The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-25

than century ago. In the beginning
duty of 10 per cent was imposed wstcn
has now been increased to IS per cent
This difference has occurred principally
since 1860. Prior to then, trusts and com
blnations and consequent monopoly was
quite unknown. To-day they dominate
the country. These conditions are in
seperable concomitents of protection.
That the tariff is a tax, and if it is 1t
Is unconstitutional there can be but lit,
tie question. Chief Justice Marshall said
IN an opinion delivered in 1919 that
tariff imposed upon imported goods was
tax paid by the consumer" Still our
W1ndbag Republicans claim that it is not,
and Mckinley stands foremost in this po-
sltlon. The American importer in dealing
with the foreign merchant adds to the
original cost of an article, the expenses
Of transportat ton, insurance, etc. In sell
ing to the wholesale dealer these costs
are necessarily advanced, so through the
| successive changes the article passes,
from the wholesale to the retail dealer,
and the retail dealer to the consumer
Hence every dollar of the tax thus inn
posed upon imported goods is paid over
the retail counters of this country by the
consumer. 1t is not only paid upon inn
ported goods but upon the products of
home manufacture 1t practically amounts
to tax on the domestic commodity, for
the market price of the foreign article
determines the price of the home product,
Which is always the same. If the impor-
/ ter undersold the manufacturer he would
be destroyed, and vice versa, consequent
~ the consumer pays the increased price
imposed by reason of the tariff, both
upon the foreign and domestic article, in
order to protect our manufacturers
against foreign competition, and for the
further preteXt of furnishing employment
! to labor. This latter excuse is suggestive
! OF an incident sometimes related that oc-
Cured in the history of Robinson Crusoe.
| One day while down at the beach on his
| lonely island engaged in the construction
| of rude canoe, by following out log,
some loose board came floating to shore,
implements of toll, and wondered if he
| couldn't economic by putting those
! boards together, but instantly the idea
of protection flashed across his mind,
suggesting the loss of labor in appropri-
ating the boards, so he resumed his ar
duous task. Such illustrates the Repub-
lican theory, to give labor to the Ameri-
can people whether they are remunerated
for it or not, insisting upon generous
contributions at the same time to build
up the monarchial finance of Republican
| ism.
1t is a fundamental principle of econ
omy that every tax imposed upon an ar
| ticle adds to its cost, hence places it be-
yond the capacity of some who could
otherwise buy, operating directly as
| limitation resulting in the inevitable re-
| duction in price of exported goods both
at home and in the foreign market. Who
| then is to be benefited by this? What
|
element of our country? 1t is reliably
estimated that 20 to so per cent of the mil
lions of products shipped annually comes
| from the farm. 1t is the great funda-
mental and controlling industry of the
American people. Throughout the. en-
tire range of our history We have been
raising surplus of the products OF agri-
culture, which have found their way to
foreign markets on the basis of ex-
change. We only deal with other ma
tons by exchanging the surplus of our
products for that which they produce ar
excessive supply of, hence by excluding
theirs we "shut ours in The result is
having more than we can consume, prices
naturally fall, operating to the financial
betterment of the manufactures and dis
aStrouSly to the agriculturalistS.
Limited or moderate protection may be
beneficial, but the high protection of Re
publicanism is fraud and an imposition
maintained and fostered in the exclusive
interests of money kings. Had Mckinley
come forth with schedule of rates 81
per cent higher than they were, his party
would have ignorantiy accepted 1t ~, as
bribery could have tainted the honor OF
their leaders. They also would have
thought that this extra 80 per cent added
to the price of commodities was not palc
by the consumer, but by the foreigner
They wouldn't think for moment tna'
this extra. percentage allotted to manufac.
tories was the great source OF riots ano
strikes, and that II is responsible Tor tne
social political and economical distress
of the country, they had rather behevt
that the Democrats are Responsible To-
all this, thereby being consonant VIII
their many years OF sophlStry ana MS
directed craftsmanship:
A peep through the historical telescope
at the development of protection ana fret
trade in England, will show concluslKeiN
the superiority of the latter system. INT
condition of English labor is always re
ferred to by protectlonlsts as repr 1o1't
to free trade. Most all the departlieu .e
] I'D
system of foreign trade receives hlghe
wages than formerly under protectlon
AS an illustration since 1913 When sh
tore down the barriers that so long men
ecad her people, the wages of carpenters
lhric1lavers and masonS increased re
spectively AZ. So and 60 per cent. Sint'
she removed the artificial stnulus u
canital labor has been Satshed 10 sum.
ON the same footing as the capitahst $
far as the government is concerned
place England today with her pollcy
foreign trade under the oroaR a aIIans4i
HE resources, with an infinite lnuuslrldd
dava1onmenf. she would show to the wori
an UNPRECEDENTED condition OF prospSrll9
that today only exists in dream
| So long as our government accordS I
capital a high protective tariff by whlc
the Industry it controls realizes enhance
rrofits the labor it employs Will AWAY
: he dissa tisfied. and strikes and riots nc
suit until they are accorded a part 9
the enormous profits the government cor
cedes to canital
F,urone is the source and strength of FL
roDean socialism, and is responsible fo
its fallacies and eXcesses -,
: The above evils of society will ever b
an incident in a nation that imposes linn
| tations on voluntary consumption, there
: fore let us inaugurate the only true an
correct policy of foreign trade. a polio
that receives the endorsement Of + the mo- moi
and then, and not till then. can we loo
: for emancipation from the land of shat
ows. Don't be deceived by superficial s,la al AZ
Secured in '92 the noblest victory in hi
,, tory to become confused by the financi;
= storm that is raging in every Quarter ter,
1 end excessive taxation. The storm wi
soon blow over, and then through pc
iod of uninterrupted Democratic supren
+ acy the people will eXult, all nature wi
: smile and the morning stars that sang {
the creation will join in the praises of 10
2 and thanksgiving.