The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-02-22

Either the duty must go Of
the price of labor must go dows 4
the foreign level; that is jus.
clear as that two and two man
four. A.
If the Canadian, or other foreiA
company, will pay the same rate
wages prevailing on this side of til
line, then there will be no need 81
protection.
But this is another phase of thd
question which has doubtless evaded
the eagle eye of the Democrat.
We have here in this count try uni
der this Government, a territory
fifteen hundred by three thousand
miles in extent, peopled with more
than 65,00O,000 inhabitants, and
any mother s'son Of them may 60 to
manufacturing matches any day he
pleases, and he can make as many
matches as he will, and sell them
Just as cheap as he's a mind to,and
he will get all the subsidy that any
other manufacturer of matches does
or can get in this country.
Trade between the forty-four
states and six territories comprising
| this Union is absolutely free, and
it is only when the degraded labor
of lower civilization is brought IN
to competition with the bettes 80
labor of this country that the Gov
eminent asks tribute for the privi-
lege of putting its products on our
markets.
The Democrat calls it a subsidy,
an enormous subsidy" The
chances are that the Democrat
knows a subsidy when it sees one.
In the State of Maryland there
are a lot of fine-haired gentlemen
known as the Maryland Ring, who
own the offices and control lcglsla-
ton. All State legislation is ma
nIpulated by them with view to
the main charm. Just look at the
tobacco warehouse abomlnation, at
the oyster navy outrage, and OBJ
serve the operations of ihe election
laws, the school laws, the registra-
ton laws, the assessment laws, all
framed with a view of extracting
money from the pockets of the tax
payers and putting it into the peck
cts of the tools of the ring.
These gentlemen keep an obser
want eye on what is doing in the
counties. If a citizen or news
paper have opinions Of their own or
manifest disposition to question
amy Of the high-handed proceedings
of the ring it has no sort of use for
him or 1t; but if they are putty, to
be worked into any sort of figure
the ring designates, they will throw
them sop in the shape of job Of
printing a lot of laws or something
that people never read or know any
thing about, and then compel the
taxpayers to foot the bill.
This is what might properly be
termed subsidy" Perhape- The
Democrat knows something about it?
The farmers Of Garrett county
will be surprised to Learn that in
stead of the patient, hard working,
honest citizens they fancied them
selves to be, that they are nothing
after all but set Of miserable Sub
sidy' eaters.
There is under the Mckinley law
provision requiring any foreign
potato grower or wool grower, or
grower OF anything else which the
farmers of this countr" grow, to
pay duty of rs cents per bushel on
potatoes and II cents per pound on
wool, etc, for the privilege of sell
ing his products in our markets,
but now it turus out, according to
the Democrat, that every farmer is
therefore the recipient of an "enor-
nous subsidy which he has no
right to r, ceiye.
The duty is now to be removed
from foreign products so that when
ever there is an overproduction in
any other country the surplus can
be dumped onto the American mar
kets without let or hindrance.
This is the feast You are invited
to, You farmers Of Garrett county,
and. in the gleeful language of the
Democrat when the price of wool
went down three years ago: GLOW
do you like it now?" and "what are
you going to do about it?'
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.