Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 19, 1897, Page 4

——. Corana fRepids Teretae Review Published Every Saturday. By E. C, KILEY, "WO DOLLARS A -YEAR IN ADVAN 50¢ Six Months ..... $1.09 | Three Months.. Entered in the postofiee at Grand Rapids Minnesota. as second-class matter ROMANCE VERSUS REALITY. | AM is much concerned | Ss 3 ES q Be Bs to? Aas g E Zn ae ok Qe g our quarter of a century of free hide She now sells boots and shoes in all parts of the world. Taxed hides wguld cripple this and other industries. Her leading senators pretend to represent her and to put up a fight for free hides. In reality they will, if necessary, sacrifice free hides to obtain high duties on sug- ar with plenty of margin for trust prof- its. Just why this is so should be a matter for senatorial investigation, if such investigation would only investi- gate. Fortunately for the Sugar trust, but unfortunately for the rest of us 70,000,000 people, the Sugar trust un- | Aerstands well the art of making friends where they will do the most good. It | has able attorneys to adviso it how to i distribute its sweets to politicians and) Jawmakers and at the same time to steer clear of jails. In this way and in this way only can ‘we account for the attitude of not a few prominent tariff makers at Washington. The situation is interesting—devidedly 30. Prices of Linens Go Up. When the tariff bill was about to bo framed, the Republican leaders stated that they desired to be moderate and to avoid anything like excessive rates. Mr. ‘Aldrich, when introducing the amended ‘measure into the senate, claimed that | his rates wero generally lower than | those of the house bill. The linen schedule, however, is a notable one of many exceptions. In it the senate rates | are higher than those of the house and | much higher than anything ever before known. : | Under the McKinley bill of 1890 lin- | ens were assessed 35 per cent, with a | few exceptions as high as 50 per cent ad valorem. Under the rates proposed | by the senate a large proportion of the goods in everyday use will be assessed | from 65 to 85 per cent and in sonie | cases over 100 per cent. The following table shows some of the changes in the cost of medium and low grade linen Dar Cra Colored canvas for dress lin- -0o Bg ings... 104 | Clothing line [9 «18g Linen for butchers’ aprons. 65 193g. 2253. | The domestic manufacturers in whose | interests these changes are supposed to | be made have stated that they do not | deserve over 50 per cent duty on linen goods, and one of the principal manu- facturers of linen and cotton handker- chiefs in America (of Acheson, Harden | & Co., Passaic, N. J.) states that he does | not desire any advance of duty on his | goods. ! The gross injustice of these duties | can be appreciated when it is remem- | bered that, owing to climatic condi- | tions, good fiber flax cannot be grown | or linen manufactured successfully in this country, and when it is further re- ! membered that the kind of linen taxed | is the kind that is used by the poorest | classes, while a much lower duty is put | on tho finer grades. | B.essed Are the Poor! | Representatives of the crockery in- \ terest who have gone to Washington to | protest against the new tariff complain | thas the proposed schedules discriminate | against xvods used by the poor and iu | favor of those purchased by the rich. | Blessed aye the poor, but they need ex- | pect little help from a protective tariff. | Philadelphia Record. | | tem. j upon hir | State: EXPORT BOUNTIES. SENATOR CANNON INTRODUCES LU- BIN’S SCHEME TO HELP FARMERS. fle Makes 2 Hot Speech and Floors All Opponents—Present Protection Is One Sided and Robs the Farmer—He Now Sells In a Cheap end Buys In a Dear Market—Can Ee Protected Only by Ex- port Bounties on Farm Products—If He Cannot Get These He Wants Absolute Free Trade. Senator Cannon of Utah introduced on May 25 an amendment to the tariff bill which is likely to make trouble for | the Republican leaders and which may break down the whole protective sys- The amendment favors the Lubin scheme of paying export bounties on farm products. This scheme is now be- ing pushed vigorously, not only by its | author, David Lubin, but also by the granges of many states and by trades unions and ministers. It makes its fight inside the ranks of protection and has already opened more farmers’ eyes to the folly of the system than all of the tariff reform work that has been done. Senator Cannon told some plain truths when introducing this amendment. He spoke in part as follows: It was with great surprise, upon an ex- amination of the measure, that I found that the great class of our population who have from the beginning not only supported the protective tariff party by their votes, but have supported the pro- tective tariff principle by their industry from the beginning of its operation, | were in a large degree excluded from any of its benefits. It is, I say, to sup- ply a very patent omission from the measure as it now stands that tho amendment is proposed and will