Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-03-07
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force greater advance, but even the
highest paid worlSmen have not been
able to get their wages increased to
match the increased cost of living.
If the trusts can be forced to reduce
prices by revising the tariff the cost Of
living would fall in proportion and the
workmen could afford to have their
wages cut 1917 per cent, although
some few well organized trades have
been able to force greater advance,
but even the highest paid workmen
have not been able to get their wages
increased to match the increased cost
of living. If the trusts can be forced
to reduce prices by revising the tariff
the cost of living would fall in proper
ton and the workmen could afford to
have their wages cut 1914 per cent,
for they would gain 40 per cent in
the decrease in the cost of living.
But those who are employed by the
trusts are a small proportion of the
population, the farmers, the trades
men, the clerks and those with in
comes that do not increase as trust
prices advance, are all paying 40 per
cent more for all they buy, on the. NV
erage, than they did before the Ding
ley high tariff bill was passed by the
Republican party in 1897. So 90 per
cent or over of the people are taxed
40 per cent on what they buy, which
the trusts mostly appropriate as their
share of the protection system. The
total revenue to the government from
the tariff tax is $685.. 100000, or lit
tie over So per capita, but under the
protection of 40 to 200 per cent on
trust products. the corporations indl-
rectly collect about $50 per capita as
their share of the transaction.
The government needs money; 1t
has been running behind for the past
two years and the Democrats propose
to reduce the tariff duties so that the
United States will buy more goods
abroad and in return foreigners will
buy more of us. That will produce
more revenue and at the same time
reduce the protection the trusts now
enjoy, SO that they will be forced to
reduce the price of their products to
meet the competition from abroad.
We know the trusts can afford to com
pete with the foreigners, for they are
now selling many surplus products
abroad after paying freight and other
charges and the tariff duties which
foreign countries charge on such i'm
portations.
In fact SO great has been this Amer
lean trust competition in Germany,
Russia, Brazil and other countries
that those countries named have adj
yanced their tariff rates so shut out
this competition from the United
States and have also increased the
rates on farm products to protect their
own farmers and in retaliation for our
high tariff rates.
This tariff war between the United
States and nearly all foreign coun-
tries, except England, which is on a
low tariff basis, is only just begun,
but promises to open the eyes of the
American people to the great losses
they sustain for the sake of the pro.
tected trusts. The Republican lead
ers have agreed to stand pat and
refuse to revise the tariff and us most
of the voters, irrespective of party,
are FESTIVE under present trust high
prices, there must be collision be-
tween the trust magnates and the Re-
publican politicians to plumber the
public and divide the proceeds, or they
would revise the tariff, as the people
evidently desire. The Republicans, it
is we'll known. rely upon trust and
corporation money to run their cam
paigns and In return most of the Re
publican Congressman and Senators
refuse to reform the trust fostering
tariff. When yon vote for Congress
men and members of the legislature
next fall remember this and vote the
Democratic ticket IL you decide you
want tariff reform and trust regula-
ton, for tho Republican party Ia we'd.
dea to isa Idol. protection.
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