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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Tariff Nuggets.

Tho leader Of Mr.. Oeveland's forces in Chi
lcago, and the one above all others he can THANK
for his nomination, 10 a typical monopolistio
street railway system and a leading spirit fl
tie monsfrous Standard Oil combination. Yet
Mr.. cleveland Will pose rs tho candidate of the
common people. who is raging unrelenting wax
on trusts.
Imports free Of duty, IS per cent. OF the total,
imports dutiable. IS per cont. Of total Such
Is the story OF the twelve months Of our foreign
trade ending May 81
Mckinley Tariff during the month Of May that
they only reached 81, o1s. eos.9s7, to which must
DO added SO, 641 Of foreign exports. total OF
81 o22 e61 ,52s We can stand great deal Of that
kind OF strangulation, say the American people.
Tho number Of depositors in savings banks IN
Iposts 81 524, S 506. and the average to each do
lpositor $359.04. The number OF depositors In
savings banks ia Great Brit.in is 3.71e,ooo; the
amount Of deposits 1886 600, 0o0 and the average
10 each deposltor, $l44.2s.
According to the report of the Special Agent Of
the united states Treasury appointed TO tnves-
tisate the tin plate industry there m ade in
the three months from January l to March 81,
ls92, 1904 .os7 pounds OF tin plate. The latest
hSures show that there are twenty-five firms
making specially Of tin plate manufacture.
while various others manufacture 1t as a by
product.
Wire nails nave been sold by Western mills at
81. so per key OF one hundred pounds. There is
quite difference between this figure and tho
$40 keg at which they used to sell whom we en-
|loyed the blessed privilege under practical Free
Trade in nails Of buying them where we could
buy the cheapest.
The tax which Is placed on coffee by the Brit
ish Free-Trade Tariff is cents per pound.
There is not q family in Great Britain-even
Tough 1t be tho poorest and humblest working
man .s-that does not Con tribute toward the pay
meneof this tax. The burden Of those Free
Trade Tariffs always falls heaviest those
Toast able to bear 1t. Yet the Democratic party
has Just declared In its platform that this Is
the only kind Of tariff which Is not unconstitu-
t1onal Do the American people want taxed
will elect the Democratic ticket.
The free trader Is very careful not to SEQ the
fall in wages in the English iron industry. Ac-
|cording to the Iron Trade Circulars supplement-
lof January 16. puddlers' wages were reduced IN
the North OF gland iron trade as follows: In
July, $780, from 81. ID to $2O7; in Septem Der. TO
81 50; In May, 1891. to $1.S9, and In SEPTEMBER
last to $1.S2. The lowest price for pudding In
this country 10 two and a half times this rate.
Tho average annual decrease in the national
debt OF tho United States during the decade OK
ceeded 500. 0O0. 600; tho decrease Der capita Of
combined national, State and local debt during
tho same period was from $s5. 70 to $3237 while
other statistics chow that the value of property
assessed for taxation increased meanwhile from
$17 600 Geo. 900 to $25 500 600 000 or so per cent
indicating q reduction Of public debt. and
|cedented at least in modern times.-Census Re
[porE
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Protection Breeds Prosperity.

It has been truly said that the gates Of Castle
Garden swing inward. No man or woman who
is struggling up the hill Of life for a competency
and comfort ever has occasion to swing them
out. None desire to leave this land of Proteo.
ton and plenty for the poverty and wrstched-
ness, the helplessness and hopelessness from
which they ned in the Free Trade land of their
BIRTH Congressman Mtiken.
There has been during tho TWEEN ty-seven years
since 1865, subject to temporary variations and
fluctuations, a steady advance in tho rates OF
wages, q steady reduction in the cost OF labor
per unit Of product, and q corresponding redue.
tion tn the price Of goods Of almost every kind
Ito tho consumsr.-EdoardA Atkinson (Free Trader in
the Nay Forum.
Tho American 1aboring classes are far better
paid, better fed, better clothed, better taught
land happier than those Of France, and still
moro 80 than those Of other countries in Eu-
rope. It Is almost disoouragins to have to 90
back to my country and paint picture in my
report which shows such contrast between the
fconditfen of things in America and in France.
Paul Deschape, Special Commissioner Of the French
isoorkiagme,s IN the United States, 1907
In no event can tho growth OF large fortunes
be laid to the charge CT the Protective policy.
Protection has proved a distributor of great
sums OF money not an agency for amassng IL
in tho hands of a few. The records OF our say.
finge banks and building associations can be ap.
fpealed to in support of this statement The
benefit of Protection goes first and last to tho
mon who earn their bread in the sweat Of their
1aces.-J0aes g. Blaine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Great Fortunes Not Made in Protected
Industries,

