The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-15

81 &omA In. Hbm6 hot relno6s Satlonat
carnpaime 49, 4Bua hAs been--0f mpSt cngs
restly, has bsen msds 70 appe1e to D. -bQ-
twssns ts! nlS s$s lcw psotst;lv,,s ;d,,,. ssa SotA
Tor ths wages q ouS working people, and
Tor the PROPERTY Of our domestic ipdus-
6feA But Under hlmorel courageous lead
ership the Democratic party has now pfac-
tcally declared that II given power It viii
2nact taxtn law without any regard 70
Its effect upon wages or upon the capital
invested In our, ersst industriesL- r, -
The majority feport Of the committee on
platform 70 the. Democratic national con-
ventton at Chicago contained this clause:
THAT, when custom house taxation is
ievisd ie tss. upon articles q any kind produced
cost Of labor here and abroad, when such q
diference exists fully measures any possi-
Bile benefits to labor and the enormous ad-
dittonal impositions Of the existing tariff
isli sna With VIII crushing force upon our farmers
ana Workingmon.
Republican contention that American
workmen are advantaged by tariff rate
equal to the difference between home and
against the alleged additional imposi-
tions" Of the existing tariff law. 80
Again, this majority report further do
But in making reduction In taxes, Il Is
not proposed to injure any domestic indus
tries, but rather 70 promote their healthy
growth Moreover, many indus
successful continuance, 50 that any change
the labor and the capital thus involved.
Here we have an admission that many Of
our Industries depend upon protective
duties "for their successful continuance, I"
and declaration that tariff changes
should be regardfui Of the workmen in
such industries and Of the invested capital
The overwhelming rejection Of these prop
ositions, which had before received the
sanction Of Democratic national conven-
tions, was not more Indicative Of the new
ana more courageous leadership to which
the party has now committed itself. than
the substitute which was adopted This
substitute declares that protective duties
are unconstitutional-high protection, low
protection-all unconstitutional
A Democratic congress holding this view
can not enact, nor Democratic president
approve, any tariff schedule the purpose or
e1ect Of which Is TO limit importations or
workman or producer. A bounty might, I
Judge, be given to the importer, under this
view OF the constitution, In order to in
crease importations and get the revenue
Tor revenue only" on the limitation. Reel
Procity, Of course, falls under this defini-
but the promotion of commercial ex-
changes, the profits Of which go wholly to
our producers.
This destructive, un-American doctrine
Tas not held or taught by the historic
Democratic statesmen, whose fame as
tion-csrtainly, not by Jefferson or Jack
son. This mad crusade against American
shops, the bitter epithets applied to Ameri-
can manufacturers, the persistent disbelief
OF every report Of the opening of a tin
plate mill, or OF an increase Of our foreign
thsS are eyd are as surprising
There is not q thoughtful business man in
the country who does not know that the
enactment into law Of the declaration OF
the Chicago convention upon the subject
OF the tariff would at once plunge the coun-
try into business convu1sion such as it
has never seen; there is not q thoughtful
would at once enormously reduce the
amount OF work to be done in this country,
by the increase Of importations that would
follow, and necessitate reduction of his
wages to the European standard. II any
ons 0of bs suggests that thif radical policy win
tains power, what shall be thought of q
party that is capable Of thus trifing with
our great interests
The threat Of such Legislation would only
be less h9rtfIl than the fact. A dlstin-
guished Democrat rightly described this
industries to fight of determination, and
another such rightly expressed the logic OF
the situation when he interpreted the Chi.
cago platform to be an Invitation to all
Democrats holding even the most moderate
protection views to go into the Republican
party.
The Tariff Law.
And now, few words In regard to the
able to Judge of its Influence upon produc-
ton and prices by the market reports The
day of the prophet of calamity has been
succeeded by that of the trade reporter.
An examination into the effect of the law
upon the prices Of protection products and
of the cost OF such articles as enter into
been made BY senate committee, com
posed Of leading senators of both parties,
with the aid Of the best statisticians, and
the report, signed by all the members OF
the COMMITTEES. has been given to the pub
Ac: N3 suGh wide and careful inquiry has
from the report:
First-The cost Of articles entering into
the use Of those earning less than 81. .6OO per
annum, has decreased up to May, l892, 3z
per cent, while In farm products there has
been an increase IN prices, owing in part to
al AACIOtaoe0 AOIcI&u uclIlduQ ana CQe OPEN
ing OF new markets. In England during
the same period the cost of living has in.
creased 1.8 per cent Tested by their power
to purchase articles of necessity the earn.
tngs Of our working people have never been
q great as they ard now.
Second--There has been an sveraee ad.
cant. - -,
Third-Thsrs has been an advance in the
price Of all farm products Of 1857 per cent.
and all cereals $3.50 per cent.
The ninth annual report of the chief OF
the bureau Of labor statistics Of the state
Of New York, Democratic officer, very re-
cently issued, strongly corroborates as to
that stats the facts found by the SENATE
committee His extended inquiry shows
that In the year immediately following the
passage Of the tariff act of 1890 the aSore
gate sum paid In wages in that state Waa
t6,ST7, ,926 In excess and the aggregate pro
duction 81, 81, ,1@ excess Of the preceding
In view Of this showing Of an increase In
wages, Of reduction Of the cost OF articles
OF common necessity and Of marked ad-
vance In the prices of agricultural products,
IL 30 plain that this tariff law has not I'M.
posed burdens, but has conferred benefits
uDOn th0 farmer and the W0rkin0nan