Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-21

dem 3Cs4.sc votes e9flid Dc made from
- The dsnocFatlc COMMITTEES found
sgEkInxnea gett.nE more wages lhAn
tie Committee ltssaI.
Well ae sAa that something must
be doas sltn TIE indas1Fiss 81 tae eoa1-
Try. We fsund that taers were thou
sands Df dollars worth % SoF< being
done IA foreign countries mat could
Just as veil haSs besB done nsre. As
result Ne formulated certain rules
TIE BFsS of these = that everything
We don't make should &c admit
led duty free. Everything that ~
Do maEufacture snail be protected by
duty sAst Nil squa!lzs tns difference
between ths home and foreign labor.
Nov. on every unsuccessful industry
tls duty - Lax tasL must DC paid Dy
tns consumer, bot the duty on sac
esssiui i8anstFy - Bsser a Tax. For n
stance. sngar aas not a successful N
dustIy zth0ugn 10 was protected Tor
ssysnty-nTs years. The Mckinley ball
put Is or the free lat and tbs con-
s1ner saves cents A pound. Nov, the
other Fuio vas Whenever a foreign
manufactured competed with our
sofknkmsn, put Oh duty equlSa-
lent 20 the difference between the
wages OF the working men and
women there and the sorkIngmen and
women here. After the Oil vas passed
the Sheffield Telegraph said j. was de-
signed 10 advance inc interests OF
Americans, and go Il = Why should
40 seek to advances the interests Of
Germans on b"lslans.
How Foreigners Are Esasfitsd.
Our intention was 10 promote the in
terests of Germans. Englshmen, irish
men, Belgians, Hollanders, and all OF
them after they have moved To this
country and become Americans Be-
fore the Mckinley bill MAS passed We
paid S45 .0O0, 900 annually for foreign
wooden goods. The bill increased the
duty OF fine WOODEN goods 10 make up
tor the difference between wages. aud
reduced the duty on coarse wooden
goods. What was the result? The year
after the passage of the bill We import
e. So. 900 900 worth less. We used
more goods because We had 10, 600 900
more people u use them. That $780,
900 900 has gone 10 the American work
men and they have spent IL ia this
country. Now Is there anybody that
could object TO this! les, there Is.
The whole democratic party does.
Every wooden mill IN the country IS
now running on full time aud the price
of goods has not increased IN the least.
: Year before last we imported s3l,
OOO. 600 worth OF tins cotton goods and
reduced the duty on coarse goods.
Last year We imported 81 ,OO0, 00G
less OF hue cotton goods. Now, IA re-
gard TO iron and steel. We have iron
enough To supply the world, and coal
enough too. We were buying our iron
and steel from Germany, but the Me-
kinney bill says We will pay this money
20 the Germans that live here and pay
taxes and buy homes aud fight for Us
ia time OF war. Last year We imported
$40. 900. 900 lees OF iron and steel than
We did the year before, and this sl0,'
900, 900 went % our workingmen. Year
before last We bought i4.000 tons OF
cotton ties OF England. The tariff was
only sll ton, not half as much as the
difference IN wages. The Mckinley
bill multiplied this tariff by three, and
last year We did not import single
pound.
Cotton ties were cheaper last year
than they ever were in the history OF
the republic, and cheaper than they
were ever before IN the markets OF the
world.
Tin Plate Industries
Now, is there anything else? Yes
tin-whIch Springer lodged. Now
what is TIM Sheet iron. baptized IL
tin. Did We make our own tn? We
had sheet IRON enough to enclose the
globe. Did We have TN? Any quantity
OF 10. But We paid England from
$500, 900 10 s., DOC, 900 a year for tin
Why did we do this7 Because the
difference in wages between this coun-
try and Wales was 52i per cent, and
the tariff did not begin 10 make up the
difference.
Ii was found that If we would make
our own TIN we would employ 40, 000
men aud pay them $50, 900, 900 a year.
rhe Mckinley bill increased the duty
earng on Tia. aud tho same bill pro
gided that If we didn't make one-third
II all we needed within SIX years, the
sw should De repealed. The first
quarter OF the year we had five mills,
he last quarter we had tHenty-six
MD seventeen more IN process OF
qection. IL Wa keep on in
proportion next year we shall make
10000. 600 lbs, and the next year we
nall make the whole 500 Zoo, 600
ounds. and since the Mckinley bill
ook effect not a single man or woman
the United states has paid LID OF 3
nsll more for their tin. Two years ago
be price Of everything was increased
AL on account of the Mckinley bill,
40 matter whether the bill reduced the
artlf on the article or not. Every wo-
nsn that bought a yard of cotton, and
ne merchant told ner that IL had gone
ap on account OF the Mckinley bill,
went nome mad. she didn't damn the
Dill, but she thanked her husband when
he did. The Mckinley bill had reduced
the tariff on cotton goods; but that
didn't make any difference. No mat
ter whether it was q red herring or q
piano. u vas claimed that the Mckin.
ley bill had increased the price OF t.
snd she women had more TO do with
the landslide Of Two years ago thar
ina men. bat the bill hasn't defraude ed
msn or a woman. and every decent
man that wants work IN the Unite &
States today can get 10.
Protection Cea<ittutispsL
The democratic party has found that
the g0vernuent nas no Tixns to enact =
protectivs tariH measure. The same
party said It was unconstitutional &
put dovu a rebellion. In 1882 SOBtn
Carolina sad the tariff OF that yeaI
wss unconstitutional, ssd declared she
woflld ues ray 70. Andrew Jackson
WAS prssdsut--a democrat. ANDREW
Jackson SAID. BY the Eternal, you
will pay if' and south Carolina pa ID
These men tast made the elsim OF
unconstitutionadtv kno~ that when
the constitution was made, when
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