The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-09-05


cratic Senators and members and
their constituents are divided into
sheep and goats--the sheep on his
right hand, being those who favor
cd placing iron ore and coal on the
free list while on the left hand are
the goats who favored a duty on
these articles.
All these statements are so OBJ
vious to the simplest mind that we
repeat them here and now, rather
in the hope that the President him
self may read them than because
they are new to any Of our readers.
The President has taken 1t into
his head that all other countries
would Immediately stop manufact-
uring entirely If American manu-
facturers could he saved the pay
ment of 800, 900 duties on coal and
iron ore, because then they could
undersell the world, and only
American manufactured articles
would be consumed in foreign
countries. If Mr.. Cleveland will
60 to his office in the Mills Build
ing in New York City, and call to-
gether the men who have offices in
that building, and will demonstrate
t them that American manufact-
urers could monopolize foreign
markets by gift Of 100000, to
make up to them the duties they
will now have to pay on coal and
iron ore, he will not have to 60 any
further to raise that amount of
money and make gift of it to our
manufacturers of this country.
The occupants ofthe offices in the
Mills Building alone would instant
ly donate the $500, ,00O which our
President believes now stands be-
tween American industries and a
monopoly Of the foreign markets.
If the President, after full re-
storation to health and while en-
joying the salt sea gales at his sum-
mer home, will look up some facts
concerning the tariff that have for
many years been common know
ledge, he will give up his fanciful
idea ofstutfing manufacturers with
new benefits, such us raw material
or an increase in duties in the hope
that they will share these benefits
with others. He has hitherto ad-
vocated lower wages to enable
manufacturers to sell their goods
in foreign countries, and now he
| favors free raw materials for the
manufacturers in the hope that
they will thereby be enabled to put
their goods down to p.ices that
will admit them into all the worlds
markets. He will iin,l that the
manufacturers are not philanthrop-
lists like himself. They do not share
his disregard for worldly prosperity
They 10 business to make money,
and they will not be guided by re-
formers in the way of making it.
Other considerations there are
that sh uld discourage any futher
attempts by the President to di-
vide his party and disturb the
country by crusade in favor of
free raw materials. The most oil :
vious one of all is that revenue
bills should be exclusively confin-
ed to the best methods of taxing
the people for the necessary eX-
penses of the Government, and
that it is a gross violation of Demo
cratic doctrine to be wandering off
into pathways of paternalism and
class legislation. BY the time the
President prepares his December
message we hope to see him recov-
cred from the folly of advocating
legislative methods of advancing
private business interests. I'M
ported raw materials must pay
their proportion of the taxes for
the support of the Government,and
not be made free for the protection
of manufacturers who are already
protected enough.
Every article on the free list i.
a broken pledge of the Democratic
party to provide tariff system fol
revenue only.-Cincinnati Eaquir.
er.