St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-14
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
S the difference in cost of production,
which necessarily assumed that the
price, of the homemade article is equal
to the foreign price plus the tariff. l
do not mean 10 say that the price of
the home product is always enhanced
to the amount of tariff, but | do insist
that tariff that is lot added cannot be
justified according to the Republican
platform, for if it is not added it is
greater than the difference in the cost
of production. The theory that the for
elgner pays the tax is not acted upon by
protectionlsts. If the foreigner paid the
tax, the home producer would get no bene-
mt from the tariff. That the protection
ist expects the consumer to pay it, is
evident from the fact that compromising
duties are always given the manu-
facturer when his raw material is taxed,
and from the fact that rebates are
allowed 10 manufacturers upon material
exported. 1t is amusing To see the pro-
tectl0nlSt contradict himself. He wants
high tariff to make high wages when he
talks to the employee; he wants a high
tariff to make low prices when he talks
to the consumer; lie wants high tariff
ON wool to raise its price; and high
tariff on wooden goods to lower their
prices; he wants high tariff to raise the
price OF wheat and lower the price of
iron. When MIR. Mckinley reported the
Mckinley bill, he said in the report:
we have not believed that our people,
already suffering from low prices, can
or will be satisfied with legislation
which will result i'll lower prices" And
now pro tectionists say: THE Mckinley
bill has reduced prices, ana the people
are happy"
The principle of protection cannot be
defended. The government has no
right either
TO TAKE MY MONEY
by taxation and give to another, nor has
1t any right by all indirect tax to hold
me while some one rifles my pockets.
We arc exporting cotton manufact-
ureS TO China, although our day wages
are five to ten times higher. Our farm
ers pay for help nearly eight times what
is paid in India, and yet we meet India
wheat in Liverpool, but when you ask
a protectionist how England, with free
trade. pays better wages than any Eu-
ropean country with protection, he re-
plies: Who put down the rebellion.
anyhow?"
we are confident that this bill will re-
move part OF the load from the shout
ders of the people. extend our markets
and justify still further reduction i'll the
near future. The bill has been de-
nounced as favorable to the South.
Where we give free cotton ties to the
South, we give free binding Irvine to
the North; where we give cotton bag
ging to the South, we give free agri-
cultural implements to the North. Texas
has more sheep than any Northern state,
and yet consents to free wool for
our manufactures, while the cotton
growers of the South give free
cotton to the cotton manufacturers
New England helped to free the black
slaves. and the South now rejoices that
1t was done. 1t Is fitting that the South
should now help to strike down this
system of white slavery, by which one
man is MADE TO pay tribute 10 another;
i'll the fullness of time New England
will rejoice in the result.
Mr.. Bryan was frequently applauded
during his speech, and at its conclusion
was given thunderous ovation. He
spoke almost three hours, and when he
finished at l1:l0 the house adjourned.