The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-19
THE MANUFACTURES BRIBED BY
CLEVELAND.

The views OF Mr.. Ciarkson as expressed In
the Des Moines Uowa) Register seem to US
sagacious exposition of the great falling
off in the Republican vote in the manufac-
turing districts of the East and West.
Mr.. Clarkson among other things says:
The Republican party In this impulse toward
free trade has lost strength and votes among the
rich or with the people with independent in
comes who now want cheap labor and
cheap everything else, and also among the
workiugmen, who have been made to believe
that free trade will cheaper their expense of
living and that the trades unions systems will
still keep up their wages. Large manufacturers
and many OF the large corporations, in their op-
position to trades unionlsm and in their desire
for cheaper labor, have also thrown their power
in favor of Cleveland and free trade. =
Mr.. Clarkson's belief that the Carnegies,
tricks and other manufacturers of the
East have betrayed protection to gain
cheap labor is. in our judgment, we'll
founded and is the only plausible solution
for the falling off in the Republican vote
in New York, Brooklyn and the interior
manufacturing districts of the Empire
state. The same falling off from the Re-
publican vote Of 1855 is shown in Connect
icut, New jersey and the manufacturing
districts of the West. The manufacturers
of the East and West have accepted the
bride of free raw materials and protec-
ton for finished goods proffered by Cleve-
land in 1888 and renewed in his public let
tiers and speeches of 1892.
This bride came dangerously near elect
ing Cleveland in 1888, and it has elected
- nc A. i
an instruction of both Democratic and
Republican producers against this i'm
pending tariff legislation of free raw ma
terials with one-sided protection to the
manufacturer for his goods violent enough
to give the producer 'free goods" to re-
coup him for free raw materials, why then
the manufacturer would feel very sick.
And this instruction is quite likely to take
place. When the Western producers re-
volt against the one-sided tariff policy of
free raw materials and protection to the
manufacturer they are likely to get help
from the Western Republicans who are
producers. These Western Republicans
will say, "If the Democratic party is de-
termined that there shall not be fair
tariff of protection all around, before we
will submit to the loss of protection to our
raw materials while protection is con-
tinued to the manufacturer, we will par
TALLY recoup ourselves by insisting on
free goods and we will feed free goods
to the Eastern manufacturer until he
screams, Hold! Enough and is willing
again to hold up both hands for protec-
ton all around"
Mr.. Cleveland can put off the settlement
of this question until December, 1898, but
he might rs we'll be prepared for West
ern free trade party, if he ever undertakes to
keep his promise to the Eastern and West
ern manufacturers of free raw materials
and protection to finished goods. Should
Mr.. Cleveland and his friends answer that
free trade is impracticable they will be put
to confusion by the presentation of the
following scheme, under which sufficient
revenue can be obtained by imposing duties
on articles which cannot be successfully
produced nor manufactured at home:
Sugars cents pound on 3, $50, 10000
Coffee-5 cents pound on 6iO, 955.os5,-
600 pounds. =. ;..........::; sa,0a7,ooo
Tea--i0 cents pound on 9S,S50000
pounds .......... .......-.....,... 9.3ss.coo
Spices-I0 cents pound on $4,000
pounds ............,.......... 100000
Cocoa-l0 cents pound on 2l5l0,Wo
pounds. ........................ 2,lO,00o
spirits ana tobacco duties ........... 100000
CurrAnts, dates. bananas, cocoanuts., I,00l,000
Non-competItve articles placed on
the free list by Mckinley law on the
basis of duties collected in 1889. 100000
- per cent. al valOrem duty on
cork furs. grain, hair, hides, rub
Der. oils, raw silk, woods. etc, non
competitive and now on the free
list OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 25o00,000
Total ....... .....................s2 J46l2, 900