Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-11-25
Some oussuoss sad answers.

some Vue@uoffS a7n answers
q. f. Shinn, Blake, 0klahoms.}
q. What is a tariff
A. a tax indirectly levied.
@. WEo pays this tatiiis
A. The consumer.
Q. Who are benefited by the tariff
tex?
a. Manufacturers.
q What per cent of our people ire
iifeetiy interest ted IN mas ufactaring?
A sibly one in ore thousand.
q. 20 the remsinjpg 500 receive
aay hen eft iron the tariff?
\. Yes they receive the benefit
ani rIotection OF nsiional govern
meut
q. What yer cent Of tie tariff tax
G citd req Aes the rational treas
ury.
4. Aooet 2 I-2 per cent.
q Whele does the s. 10 per cent
g..
a. 70 collection agents, agencies,
4 mant lecturers.
@. Do Tie manufacturers Of these
United States need tariff tax or
d ity on imports ioenable them TO pro-
test American labor and meet foreign
competition?
"A. Ne; American lator receives
h CHER wages than foreign labor, and
yet American manufacturers export
their wares, pay transportation, meet
foreign competition, selling much
cheaper TO the foreign than to the
home consumer.
Q. Dees not our tariff policy offer
great inducements Ito foreign capital
10 invest their capital in American in
dustry?
A. Certainly. They are offered a fer
tile field for operation, where all things
necessary for successful investment
abound ia almost iueXhaustible album
dance, where the tariff duty often
pays bonus over the cost of manu-
featuring, where If the American la
boref refuses the price aud conditions
offered they are protected in bringing
their cheaper foreign labor to take the
place of the febellious American labor
ar until he is starved into submlssioni
where labor is on tie free list, and the
products of labor are protected.
@, is not oar unparalleled accumu-
lation Of natio al wealth largely trace
able to this cause? Also the ever in
creasing clashiDg between labor and
capital? Also the rapid concentrations
of the wealth of tie nation into the
possession of the few and largely re-
sponsiole for the rapid aud persistent
monopoizalion of the industries and
resources of the nation?
A. Yes; with the financial, com
mercial aud industrial power thus
gained the mobilization of the interests
of capital through tne long establish
ed system Of clog rolling" "pooling,p
etc., IS easy, and renders the complete
Inonopolization OF the resources Of he
nation not only possible but assured.
| q. Can the A American people even
hope that the reapers If The golden
harvest so temPtingly spread out be.
fore them will generously correct these
evils?
A. Most assuredly not.
@. Can "efiect" be permanently
removed without first removing the
'icause?n
A. All are agreed that this 10 inn
possible.
@. Then why continue to wrangle
over ways and means to regulate the
'evil" while remaining as silent as
the grave on the removal of the
"causenn
a. Because The nionopoiistic power
has grown TO such mammoth proper
tions AS TO threaten the political life o.
aov man or set of med who oppose
tn class interests. Political parties
and business interests are threatenec
with demolition, panics, etc. This
tentacle of the monopolistic pIratica
octopus mast be Topped off if Americi
weuid be free.