The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-09-12

4 late day to commence to cry down
the creatures that owe their exist
ence to the beneticient legislation of
the Republican party.
In a recent interview, Chairman
Griggs, of the Democratic Congress
sional Committee has shown what 4
monstrous injustice the Dingley tariff
works for the Americans. Mr.. Griggs
has in his possession some special
discount sheets issued by the leading
export houses of the country. These
sheets show that the foreigner ell
joys many advantages which our in
dustrial combinations do not allow
to the citizens of our country. He
cites number of blessings which our
brethren of other climes enjoy at the
expense of Americans. For instance,
a keg ofwire nails, the purchaser i'll the
United States is compelled to pay
$3.50, the foreigner can buy the same
quality and quantity of nails for
$1.3O. The American price for a coil
of rope is $12, while the foreigner can
purchase it for So. For So the
foreigner can get 100pounds of lead,
while the citizen ofthe United States
is compelled to pay 81. One dozen
American shovels can be exported
and sold for $3.50, while we are conf
PEELED topay$7.5O. Washboards are
sold in Europe for $1.7O per dozen
and bring So in the United States.
Tin plate, which is made in this coun-
try, can be exported and sold for
1919. The trusts extort $4.19 from
home consumers. The combination
which exists among the different type
writing manufacturers has placed the
arbitrary price of 500 on each
machine. They can be purchased in
Europe for $50. Lawn mowers are
manufactured in the United States
and sold abroad for just one-half of
what they cost home consumers.
Speaking of the question of tariff
reform as an issue, the Baltimore
Sun says:
"The tariff issue affects the pocket
book of every American. 1t is the
one issue upon which the party in
power does not desire to try con-
illusions with the party now in the
minority. 1t is the most urgent is
sue before the American people, and
if it is presented to them in the proper
way, disentangled from other ques-
tions which are either of minor i'm
portance or of no Importance at all,
there is reason to believe that the
tariff barons will be dethroned and
the people relieved Of the burdens
which now Cypress them. The DEM
ocratic party has won two notable
victories in the past Is years on the
tariff. The conditions are more fav-
orable now than they were in 1884
and in 1892 for a successful fight
against monopoly and tariffplunder-
ing, because monopoly is now more
aggressive and oppressive and pro-
lection more burdensome than they
were in the earlier campaigns for tariff
reform. Chairman Griggs and the
other Democratic managers ought to
make the tariff, which Mr.. Have
meyer aptly described as the mother
of trusts a leading issue inthe Com
eTsesieual earsP ign this year TIE
question 10 simple and readily com.
pretended by the sihle.and Psaeti-
cafeArneriean <psople:vs' Shah Amsri-
cans pay double prices for ordinary
commodities in order that our Napo-
Icons of Industry may capture the
European markets? Shall tariff
system which plumbers the American
citizen for the benefit of Europeans
be perpetuated? That is the issue,
and it touches the sensitive pocket
nerve of every American"