The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-01-27

r4o0. OVO,UJU OF money IS requires
for the expenditures OF tn,
national government; of thii
ehQut $50, 600. 900 is raised b,
interval revenue axes-leavina
about%P00, 900, 600 10 be raised by
customA dutnies. The tariff
Questiop Is simply How shall
theduties Required TO raise this
sum be distributedy" The Re
poblican Theory is that they shall
be so laidas to give the best pro.
lection or aid TO American labor
and American capital Hence the
Mckinley law laid heavy duties
on articles which God has given
us the natural facilities to make
cheaply and in abundance, and
on articles of luxury or vice, ard
low duties, or none, on articles of
necessity or general use, and
which we cannot produce, or of
which we produce only q small
part of our consumption. Hence,
TO illustrate, high duties on iron,
and free coffee. tea and sugar.
The Democratic contention is
that II Is unconstitutional TO lay
any duty on imports with n view
TO protection of home industries,
and that all duties must be laid
with a view to revenue only.
Hence, TO illustrate again, they
would place such a duty on iron
as to induce the largest importa-
ton aud bring the largest
of revenue, and should
tax coffee, tea and sugar.
1.-THE Wilson bill follows Meth
er theory, but is a bill without
principle mongrel-sceking a
compliance with the Chi
cago platform on one hand, and
to catch, or save, votes on the
other. 1t is an un-American bill.
and in all its departures from the
Mckinley bill it discriminates
against the American wage earn
er, and i'm favor Of the foreign
manufacturer. The bare propos-
al OF its passage has been the
prime factor in the terrible dc
moralization Of business now pro
throughout the country,
and its passage will deepen and
the universal distress.
The passage of the bill will in a
great measure change the ecoho-
mic conditions Of the country,
destroy old and large industrial
in the attempt TO create
new ones, disturb and render I'M
certain existing values, and pro
duce great and calamitous paral-
ysis Of business. 1t will be tho
wedge of a radical
departure from the policy of en-
enlargement TO the home manu-
facturers, as old as the constitu.
ton and sanctioned by Washing
ton.
"The great boon Of protection
TO home manufactures is the Civ.
ing them the home market n
market Of 60, 600, 600 people, who
consume more than any other
100, 600, 600 people on the globe.
The proposal of the Wilson bill
is TO divide this market with for
eigners. With reduced output
by our manufactures comes in
creased cost Of production, which
can only be met by reduced
wages TO labor, and hence, as
always, the burden falls on the
backs Of the wage earners OF the
country. Then with reduced
earnings OF the great body of the
wage Gamers copies lessened
purch.91silSo power, and Che injury
rs reflected ON all classes of our
people
ga fair days wages for a fair
days work is a demand founded
In TtdSOu uhu JhohlNNt WV Wy
consumer should pay for his
goods a price that, under good
natural conditions, will allow the
laborer this just reward. God
and labor only create wealth,
and they work together and in
harmony. God has given us an
empire with a richness Unnatural
resources unequaled in the
worlds history, and with q hu-
man energy and skill to match.
What these combined resources
and skill can do is illustrated IN
the fact that pig iron has been
selling this year in Alabama and
Tennessee at less than the duty
1912 per ton-in flat contra
diction TO the Democratic claim
that the duty is SO much added
TO the cost OF the article TO the
consumer. Then. admitting vir
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