No argument is moro constantly dinned into
the ears OF our people BY Free Trade dema.
gogues, and none appeals moro strongly to
ignorant and pretud1ced minds, than tho asser.
ton that Protection Is responsible for great
Of wealth and It's concentra ton
into the hands OF q few mon. Yet no argument
has less basis in fact. The folowtn Is list Of the
ten wealthisst mon in the United States, together
with the business or industry In which their
wealth has been acquired:
William Waldorf Aston. real estate; Jay Gould
railroads, telegraphs, and speculation: Joa N d.
Rockefeller, Oil Cornelius Vanderbilt rail
roads; William K. Vanderbilt, railroads.; Henry
M. Flagier oil; John j. Blair, railroads and
banking; Russell Sage. railroads and specula-
ton; Colffs P. Huntington, railroads; William
Rock efeller. oil.
Without an exception, those fortunes have
been amassed by men engaged in occupations
mot In any way protected -occupations that have
mo moro connection with the Tariff than with
tho spots on the sun. The rapid multiplica-
ton of wealth to the natural result of the develop
mont Of our country's resources, in which devsl-
epment OF railroads and telegraphs have played
. prominent part. and the effect OF which has
been to greatly augment the value Of real estate
IL Is nothing but pure demaGogy which would
mako Protection responsible.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
How Freight Rates Have Fallen
Under Protection.

Tho results OF Improvements TN lake trans
portation in reducing prices are strikingl y
shown In the report Of Chief Brock Of the
Bureau Of Statistics By comparison Of the fall
in freight rates during q series Of years. In
1880 the average rate Of lake freight on a bushel
of corn between Chicago and Buffalo was 10
cents; in 1871 the same service cost ~ cents a
bushel; In 1859 1t cost 15A cents 4 bushel. The
average season rate on coal from Buffalo to
ton, and in 1881 81. cent per ton. From Novem.
Der 10, 1884, to the close Of navigation. coal was
carried from Buffalo to Duluth, distance of a
thousand miles. for 10 cents per ton. In 1891
the rate on coal by lake from Buffalo to Chicago
during the entire season was from forty to
sixty cents per ton. and the average season
rate was SO cents per ton. In 1887 the average
rate was 1.05 per ton. In 1857 1t cost an aver
age Of $4.25 per ton to carry iron ore from
Eseanaba to Lake Erie. In 1870 the same SER
vice cost S250 in 1885, g. H. and in 1891 80 cents
During the season Of 1891 the rate from Escana-
ba to Lake Erie was at times as low as IS cents
per ton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
JEFF DAVIS AND CLEvE-
YANn

LAND,
Congress shall have
wer to lay and
collect taxes, duties
and excuses for revenue
only, necessary IT, pay
the debts, provide for
tho common defense
and carry on tho gov
eminent Of the Confed-
erate States; but no
bounties sh all b Q
GRANTED from the
Treasury, nor shall
any duties or taxes on
importatlons from for
eign nations be laid to
promote or foster any
branchl Of industry
Article 1, Section 8, clause
1 Of the permanent Consh.
tuhion Of the CoWederaA
States, adopted when in
rebellion on Narch II,
1861.
We declare It to DO q
fundamental principle
of the D en- ocr attic
lparty that the federal
government h as no
constitutions power to
enforce and collsc,
tartn duties except for
tho purpose Of revenue
only.--Frons Platform Of
Democratic Party adopted
June a., 1897.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28

Although the articles given in this table are
|busa few Of the many that compete with the
products Of American farms. they are enough to
show that the effect Of the Mckinley Tarin ha.
been to greatly decrease agricultural imports.
and, by the amount of that decrease, to put
money into the pockets OF our farmers. We also
500 that agricultural producers have taken the
advice 20 often given them by the Protection
lists. to diversity their crops by raising the
thin g for which the new Tariff law guarantees
which thsro is q superabundant supply. Let
the farmer ontinue his good work In tkis direc
ton and 1t will be but short time before forei IN
markets and foreign dependency will be thing
OF the past. Prosperity for American farmers
will be the watch word in the coming campaign,
and the only way to secure 1t is to vote for Pro-
tsction's candidates next November.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Who Are the Free Traders3

