The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-23

{ attic campaign text book has been
completed and is about to be issued.
II makes yOlumn of 314 pages, dis
CusseS the issues of the two parties
and reprints n number of speeches by
leading Democrats.
The following synopsis of the book
has been prepared:
by way of emphasizing the issue of
constitution opposed to imperialism,
the Democratic campaign book con
tains a prefect of the full text of the
constitution of the United States.
Treats the Tariff.
THE place of next Importance is
accorded the tariff and the trusts, six
ty of the 3l4 pages of the volume being
devoted to this discussion.
"Conce ming the trusts, much space
is given to evidence that the protected
combinations having tarim mClopoiy
in our home markets are compelling
Americans to pay much higher prices
for manufactu ed goods than are paid
by foreigners.
"Thc home and foreign prices of
many articles are compared.
"Near,y all kinds of hardware, ma
chinery, tools, paints, oirs ammunition,
watches baking powder, condensed
milk, canned goods and every kind of
steel products are sold to our consum-
ers at prices averaging 25 per cent
more lhrn those paid by foreigners for
the same goods.
Quotes from SchWab.
Quoting President SchwaD's state
"ment to the industrial commission
that goods were always sold cheape"
for export the evidence before the
Chamberlain tariff commission in
England and numerous statements
from import journals and commercial
paperS, the conclusion is drawn that
nearly all of our exports of iron and
steel goods, amounting to Sill 1,OOOuOl
last year are sold to foreigners at an
average of about four-fifths the prices
charged Americans.
Never before has so much specific
and unequivocal Importance been placd
on this protective discussion of prices
and wages The absurd methods of the
Republicans in making averages and
Juggling with statistics are exposed.
Particularly is the bureau of labor
scored for making statistics to order
for the use of the Republican campaign
. ommittee-statistics that raise wages
and reduce prices on paper, and pro
duce statistical or artificial prospe ity.
The figures of the bureau, which show
an increase of only Is per cent in the
cost of living since 1897 are cont asted
with the figures of X. G. Dun & Co.,
which show that the cost of living was
AZ per cent higher last March than on
July 1897, just before the Dingley bill
became law.
Pulls Dun's Report.
BASED upon Dun's figures. and upon
the full and complete reports of the
railroads, covering 100000 workers,
which embrace both union and non.
union labor, and shows that wages
rose at most only seven or eight points
from July, 1897, to July, 1903. when
they were highest, a diagram is pre-
sonted which shows that the purchas-
ing power of wages had Declined 50
that the wage-ea ners in 1903 could
purchase only 75 per cent as much as
in 1897"
The conclusion is reached that il the
dinner pail of TODAY is to be full. il
must be only three-fOurths as large as
before the "Dingley trusts began their
ca of prosperity"
One Of the most interesting and in
stuctivc chapters under tariffs and
trusts is that showing that thr average
family pays a tribute Of s94 a year to
the protected trusts Taking in detail
the important items OF expenditure.
the tariff taxes on each item are care
folly estimated. The total is s111. OF
which only SlG.52 goes in taxes TO the
United States. The balance. S94 per
family. or 81. Goa. .OO0. 600 for the 1900 r
600 families in this country. goes to
the projected trusts
Business Bad.
Under the heading. -BTsiness and
Industrial Record of 1s63-4.~ are given
n Hsf ~ III complete Reductions and
lGs CLOSED mills for the last half Of 1909
and the fr-t half ~ 1898 These 2sn
items are c0nfrastDd with the list Of
10g sfm1a- though less sDecif- items
printed IN the Republican campaign
iio1F giving the Industrial record for
1859 ard 1894 If D. thus declared that
rhr hrzfur1z deurl-ziun ~ rhf= year
o. greater than was that 0f 1892 and
1895. fhe most 0f u'hich occurred under
fhr McKinlnv bilL
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