The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1893-04-28

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The advocates Of tho repeal n TIE AEcsl
Kinley increase Of duty en tn platas
need 10 keep their organization intact
for further battle John Jarrett was
sorae time since ordered home from his
post IS consul % Birninghaan, ENGLAND,
to the rescue Of cause ID which Crapa.
myer and Neidringhaaa haye proved
themselves inefficient 81 Leaders, Iohn
Jarrett il d noted Pittshura politician,
wirepulleF and, report says, an eifeottve
lobbyist Ia times past Jarrett has
been able, BY the liberal use Of funds
put up by the protected Interests Of his
state, to defeat Democratic congressman
Tor election BY invading their disiriots
Ia person and carrying The war NJ tha
homes of the voters HuFd Of Ohio and
Morrison of Illinois both know w9at
Jarrettisfn means ID polities
Jarrett has lately been made the sec4
retary Of three distinct trusts wiz, the
Galvanized Iron trust, the Sheet Steel
trust and tho Tin Plate Manufacturers
trust. These TRUSTS are backed by the
same men and are only made specifcl
On paper Ia order to nislead Tho coEu-
munity and tohoodwink congress tisF
were shown that the Tin Plate trast was
has an evolution of the Sheet Steel trust,
and that the increased duty was secured
for the purpose Of protecting the Ssal
yanized Iron trust and Sheet Steel tFust
against a competing article, the case
would BE- vulnerable from every pcints
hanca II IL pretended that tho Tin Plate
Manufacturing association is q new and
separate industry struggling for g foot-
hold through legislative recognition.
The boast has been frequently made
BY some Of the agents e9 the protected
interests that 1t costs less to win legisla-s
ton than elections. Judging fron thel
complaints Of the Republican paanagera
IN tile lata canvass, The PittabuTg paOplel
are proceeding on this hypothesis, and
Jarrett viii not lack the funds with
which to work powerful lobby when
the emergency calls for action.
It must not be supposed that the Sheet
Steel trust, which, By increasing the duty
on tim plates $40 cents, was thereby
enabled 10 maintain an advance on gair
yanized iron of cent Iier pound or more,
will abandon the rich harvest without q
struggle,
The 70 sheet iron and sheet steel Daills
Of the country turn out some 220,Q00
tons of products yearly, The enforced
advance In the price ol tin plate, coinr
peting article incident to tile Mckinley
increase of duty, enables these concerpa
To maintain d price from cent 70 IA
cents higher on their output than they
could otherwise do, This means q net
addition to their profits yearly Of over
| $4,00O,OQ0. Docs any one believe that
| less than one-fourth Of this enormous
sum will he yentured in trying To cir
ou1nvent the repeal Of the duty on plateai
eForewarnea Is forearmed, Z and The
vigilance which has driven the advocates
of the increased duty on tin plate into
silence ia debate and on the STUMP viii
certainly win Ia spite Of the added argu-
ment Of a corrppting fund. But watch
filness will be required, and the import
of the verdict at the polls on last Nc
yeInber must be kept before tho people.
Thus will our lawmakers ba forced tp
boldness ia dealing with the great auea-
ton. American Industries.