Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-20

about 80 per cent, the Paris. Green
Trust. and a hundred other chemical
trusts, all highly protected, are plumber,
ing YOU: while the American Steel and
Wire Trust, now Incorporated in the
Union States Steel Trust. and the
Boray Trust and the White Lead
Trust, by virtue of the tariff IRE enabled
to sell their products TO you at prices
far above those for which they sell
then abroad. All these trusts, pro
tectcd by high tariff, combine together
to fitch your hard-earned money in
wavs SO hidden and deceptive that it is
hard to follow them There is hardly
m article of your clothing that does
not speak tribute to a trust, scarcely
nm item in your grocery bill that does
not include tax; the furnishings That
make your house home, the windows
that give you air and light, the books
and papers yeu read, every piece OF
barbed wire and steel you use, every
nail YOU drive, are instruments Of their
| eXtortiOr. Death itself has no Sanctity
for them: they take toll even from the
colin, and stretch forth greedy hand
beside the tombstone.
As il result of these eStortions, not
| withstanding your labor saving ma
chimes in modern days, your wealth has
not been increasing during The last 40
years as rapidly as In the days wien
your grandmothers at their wheels were
your principal manufacturers Tho
/ value of your farm, implements, ma
, chinery, and live stock, as shown by
the census of 1850, was S., 96i, BIB 80.
In 1860 after a period of 10 years OF
/ practically free trade. the value of the
same elements of wealth had increased
to 81, $50, 1913, OG3, showing an increase
of a, Ui3, l49, 4a3. Now, remember that
the value OF this land. live stock, and
farming implements was 81, $50, Aas, u63
in 1860. In 1880 the census shows its
value at Sl2, l0l, los, lil, an increase
under high tariffs of only 81, 1874, 6l5, 0Ts
in 20 years of high protection, as against
an increase of Si.0l3, l49, 1873 in 10 years
of free trade. The last 20 years would
probably make an even more, favorable
showing for unrestricted trade to thu
farmer. ! can name you Il hundred
mon who during the last five years have
increased their wealth by the aid Of
protective tariffs and resulting trust;
in an amount greater than has been tbs
entire increase in wealth of all the ten;
of millions of people engaged in farm
: | }
: these very men will be the names o
those who are now petitioning Congress
, to vote them ship subsidies, nGtWith
standing the fact that we are building
/ steel ships for Germans and English
, men, and can probably build ship
: cheaper than they can be built any
] where else in the world.
And what have you gotten from pro
| "a N "a
! deceive you into believing that the
i are your friends, the beneticiaries o
4 the tariff can think of nothing bette
r than to give you duty of % cents
bushcl on imported wheat, nouwith
2 standing that we export hundreds O
: millions Of bushels OF wheat annually
I and never import except for seed The
o say they will protect you from tn
t ruinous competition OF cheap forcig
t labor by IL duty of 10 cents on importe
$ corn, when you could easily fUrnis
t the world with corn from your surplus
5 What remedy have you against sue
terrible wrongs: You are isolated
s You have no bond OF union. You neve
Il can compete with the few centralize
e interests in great cities in obtainin
\ special legislation to benefit youl
0 selves. Your case is but new illustrg
c ton of the old story, that audacit
], and concentrated strength overcome
G numbers.
d The best you can do is to sit dow
e at once and write your member of Coz
ii gress, and ask him to vote against ii
r. Ship Subsidy bill. Find out what |
d thinks about protective tariffs. Insi
n that he vote against protective tariff
j and all other special legislation. Cou
Il hne with your neighbors against the
n dcspoilers, and return no man to Co
II gress who will not vote to repeal GA
q laws which pretend to give any ma
II rich or poo, American or Europea
y any protectiuI against natural Compel
Is ton, any artificial monopoly of natur
A. resources. or any advantage which
ia not thrown open on equal terms to &
n human beings "
10 New York City, Jan. 30, 1902.