THE TAHIFF IS A TAX.
PARENT AND SHELTER OF TRUST3
AND OTHER CONSPIRACIES.
The Sugar Itountir. a Standing Ohject
Lewon to the Feo;ile That the Tariff 1
Tax and That Consumer Tajr It oa
Both Imported and Pome.tlc Frmruct.
The exact ainonnt paid out of the
United States treasury for sugar boun
ties during the last ftscsl rear was
830.046, cents omitted. Of this total ft,
M3,253 was paid on cane sugar and
16,870,500 went to cane planters ia Lou
isiana. The attention of the New York or? an
of the American Protective Tariff league
is invited to this fact. That organ for
many weeks has been printing a series
of pictures and short comments as con
spicuously as possible on its first page
under the heading "The Tariff Sot a
Tax." the purport of which is that the
retail price of the articles pictured is
less than the tariff rate. Tow if the
tariff is not a tax if it lowers prices in
stead of raising them, as the organ rep
resents what escnse is there for taking
more than f7,000, of the money con
tributed by taxpayers and hacdi&g it
over to the growers of sugar cone, beets
and sorghum and the people who boil
down maple sap?
The same McKinley congress which
took the revenue duty, averaging two
cents per pound, off from raw sugar,
voted a bounty cf two cents per pound
upon sugar made in America. The same
act that takes off tlie duty grants the
bounty. This is an admission on the
face of the McKinley act that the tariff
is a tax. It is the plainest possible ad
mission that the tariff is cot only a tax
collected by the government on imported
articles, but an equal tax on like articles
produced in the country, collected not
by the government for public purposes,
but by the home producers of the arti
cles for their private enrichment. It is
the plainest possible admission that both
the tax collected bv the envernmentiind
the tribute collecte-d by individual pro- I
ducers. with the !:?!? of the covemmen', I
is paid net by foreigners, Vc by Ameri
can consumers cf the taxed articles.
And the facts correypoud with the ad
missions of tae men who mad the Mc
Kinley tariff. Xo socner had the duty
been taken off than down went the price
to the same exteut. Consumers could
get their suar cheaper by the aawu-t
of the dnty or a little more. And tl;-?
price has staid down ever since, except
as the remaining dtity on refined sugars
has enabled the refiners to put up thj
price by conspiring together for that
purpose.
And right here is another fact that
negatives the organ's standing assertion
that the tariff is not a tax, and also
proves that the tariff is the parent and
the shelter of trusts and like conspira
cies against the earnings of the people.
For some time after the McKinley sugar
schedule went into effect the sugar re
finers' combine was incomplete. Xot
very long ago the combine was perfect
ed, competition ceased, and up went the
price of refined sugar to the full extent
of the remaining duty on that article.
With these facts in plain sight the
people will not be led astray by the
standing falsehood cf the McKinleyites
that the tariff is not a tax. They have
a, standing object lesson, as well as the
admission of the McKinley congreos, to
teach them that the tariff is a tax, and
that consumers pay it on both import I
and domestic products. Chicago Her
ald. Gorerameat by Minority.
A lot of expert election thieves of the
north could be cent into Tennessee to
bold the elections, and on their certifi
cates would members of congress be ad
mitted to their seats. The certificate of
the governor of a state and the officers
of the state would not be worth the
paper it was written on. Ia the south
the beautiful anomaly would be present
ed of a minority having control of tho
lections. We should have absolute
government by minority. Appeal-Ava-tanche.
A Baad of Brothers.
In comparison with the bickerings of
the Tarious factions of the Republican
party, how beautiful is the harmony
that pervades the Democratic organiza
tion! Democrats are a band of brothers
this year, and even the Mugwumps are
inclined to "mix- a little. For humani
tarian reasons The Herald indulges the
Uope that the high taxes will not post
pone for too long a time the selection of
soft places to drop on. Chicago Herald.
Bat.
This is the answer that the more c:
ess satisfied Republican voters make to
'die disgruntled bosses:
Reed,
QaAjr.
rutT.
CUrkSju.
Chicago MaiL
Strong Dope of Illinois.
