Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-31
Not 70 be Trusted TO Revise !
Asserts EE- President
Cleveland.
MADE SPEEca III LEV IFr0ey.
He chsrges Tresfa Y ia Keepis D II
Foreisn Ger et,Gca ny Tariff Laws
and straschag Competition At
Hone 81 coa. cling seeiness.

No,rlst0va. ri :. Oct. S1-FormeT
'resideu- C.vs-Gnl spoke lere last
night u 4 l.tol Getting held IL
: ceum ha Sfe III teains brought
hundreds e ptr - other cities
IN tlC elise - $ speech. Mr.
Cleveland Il par. referred to the
fact that in his message % congress
in 1897 he called attention to the
surplus in the treasury, which had
been taken from the pockets Of the
people by high tariffs. and that the
tariff rates sAou.d he loweAl He
also referred to the presence OF
trusts n the message. This was
made G target for attack on the Dem
Gratis in the re-; presidential election.
The Democrats We're defeated and
the Republicans constructed q nov
scheme CT ligh protection. The bin
was so full Of denominations, the Re
publcans were again defeated
Through lamen.able conditions. the
Republicans again gained power, and
they again started in to frame tarin
law. Then Mr.. Cleveland said in
part:
5e7eaciarias Helped Frame t.
have heard it said upon excellent
authority that expectant benefciaries
under the existing tariff laws-made
by its Iriends-Were actually allowed
TO construct the schedule by which
they expected To profit
] believe this last exploit OF the co
called friends CT the tariff in its re-
vision Should amply satisfy any
thoughtful citizen unbiased by inter-
est that the sf.fIt Of high protective
tariff grows by indulgence and mockE
what it feeds upon, and that its pro
gressive greed and ruthlessness is be-
coming more and more q menace tothe
people. How long has 1t been thought
decent or even safe TO cheat the con
sumers OF coal by putting il On tho
free list. but dishonesty providing
for its custom taxation in another
cunningly constructed provision or
the law? How recently have the
friends CT the tariff" had the bold
ness 20 perpetrate such trick and
take the chances of facing the peo-
pie. when in the painful stress OF q
threatened coal famine 1t should be
exposed.
have called your attention to the
fact that in 1887 competition which,
If unrestricted. might modify the eff
feet upon our consumers OF q high
protective tariff was spoken Of a.
too often strangled By combinations.
quite prevalent at this time and fre-
Quently called arusts. which have for
their object the regulation Of the sup
ply and price OF commodities made
and sold by members OF the com1ina-
ton" When this was written / sup
pose the trusts and combinations
mentioned as quite prevalent" so
far as they Were a. all important.
might have been counted Of BY the
fingers Ct the two hands. When tho
friends OF the tariff last took up tho
work Ct is reconstruction, these
trusts and combinations had en-
creased b. the hundreds The CON
sequence OF their operation could not
fail to be understood. II vas as plain
then as now that a high protective
tariff ca<elag ITEM against foreign
con petition ard that By agreed asso-
citation and cclfedcracy in produc-
tion and price. they defend themselves
against competition At home. IL was
perfectly apparent that under the
broad WINS cf nigh protection. and
faftened by urearnea accumulation.
they could co.rplaccntly close their
ears TO tire Troublesome CRY FOR easier
living from the eYery-da-. consumer