The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-12-02

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i-n fraud on the Farmer deceptive aud
False statements sed isy Protec't""tts
20 Prejudice Voters Had Moral Effects
OF our Pintocratie Policy.
"Ncver, we may affirm. in the history
of political discussion has 50 much
shui,iing, evasion and contradiction
been resorted To in order to promote a
bad cause.
This sentence occurs in an cditorial
in the Manufactures, of Philadelphia, OF
October 20, 1892 1t il in the middle OF
an editorial that for 'shuiliing, evasion
and contradiction as we'll as for will
full misrepresentation has seldom been
eaualcd even in "A political controversy.
The Manufacturer is the organ OF the
Manufacturers club, which owns a con-
trolling interest in the high tarin
party.
We wish To call attention to this cdi-
torial. because we think il illustrates
one Of the worst evils of protection.
We ask. especially. the farmers to note
what this journal has To say of the ef-
| feet of protection on wheat, wool. etc.
| 1t will open their eyes to this gigantic
swndle. il they have not already been
opened
The Manufacturer says; 1T might
be a conclusive answer to this COM
plant (about the low price Of wheat
that the fall of the price OF wheat dis
poses effectually OF the oft-repeated
declaration Of the free traders that the
tariff advances prices to the consumer.
And this is the answer, ii it be admit
ted that the tariff indeed has any inhu'
ence upon the price of wheat But the
truth is that the price of wheat is fixed
not in this country. but in the British
market, and one Of the factors in th'
arrangement of prices there is the pres
ence of Indian wheat" This admission
that tariff cannot influence the price
of wheat was made for effect in eastern
manufacturing districts and too late II
the campaign to permit OF ITS use In IN
, rural districts of the west before cleo
ton.
As to the wool tariff the Manufac'
, urer saws: when the Mckinley bil
was pending, the democrats warne
, the people that it would greatly &C
: vance the prices of wool; but. in fac
r wool prices declined as soon as the oi
: went into operation Then the fire.
;. traders turned from the consumer an
!. asked the farmer to observe that pre-
2 lection is delusion because the VAIN
/. OF the farmers wool has fallen. Simu
e taneouslv the manufacturer was y
II formed that the duty upon wool mac
Il his raw material dearer and while tn
I was urged. Congressman Spring
:. went around the country trying
II proye TO the farmers that wool in r.
gland is at precisely the same price-lev
n as wool in the United States Mea
re time the free trade journals assur
the consumer that lower prices for VIC
X were compelling manufacturers to u
a more shoddv. in spite of the fact tina
90 under the Mckinley tariff. the lar
imports of shoddy madesin previo
"a wears were wholly stopped.
a. The Manufacturer knows that tn
statements are false. The democr'
nv did not claim that the Mckinl
or hill would increase the price
American wool They did tell
n manufacturers that it would incre
ed the cost of their raw material. beca'
ri. they knew that manufacturers m
have foreign wool to mix with domes
,r. to make cloth The Manufacturer
re. derstands this well. 1t also knows .
,ut the use of shoddy is rapidly increas
re-. in this country. and that instead
stopping the Large imports OF shoe
made in previous years. the Mchin
bill has indirectly greatly increased
portations The American Wool I
Cotton Reporter, "A protect'onist U
authority, said on October %, ls9', !
the importation of rags. shoddy wa
!, etc. has nearly doubled, the Il
IN amount of this kind of stuff brough
lI for the eight months being over POS
pounds. against only !ls,7sd pou
T. last year. an increase of nearly 100
cent The Manufactures knows,
should have known. that shoddy es
l;shments in the United States have
creased from 20 in 1890 to lS4 in
and the capital from sa.0"i,aos to
900. OOO Such gross and palpaole
statements indicate that the prote'
s. classes are concerned less about
than about getting votes--no ma
how-to renew the manufactul
privilege TO plunurr tnc A'le''""
ple for another four years Fortuna
~, the people are neither fools nor ser
~, But the climax of absurdity ar
nd topsy-turvy logic is reached in the
paragraph of this editorial. where
IA said that experience has taught
,;.h wool prices have fallen whenever
,,.,s duties have advanced. Indeed,
80. fact has been used by the free ira
IN themselves when they were tryi'
~. persuade the farmers to vote ag
- protection. The number of shee
81. the country has always increased
80. the wool-duties were enlarged,
r. has declined when they were d
r;r,. ished. The result was that high q
opcrated to reduce the cost OF
=, food to the people. Under prote'
the average weight Of the Anne
49,. fleece has risen from two poun
,;or. five pounds, manifestly to the a
|. Ill tagc OF the farmer"
- That is. increased wool duties
shs caused prices Of wool to decline
$50 this in turn has stimulated wool
III. ers 20 increase their fiocks-an 2
20 sion that reflects against the po
go. and business sagacity OF the IA
,, How this has all been done isexpl