The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-07-22
Tariff Nuggets

The leader Of Mr.. Cleveland's forces In o.
Icagc. and the one above all others he can tn IA
for his nomination, 10 q typical monopolls
lmiAionaifs. the practical owner Of New Yor
street railway system and leading spirit
the monstrous Standard OIL combination.
Mr.. Cleveland Will pose as the candidate Of
common people, who Is raging unrelentng "
on trusts.
Imports free Of duty, % por cent of the tot
imports dutable, IS per cent OF total Su
lie the story Of the twelve months OF our torel
trade ending May 81
Domestic exports we're so ''strangIed'' by I
Mckinley Tarifr during the month Of May ti
they only reached S1.01s. sos, 9s7, to which mt
be added Sii,357 .541 of foreign exports. a total
81, 022 96l,52S. We can stand great deal Of th
Kind OF strangulauon, say the American poop
The number of depositors in savings banks
the United States Is 4. 258. 263; the amount OF q
posits. 81 ,524. 844. $685. and the average TO each
positor S35S.0i. Tho number OF depositors
savings banks IN Great Brit in is 3,7l5, 900; II
amount Of deposits, $3.50 900, 900. and the averaI
to each deposltor, $l4l2s.
According to the report OF the Special Agent
the United States Treasury appointed 10 inve'
tigate the tin plate Industry, there were m ade
the three months from January l to March
1892, 800 ,OS7 pounds Of tin plato. The laJe'
hgures show that there are twenty-five firI,
making specially OF tin plate manufacturI
while various others manufacture 1t as n
product i
Wire nails nave been sold by Western mills
81. 80 per keg of one hundred pounds. There
quite difference between this figure and I'll
$40 a keg at which they used TO sell whom We 81
Joyed the blessed privilege under practical Frd
Trade In nails OF buying them Where we coul
buy the cheapest
The tax which is placed on coffee by the BrI
ish Free-Trade Tariff is 4 cents per pounI
There is not a family in Great Britain-evd
though IL be the poorest and humblest workinI
lman's-that does not contribute toward the pal
ment OF this tax. The burden OF those FREE
Trade Tarlns always falls heaviest on thoi
least ablo to bear It. Yet the Democratic par
has Just declared in Its platform that this
the only kind Of tariff which is not unconstitt
tional. Do the American people want take
coffee, taxed tea and taxed sugarl If so, the
will elect the Democratic ticket.
The free trader Is very careful not TO see Il
fall In wages In the English iron industry. A
lcording to the Iron Trad Circulars supplemel
OF January 16. puddlers' wages were reduced
the North Of England iron trade as follows:
July, 1890, from S213 to S2.o7; In September,
81 95i In May, 1891, to $l.89, and In Septem "
last to Sl.82. The lowest price for pudding
this country L. two and q half times this rate.
Tho average annual decrease in tho nations
debt OF the United States during the decade Q.
ceeded 800 000, 900; the decrease per capita
combined national, State and local debt duriI
the came period was from s6C.T3 to SS2.37 viii
other statistics show that the value of properl
assessed for taxation Increased mean while froI
SIT 600 600 900 to S25, 500 900 000 or so per CEN
indicating a reduction of public debt. al
Increase of wealth for the country unpr
Icedented at least In modern times.-CaRsllS &
port