The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-10-24
McKinleyism Switching OF.

come convinced toa moral certainty,
that the money issue is against them,
and hopelessly so. They have at last
got their eyes opened enough to see
clearly that if they have pair Of
boots and thief steals one of them,
they have but one boot left; and that
one is only half enough boots to sup
ply their need, and they further see
that if stronger man robs them Of
the other boot to supply his naked
foot, that the weaker and poorer man
win have no boot at all, and must
suffer by the pinching cold
And they Furthermore see that if
they have two purses of money, one
of gold, and thesother of silver, and
the thief steals his silver purse, he
has but one purse left, and when the
strong, or rich man robs him of his
gold purse, to enable him to buy
bonds with, that he is without
money, and hard times are upon the
people so robbed. Every person, by
this time has come to see clearly. If
they have but enough money to an
swer their necessities that to rob them
of one-half of that amount leaves
them with but half enough money;
and that want and suffering must be
their lot. So the Mckinley leaders
see at last, that the money issue is
hopelessly against them: and they
give it up as lost to them. Now they
switch off on new base-on the old
chestnut of a high protective tariff,
that has been twice tested before the
American people at the ballot box,
and condemned by the overwhelming
verdict of the American people. On
the money issue the Republicans have
England, the Rothchilds and Shylocks
with them, as well as the Gold Bug
Democrats, all of whom contributed
freely to Hanna's corruption fund.-
but with il all Mckinley has been
compelled to throw up the sponge on
the money question.
But now on the high protective
tariff issue, England, as well as all
other manufacturing countries. must
be against McKinley's election, and
the fat cannot longer be fried out
of her, nor of the Shylocks; but can
alone be fried out OF protected Ameri-
can bosses; and we will guess, that
this new source of fat frying, is the
chief reason for this change of base.
But what new hope can they have
from the people in this issue. Under
the money issue they sought to rob
the common people of the life blood
of prosperity-that is to say, of mon
ey enough to supply their wants, or
necessities, and thus impoverish them.
Under the tariff issue, they seek to
impoverish the people by making it
cost them about twice as much to
live and clothe their families, without
increasing wages or the price of pro-
ducts of the shops and farms, and all
to raise princely bounty to enrich
American manufacturers, and thereby
compensate them for the contribu-
tions to Hanna's corruption fund.
Every man, woman and child old
enough to know the difference be-
tween two and four, knows that a
tariff is tax on all goods imported
into this country, and that such tax
is added to the price of the goods and
that the consumer or weaver, pays it
in the last resort. And they also
know that the American manufac-
turer raises the price of his goods to
about the same price of the imported
goods, plus the tariff and transporta-
oioh. L his puuuby w uuc Allci iCdu
the consumer also pays,
while the government does not get a
cent of it, so that If the tariff so laid
is an average of fifty per cent, (and it
will not be less) then it will cost the
one-half more than without
such tariff. o! but they tell us, pro-
tect the manufacturer, by making his
business profitable, and more factor
les, mills, furnaces, &C., will start up
and that will cause competition, and
that will cause a reduction of prices.
How fallacious this assertion is, is
shown. All know that instead of
this following, the manufacturers
form combines, trusts, &C., by which
they pool their productions, and fix
by such agreements the price they
will pay for material and labor, as
well as the price they will sell their
products at; and by this means, COM
petition is made impossible; and the
public is bound to them
hand and foot, and compelled to do
their will. But, again, we are told
that we must have revenue, and that