The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-10-13
HARTER AND MONNOT.

Great Meeting ct Wellington, in the 18th
Distriot-The Democrats Up in Battle
Array-areat Speech by Hon. John <.
Monnot.
WELLINGTON, o., Oct. 11.-[Special.l-
Yesterday was great day for the Demo-
crats Of Lorain county, The afternoon
meeting In the Wellington opera house
was one of the largest, most enthusiastic
and most satisfactory Democratic meet
ings ever held here. The speakers were
Congressman M p, Harter, who is going
to be re>elected in the Rerrymah-
dered Republican district, and the Hon.
John E. Monnot of Canton. There was
very large representation of farmers, a
great many of them being Republicans.
Mr.. Harter opened the meeting with an
able speech on tariff and finance, and he
was followed by Mr.. Monnos in very
instructive and highly appreciated
address on the tariff. Mr.. Monnot made
many new points, and was listened to
with greet attention. The following are
the salient points Of Mr.. Monnors adj
dress:
The protectionists claim that a protec-
our home manufacturers to compete
with the foreigners in our American
markets. II this is true, how does II come
that our American manufacturers are
enabled to pay transportation charges
across the ocean, sell their goods in for
eign countries and compete with the
former in their own markets.
Chemicals, drugs and medicines are
protected by duty of so per cent, and
last year we shipped nearly seven million
dollars worth abroad.
The duty on clocks and watches has
been left by the Mckinley bill at 25 per
cent, but we sold. about one and half
million dollars worth abroad last year.
Coal Is protected Dy duty of 70 cents
per ton for the purpose, the protectiouists
say, of enabling the owners of the Ameri-
can coal mines to compete with the fors
eiguers in our own markets. But last year
we shipped coal abroad to the amount of
nearly nine million dollars.
The duty on fish was increased from 20
TO 30 per cent, but four and half million
dollars worth of fish were shipped across
the Atlantic for the year ending June 30,
1892.
Our manufacturers OF bags ,cordage and
binding twine are protected by duty of
about 20 per cent, In order to keep for
eigners from selling any binding twine to
our American farmers. But our American
manufacturers sold two million dollars
| eign countries last year.
On rubber boots and shoes, the duty was
| incre ased to 80 per cent and we shipped q
million and a half dollars worth across the
Atlantic last year.
The duty on iron, steel and manu!ec-
| turers of amounts TO an average of about
| 45 per cent, and still we shipped last year
twenty nine million dollars worth abroad
The duties on leather and manufacture.
| era OF such as boots, shoes, harness and
| saddles, Is about 30 per cent, again we
| find from the Treasurer's report, that we
| shipped last year little over twelve mil
| lion dollars worth abroad.
Musical instruments are protected by q
duty of % per cent. But we exported
nearly one and half million dollars
| worth Tasty year.
The duty on lumber and manufacturers
Of, amount to 25 per cent, which duty was
| laid for the sole purpose OF protecting the
lumbar barons of the northwest, and etill
we shipped nearly twenty.million dollars
worth abroad last year.
The duty on marble, stone and slate ii
80 per cent, and nearly one million dollars
worth of American marble, stone ano
slate were shipped to foreign lands las
We sold last year over three million
dollars worth OF sewing machines IL
foreign lands.
Copper is protected by duty OF nearl!
20 per cent. The Republican party tell!
you that we must have this In order Il
protect this infant industry from the
pauper labor of Europe. From an exam
ination of the Treasurer'B report, We fint
| that We sold three million dollars wortl
OF copper in foreign countries last year.
| In speech on the floor of the House o.
Representatives on May 13. 1880, whilt
the Mckinley bill was under discussion
Hon, Benz amin Butterworth said:
"Phere has not been a time in two de
| cades when my countrymen have not pro
duced copper as cheap aa any other natiol
In the world and most OF the time cheape
and yet we have these people who, on al
out over S60, 0,000, 900 In dividends in nine
teen years coming asking sdditiona', pro
lection.
Will you tell why the duty on coppe
should be continued2 Why not max
copper free TO all the people who are usin
IL IN this country,2 Do you know tina
every electrician In this country petition
to remove the duty on copper? Il
necessary to protect this Industry Is
an infant industry?
II would be better if we had taken ever
man connected with that employment 4
the copper mines, boarded them at tb
Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, and sc
them up in the banking business for life.
There Is no apology in the world for III
duty, not ths slightest. Il does not pro
tect any industry, but il draws on ever
family we represent. Tnere Is not var
of wire, not a piece of copper in an
: household in the land, that does not cot
tribute to these people. That Is not el
, Although they have the American con
sumer at their mercy, there is not natio
on the earth the citzs ems OF which do nc
buy American copper cheaper than tn
American citizsn buys 1t. Nor is that al
Mr.. Chairman; but, having control OF IN
copper market IN 1887, they organized
combine by which ths supply OF America
, copper had TO go back TO American homes
sifted through the mercies OF Frenc
syndicate.
The AM rican copper combine o 70
years ago raised ths prices OF America
a copper TO such a figure, that few rnel
+. | chants IN Now Y0gh City quietly went owe
J | 10 England, bought American c0ppt
I. there, had il shipped back to New forl
paid the transportation charges back
America nud the taflH duNes, ana IL Co
D tbem h So than they could buy America
. copper AZ homo before q was slipped
n | Europe.
The duty ou oatmeal was increaee
a from $40 so $50 per tnn. An estimate mat
!. J hy the Schumacher Milling CO., Cf Akro
q | Ohio, says shat nifty thousanu tons al
mannf scturel In the Jnited States aa'