Kow is the time for all Democrats to
tet together unl work together. The
nomination of Stevenson for second
?Lce greatly strengthens the ticket and
nves us a hope of Illinois. Birmiag
jam (Ala.) Age-Herald.
Tho Men tiara Learned.
They will fix up that Carnegie-Home-atead
business by and by. But they will
sot vote their wo-ktngtnen any moire for
arotection. The mea have found oa: that
Uclvinleyism only protects Carnegie.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tory Becoming Indeed.
J. SI oat Fassett has registered a vow
that he will not cut his hair until Benja
min Harrison has been re-elected. Long
hair will be very becoming to his style
of beauty. Chicago MaiL
Like m Seaalbl Woman.
Eats Field i out for Cleveland, of
course. Like about all others of her sex,
she is opposed to the McSinley tariff and
every other contrivance that makes shop
oixuf exoei Boston Herald.
Carnegie's Philanthropy.
There is a vein of grim common sense tn
j Mr. Clarksen's comments npvn the sitn
' ationat Homestead. Mr. Clarkson recalls
that Mr. Carnegie has written a great
deal to the magazines and said a great
deal more in public speeches about the
responsibilities of wealth: be lias now
the opportunity to "sustain his reputa
tion as a philanthropist"" by being just
If not generous to the men who have
made his great fortune. For, as Mr.
Clarkson observes, '-the workmen must
be right in their contentions. There has
been no such convulsion in business as
could possibly make necessary these
great reductions in wages."
Mr. Clarkson may not be so well verseU
in economics and the iron trade as Mr.
Carnegie, bnt at least ho is a more con
sistent protectionist than the multimil
lionaire. Mr. Carnegie professes the
tariff doctrine as the salvation of high
wages for American workingmen, bnt
refuses to divide the fruits of protection
with bis workingmen. Mr. Clarkson,
who possibly still believes what Mr. Car
negie professes, wants the protected
manufacturer to do the square thing by
the "protected" workingman and so vin
dicate the protectionist propaganda. If
Mr. Clarkson were himself a beneficiary
cf the tariff he might think otherwise.
There are men in Homestead today who
believe as Mr. Clarkson believes and are
shedding their blood and the blood of
others in the defense of thejj belief. The
end will not be told beore November.
Meantime every bullet that is fired and
every drop of blood that is shed will help
to prove the wisdom of Mr. Clarkson's
advice to Mr.Carncgie. Chicago Herald.
Matt Jade bJ the Record.
Some of the Republicans who say that
the force bill plank of the Minneapolis
platform does not mean a force bill may
oe sincere in weir wuei. cut the country ; impending would be nonsense. Tariff re
must judge by the record. A similar ! form cannot bo an issue hera where it
declaration in the Republican platform ' has no orronpr.ts. Tho i-mtvI ct
of 1 was followed by the force bill of
tae ?eu congress, urawn cy jona L ;
Davenport, Harrison's New York agent. :
under the su-ervision of the Harrison
administration. Its passage was stronzlv
urged by Harrison ia two of his me- j the chief, the absorbing issue ia th
sage, though ia the campaign of no ; sonth because it is the first challense of
Republican would admit that the pUnk 1 the people ia the Republican platform;
adopted at Chicago meant a force bilL because the reply to this challenge holds
Now when a platform made ia a coaven- i the first place ia the Democratic plat
t:oa controlled bv Harrison's oiiechoM- f.inn an.l l-nnca 4 i.-J
ers declares that they "will never relent'
ia tnetr purpose, it w lu to say that
they do not m-fan it. St. Louis Republic.
Promise and Fulfillment.
Andrew Carnegie has been one of the !
pronounced howlers for -protection" ia 1
tae Republican ranks. The McJIinler
bill gave it to him, but evidently not
eneugh, as cow he is prepariag f jr pro
tection of quite aaother kiad that of
hosepipes, barricaded walls, and so forth,
brought into use and erected to protect
him against the outraged workmen who,
according to Republican theory rather
than practice, were expected to be pro
tected equally with the owners by the
system formulated at Washington. But
Republican fulfillment does not always
follow Republican promise. Chicago
MaiL
Dropped Back lata Obeearttv.