But who are our free traders9 They are not
found much among our industrial classes, cor.
tatn1y not among our workingnen and PRO
rists, who can never forget what they learned
before tho war; doctrinaires and dreamers, who
have . supreme contempt for facts and prao-
teal results; foreign importers, who can see
nothing beyond their own personal gains: news
papers which are tho subsidized attorneys of
foreign manufacturers and merchants; the
Cobden Club, representing British interests and
caring nothing for tho welfare Of our people or
the honor and glory Of our country, and the pro-
British Democracy.
Tho toilers and producers Of our land. they
whose intelligent labor makes the wealth and
greatness Of our country and the prosperity Of
our people, are not among them.-C dngressman
killiksn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Where is tho Worlds Workshop
Now?

Talk about gland being the workshop OF
the worldl In Connecticut is quite large com.
munity who live from the ivory manufacturing
business. And where do you suppose they got
their ivory for man ufacturef
From London.
And where do you think 1t Is sold after being
by tho dsft Connecticut Yankees
In London.
Yes; the finished product 10 actually shipped
back to the place whence tho raw material came,
and sold there.
According to Golden. We were the people who
with raw material and buying back the finished
product.
But there was much in this protective system
of ours which the philosophy Of Golden did not
take into account.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28

where, under normal conditions, our own poo
pie will consume all our farmers produce.
There are no more such vast tracts Of unoocu
pied wheat lands as were brought under Guilt
walton during the last twenty years. and the d.
tent Protection for a few years more will place
our farmers In q position where prices Of their
produce will be regulated independently Of Liv-
erpool, Russia and India. Whom that time
comes, and 1t is close at hand. farmers will be
more than ever interested In Protection. These
are tho teachings Of common sense and expert,
enco. The only evidence that can be produced
gainst them il the tnsincere. partisan vapor-
ings Of the Free Trade demagogue.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Which Side Do You Choose ?
WASHINGTON AND HAR.
RISON.

WARRINGTON AND HAIR
RISON.
Whereas, 1t is neces.
sary for the support OF
the government for the
discharge OF the debts
OF the United States,
and the encouragement
a n d protection o I
manufacturers tn a t
duties be laid upon
goods, &c. - Preamble Of
First Tariff Lau Signed
by George Washington
July 1, 1889.
Congress has repeat
eddy and not without
success directed its at.
tention to the on
courgement Of manu-
| features. The object
Ia OF too much con-
sequence not to insure
a continuance OF its Of
forts In every way
which shall appear
eligible. - Frou, George
Washington's Speech to Con-
| gress, dated December Z,
1896.
| We believe that all
articles which cannot
be produced in the
United States, except
luxuries, should be ad.
mitted FREQ Of duty.
and that on all imports
coming into competi.
ton with the products
Of American Dor
there should 30 levied
duties equal to the dix
ference between wa ses
abroad and at home
From Platform Of Repub-
bean Party, Adopted June
10, 1892.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Farmers Benefited by the New Tariff


No schedule In tho whole Mckinley bill was
framed with greater care or with moro discrim.
nation than the schedule Of duties on agri
cultural products and provisions. Not only did
farmers and agricultural societies without
number have hearings before tho Ways and
Means Committe. but the members Of that
committee themselves spent no little time and
labor in the construction OF q schedule that
Projection and a better hold on the home mar.
ket. That their efforts did not result in failure
is shown BY the following table giving the i'm
ports OF various competing farm products Tor
finished products of which the raw material
competes1 In the years 1889 and 1S92-the years
Immediately preceding and following the en-
actment OF the Mckinley bill-togsther with
changes In rates Of duty made by the new law:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
and Democrats Pr
4 Together. ..@ H. !, 90
Pull

There IL . somewhat general fdca IN this coun.
try that the Mckinley Tariff bill will be re-,
tpaaled before long. CT at all events be so much
modified that the sting will be taken out OF
those clauses most Objectionable to British
manufacturers; and 1t is for this reason that
the hopes Of the Democrats for the approaching
Presidential election are 80 largely shared n
his 90 un try.-London Engineering. Aprile.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Two Free Traders Differ.
THE DEMAGoaUE.

