The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-14

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Erpussiicans.
The republican party organs mako d
loud cutlery againt the new iarisT bill
because IL deprivcs our suffering In.
dnstries Of protection Day after day
they reiterate the assertion that il will
either ruin our industries or force
manufacturers 10 mate deep cut in
wages. or both.
And yet. with no less pcrslsseacv
and clamor. they repeat the decl:.ra-
tion that the bill has been .'manipu.
lated by the trusts" Herein they
manifest their peculiar sense OF con
sistency- They are the creators and
friends Of the tariff buttrcssed trusts.
The foul brood Of trusts are the ma.
turai progeny 81 the protective sys-
tenn II the new bill strikes fatal
blow at that system IL necessarily
must be hostile 10 the trusts. and il Is
ridiculous to say that il has been manip-
ulated by them II il has been manip-
uiated by them II cannot be hostile TO
the protective system
What trusts have manipulated the
bill? Is the sugar trusts one Of them?
by the admission of their Own tariff
leader In the senate their own Me-
kinley law gave the trusts the benefit
OF 90 cents on every 100 pounds Of
sugar. while the new tariff bill gives it
the benefit of only 42is cents per 100
pounds. And yet they call the allow
nnce by the new bill Indecent favor
itisn TO the trust II that is indecent
favoritiSrn. that OF the Mckinley bill
law must nave been over Al per cent
more indecent by the showing Of their
own tariff leader.
And. besides. everybody knows that
the democratic house voted 20 put an
end to all favoritism To the sugar
trust Everybody knows not only that
the house ha, done this twice. but that
the senate would have done the same
long ago but for the republican sena-
tors aided by a handful Of rccreant
democrats Throughout the struggle
the republican senators. with unbroken
ranks. have shown the most indecent
favoritisrl'' to the sugar trust. dcclar-
ing that they would permit no action
except such as would keep the Mckin-
ley law in force in its entirety. and
than ii IS given by the bill.
But the republican organs talk Of
indecent favoriiisrn' to the trusts"
not the trust To what besides the
sugar trust do they refer? One organ
names the steel beam trust There
was such a trust. and il fiourished
nightly under the republican law OF
i>sS. which protected it b. duty Of
SIS per ton. and under the Mckinley
law. which protected II By e duty OF
S9o-lG per ton. The new tariff protects
the steel beam mn <ers By a duty OF
Sia. - per ton. II that Is indecent IA
voritism' what WAS the so per cent.
higher duty of the Mckinley law o,
the los per cent hiyher duty of the re-
publican law of 1883?
Furthermore. the house reduced the
duty on steel beams 20 80 per cent,
which On the imporfations OF 1892 and
1883 was equivalent To- s. - per ton.
How came the senate TO increase this
to sl3iia Ii was because Senator
Qray dictated the increase and the re-
publican senators in body. with
little squad OF rccreant democrats,
~ Int IffsuoAlCIu SGno
tors are responsible for S. per ton Of
this indecent favoritism duty
which republican organs now de-
nounce a prohibitorv.
And the same Is true with respect 20
the indecent favoritism' Ia all other
tariff buttrcssed trusts and interests.
past and present The republicans
are the men who have shown the
.avoritism. They have fought from
first 10 last 10 defeat all legislation |
and To keep on the statute books I'M
changed the Mckinley law. which Is
from 20 to 100 per cent more favorab BILE |
TO all the tariff-shielded trusts and |
combinations formed TO plumber the
American people under the protection
and by the active aid of republican
laws.