The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-04
That's Is What Carnasie Says He and The
Thieyias Tariff Did.
now OPPOSES THE Law
Having Robbed the People of this
Country for Fifty Years Under its
Provisions Of Many Millions Of
Hard Earned Dollars Now Th:nis
Law Should Be Modified.

In his Washington letter to The
Stale Zach McGhee says your Uncle
| Andy Carnegie admitted to num-
Der OF newspaper men Tuesday nignc
at the National Press club t:.at his
success IN pil!ng up his n.iliioss
through the steel tyust-tholsh. Of
course. he did not admit it I'd; q
trust-was due to the protective tar
III. Not until / found out tia: b~ih
Democrats ard Hepuo:icaIS were
voting for a prefecture sas:U G. s:reI
would I 80 into it, hs said In sub
stance.
AS long as a protective dutS on
steel was liable to 5e taken Of: BY
change in party in Washington. ne
said there was nothing in It for the
steel manufacturer and he cited 1u-
merous instances OF men who had
failed in steel before Ids time. Just
after the War Between the Sections.
he said. the United States govern
ment realized thas in order to be In
dependent OF Europe steel rails and
other steel manufactures had to be
made here. and the only way to In
sure their being made here was. to
give large bounty in the term OF
a tariff to the manufacturers:
This was done and Andy got the
benefit Of it. "And they say ] ana re-
spouable for ~ millionai,es," he
said with grin Of great satisfac-
ton.
There is no mose need OF duty
on steel now" he said later. "tnan
for a duty on wheat"
But this Is not the opinion Of the
steel magnates. some Of those ~
millionaires Andy By tariff graft has
helped made. They say that Andy
does not banker after xny further
protection on steel Cor the very good
reason that he has 10 longer any
stock in che steel trust, having only
hoads upon which the annaul Z per
cent. must be paid. tariff or no tariff.
profit or 40 profit And these mil
lionaires were here before the ways
and means committee demanding
protection last December. and trying
to decry Andy's contention.
Forty-ewo nil!ionaires made by a
tariff on steel. think OF It! That Is
what Mr.. Aldrich. Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr..
Taft and the rest Of the protectionists
call prosperity" And the tariff IS
for the laboring man: don't forget
that. Yet it was in this very same
steel trust that revelations were
made last fall OF men being ground
down day and night for something
less than dollar day.
It Is IL the territory Of this same
trusts Of 42 m!liionaires that strikes
are frequently heard CT. due to dis
content Of the workmeu with their
share OF the profits from the steel
works, or their share Of the PRO
tec;on" swag. II vas Andrew Car
negie himself. as we OF passing
generation can recall. who was 1t the
head OF this stel concern. the Car
neSie steel works then. when soldiers
and workers at Homestead shot one
another down. That was somewhat
about 1892. but it has not been fog
gotten.
Our Uncle Andy. the library s;Ver.
was at that time engaged IN pilias
ND his millions and making mis- -
millionaires, while everybody in this
country wis bought pen or pen
knife who used the product OF any
machine in America or who rode on
a railroad were paying toll to him.
a ,ol! authorized and protected ny
the United States government.
Blu. Andy is great man now. ana
as an evidence OF his greatness ne
boasts 70 US that he Is responsible
for - raillionaires. But what about
the paupers for which he is also re-
spons;b,e? Oh. weil. he gives these
libraries now.