TIE O6mASaS0Ons
At any rate, the con-
sumer has found life
harder since this 70
form Il. ., the Mckinley
[Tarinl than before. and
liz there IL . working.
man anywhere who has
had his wages tn
creased by virtue Of its
Operation. he has not
yet ma dc himself
| kn owE.-Gr0T Uepe-
td,sd, IN q speech at Preci-
dence. r. L, april z
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
THE INVESTIGATION,

There has never been
q period In tho his tory
OF this or any other
country whom the gon.
eral rate Of wages was
as high as It Is to-day,
nor . period when the
workman, In the strict
sense Of the word, has
so fully secured to his
own use and enjoymen,
such Q steadily and
progressively increas.
incorporation OF q con.
stantly increasing
prod u ct.-Edpard At.
kinsoss, 10 the Aay Forum,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
SHODDY AND WOOL,
More and Better ALI Wool Goods Made
Than Ever Before.

It is In FREQ Trade England where Shoddy
Goods AbOund-No Truth in the Asser-
ton that Our Tariff Compels the Poor
to Wear them-Bea uty, Variety, Quality
and Cheapness OF Domestic Goods Never
Before Equalled.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28
Watch tho Tin-Plate Market.

Tho Welsh manufacturer who 10 selling his
tin plates at present low prices could tell the
American Free Trade ''reformer" thing or two
about who pays the duty, The American Nan,s-
tac:auxr furnishes the following comparison Of
prices:
Priess Of Bessenaer Steel Cole Finish c. Tin Plat,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28

Now, tho Mckinley increase in duty was 81 80
% box. and We ind the plates selling 81 to 81 .25
less than year ago. The foreigner pays tn at
much Of tho Tariff by lowering prices to make
allowances for 1t to the American buyer When
q few moro American tin mills get under way.
The will pay It all.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28

xeM salk * AZ
For some years back American agriculture
vas depressed, though In less degree than
agriculture in foreign countries, because OF
overproducuon. Tho FREQ trade domagogue
took advantage Of the situation to urge his pct
theories upon farmers. who more steadfastly
than any other class Of citizens have turned q
deaf ear to the free trade siren and formed the
main bulwsrk Of American protection from the
Time Of Washington down. The demagogue as
Iures them that the remedy for their Ills 10 to
Do sought in foreign markets for their produce.
Il u exactly the argument used to persuade
hsm TO consent to revenue tariff In 1916. But
when that tariff had been voted they discovered
how shey had been fooled. Said President FIJI.
more In his annual message in December, 1851,
i've years after the low tariff had been lnaugu.
rated:
''The value Of our exports Of breadstu1s and
provisions. which II was supposed the incentive
St . low Tariff and large importauons from
abroad would have greatly augmented, has
fallen from S6S. 600 in 1847 TO al 600 900 in
ls61. with almost . certainty Of o still further
deduction in 1854 The policy which dictated .
low rate Of duties on foreign merchandise, II
Has thon ght By those who established IL. would
lend to benefit tho farming population Of this
country. by Increasing the demand and raising
The price OF our agricultural products in foreign
narkets. The foregoing facts. however. seem
10 show, incon testobly, that no such result has
followed the adoption Of this policy
And NO such result would follow . repetition
e the experiment. now. Our misfortune is
that Wo have to send too much Of our aRficuL
tufal produce for sale In foreign countries. But
70 are rapidly getting over that d!fficulty.
Ve are approaching very close to the line
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-07-28

. y
PURCHASING POWER OF FARM PRODUCTS.
1876. 1890
100 bushels wheat would buy pound
nails ...............::.. $50 $3.50
100 bushels corn would buy yards
broadcloth. ..........:............. ~ "A
100 pounds butter would buy pairs
wooden blankets IS 8
I cow would buy yards cotton cloth. 80 666
! ton hay would buy yards Calico. 40 1872
I month farm labor would buy bar
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-30
How il Feels to be Hit in Battle.