be ad- vocated here until a vote shall be had ill as it is offered. today affords no protection to agricultural staples. vocate of the protective tariff system ill contend that in this bill, with port duties, there is afforded ion or benefit of increased g from import duties upon commodities of which we tion to h tariff ent to all thought- nly it is known wh © any direct connection with tho agricultural industry of the United States, that t. ner cannot, and the man who reads him well knows that mer will not, much longer bear this urden. There are three remedies possible. The second remedy, and one which I, as a believer in protection, would be ready to accept rather than to hold to and vote for an inequitable bill, would be absolute free trade, by which the farmer might buy as cheaply as he is compelled to sell, and that remedy this cong’ will not seck to enforce. There remains, then, but the third—the appli- cation of an export bounty which shall in a measure give restitution to the farmer for tho higher priccs which he is compelled to pay in protected markets. No proposition based upon the decla- ration cf equal protection to all the in- dustries of the United States is com- plete, nor can there be successfully made a contention that it is just, unless 0 the exporter of agricultural from the United States an equiv- alent benefit to that given to the manu- facturer by the imposition of an import duty. A duty of 25 cents a bushel upon wheat is a delusion and a snare. The farmer of the United States gets no ben- efit from it. The imposition of duty upon cotton, if that were attempted, would be of no value to the cotton producer. The imposition of a duty on rye is of no value to the farmer of the United States. Every other protected industry has a direct-benefit from this tariff, because where we do not produce in the United States sufficient for our own consump- tion and a quantity considerable in ex- tent for export the import duty serves as a means whereby the local producer can enhance the price to the local con- | sumer. The immediate benefit to the farmer derived from the treasury of the United would not be all. For this com- paratively small expenditure to him he would receive for these staples more than $225,000,000 in higher prices than he now receives. It is true that this Would increase the price of breadstuffs to the consumers in the cities, but un- ;der the declaration made here today ; that with higher prices the people will be more able to buy we will have a larger consumptiou of wheat and wheat | four and other agricultural staples in the citics of the country than we have now at the low prices. Mr. Butler—Mr. President, the sena- tor from Utah said he was in favor of | about $13,000,000 export duty on wheat at 10 cents a bushel. If we pay an ex- port bounty of 10 cents a bushel, that will raise the price of every bushel of wheat, whether exported or consumed at home, that much, .will it not? Mr. Cannon—Certainly it will. Mr. Butler—Then, for an investment of $15,000,000, which the government would pay out in the shape of an export bounty, the wheat farmers of the coun- try would get their protection of $60,- 000,000 or $70,000,000, would they not? Mr. Cannon—They would, if there be any truth in the protective principle. Mr. Butler—That would be a very good investment. Mr. Cannon—It would be a very good Investment if it were to be made in be- half of any manufacturing industry or | | any trust in the United States, but any- | hing in kebalf of the farmer is locked epon with scorn and is considored a doubtful intestment by the legislature bf the United States. In addition, Mr. President, it is a very poor atgumient, when you have been fobbing some man for years and he asks you for justice, to say that you propose to continue to rob him of more and say that you do not know where you are going to get the money with which to restore that which you have unrighteously taken. It is the very first duty of the congress of the United States to provide a bill which shall not only be honest in its present applica- tion, but which shall pay back some portion of that which has been taken from the pockets of the toilers of this land. Ihave talked with the farmers in 20 states of the Union since last fall, and I firmly believe that this tariff will no longer endure than until the farmers of the United States can have a chance to revise it at the polls, if you do not give to them some portion of its benefits. The farmer is bending beneath a bur- den which he cannot carry longer. He has been the backbone of the integrity of the United States, but there comes in the place of the free and independent farmer of this country a race of tenant- ry to reap servilely where he sowed nobly, men who receive their opinions from others instead of giving their own independent voice at the polls and in all their declarations to their fellow men. The senate of the United States can afford to be absolutely just. I believe the amendment should be adopted. Mr. Chandler—May I ask the senator from Utah a