The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-02

The most detrimental and unjusti-
that it aims a deadly blow at labor, while
the advocates of it put up the same
old d%eluding, false cry heard for the
last thirty years, that it was the labor
ers' friend. and was laid for his ben-
eft. The condition Of this country and
Of European nations with a high tariff
is a living protest against the truth
Of the plea The majority are inconsis-
tent and contradictory in that plea of
justification they set up. The report Of
the minority pun ctures the bladder and
makes it collapse in this wise. 1t says
that ito say in one breath that the
welfare of labor depends upon it's
pend upon it's skill and intelligence,
and in the next breath to say that the
very intelligent and highly skilled la
borers of this country cannot success
fully compete with the ignorant and
unskilled laborers of the old world, is
telligence are not of great advantage
to the laborers who possess them"
High, unequal taxation has enriched
New England and New York and Penn
s%ylvania, but it has been at the ex-
pense of the other states. The agricul-
| tural states have been the burden
bearers. They have. been taxed to
make rich the lords of the mills. The
! wealth, by this process, has been con-
centrated in a comparatively small sec
ton of our country. The profits have
nearly all been gathered there. Mr..
McLaurin, Of South Carolina, discussed
this phase Of the question Of taxation.
He we'll brought out the inequalities of
results because of the. system. He
sowed hat nine states-Indiana. Illi-
nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama, Georgia, and North
Carolina, upon which the country de-
ponds for the production of wheat,
corn, and other cereals. meat. dairy
products, sugar, cotton, tobacco, rice,
etc., have 486. O40 square miles. while
nine of the manufacturing states
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mas
sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
v~ania-have but 16S. 665 square miles, or
about one-third. The population of the
agricultural nine is Is, 400, $50; the pop
ulation of the second, the manufacture
ing group, is IA, 5O7, 4O7. Now look
at the monetary result, and behold how
protection enriches at the expense of
the others. The agricultural nine
gained in wealth between 1880 and 1890,
1853, 4441 ,974; while the manufacturing
nine, with robber protection to help.
gained s3,O54, 1852, 222, or more thar
five times as much. New York alone
gained in the ten years more than the
fifteen states gained, namely Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida.
Kentucky, Kansas. Tennessee. North
Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
And now more robbery, a higher tax
still is asked for by Mckinley and his
gang Of Dick Turpins. VIII the coun-
try longer submit to such open high
way take all you can?
Some of the northern manufactures
NAO 1OAAiO oPpOS IN
proposed increase. Some of the steel
and iron men in Pennsylvania do not
wish the tax increased for them. but
wish iron ore to be placed On the free
list. There are several companies TAX
ing this view.
Not all of the republican
are defending or advocating the Ding
low VoIJ,nr Tho Th;oo~N VTrih,,~o
leader in the west, does not like it very
much. The Philadelphia Ledger, re-
publican, is for protection but opposes
the McKinley-Dingley tax outrage.
Even the rabid tariff organ, The New
York Tribune, does not exactly approve
of all the bill. 1t opposes the tax on
ideas, on arts. on laboratories, etc. !
Many northern republicans denounce
the proposition to tax WOOlens, partic-
ularly clothing and blankets. The
Washington correspondent of The New
York Dry Goods Economist writes this:
Il am free to say the bill is far from
satisfactory to the WOODEN manufacture
ers. The chief fault is to be fOund with |
the raw wool duties, which is so high
that our manufacturers will find them
selves sorely embarrassed. 1t is true
the committee has provided compen- !
satOry duties which are probably Suffi-
cient to offset the duties on raw wool, |
but the difficulty will be, in my Opin-
ion, that the very considerable increase !
in price which must be made to cover |
the additional cost of raw material will |
have the effect of cutting down con-
sumption to an extent that will be dis |
aStrOuS to the manufacturers"
But there are some c~ompensations in
the rascally measure of oppression. |
Sausages are on the free list, and some |
other precious articles dear to the
American appetite are favored. The |
bill is rascally in it's duties to
which we referred days ago. The New |
York Dry Goods Chronicle is not en- |
tirely enamored. 1t says: |
1t has many good POINTS; but /
the bad outweigh the good, and |.
if iS To No hnnaI Whom tho mans |