Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-30

Peu ASAc loi tlie pun ose VI A"hiaS
cans. The largest importer of these
tin plates is the Standard OIL Company,
which uses about 100000 tons annual
": Tie Beef Trust Is also very
heavy buyer Of tin plates made from
the steel billets Slipped from this cotIn-
try to Wales. Although practically all
the faw material used In the making
Of these tin plates is Of American orig
IN; the tariff holds them TO be subject
ID duty of IL cents per peilid, as
the process of making them into tin
plate enhances the value. The Stand
ard Oil Company uses these tin plates
for the export of case oil, with the re-
suit that ii drawback is given to 1t by
the government Of the full import duty
less per cent" The welsbmen buy
this American steel because It Is sold
for less than British made steel and,
according to the above Republican au-
thortty fof about third less than the
trust charges otir own people.
We have the evidence ct W. G.
Raoul, who at the time he gave IT; Feb.
%, 1904, was President of the National
Railroad Company of Mexico, quoted
" senator nacoh OF HeorsM III ms
speech on tafin abuses wnlch Gun pe
round IN the congressional hecoru OF
April %, 1904, In which Mr.. Raoul
said: "In 1909 secured bids OH steel
Fails for Mexico from United States
mills at about S24 delivered at Tam
pico, Willie the price paid at the same
time for rails for our road In Texas
was SIS at the mills"
30 the Steel Trust was offering to
pay the lnnd and water freight from
the mills at Pittsburg to Tampico, Mex
leo, which could not have been less than
80 ton, and deducting that amount
from the price quoted of $24 delivered
Mt Tampico, would bring the price at
the MILLS to SIS ton or $40 ton less
than the price of the steel rails for use
In tliis country;
During last April there were no less
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~ .a,s sa s .,'a. ~ sap,a ,naansa,,,nn
- fara,ananS stiIl annt,n,,as Now
ottas t.,,sts ,re da,,o +ha son,. th,nS
tar ua baar ~ fnrma,s In r,noda and
il other co,,ntries huv,na Amer,c,n
Aericuiturai machinery fence wire md
6ti,er American prodncts for m,,cl, less
than our farmers are buyine similar
articles made by the same Harvester
Tfrust the Steel Trust and other nro-
tected CORPORATIONS: II is very diff
cult to get the Drica Mt witch these
PRODUCTS or fhe Trusts nre sold for ex.
bort, fot there is great secrecy main
tained Of these transactions, for obyi-
GUS reasons. Still those doubling Re
publican Congressman who cannot ex-
plain away the above given transac-
lions will have to admit that the Dem.
ocrats have furnished enough proof to
convict the trusts of selling cheaper
abroad than here, which the protect
I've tariff allows them to do with i'm
punity.
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| publican voter to indorse. OF course
the intelligent voter has observed the
evidence that has been published from
authentic Sources that the trusts and
corporations have furnished millions to
keep the standpatters I'm power. and
that even the funds that should have
been sacred to the widows and orphans
Of life insurance policy holders were
illegally aud feloniously diverted to the
same corrupt purpose. 1t is true that
President Roosevelt denied. in the clos
ing days Of the last national campaign
that the Republican National Commit
tee had received such contributions
but nevertheless his victory at the polls
is still clouded by these tainted mil
lions and no restitution has been made
No wonder. then, that the Republi
can politicians unite in refusing to con
slider bill that would make contribu
lions from such tainted sources almost