question? Mr. Cannon—Certainly. Mr. Chandler—I heard the senator speak of robbery a little while ago with reference to the tariff. Does the senator mean that the farmer has been robbed all these years by the tariff? Is that the senator’s argument? Mr. Cannon—Yes, sir, decidedly. Mr. Chandler—When did the senator first think that the American tariff sys- tem was a robbery of the farmer? Mr. Cannon—Just so soon as the sen- ator gave sufficient attention to the sub- ject to understand the truth of it. I ad- vocated Republican tariffs as earnestly and as faithfully in my humble way as the senator from New Hampshire, and I believed exactly what I taught. But I am not dispose longer to the benefit x portion of the populati I it is unfair to cherish only , and that the class which has the most power of self protec- If the senator from New Hamp- ll go across the plains of Kansas, nd ac the plains of Neb him sufficiently to th will come back and say that this bill is robbery of the American farmer. I have stated that I am in favor of a protective tari stem. I stated that in the guilelessness of my soul, being a Republican, I went out and advocated the Republican idea of a protective tar- iff. I never was brought quite so close to responsibility concerning it before as Iam today. Heretofore I have discussed it on the stump, advocating it in gener- al terms, but soon as I am confronted with responsibility which obl: look more closely into its application to all the people Iam simply discharging my duty when I seck to amend this measure so that it shall be honest to all. of anotk think ¢ shire v as Ihe ‘The Monkey and the Cats. o ~ “heh Y The monkey could pull its own sugar out of the fire, but prefers to use the paws of the cats. Poor cats, how it must hurt them! Yes, it does hurt them a little, bat they can stand it for the sake of their good friend the mon- key. Perhaps they will get a share of the sugar, or if not that something else which they like better. Perhaps! It is certain that they have long been fast friends of the monkey and that they like him for his sly and cunning tricks. 00 portion | NOTICE! United States Land Office, Duluth, Minn., June 2, 1897. Notice is hereby given that the of ficial plats of survey of Township 152 Nerth of Range 26 West of 5th P. M., will be opened for filing in this office on ‘Tuesday, July 20, 1897, at 9 o’clock a. m. Corrected plats of Township 157 North of Range 27 Wes ‘Township 158 North of Range 27 W: of 5th P. M., and Township 158 North of Range 26 West of 5th P. M., on Wednesday, July 21, 1897, at 9 o’clock a. m., and that on and after said di we will receive applications for the entry of said lands in said Townships. A. J. TAYLOR, Register. ¥F. L. RYAN, Receiver. Ki Heavy gold ring, with garnet set- ting, Masonic device and’ the figures in black enamel on _ outside, faq” ge owner’s name and date “Nov. 18, 1892” engraved on outside. Leave at Herald-Review office and receive a suitable reward. For Sale. ight lots in block 24, T sion of Grand Rapids, for bargain, or will exchange nd in model mberances. ese lot are clear of inc ticulars address. J. A. BLACKWCOD, Duluth, Minn. or Herald-Review, Grand Rapids. farm and For par- BEST LINE ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS ST.LOUIS. ——= Free Silve ee Cartoon Paper - $1.00 -50 ONE YEAR - TEN NUMBERS SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE | Address UP-TO-DATE, Chicage | Mention this paper. Republican Criticism of Taxed Hides. According to the protective theory the imposition of a tax on noncompeting articles adds to their cost to the con- sumer. This theory would be aptly ex- emplified in the proposed duties on hides, as the people would be compelled to pay more for their footwear. It is es- timated that the increased cost of boots and shoes for one year under the pro- posed duty would amount to $20,000,- | 000. With free hides our manufacturers of leather goods have been able to build | up a great export trade in footwear. As Mr. Blaine said when it was proposed to put a duty on hides in the law of 1890, ‘It will yield a profit to the butcher only—the last man that needs it.” The interests of the tanners and shoe manufacturers are vastly more important than the interests of butch- and western ranchmen.—Chicago imes-Herald, Republican. Of No Consequence. The brewers are good campaign con- tributors. Therefore they are to be ex- cused from their proper share of taxes. The wearers of clothes are of no partic- ular account to the Mark Hannas of our time. Why shouldn’t they and the con- sumers of sugar and shoes be made to bear the whole burden?—World. eee ECTIVE PAG itely the best S Leads in Is a Machine made. latest and best improvements, SIMPLE] PRACTICAL DURABLE For over 30 years has been endorsed by the public as the most Satisfactory of all sewing machines. We want your trade and can save you money. Write for free catalogue and prices. THE DOMESTIC S. Mi. 60, 298 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 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