When the lieutenant had disappeared
from view. | turned my face To the front
bolStrring my trembling hopes with the
thought that this last victim was a ~liin-
ing mark. as | certainly Was not. Be
| sides. | believed that the Sharp>hootcr-
could not get the range on our end of
the line Then followed Il 'thud" ClH-c
to me. and my next sensation WIS that
Ms PROSTATE on the ground. pierced
through my left arm. heart. and Spla~
with II rod. and pinned tn the earth.
'l'hi, was the physical sensation, but. OF
COURSE. was not the fact. Then through
my brain there tliltc,l quickly vision
such n the thought of a battl" most
commonly brings to mind misses of
warning men struggling Individually for
the mastery. seemed 10 be in the
midst of the melee. and with all the ill.,
di@nation | could express MIS- shouting
to the men in grey. There. You have hit
me Next | Was being lifted and sup
,orted bN som" Que. and II voice said.
lie isn't hit, but something is !hr mat
ter YES. said another Voitr' ~t"rnlN :
he j. hit. and is good ~ dead. Take
him to the rear" had 81 far recover
ed IL to comprehend these remarks, and
instantly concluded rhnt | was the sub
ir,t oi u practical joke Ia another mo-
| mcnt was seized with the llc,'ne>t pain
| have ever experienced in my life. in
| the region where il had seemed in my
swenn that WIS run through with "A
rod. Now what had happened was this :
| | lad been In sitting posture, resting
partly ON the ground. parity upon Inv
lreS doubled beneath me, the left hand
holdiu" my weapon, the arm we'll brat'ti
across my chest 50 that the middle III
the upper bone pressed against IN"
heart. ON my arm were two shirt sleeves
a Jacket sleeve, an ovcr'oat sleeve. and
rhe ovcrcoat calr: and II muSk"t-ball
moving in the direction of my heart and
>pinc-that i. oblilucly to the front OF
my prrson-had licked the limb OF Il
bush a few feet away, kcelrd over. and
struck fat-Wi>,- on the arm. Embedding
tsclf in the flannel and the tlrSfi.-Foie
| ,J,f, Ngj,up, H,ufbIU
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-30

The Wine and spirit Gazette say thai
>alooli-lrcpcr- in Pittsburgh, who u,cc
to make ~ 800 Ia $1,000 a year. now
clear ten times IL much under high IL
cense.
II i proposed by Frances +. Willard
to found. by subscription. Il John Is
Cough profc>Sorship of total abstinence
in the new American University to b,
established in Washington.
\ recent Great Falls. Montana, trlc-
gram SAYS thai stream of Water com
ing from the Gold Bug mine i said t.
cure the taste for liquor, and has been
named the Bi-chloiidc of Gold Springs.
The vice of cthrr-drinkng, says the
British Medical journal, has spread 50
rapidly in Russia the Government has
prohibited the free sale of ether and GER
tain of it, compounds.
Dr. Howe of Massachusetts. reported
To the Legislature of that State: That
the habits of the parents of 300 idiot :
had been learned. and that 10 of them
were known to be habitual drunkardS.
The voters of Manitoba are to vote
"upon the advi>abilty of the introduce
ton of law totally prohibiting the i'm
portation, manufacture. and sale of in
toXcating liquor II beverage in that
Province.
The Ontario fCanada) Legislature has
forbidden the sale ni tobacco 10 minors
who seem to be under eighteen and are
not proved not be-, except when buying
with written order of parent or guardian.
The Wine and Spirit Gazette says ::
The clank~ and fanatics in Mr.. IIarri-
sons cabinet have developed II fresh ac-
tiyity. They evidently hate the liquor
traffic. and seem to take delight in per-
scouting the men engaged in it.
The Quarterly journal of Inehriety
says The most rational cure for in
rbriciy that has been urged at this en-
piracal stage of the subject i. tllis: Have
the patient interested in n prizc-lighl,
and place him in training for three
months.
John &. Whittier in Il recent letter
writes; Il feel great interest in amy
effort To check the Iwrnicious habit of
tobacco-uSing. 1t is not only II nuisance
but II moral and physical evil, and Il
shame to our hoaStcd refinement and
civilization.
In reply to the qur~tior-"Are YOU in
favor of the people around you having
the power To suppress tn" liquor traffic
bv their own votes. should they wish to
do so:'-12, los persons, in u small com
mImities in scotland, answered "hcS, -
and only 5.527 M.