The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-01-31
rAE RIGHT TO STEAI
acld Claims ny = rrotcctso"ist
viii the People Indor-e Its p"ct''"e,

All claims Oy = GbOtCsssc"'~s Dr
viii the People Indor-e Its p"es''"e -,
Insolcnt ana overbearing ns are tho 80
,a,.f.a organs Of the high tarin trusts
s,d monopolies In their assertion OF -
,be doctrine that tax burdens should
10 laid on the many for the benent OF 4.
,ha few. IL Is seldom that one OF the" a.
Gas y, Tar As to declare that the pro- n
,ec,ed interests have acquired the !,
..rich ~ 10 rob consumers through hisn !,
rrices extorted by high taxes on I'M
norts- Yet this is the claim pun i"r' !,
,ard IN n recent issue OF the ihiiauei- !
,h;a Manufacturers, the organ OF Wy ,
nrn,ec,,d manufacturers OF Pennsyr .
vaaia- r I
wha LADDER. a republican paper.
wri,es n correspondent having stated
Tho we'll known fact that to increase
,ha duties on wool and woolens wouiu
no q, increase the cost OF all NihuN -
!, mans womens and children clo'n
H. blankets and other necessaries'
III Manufacturer replied: "Suppos-
! inp this result would follow m,gn' :.
NOT bc justified upon the grouhu 'n"'
10, women and children have no
rioht 10 buy these articles cheaper ~
10 .xncnse of the wool growers aus
woolen manufacturers OF the country
The brazan impudcncc OF TINS pre-
tense that G5. 100000 men, women ",a
= children .'have no right 10 puy ar',e'e'
= eheaper'' NJ the expense OF a le" ''o"
sand manufacturers and wool growers
- NAV lead some people 10 cohs'"e' .
~ tho Manufacturer was SIMPLY Joh'"e'
20 mt Il was in dead earnest ana pro-
n oaaaed 10 aenounce cie popular aes're
er 10 purchase things at the lowest poe'
HE price. in the regulation McNniey
IT, -. s,yle. Evidently its editor believes
ey what he wrote. .;..h.s-
ty While this declaration OF the r,s".'
of =. ,ha few to high prices at the ex-
its nepse of the whole people is only 'ne
rlv lien, outcome of the protectionist
di- ,,,I;cv its brutal bluntness should
IN. i,,,,l those amiable republicans VINO
-. .,rpr TO their party in spite o.
-. 49,. lae.a,eracv into n mere tool OF mo
- ~ 800. 81 long as a high tariff wa
. cloakcd under the pretense tha' IL W"
s1,a 90 raise large revenues, or tina
:. .anaaa 10 reduce prices by encour
-, domestic competition. there wa
- oxcrse for men who had no
studied the tariff question auher'hs :
the party which once stoou ior "",n ,'
s-os,r, and nopular rights. But tina
,;me has gone by. and there can no
M, nc slightest doubt that as
,,.hola the republican party is comm
,adt,.he monstrous doctrine that u
-sa,, ,vho have been robbing the pu oi
r,re a ..rirht" to continue their ste'
ing undisturoed. rc
osition every man possessing any -
,,athv or intelligence should prote
srLa ;aea TINT the few men who gr'
Y 49,, ~ convert IL into cloth. c
I nave n right 10 compel each man, VIC
III ~ ana child to add to the pronts
IL ,hosa growers or manufacturers. J
.an;o, ~ the basis of American IN
,u,;ons and all civilized society.
,.ho,a fabric of human rights procc
s.or, the universal agreement
aaah nan has the right of life, hbe
ard Tho endowment of the properly
oroauced. To take portion OF !
nronertv away from the many In
,hat The few may get richer, IS
.act violation of every principle
z morality.
z Jf;t 10 true that the manufactu
hare the ripht to charge higher pl
,han would prevail under free ana
aa,nra,i,ion. where and how did
ret il? Who had authority 10 4iVe
RIGHTS of the people into the contr
. handful Of men? How dare the
vocates OF McKnleyism deny 70
-- American consumers their nnden
factur- right TO buy goods wherever .heA
manu- oct them best and chcapest'
he free was the principle of the greatest
r cent 70 the greatest number chang
the two "the greatest good Of the wooden
re ,han rfacturers-? Who are the piotec
ffecto OF ,t, anyhow. that they should
N any sumo to say that men, women
be the children. shall not buy their
manu- woolcns as cheaply as possioie'
such q An attempt to increase the &C
xvoolen clothing and other wooden neces'
80 We =, this season Of the year is an
!, o,cht- tration of the inhumanity on
: the trade haters and Mckinley'te
for support But II il no more
RS. man than the belief that sinai'
lered class have more right 70 g
~, Grafton than the whole people
ioiue' doctrines are worthy only OF sa