The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-10-05
COST OF LIVING
AND WAGES.
Why 10000 Iron and Steel Men
Returned to Work.
BOB. TAYLER AND POLYGAMY
The suiu uIslands--Britain's Tax on Incomes
Roosevelt In Montana--Hanna
and His Friend Rath-
bone.
(By A. McGregor.)

thousand Amalgamated Iron and steel
Workers that they are getting work
after about four months of a shut down
The settlement was effected two weeks
ago at Cincinnati. But why was it not
arranged before? Indeed, one may well
ask, why these troubles at all? What
need Is there for suffering? The dinner
pals have not been much in use with
these men during the period. Their
share of the great prosperity" has
been somewhat limited. Where does
.'protection" come in here? Indeed
tariff protection only aims to benefit a
few industries, and in these, work peo-
pie are hardly paid as we'll as those In
unprotected industries. This is a nota-
BILE fact, and the workers In iron and
steel, coal miners, mill workers, etc.,
who are protected have more strikes
and troubles than their fellow workers
in other lines. Is II not about time that
wool growers were having the wool re-
moved from before their eyes? Their
wool protection is a great cheat, for
the mill owners get double or more of
the protection. But we should remem-
ber that the public good is individual
good, and equal rights is the safe rule.
1t seems the British receipts from es-
tate duties, as they call their income
tax, amounted to 100000 pounds or
s70,00O,0 900 during the fiscal year 1899
1900. In Great Britain the income tax
was bitterly opposed at first, but Sir
Robert Peel made it small and said 1t
would not last long. The above shows
they tax wealth in Great Britain In this
country under plutocratic influence the
entire burden of national taxation is on
consumption, and so is thrown mostly
upon the toiling millions. The great
increase in expenditures of late In our
general government requires move
ment that would make wealth do
share. The fact is our tax system is
less fair and just than in England.
Our plutocracy seem to be more power
full here, and are the potency in control.
No country in the world is more under
the sway of trusts and combines and
scheming plotters. Do wenot need an ad-
ministration that will show trust mag
mates that the people who toll, and en-
gage in general business and trade,
have some rights? Abraham Lincoln
approved and the supreme court sus-
tained an income tax. In his article
in the. North American Review this
month Mr.. Andrew Carnegie assa'ls
Bryan for favoring it. The great Scotch
man, Adam Smith, of the last century,
maintained it was an honest and equita-
BILE tax. According to Mr.. Carnegie's
reported income, a tax thereon would
require about 100000 year.
A Montana paper says Mr.. Roose-
welt will report back to Hanna that the
benevolent assimilation of Montana by
the Republican party is failure. And
il does not look as If Montana was the
only state to which the remark would
apply. We could name several states
that are likely to assimilate with Bryan
and Democracy this year which did
not four years ago. Mr.. Hanna's little
banquet at Chicago was a multi-mil-
lionaire affair, and no doubt meant
business-campaign business. In fact,
Mr.. Hanna Is a man of business, even
in politics. His friend, Major Rathbone,
now in Cuba, could testify to this, for
the major was in Ohio during Mr.. Han
mas canvass for the senate with the
legislature. No doubt Major Rathbone
was useful, or tried to be. There is
talk that Mr.. Rathbone is getting tired
Of his situation in Cuba, and threatens
ito pull down the pillars of the temple"
A debate between Senator Pettigrew,
of South Dakota, and Mr.. Hanna would
be interesting, but there would not be
many rounds in 1t for Pettigrew. His
willingness to debate Is probably all put
on by Mr.. Hanna. No doubt he would
like to be considered a champion. He
may be in raising large campaign
fund, for it probably requires some
bullying.
Mr.. Hanna's statement that there Is
not a trust in the United States" con-
tinues to attract attention. His own
platform this year is against him, and
the national Republican platform OF
1892 declared: I'VE reaffirm our op-
position declared In the Republican
platform Of 1888, to all combinations Of
capital, organized in trusts or otherwise.
to control, arbitrarily, the condition of
trade among our citizens" Over this
national convention William Mckinley
presided, and we believe he reported
the platform of 1888. Senator Sherman,
Mr.. Hanna's predecessor, prepared and
got passed an antitrust bill. True, this
administration has not enforced the
law, nor tried to, and party leaders are
cheek by jowl, with the trusts, as was
Monnett. Every citizen knows how
trusts have multiplied under the pres
ent rule at Washington, and without an
effort to hinder in any way. These are
facts that should be considered by one
and all, for such combinations endanger
honest toll and business In every way
Governor Roosevelt in one of his
Wyoming speeches, said: "You men
t. txxI .xr 4
and you women who see that the house,
hold Is kept up properly should think
of these things. l want you to compare
the times now with those of four years
ago."
And the good women may remember
that the cost Of living has advanced
under trust rule of late far ahead of the
increase in wages. All this may show