Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-28
M'KINLEY LAW.
I i AJIU KRIS UE-
MAND.

law are given:
MANUFACTURERS DE- M'KINLEY LAW.
MAND.
Penknives or pock- Peuknives or peck
ct cutlery of all ct cutlery Of all
kinds, and erasers kinds, and erasers
or parts thereof, or parts thereof,
wholly or partly wholly or partly
manufactured val manufactured, val
ued at not more than ued at not more than
so cents per dozen, 80 cents per dozen.
- cents per dozen; II cents per dozen
valued at more than valued at more than
50 cents per dozen 80 cents per dozen,
and not exceeding and not exceeding
$3.50 per dozen, so Sl.50 per dozen, 90
cents per dozen; val cents per dozen; val
ued at more than ued at more than
$3.50 per dozen and $3.50 per dozen and
not exceeding 80 per not exceeding 90 per
dozen, 81 per dozen; dozen, 81 per dozen
valued at more than valued at more than
3 per dozen, g. per 81 per dozen, 81 per
dozen, and in addi- dozen, and IN add1-
ton thereto on all tion thereto on all
the above, 30 per the above, 30 per
cent. advalorem. cent. ad valorem.
1t will be observed that the manufac'
turers, who have been generous contri bu-
tors to the Quay campaign fund, got exact
" what they asked even to the phraseoloRy.
If they had asked for twice as much pro
lection" they would have got it just the
same as it was nominated in the bond.
These large increases were made despite
the protests of wholesale and retail dealers,
many of them from Chicago and the West,
who did not like TO have their customers
robbed for the benefit OF the organized
manufacturers. But the robbers did not
stop, and every man who buys knife, @
razor or q pair of scissors is under the
the tribute levied in the manner Just de-
scribed.
This sort Of thing was going on every
day during the making of the tariff bill
The Royal Weaving Company, of Rhode
Island evidently had a pulp with the
committee. Having discovered that GER
tain kind Of cloth made by its shops was
not protected, it sent in a written request
that clause be put in the bill for that pur-
pose:
ROYAL COMPANY's M'KINLEY LAW.
CLUAsE. That on cotton
That on cotton cloth, bleached, dyed,
cloth. bleached, dyed, colored, stain e d,
cOl0red, stained. painted or printed,
painted or printed, containing sn ad-
containing an ad- mixture Of silk, and
mixture OF silk, and not otherwise pro-
not otherwise pro- vided for, there
Nldeu Tor, Lnere Snau De IeVleQ, col
shall be levied. col lected, and paid a
lected, aud paid a duty of 10 cents per
duty Of 10 cents per square yard, and in
square yard, and in addition thereto IS
addition thereto 30 per centum ad val
per centum ad val orem.
orem.
Mckinley did not even take the trouble
to reduce the Royal company's suggestion
to good legislative language. but employed
the same awkward; unusual and uuneces-
sary words, ''levied, collected and paid, " Of
fered by that corporation.
These are few of hundreds Of examples
that could be given of the manner in which
the Republican fat fryers make tariff bills.
The consumer is not considered at all, nor
the workingman, except at the manufac-
turer preSumeS to speak for him. The evil
dence given above shows that il is a mis-
take 10 suppose a Republican tariff bill is
made by Congress. IL is, in fact, maze BY
the interested manufacturers. They write
out what they want and in the bill it goes,
phrassology and all.
The great question in the present cam
paign is, Shall the Republicans DC given
power 10 carry out their fat-frying contract
and make another tariff law in their own
peculiar wayi