The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-08-14
THE FAVORED FEW.
Protection Taxes the Masses ." fnr'e" '"'
Trust-Owning Aristocratic Siasses'

Protection Taxes the Masses Z" fnr'c" '"'
Trust-owning Aristocratic Glasses.
That Mckinlcyism j. "a policy III tne
interests Of very small hummer VI
the 20 600, 900 Americans is shown con
clusiyely by the statements OF inc
United states census bureau Nheh
The aren't of mark Hanna ana the
trusts ask for support on the grouho
| ,baf if elected he win increase the pro-
tectiye tariff. the most important qucs.
tion is. "Who will get the beneiit OF
hioher duties?" The official reply 10
| Ills opestion is. LESS than eight per
cent Of the total working population
Census bulletin 90, which can DC n"o
=, apvone who will write 20 the com
missioner Of labor at washington -
devoted to the statistics OF population
bv occupations. ON page the ioi.
lowing summary of detailed returns oi
the nth census IS given;
Number Of persons (both seNesl IN,
ten years and over engaged IN -. 800,
oainful oeeupati on ............ 2@''S''oo' io""O
ofwhich - oo,.so, 40 "a
Agriculture Fisheries. mining sViS,.n e.,
professional services .......'f 1850 $500 "a ~,
Domestic and personal service 3d. n y. TX,
rraac and trans portation ...., so 'uos 10
Mo ana mechanical industes h,osl'o y $50
This shows that only 1901 500, 20 ~
, oa,. of the people who work are
: ancaered i'm manufacturing ana me
ahenfc.l industries But included III
,bis class are "A large number OF work
4 crs who are not protected ov inc ''.ii'
/, Forinstancc. the summary SHOWN SN0'
F, the figures OF the following trades
r,,,,,,.,rtths ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2o'Sl'
putchrrS...... .......... ...'t'''.''''' -, u,
Q Carpentcrs aud joiners. ois sa,
II Masons tbrick and stone) '.'''.'f''.'' Cd 40
q PAINTERS GLACIERS and yarnshers' '.'''' s !.
wand planing mill employees. i'"'''
l,s3i a.
. rhen mist also be subtracted iron
~ the number of the protected CLASSES
II long list of various occupations sue
- as builders and contractors, bakers
!. naner hangers. plumbers and stea'
=, ftters. oil we'll employees. pu olisners
= ,a,vsnapers. printers, etc. amounuh
..;.h ,bose above to almost 3,4Oo,oo
~ 80 80 whom are in any way ben
rs GA nv the tariff This leaves onl
zoe. oCO. or eight per cent. OF thc
- ,al number Of workers VINO are g
paped in protected occupations
MS On their face these statistics pro-
n, that MckinleVlsm u sS"'"
ut ,,io,h+ ner cent. OF the people at the G
rat nense Of 90 per cent. And on cio
all a,o;nation il will be found that
the oven the eight per cent not one perS'
ard IN a thousand is really heipea ny p'
: a lection. The 100000 are supposed
on. oct hiqher wages on account o.
+. 10 .or;fT Int as there is no tax on iar
= ,,,hicb comes in free from the enc
10 labor countries of Europe when
"a ronublicans talk against so mu'
20 q * evident that wages are not
craased bv high taxes. Then aga
AeA .ha.a roo 600 are all consumers
goods. the prices of when are V
much higher on account OF inc "a
which shut out foreign compeuti
A. there is no magic by which
,,ao,le who use goods can shiit
tariff tax to anyone else, II follows
the men engaged in the protec'eu
dustries suffer with all other ella
from the artificially high prices Vi
tariff-created trusts.
II the al.ooo. 900 Americans VINO
UNPROTECTED are willing 10 vote
system which only pretends 10 u
!. zoo 900 at the expense OF inc ~
number, they should support NC
lev. If they want policy III ,n'
terests Of the whole people they sh
vote for democratic candidates