Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-08-28


foreign markets to our expanding man.
ufactures, and this operates without re
spect to party.
The fact that trusts are encouraged
by the Dingley tariff is the final mr.
gument for revision. and this will not
down at the sneering of protectionists.
The case against the tariff from this
point is very strong and demonstrates
itself, as Prof. w. G. Sumner shows In
an article --ea 1.-THE Economics Of
Trusts" He discusses the trusts con-
servatively, but points out conclusiyely
how the protective tariff aids these
great industrial consultations. He
says:
.The protective tariff surrounds the
home market with tak-Darrler to ex-
cludc foreign products which are emu
merated In It. All the industries which
produce the enumerated articles are
artificial monopolies, or may be made
such by combining all the establish
ments In each line. If they are not
combined, but compete with each other,
they may, and often do, waste all the
advantage which the law offers them.
They, therefore, have the strongest in
ducement to combine, and this induce
ment is heightened by the fact that II
they combine they can use the home
market up to the limit of production Of
fered them, and can sell the surplus in
sacrifice market outside. The tariff
thenacts as a great bounty on exports.
and the larger the expectation of pro-
tected commodities the greater the gift
which the domestic consumers are CIV
ing to foreign consumers. The difficult
ty of managing protected Industry is
greatly lessened when it Is brought Into
this form. The protective system,
therefore, cxerts constant pressure on
all the industries affected by it to drive
them into the trust form"
Such reasoning us this cannot be con-
troverted. The people demand that II
we must have trusts they are not to be
protected from competition from abroad
at the same time they are unloading
their surplus stocks on foreign mar
kets.- Courier-Journal.
Cur Soldiers Abroad.
The Manila Times is III lmperlalist
oriflamme of civilization which flickers
in the wind of certain manifestations
which 1t is forced to witness under the
benign rule of the Taft satrapy. Among
other things it has seen and has been
compelled to note was a lons process.
sion of military prisonelA marching
through the streets amid the jeers OF
the people to whom we have carried
healing and blessing" A Manila cor.
respondent tells us about these and
about T25 eX-soldieSs who were wait
ing to get out of the country. Each
days delay in the sailing OF a transport
which can take them" says this CORE
spondent, renders their position more
and more difficult. There are to sail on
the transport Indiana, tomorrow, -l0C
military prisoners who were taken out
of Bilbid penitentiary. This large nun,
Der of convicts has attracted consIdera.
BILE attention, especially MS slxty-two
more military prisoners still remain In
this prison, and those going include the
i, commissary sergeants, Weston, Wood.
cock and Wilson. who were recently
convicted of stealing supplies from the
government" Referring to these prison,
ers and to the spectacle they presented
to the heather, the Manila Times, with
a pathetic note in its protest, says:
"The march Of the prisoners from BIZ
bid to tie quay was made In broad day
| light, all of the prisoners being shnckled
one to the other. Some of the men tool
the ordeal sullenly, and walked with
hanging head, While others passed by
wearing look of Indifference and ever
contempt. Not few were heard to re
mark that they didn't care, they were
Going back to Gods country. The
spectacle Of the march caused a stand
still in the traffic of the streets through
which the procession passed. The com
ments excited among the American ant
European onlookers by the strange ant
somewhat degrading sight, We're no
| favorable to the mode of transportation
adopted, or the manner in which thu
men We're paraded in full daylight. Sew
eral of the American spectators said L
was shame and disgrace to walk thu
prisoners in full daylight through {
crowd of gaping and curious Chinese
1 and Eilipinos. They thought we should
make an effort to hide our shame, boil
for the sake of the criminals and the
4 States. 1t was believed such sigh
could not but be demoralizing on thu
4 masses of the governed"
Fathers and mothers who are think
ing of sending their boys out in pursuit.
of duty and destiny should consider thil
picture of the American soldier on .
foreign shore and of the service he II
doing the cause of civilization and re
jligion as he marches Through crow(
of gaping and curious Chinese and Fill
pinos." With shackles upon Eem an(
with the broad light of day illuminating
their sullcn or Indifferent faces these
evnngels of liberty might well bring
traffic to standstill In the street,
where Spanish soldiers We're wont Il
parade; and it Is little wonder that Eu
ropean spectators paused to make ri
bald comments to shrinking Americans
--Johnstown Democrat.
Smell and Metals.
Some metals have n very much more
pronounced smell than others. The
smell of tin especially when newly cut
is unmistakable, but 1t is moot point
whether gold or platinum Las any smell
that could be recognized by human oil
factory organs. OF the lnrer inetall