The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-06
EXPOSURE OF THE TARIFF.

The campaign text book issued by
| the Democratic congressional commit.
tee exposes many OF he fallacious ar
guments re.orted to by the Republi,
cans. The book does not deal in
sweeping generalltieS as did the Re.
publican campaign book which was
recently issued, but furnishes facts
and figures and many undeniabic
truths TO support its claims.
As was expected the Democratic
handbook dayo1es much space to the
tariff and the trusts, and especially
the former which is the creator and
supporter Of the latter. After tinker
ing with the tariff for forty FIVE year
the Republicans, says The book,
and their friends and providers of
fat campaign barrels, the protected
monopolies, have secured a measure
that ha so fostered and fattened the
corporations that they are quite will
ing to stand pat, especial since
they have succeeded in defeating the
reciprocity treaties, to provide for
which tn tariff schedules were pur-
Dosely Increased 20 per cent beyond
the rates that the protected m0nopo-
lies named as sufficient to protect
them from competition Hence the
people are now burdened with TIL
rate plus a revenue ANA a protective
.rate, three all told"
This is not mere political campaign
alE il is true, and the people who
are thus burdened are coming to-
realize it. They are learning by ex-
perience hat the tariff a now in
operation under the Dingley act, is
nothing moe or less than a supporter
Of the monOpolies which contribute
At every national campaign a huge
5lush fund TO keep the Republicans,
their agents and allies in power The
only real reciprocity pracriced by the
Republican party is hat which exists
as an expedient and practical deal be.
tween itself and the trusts. The /
trusts are created ana supported by the /
tariff The Republican party is re
spensible for making and maintaining /.
that tariff and the trusts reciprOcate I
by contributing the campaign funds .
needed to elect Republicans TO con /
gress, That is the whole situation. and |
the facts and figures show it.
In the Democratic campaign book /
tables based upon facts how in (
thousands OF ms ances that the [
American manufacturer charges often |
100 per cent more TO American than /
TO foreign purchasers for the same /
products, and that practically every |
thing the American hou- awife or the 1
American farmer or mechanic uses !
can be bought by the German or
Frenchman at greatly reduced rate.
You may falk forever about the adj
yantages Of the protective tariff in
its alleged encouragement TO so-callcd |
infant industries and its wholesome n
aid to the American working man II
but the American working man with 4
knows that the great ex-
,ess which he pays for American
products far surpasses
any increase in wages which he re-
ceives for his labor and he is fast
coming to realize that the difference II
goes to further enrich the trusts and
the monOpOlieS. He refuses to be
fooled by generalites and looks at
the facts. He is contributing a heavy
tax 10 the support of monopoly and
he doe not get half OF II back in in
creased wages When his wages are
advanced ten per cent. and his living
expenses are advanced thirty per cent
he hasn't any arithmetic 10 figure
where he is benefited
Say the campaign book.
THE grasping trusts and corpora
tons, through the monopoly created
by proteetionism. suck the life blood
Of those with limited incomes 10 the
tune of 81 per cent That is Repuhli-
can usury made legal by the statute
known as the Dingley tariff law" And
so it is What an argument for the
next congressional campaign. Secre-
-ary Shaw, in his speeches. admitted
that Americans pay more for Ameri-
can made goods than do foreigners.
Can the Republicans h0-s tl Justify
THIS shameless discrimination against
our own people for the purpose Of en-
couraging and fostering trusts and