Middletown transcript., 1892-08-25
Written tor THE M1DDLETowN TRANsoRIrT.
RESULTS OF PROTECTION.'
JAMES A. B. DILwoRTH.

JAMES A. B. DILWORTH.
| When the war ended with the crush
ing of a great rebellion the popularity
of the Republican party reached a
very great height. So popular indeed
did it become, that the government Of
most of the States of the Union, as
we'll as that of the Union itself passed
completely under its control. The
managers of the party, generally, were
men of eminent ability and piety.
There were quite number of rever-
end gentlemen in the Senate and the
lower House Of Congress belonging to
that party, one of whom afterwards
became President of the United States,
and doubtless there were some very
irreverent ones, but all were appar-
emily exceedingly anxious to proclaim
to the great public, their abiding
trust in munifcent Providence. So
anxious were theythat this information
should be conveyed to every mans
mind, they resorted to an unusual
method to advertise it. They caused
new engraving to be made. by which
new silver dollar should be coined.
They placed picture ofa bird upon
this coin, which the irreverent ones
termed buzzard," and hence the
coin is popularity known as the buzz
zard dollar" In sharp letters, how
ever. there is engraved upon it the
words In God we trust"
When they had thus proclaimed
their abiding faith in the Eternal
Power, they straightway commenced
a system of legislation to disprove
their absolute trust in the Almighty,
and to establish the fact that for the
betterment of that portion of mankind
in which they were interested, other
"Trusts besides trust in God +"
were essential. This legislation has
resulted in the creation-for the sole
purpose of hammeriug more money
out of the producers of the country
(mostly farmers and farm workers),
of more than hundred we'll
known trusts " enumerated by the
Hon John De Witt Warner, in the
June number of the Tariff Reform.
Some of these trusts were organized
for the sole purpose of procuring the
raw material from the producers, for
less money than they haye been COM
pelled to pay in the past but the
prime object of all these trusts is to
benefit the stockholders, aud the
usual and most effective way of bring
ing about these benefits is to advance
the selling price of the commodities
which they produce. That all these
trusts were the result of the protective
features of "Tariff Law" l am not
going to contend, but their power for
hammering excessive prices out OF the
pockets Of the consumers, is greatly
enhanced, pay depends almost entirely
upon the excessive tariff duties.
The trusts enumerated by Mr..
Warner are as follows:
Anthracite Coal Trust. Tariff, rs
cents a ton, ION Bituminous Coal. AS
the price of Bituminous coal deter
mines that at which it is profitable to
use Anthracite for manufacturing, the |
tariff on Bituminous coal protects An
thracite as welD.
Axe Trust. Tariff 45 per cent. In
cludes all edged tools.
Barbed Wire Trust. Tariff Clio cts.
per pound.
Biscuit and Cracker Trust. Tariff |
20 per cent.
Bolt and Nut Trust. Tariff 81 cts. |
per pound.
Boiler Trust. Tariff 2t cts. per
pound.
Boot and Shoe Trust. Tariff 25 per
cent.
Borax Trust. Tariff, crude borax, |
cents per pound Boracic acid, 5 cents |
per pound increased from 4 cents by |
Mckinley.
Broom Trust. Tariff 40 per cent /;
raised from 25 per cent by Mckinley.
Brush Trust. Tariff 40 per cent.
raised from 80 per cent. by Mckinley.
Button Trust. Tariff 25 to 400 per
cent. Increased to these figures by
Mckinley.
Carbon Candle Trust. Tariff 25 per
cent. Increased from 20 by Mckinley.
Cartridge Trust. Tariff 45 per cent.
Casket and Burial Goods Trust.
Tariff lin GeneraD 10 cents.
Castor Oil Trust. Tariff so cents
per gallon.
Celluloid Trust. Tariff 20 per cent.
Cigarette Trust. Tariff 1870 per cent. /
Increased from 115 per cent. by Nc
Kinley.
Condensed Milk Trust. Tariff 8
cents per pound. Old duty of 20 per |
cent. was more than doubled by Nc
Kinley.
Copper Ingot Trust. Tariff II cents
per pound.
Copper Sheet Trust. Tariff IS per
cent. ad yalorem.