Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-09-11

Louis and the Cunarders. I'll send
for Lizzie"
Lizzie" / said, you know that
Cleveland had deficit of 200 million
dollars, caused by his low Tariff.
"Did he2 Why how awful"
Eyes, he did, ! said, ''and you
know the Dingley bill will have to
raise 70 million dollars year more
than the Wilson bill to stop the de-
fcit.''
ooh, dear, you don't say SOL"
eyes, Lizzie, do, and this extra 70
million dollars added to the Cleveland
Tariff will pay off Cleveland's deficit,
keep gold from going to Europe, set
all our mills going, keep wages up,
bring back the old prosperity, aud
-
ooh, won't that be nice'
And this 70 millions extra will
only cost our people about a dollar
apiece. "
"Why, that's only the price OF a
pair of gloves-why, Rosa. did you
ever!" broke in Lizzie. "Why gra-
cious me, what a fuss the men are all
making about it! Now Mr.. Perkins,
we girls want to know where the rest
of the money comes from to run the
Government iif not from the Tariff? p"
"Well, girls" said, "it costs 400
million dollars to run our great Gov
eminent every year. Secretary Gage
says So This is the way it is raised:
We get 40 millions out of the inter
nal revenue, 90 millions from the
postal services, 20 millions from mis-
cellaneous Treasury receipts, and
Secretary Gage says we will get 1872
millions out of our Protective Tariff.
That will make 468 millions. I"
"But our society editor says the
raising of the extra 70 millions more
by the Dingley Tariff will stop JUS
from selling our goods abroad. Don't
he say so, Susie?"
"Pshaw, girls, I said, that don't
amount to much. We have never
sold over $50 million dollars worth
of manufactured goods year to
Europe"
"And how many goods do we
make?" asked Lizzie.
1--WE manufacture, according to
Census reports, II billion dollars
worth, and pay our workmen bill
lions. We use over 9 billion dollars
worth of these goods ourselves. We
don't want to give the cheap work
men in Europe a chance to send 9
billion dollars worth of goods here
Just to give us chance to send $50
million dollars worth to Europe, do
we?'
ooh, dear, MOI But what other
things do we have to sell?"
1--WE produce annually y billions
worth of agricultural products and
5S7 million dollars worth of minerals.
Now, here is over 5 billion dollars,
Lizzie"
ooh, mercy on us! Tn sure our
managing editor don't know thatp'
Every likely. But add this 5 bill
lion dollars worth of manufactured
goods and we have over 10 billion
dollars"
Gracious me! What becomes Of
the - billion dollars?"
"Wen I'll tell you, Lizzie: We sell
only about 7 per cent of it, or about
$50 million dollars worth to Europe,
and we use 90 per cent or over II bill
lion dollars worth ourselves.
what we want, Lizzie, l coutinu-
ed, lis to stop buying manufactured
goods from Europe, and stop lower
ing our wages and stop making our
laboring men lose billions of dollars
in wages SO as to sell $50 million
dollars worth of goods, which we
must sell to Europe and sell them
enough lower than the goods to pay
the freight"
"Now, girls, do you want me to
tell you how our country can get
rich?" said.
eyes; do tell us"
"Why, it's just as easy, girls, as
fishing for frogs. All we've got to
do is to let necessities like tea and
coffee, which the poor use, and which
we can't make, come in free. Then