The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-23
THE TIMEs-RICHMoND. vA:sATUR DAY DECEMBER % 1892

FROM 1871 to 1893 pig iron declined about
80 per cent. In price. bur Steel rails were
| maintained at $50 per ton. by the com
oind'ion. IL Is a fact that they have
reduced the price 10 s24 per ton since
the panic.
But that Is not because of the de-
oihlihs cost OF raw material. 1t is be-
cause some Of the largest rail making
companies are In the hands of receivers
ana we're not allowed TO keep up the
price You viii please note also. that
Hheh the price Of rails was reduced
- per cent. the wages OF labor were
correspondingly reduced. But you will
ma mat every time the combination of
manufacturers reduce the prices OF their
goods they will also cut down wages.
III 1t be true that the great object of
taking the tariff off raw materials is to
enable the manufacturer to sell cheaper
goods to the consumer, why not carry
the principle farther and give him per-
feet tools and machinery
Finished products may say products
Of any kind, in these days. cannot be
brought forth without tools and ma
chinery Miners OF iron ore, miners of
coal, sawyers OF lumber, makers OF sugar.
manufacturers OF cotton goods, and Of
Gotten seed oil, and the host OF articles
made from the products Of the soil
require tools and machinery. The cheap
er they can get tools and machinery, the
cheaper they can make the goods. the
cheaper the railroad can get its locomo-
tives, its rails, its pumps. its spikes, the
cheaper it can haul the grain. the cotton.
the hay and all other goods TO market.
why not, then, carry out the principle?
why not give to the railroad free loco
motives, free rails, free frogs, free spikes
IN word, everything free, which would
enable 1t to haul more cheapy the pro-
duce OF our sorely burdened agricultural
community?
Why not give to all who are engaged
IN manufacturing the inestmable boon of |
free tools and free machinery. so that |
they may be enabled 10 furnish the toll |
ing millions with their wares at greatly |
reduced prices? This is not done because |
The whole theory is false and groundless |
If you ADMIT free of duty all goods /
which are needed i'm manufacturing I'm 1
)rder to make the finished product cheap
r. there would be scarcely anything left
o protect.
The truth is palpable. that under the
Democratic doctrine, one man or one
business is no more entitled 70 protec-
ion than another. If taxation is to be
lsed 10 benefit business, every mans
BUSINESS is entitled to an equal share OF
eneht. whether his product be finished
r unfinished.
You must understand that my remarks
re not intended as an argument against
reduction Of the tariff imposed by the
lcKinley bill l am opposing the per-
etuation Of the principles Of the Nc
,inley bill in our Democratic reform
ILL., 1 am opposing the principle Of Civ
~ protection 10 some classes and re-
using IT TO others. i am opposing the
election of favored industries and favor
1 sections Of the country for protec-
on and the discrimination against other
ldustries In other sections Of the country
hich is proposed by the Wilson bill
am opposed to the Wilson bill because
is a Mckinley bill in petto. / am
)posed to it because the platform Of
Ie Democratic party denounces protec-
on as a fraud and a robbery of the
-eat majority of the American peo-
@ for the benefit Of the few, and yet this
II proposes 10 establish a protection
ore odious than that OF the Mckinley
II. because IL proposes to perpetuate
g principles of protection and to con- I
lue the robbery Of the people for the
nedt Of one section of the country .
lille it refuses it to the industries Of
other section
Is not this an outcome Of the great
title OF tariff reform worthy of our
ecal admiration? The South has been
hting for tariff reform and against pro- 4
,ton for generations. Just as she is
rself deriving some benefit from the
stem she wins the battle Thereupon
w England and the North say 10 US.
hats all right you have won this great
nj. We congratulate you on your vic
" and ON the triumph Of your princi-
IS. We will apply your principles 10
ar own industries. We will take the
1tective duties of Of your industries;
as for us. we produce a higher order
goods than you do. We have been
hing the American people five times
long as You have. We have a body Of
lcatcd, skilled artisans who get high
yes and make fine goods We will con-
ne the protective tariff on our products.
, viii continue to rob you. perhaps not
To- so much az under the Mckinley
, but still we viii continue to rob you
Ter the protection Of the Wilson bill"
Very truly yours,
JAMES IL. DOOLEY