The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-09-23

Ko>GrnMcnt "a the former nficr n; thr ropi~.
and the consumer PANS NOT onl> me former
price ~ the rOoa~ bit ne tax Which ne i'm.
porter has paid iosothrs with y small prof.,
again upon this tax Tor instancr. tiuo worth
81 plate glass win cost the consumer IN the
relghhorhooa ~ >sHnl - with articles upon
which the tariff Is lower
Take an article upon Which the tara T. - per
cont n II formerly cost q and the importer
has 20 IA, - cents before he can land n. then he
j. obliged 70 gel a.. or little more. because
he must have profit on the - cents. and
this sum - paid BY Tho man y 10 finally buys
Il, that Il. the consumer. 80 that The tarin
simply compyl> the mechanic ana N. farmer
20 pay more Tor All manufactured articles
which they hare 10 buy than they would need
70 pAy II there were free competition
To illustrate the workings ~ the tariff a
little further We viii take woolcn~, blankets
and similar good, upon which the duty
y N the rcirhfnrhoo4 81 - per cent 80 long
a. the importer paid no tariff and sold his
blanket for u the American manufacturer was
obliged 10 do the same When The government
stepped in and said 20 The manufactures that he
must ray ~ CENTS apiece on his blankets before
he cou.I land then, ihe importer was compelled
~ mark the pricc of his blankets up ID u little
over siso. Then the American Manufacturer
marked his blankets np 10, Nc VIII say, :i.so, %
to Just undtf-cll the importer. In this way
he soon drives the importer out Of the market
The importer cannot afford 10 sell blankets NJ
si.o which cost him .i.sl The result Is that
the American manufactures soon has entire cor
troll of the market.
The importer stops bringing blankets and IL
will be observed thar not penny 81 the seventy
cents on each BLANKET which the American
manufacturer sells goes into the public treas
ury, II sir.r,y zoe, into his pocket because ne
has no dnty % pay tie does not nave 70 90
throuEh the custom house Inc American peo-
pie IN tins way pay millions o. dollars annua.ly
which they would not need 10 pay IL there were
free competition yet very httie 81 ms goes
into the pubic tfenSrry II SIMPLY GOES into tnr
pockets 81 manufacturers OF trusts and 81
combinations For when the manufacturer
mas that he mas driven the importer enurtiy
out OF the market nc manages 20 combine with
the other American manufacturers and forms
trust or combination, rot only Tor the purpose
~ keeping up prices. but Of liking wages II Is
in this way that the tarin - the mother OF
trusts. IL makes y possible Tor men 70 combine
and 70 prevent competition where X would not
be possible II there We're no rrohipifory tarin
~ Was one 81 the theories advanced Years
ago and recently reiterated BY President ttarri'
son that protection IN the end chtapcn- ii.o-nc-
ton. That -. that by governments enrourag-
lrg certain industries MANY people "ousu en-
bark ~ those Industries ana very soon there
would be created such competition or rivalry
that the price would pe reduced below what X
would BE- II there were no tarin and free compe-
tiiion. Now. IL j. 70 be observed IN regard 70
this, first That II Il were true. then the moment
that point had been reached Why. the iaril
might as well be abolished because II would BE-
no longer needed II our manufacturers. who
have been cQddled, ana fed and ported by Inc
4 government got 70 q point where they can make
( goods cheaper than they would Otherwise pt
made instead OF from time 10 time increasing
\ the duties on those goods The tariff ought % be
entirely abolished as % them isut the exp.ri'
encc Of the last teu years has demonstrated 70
Hts "A
one, for instead Of this competition we simply
have trusts and combinations. by means q
which prices are kept up Even II the 'heorF
were correc; one u shows the tnrin 70 be- =
monstrous injustice 70 me consumers n me
country for until me uirercnf industrial r
Adjustments have Been - FAR dev,lope a. y
uring about this tneoretical competition inc
American people are compelled 70 pay
I on an average 81 nearly sixty per cent
more Tor the manufactured articles tntF
buy than they would otherwise have 70
pay. And, a. already shown, ms Sixty per
cens does not 40 into the treasury but goes
simply into the pockets oi the proprietor- 81
these industrial establishments. and a. we nav.
now had an application OF the protective prin
ciplc with comparatively little interruption FOR
an entire century VIII ask: How long Will y
be Until this home competition President har
rison speaks Of shall bring about this reduction
in price II Is apparent that the aborer has
had 70 pay more for his tools. more Tor M
clothes. more for his household effects, and that
the farmer has had 70 pay more TOR every man
ufactured article that he buys by reason q this
tarin, and thus far the promised local compefi
tim and reduction Ia price has not come about
Instead OF that the tariff has given vs. million
aires by the thousand. and has given US local com
bination~ and trusts white il has destroyed ON
foreign commerce When the importer found
that nc could not sell goods in our market be
cause ~ the tarin he naturally quit comiul
here And when he ceased to bring goods here
he also ceased "a buy goods here but would bu,
the products he wanted 10 buy in those market.
where he could also sell the goods he had Il
sell. al q result the splendid commerce ",
had prior 70 the war. which according 10 Mr.
blaine was the rrand.st upon earth has beef
DESTROYED Then The farmer was not confine,
n 4 home market but H. had ali the market
or the earth 10 sell his products in
1T was also a theory which was much talkcs
or wears ago that the tariff would divcr~.f,
home industry ana would create home mar
ket for the farmer ID seil hiS products at II
was admitted that the tariff tended TO destro,
the foreign market Bnt he was assured tina
the home market would be very much bette
anvhow ana notic. thar senator crllom re
centiv ~ Io,iet estimated me Intelligence 81 hi
audience snf,,eient,v low 10 arasn repeat thi
ola theory ~ou fwcnfv-fyc wears AGO whc
M heard most o. this theory. the farmer wa