Iron County register., 1897-07-29
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Industry.
Mr.. Mckinley's celebrated republican
remedy for hard rimes-the Dinghy tar
II pIas4er-wil soon Dc ready 10 to
spread on the epidermis CT the country.
Mr. McKinley7s front-p0rch speeches
show that he expects great results from
the Dingley tariff plaster, and the medi-
cine men Of the senate are DOW adding
to it all the ingredients that go with \
republican dose which Is intended 20
take effect promptly
The whole process Is simple. and II Is
as old as the invention OF euppiDg and
blisfering. The theory Is that Of coun-
ter-irritation- The medicine. when a
patient has Z case OF cramps. mustard
poultice is applied TO his abdomen In
ether cases ny plaster Is applied The
effects of eounter-iFritaTion are wei
known in medicine, bur what IS TO be
the result when the theory is applied
10 the condition of the people2
Mr. Mckinley declared from his front
porch that the scheme would work
When he said that q tariff tax
would open the mills, increase wages
and restore prosperity, he meant that
the doctrine OF ton would
prove eficacious IN trade and business
That is TO say, he meant IF words mean
any1hing) that a man who has no
money 20 buy goods at present low
prices would be benefited by being com
PEELED 10 pay a higher price for the same
goods
That is the whole scheme in q nut
- L.
ing the people prosperous is 10 increase
the cost CT the Becessaries as well as the
luxuries of life As the people are not
LOW able TO buy these necessaries and
luzuries except IN the most pinched and
pinching way. ii viii be interesting 10
watch the effect Of the tariff plaster and
thus get an idea OF the process by which
the public al large is TO be made pros
porous as the result of higher taxes
Stripped naked, this proposition par
takes of the nature of Iuuatie delusion,
but Mr.. Mckinley took care TO array it
IN good many small clothes. with ruff
f7es. frills and furbelows. He lifted his
eyebrows and lowered them, and his
voice grew pathetic as he described the
beauties OF higher taxation levied upon
Z population already brought 10 the
verge of pauPerism-
Bat at last the whole business is TO
be put TO the actual test There is
nothing in the way TO confuse the public
mind Business men, manufacturers
and their employees, farmers, the whole
population in short. viii have an admir-
able opportunity Of behold5ng the true
inwardness of the republican tariff
fraud. We have 10 doubt that Mr.. Nc
hinley really believes what he says
about high protection he has made il
his hobby until he is stricken with
fauatical fervor when he discusses the
subject publicly
But there are other republicans, cold
blooded and long-headed, who know
that protection is simply private snap
for q monopolis1ic cabai composed of
the millionaire manufacturers There
are some of the long-headed men in
the senate, and they do not hesitate 10
say in private that the expectations
which have been raised in the public
mind as to the effect Of the new tariff
are doomed TO disappointment Some OF
these men would be glad OF an excuse
10 delay the bin in the senate; but they
know that the fortunes of the repub-
Ecan party have been tied 10 the tariff
cart. and they dare not make public
disaSowal of their fears and desires.
Even Mr.. Mckinley seems 10 have a
vague idea that the tariff fraud is about
10 be exposed. and he IS credited with
. desire 10 take public attention of the
new measure by sending in message on
the currency question He has already
committed himself 10 the retirement of
the greenbacks. and he desires TO com
NIT his party 10 that scheme This pro-
graume is so doubtful in IFS nature that
The republicans in congress. especially
in the house, DO not care 10 injure their
chances for reelection next year by pro-
noting it
Meanwhile the tariff delusion viii
soon be on xhibition--AtlantaC Consti-
tuition.
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