cables and cor sage, ~ cents.
Crockery trust-Tariff from 36 to 50
per cent. Increased by Mckinley.
Cotton duck-Tariff so per cent
Raised from 80 per cent by Mckinley
act.
Envelope Trust-Tariff 30 per cent.
Increased to that by Mckinley.
Flint Glass Trust-Tariff, 60per cent,
raised to that figure by Mckinley.
Fruit Jar Trust-Tariff, one cent per
pound, or not less than 40 per cent.
Glove Trust-Tariff about 70 per cent,
increased to that figure by Mckinley
Linseed Oil Trust-Tariff, 32 cents per
gollon, increased from 25 cents by Nc
Kinley,
Oatmeal Trust-Tariff increased
from l 2 to l cent per pound by Nc
Kiney. Here no explanation or denial
is attempted.
Qilcloth Trust-Tariff about 90 per
cent, largely increased by Mckinley.
Paper Bag Trust-Tariff, % per cent,
increased from 10 per cent by McKin-
ley.
Pocket Cutlery Trust-Tariff, as rails
ed by Mckinley, "A per cent. to ll6 per
| cent.
Preserves Trust-Tariff increased
from 20 per cent. to so and 80 per cent.
by Mckinley.
Straw-Board Trust-Tariff 35 per
cent. increased from 20 per cent. by Nc
Kinley bill.
Tinned-Plate Trust-Tariff la
cents per pound-increased from cent
by Mckinley.
Tom bstone Trust-Tariff 33 10 60peI
cent. A member of Pres't. Harrison's
Cabinet is prominent man in this
trust.
Window-glass trust-Tariff, 60 pei
cent. to 1872 per cent.
WOol-hat trust Tariff, 66 to 1l2 pei
cent. Every man who has to buy a
hat is liberal contributor to this trust
But these are only few of the trusts
organized under the Mckinley bill tC
rob the people.
Let US see how these tariff created
and tariff fostered trusts touch every
heart and homo in the land.
First, trust is formed to put uI
prices and limit production. The
tariff, which taxes the foreign pIoduct
out of competition, allows the trust tc
do this. Having control of the market
which enables the trust to fix prices
the output is limited to the de ands Of
the home market. The opportunitie.
of labor are therefore restricted to tht
home market, and when the home mar
ket and is supplied, production is stop
ped and labor is thrown out Unemployment
Labor, having no protection and M
employment, is thrown upon its owI
resources, and when thrown out Of EN-.
ployment by trust manufactory II
compelled to seek other fields o.
labor and to come in competition
with other laborers in other fields of in
dustry. This competition for work
forces down the price of labor, anC
hence, we have witnessed labor reduc
tions, from 5 to 45 per cent in over five
hundred (500 manufacturing establish
ment in the United States since tn,
Mckinley tariff bill became law.
The bill has burned the laboring
mans candle at both ends.
In the first place it has put up the
price of all he is compelled to consume