Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-04-07
ONLY FOR TRUSTS.
Tie Republican Plan LIS for the Benef. of
CORPORATIONS AIoue

Tie Republican Plan Is for the Benefit of /
Corporations Alone.
The democratic party Is irving to re- |
moBetize the real wealth of the country
It's wheat corn. cotton. provisions
and other articles OF international ex-
change
the price of all commodities exported
by Us uader the republican tariff
against return cargoes is subject to the
Limitations of the European gold sup
ply and II Is a universally admitted
fact that there Is not geld enough in
Europe 10 carry on the international
trade of the modern world The re-
publican secretary of the treasury. the
late Mr. Window. admitted this in his
reports and he reiterated II in the last
speech ne ever made.
ct while this Is admitted we put a
tax averaging sixty per cent on the
buying power of all the surplus the
Mississippi valley exports to Europe
This tax is not levied on the outgoing
commodity. for the constitution forbids
taxes on exports The same end Is
reached however. by levying the tax
aga inst return cargoes of manufactured
goods The surplus of Europe Is chiefly
IN manufactured goods It can paw in
manufactured goods fo- our surplus far
higher prices than it can paw in any
other way. But we ara not allowed TO
take the surplus of Europe The tariff
forces Us to sell for gold or for a few
selected arti les OF raw material. No
one can fail TO see that this limits both
the quantity and the price of our valley
exports
We ship a cargo Of wheat or cotton
TO England or Germany We demand
gold for importation TO America The
answer is We have 10 gold for ex-
port There = barely enough 10 make
our clearinrs here Our governments
have demonetized silver. We need
your goods but we are practically out
cf money and If ron demand gold only
we cannot trade
This ! not said in so many words. for
business men do not take time for 80
many words They simply decline 10
trade Then the seller looks around
for something he can buy with his val
ley products which offered in exchange
fo- gold only. have go4e TO less than
living selling price As measured
against me scarcity Of gold in Europe
they become too cheap 20 bear the ex-
Pease OF exporting He finds on exani-
nation that If he buys raw sugar and n
few other like articles he can get them
into the United States without being
En-.d for =. - he exchanges them for
raw sugar and other articles needed by
our trusts and sells TO the trusts what
he Is allowed to bring back as return
car-ons-
OF course this IS not intended 70 be
accepted rs statement OF the details
rate outline of the general course OF
our valley trade with Europe. Bat for
articles of foreign production now on
the free LIST. we wouN have no exports
st all. for there Is not gold enough
lorse in Europe or IN the world 70 move
ont any considerable portion OF the sur
plus we produce or could produce in the
Mississippi valley If we Were allowed TO
exchange Il freely on its merits al its
exchange va,ue IN comparison with
what We need most in exchange for il
And this must always be remen bered
that where for our valley surplus of
agricultural, exports We are allowed to
take foreign products in exchange. it
Is only ard always for the primary
benefit Of manufacturing corporations
The repu blican party Is in favor Of
free traGe-for the trusts only.
All articles on the free list. all
articles we car bring in from abroad
without being fined for 1t under the
Mckinley bill. are for the use Of manu-
featuring corporations only. We are
forbidden TO bring IN single dollars
worth Of any article that Is in a shape
in which we are likely to De able 70
uSe Il al once.
Convince the republican party that
free trade in anv article will help the
trusts and they will put that article on
the free list at once
See how this works out in the Harri-
son-Blaine reciprocity. Spanish
America Is a farming country with no
manufactured goods to sell 50 the re-
pub.icans say TO the exporters Of the
farm products Of Mississippi valley:
send your farm products TO the South
American farmers. who have nothing
to sell in competition with the trusts,
and Won can trade all you ike as long
as you do not try TO buy anything the
trusts want TO sell you-
There * nothing new about this II
II simply the old republican plan OF
free trade for the trusts only We are
only allowed to buy abroad what the
trusts want bought and we are only al
lowed TO sell abroad in the measure OF
the quantities of foreign products the
trusts are willing TO have imported
We must either accept this or bid for
gold only with our exports which
means no trade at all abroad and ruin
ous prices At home
This i the trouble with cotton now.
and except in European famine years
IT is the trouble with all the products OF
the valley.
The republican rule works both ways
1t Is protection FOR the trusts only
and free trade for the trusts only
St Louis Republic
A PARTY QUARREL.