The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-08
THE POOR MANS FARE.
ETA Perkins Tells How Mckinley and
Dingley Tax IL.

Dingley Tax IL.
To-day l clinched another of our
great democratic arguments against
Mckinley protection. We call it the
breakfast table argument Sockless
Jerry Simpson is the father of the ar
gnment. 1t is worded thus:
"a protective tariff taxes everything
on the poor mans breakfast table,"
When met Congressman Dingley to-
day opened up on him.
"Your internal Mckinley bill robbed
the poor man for the benefit OF the rich.
You tax the poor mans breakfast ta-
ble," ! said.
Congressman Dingley looked over his
glasses and smiled. Ard then he asked
me: who said so?"
why, Altgeld, Tillman, Sockless Jer-
ny Simpson and Mrs. Lease say so, and
Tennessee McMillin said so in his
speech. All of us free trade democrats
say So"
why, Eli" said Mr.. Dingley, as he
knit his brows, you democrats should
think little before you talk so loud.
Now, tell me what did the Mckinley
bill tax ON the poor mans breakfast
table? Did the Mckinley bill tax bread
and meat?'
'No, bread and meat were Free" /
said, meekly, examining the bill.
'And how about tea and coffee?"
well, see they were free, too
"And the table, was that taxed?"
mo; Grand Rapids is shipping furni-
ture to England every day"
"And the fish and oysters, and milk
and cream, cheese and lard were free,
too, weren't they? Yes; and the Cali
fornia wine and canned peaches,
raisins and Delaware peaches, too?"
"Yes, Mr.. Dingley," said, growing
red in the face. II see the poor man
paid no tariff on these things"
And chickens and eggs and onions,
potatoes, apples, oranges and your
canned fruit and salmon-they were
free?"
why, yes, they were free, of course.
We send canned fruits, salmon, apples
and oysters to England"
And the tobacco smoke after break
fast-was that taxed?"
mo; it came out of the field in Vir-
virgin leaf, rolled up with
out even an internal revenue tax"
Then what was taxed on that poor
mans breakfast table, Flip"
why, champagne, French brandy
and truffies, Cuban cigars, Russian
caviar, Scotch oatmeal and Dundee
orange marmalade. Yes, and my Irish
bacon and English Southdown mutton
chops were taxed. My English silk vel
vet spread was taxed. My wife's Chi
iese embroidered morning gown and
her Venetian laces and glass were taxed,
and her kid gloves and diamonds. and
the four-dollar English Wilton carpet
nder the table-oh, it was an awful
ak for a poor man to pay"
at is sad" said Mr.. Dingley, with
IN accent on the is. 1T makes me weep
when think the only tax on the poor
lemocrats' breakfast table is the sugar
AK of two cents a pound. And to think
hat that tax was put on you by free
rade democrats. II was SO mean an
ct that even Cleveland refused to sign
he bill. But we will keep it on, just
is German left it, as monuments
,entle reminder to you laundering free
rade democrats who made q tariff for
'evenue into $3.50, 00O, 900 deficit"
/ must say to the Sun that Dingley
md the black republicans handle our
arguments with silk gloves,
tut they look like skinned cells when
hey get through with them.
/ am going to Mount Parnassus, tho
eat of all learning, tomorrow to get
'rof. Sumner and Prof. Elliott to make
10 a new free trade syrlogism or putty
Up the cracks in the ambiguous middle
crm which the protectionists have dy-
Perkins, in n. Y.Sun.