The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-26

the expense Of everybody else.
General Operations of the New Law.
In regard to the general operations of
the new democratic tariff law and its
ultimate approval by the American peo-
pie there is neither fear, mlsgiving or
doubt in my mind. 4 state ike Maine,
whose chief wealth has come from high
protection on lumber and the enormously
protected prices at which 1t was sod to
the people Of other states, may be ex-
pected to revolt in high dudgeon against
tariff reform of all kinds, and more espe-
cially against a measure which makes
lumber free, and consequently 100 per
cent. cheaper to every family in the
United States who wants to build a frame
house. The same may be said OF the
action Of Vermont when the people found
that they were no longer to rob you OF
2 cents per pound, as bounty, on al
sugar they could make in their well
worked sugar camps. But in the sober,
upright appeal to the great mass Of our
labor.ng. seif-sustaining people we can
safely submit our cause the testimony
already given by those who were opposed
10 the senate bill as il passed congress
and became a law. In a well considered
article, Harp RS Weekly, a very dlstin-
guished publication, belonging neither to
the democratic nor the republican party
but always devoted to tariff reform,
couraging statement:
I'm the first place the law has made
certain the repleniShment OF the treasury
and removed AL risk of q further increase
in the permanent national debt. Again.
II inSures the Chelpening to a substan-
tia extent, OF a multitude OF the neces-
saries and comforts of life reducing the
cost Of living for every household. with
out weakening the resources Of the gov
ernmCnt. Clothing Of every description
LOT e
viii be cheaper and better everywhere for
its passage. Imported food, woods and
lumber, china and glassware, pocket
knives and IA bic knives, nearly all the
completed goods, the use OF which is 50
large part Of civilized life, together
with the materials Of which they are
made. share IN the large reductions of
duty. These changes alone VIII certainly.
within few months. make every mans
daily earnings more valuable 10 him
than row. But they Will do far more
than this. They wiz do much to revive
depressed industry and 10 restore genera.
prosperity. A pretense Is made By d
few manufacturers OF anticipated distress
from the reduction Of certain protective
du les. but for this we can find no foun-
dalton in the law. Even the exor5itant
profits OF certain forced and petted in
Gustries, which never could have existed
without aT-fiCia, subsidies. at the general
cost, have been treated tsnder,Y. But
important hep to those Industries which
are not and cannot be fostered by taxa
ton. and which must always constitute
by far the greater part of the economical
activity in any community. Thus the law
in all it's parts will itself be a continue.
object lesson 10 the voters tea hing them
that the Imposition OF needless taxes can
never benefit the people as whole but
that every removal OF them is a natural
boon.
But the brightest feature of this tariff
is found in the fact that Il is a turning
point in the history Of our economic leg
isl1tioI. i signaiizes the final stage in
the most costly experiment ever tried b.
a peaceful nation. For an entire genera
ton OF men this country has continued to
apply the doctrines Of an unscientific,
narrow, provincial! school Of economists
who teach that people enrich them
selves by diverUng their energies from
more TO less productive ind-- es by
taxing hampering and discour3s ~ those
activities for which their sol, elm. and
abilities are adapted, and fostering those
winch are unnatural to tnem. AS all
economists of worldwide repute have
taught from the first, such an effort must
fail, and the semb.ance Of success can
only he maintained as long as the taxes
AMI Giscrim hons the eystNF0 ~7~tl'''7
continue 10 grow heavier. Accordingly
tariff after tariff has been passed IN sue
ceSsiVe years. eacn more burdensone
and more unjust than its predecessor. UNI
III IN the Mckinley law Of 1890 the pro-
tective system reached It's elimination
and broke down. The experiment has
failed In the new Jaw the nation has
Turned It's face toward justice, toward
economical truth, toward lasting pros
parity toward ultimate freedom of trade:
and ghs movement hencef0-th VIII be in
that direction. -
John WanuninISc-'s Reduced Prices
Under Reduced Tariff Duties.
I will call your attention next TO the
advertisements Of the lsadnC republican
wholesale and retail merchant in Phila-
delphiS and also ore OF the leading re-
publican politicians in the United States.
John Wanamaker, late pos5maSter-g
eraI under President Harrison, a man
with pious regard for the truth. as well
as for his own interests, advertises in a
whole broadsids CT the Philadelphia
Record that owing to, and solely on &C
count of the new democratic tariff, he
can and will, right of. now" make to
his customers the following, amongst
many other magnificent reductions in
prices over his counters:
In new aI-wool dress goods, cheviots
imported 10 sell at $3.50 and 81 per
yard, are reduced to so cents; cashmere
and cheviot plaids imported to sell a
S1.50 and $3.50 down to 70 cents. All
wool Stcking goes from so cents TO 3112
cents per yard: sail cloth, from IS cents
TO so cents; FIR nch and worsted sergeS,
from SIPS to 81; hengalines, from $3.50
to 81; silk-hgured t2misss and batiste7,
from $3.50 to 10 cents. Broadcl0th, in a.
colors, is cut from SO to $3.50. Womens
wash dresses, in duck. pique, and the
like, that have ranged from So to $40,
are put down to a uniform price of s.,
and a vest goes with each suit. All silk
satins drop, according TO price as fol-
lows: 81 per yard. cut to 10 cents; $1.S5.
cut to 80 cents; $3.50, cut 10 $40; y,
cut 70 81 40: SO, cut to 1925; $3.50, cut 10
S2.65. On silks the cuts average higher.
all along the line"
the reductions are heavy as in
fabrics. "Women's calf oxford ties so
from 81 to S1.30. Infants shoes go from
in all sizes and colors, are reduced from
SO TO $3.50 On linens of all kinds the
average drop is 20 per cent. On ribbons
Il is 40 per cent. On carpets it is 80 per
cent on silk curtains 1t is over so psr
cent On children's clothing 1T is 40 per
cent. Wall papers go all TO pieces, being
from so per cent. in higher grades to 30
in the lower ONES. Mems clothing goes
down 20 to 80 per cent, and youths
clothing still lower7
What answer can be made from the
standpoint Of a protectionist to the
force of these startling figures? None
whatever, except to admit that a pro-
tective tariff is a tax, not for revenue,
not for the support of our common
government, not to go into the treasury