The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-14

The Manufacturer Have HAD Their Day
Now Give the Farmers a nance -fr"t"e-
tion o. coursges >iosenly Methods "s
Manufactures.

and Cotton Reporter has heard that the
traiff reform committee Of the Reform
| club, in preparing such tariff bill as
| il would like 10 see adopted by the pres
cnt administration. has placed the duty
| on imported woolcns mt - per cent al
valorem. The Reporter can scarcely be-
lievc that this committee. even though
| il contains such theorists and hobby
riders" rs + Ellcry Anderson. David A.
Wells. Edward Atkinson. Thomas q
| Sherman. John Dewitt Warner Charles
| :. Fairchid and Everett H. Wheeler.
| can be foolish enough 10 think serious
| IL of proposing such low duty. yet II
| devotcs several columns 10 showing the
need % mach higher duties and Of n
gradual reduction.
Forgetting that the democratic party
has taken its stand against the fraud
protection" the Reporter still imagines
that the next tariff bill is going To bc a
protective one and pleads for protection
| to those who have capital invested in
wooden mills Isut il gives away their
case when pleading for more than the
40 per cent duty proposed by the Mills
bill. 1t says:
Were the Mills bill put in operation
to-day. the measure of protection af-
forded by it. so far as pertains TO the
wooden industry, would bc far less than
would have been realized at the time
the bill was formulated. Conditions
have changed considerably during the
past four wears. and what would have
been sufficient measure Of protection
| a H.. -. 20 The
foreign manufacturer. because of the
obstacles of higher duties. has been
forced to lower plane Of economy.
while the domestic manufactures, with
n wider market than formerly to cater
to. has had less incentive to restrict and
economics These conditions have
widened the difference between them.
and have increased the advantage the
former has over the latter"
This means simply that protection
encourages bad management and waste,
and that the manufacturers when they
have the "home market" all 10 them
selves. do not proceed as they pretend,
to make goods cheaper. but become SC
slovenly that they actually cannot
make them as cheaply as formerly
And the Reporter, unmindful that Their.
are a thousand consumers to every
manufacturer of woolens. would
have us continue. on a slightly reduced
scale. this incentive 10 sloyenly methods
and high prices, knowing full well thai
the people already hard-worked and
poorly fed. housed and clothed. must
pay for all of this waste and eNtrava-
gance. Bosh We hoped the day wa,
passed when democratic journals. a
the Reporter pretends to be, would
print such nonsense a. this II woulc
be far better to say to the manufacture
ers. as the people practically did Oh
November ;:
Eve have for thirty years given yo'
all the protection Won wished. iot
promised Us cheap goods and higi
wages You have been unfaithful 4
the trust imposed upon you. You hav'
taken no pains to adopt improved ma
, chinery and methods. but taken grea
pains to reduce wages. by importing
contract labor, and To prevent tn
natural decline in prices You hav
for. trusts and combines. for Ties
pLrp ses. until to-day wages are neare
the European level than ever befor
and prices are further away from i
You have sold your goods. when posi-
bic. to foreigners at much lower price
than TO Americans Yor have con
tinually, under the infant indus'r
plea, clamored for higher duties an
have falsified statistics, bribed congress
7 and corrupted legislation To secur
: more protection that you might increas
!. .he robbery of the great majority q
: the American people for the benefit q
the few For these and other reason
: we will hereafter pay no attcntio
I whatever To your requests or your pre-
: tests but proceed to make tariff bi
= which shall produce the greatest amour
OF revenue with the least burden to I'll
people and upon legitimate Industry
If such bill happens 10 leave conside
able protection for you. so that you ca
! compel us to pay taxes that Will not u
:, crease our revenues. that Is our mi
= fortune; If it leaves you without prote
4 ton and you are unable to compete in
!, fair field with foreign manufacturer
!, that is your misfortune. We are don
with your deceit and treachery an
! propose TO sell the products of our lab
! where they will bring the highest pric,
and to spend the proceeds where the
will purchase the most"
a Equally absurd Is the vested rights
y plea. The Reporter says: surely u
I. government which has foStered indu
I, tries could hardly with consistency
:. equity change its policy in such a wa
: as TO jcopardize these vested rights"
. Are there no vested rights b'
!. those Of protected manufactures
What about the farmers and those e
gagged in other unprotected industrie
Have thirty years of high protection
le preyed upon the vested rights Of u
n farmers that there are now none lief
lie II would seem so; and the statistics
lr farms. homes and mortgages. now b
ii ing issued. and the fact that farm VI
" ues all over the east and in parts Of q
lc south and west have diminished. oft
lie To the vanishing point. helps
z, strengthen this theory. But bccau
'c of their great numbers. it is likely tn
,r the vested rights left to these paupc