President Harrison dropped the "pro
fessional lobbyist" whom he picked ont
for chairman of the Republican national
committee. It will be as useless to pre
tend that the Armours pat a veto on his
appointment as to claim for the presi
dent that he has awakened to a sense of
its indecency. He is managing his owe
campaign now, aad be has discovered
that Can p bell will be a load to carry
since Vest's and Farwell's exposure of
his record. So, without hesitation, he
dropped him back into the obscurity
from which he fished kirn, ont. St.
Louis Republic.
X Ticket of TCeakaeeaea.
The Republican party made the in
famous fores bill a part of its platform;
ft nominated the champion of that meas
ure for president, and, as if the Demo
cratic cup of joy were cot already over
flowing, it nominated Whitelaw Reid
for vice president. Mr. Harrison is ac
knowledged to be weak in states which
the Republicans most carry to win; but
Whitelaw Reid is weak everywhere.
Atchison Patriot.
Tho Forte Bill lieae.
There is no disposition to dodge the
force bill issue ia the Democracy. Let
it be fairly put before the people of the
country and let them determine whether
they will have federal bayonets present
at our elections, and whether they will
renew that negro domination ia the
south which proved so iajariocs aad s
disgraceful ia the famous period of car
petbag government. New York Sua.
Seid's "Deiotloa" to rclonim.
Instead cf lendiag Chris Magee to eet
tle the Caras wr the presideat
should hare commissi oaed Dr. Depew's
"candidate cf tha workingmen" for vice
president to tall tho Homestead pud
dlers about his devotion to lalwr union
ism, aad how it his brought him or
will do his reward. New York World.
Vntil After Election
Mr. Clarkson thiuks that Carnegie
ought to be generous with his striking
steel workers at Homestead, Pa. "lien
erous?" aeks Mr. Carnegie. "What does
that mean?' St, Lords Republic,
A Ulch Average.
If the troops had been called out for
every labor conflict there would have
been an average of five calls per week
since the McKinley tariff began to raise
wages. Philadelphia Record.
Veey Trne.
It may be said of President Harrison's
cabinet that it would be hard to change
it without improving it, St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
That "Baasa CaaapbaU.
Now President Harrison will be oblig
ed to seek another Campbell to carry
him across the political desert. Chicago
Evening Post.
TIIEFOliCEMlYLISSUE
, THE SOUTH ALARMCD AT TKE PROS
PECT OP NEGRO DOMINATION.
Tha Safety and Polltlral Freedom, of the
South Depends fpon the Sueoeea of tha
Democrat! Party Defeat Means po
lltlral Thraldom, SKirerr and Ruin.
"We arc not worrying ourselves over
the threat of such a measure," says the
Charleston News and Courier, referring
to the force bill. Yet who will worry
over the threat of such a measure if the
onrhern people do not? Manifestly,
The News and Courier is not speaking
for the people of isanth Carolina, and it
ertainly is not speaking for the Demo
cratic party of that state. There is no
commonwejfcli in the south that has
more to fear from federal control of
elections by the Republicans ia behalf
oi the uegro partv.
We are not discussing the matter with
the Charleston pAper. There is no room
for discussion. We are rucrely quoting
the remark of The News and Courier to
show how exceptions it is how it flies
in the face of the facts how it misre
presents the situation. The Republic-
ana nave made the threat of force bill
legislation the chief issue in their Plat
form, and the south will have to accept
it as such, Uowever anxious they may
be to avoid it. In Georgia, as in South
Carolina nnd all over the south, circum-
stances will make the firr tii'.l H,n K.
! sorbing issue for the reason that the in-
terests at stake are incomparably more
important than those affected by r.cy
other issue.
The tariff is important and interesting
as a subject of discussion, but to make it
" an issue at the south with the force bill
voters ore made up on it. They indorse
the IVniocratio dix-larr.tions ia favor of
a tariff for revenue or.lr. nn.l tw u
ficent.
The thret f f,ir. i. i.
j which, oa account cf the tremendous in
; terests involved, will keep the Demo
cratic party of the south together.
Ia this all Democratic leaders and rep
resentative rVimvr:iti.' .!ir.-.,-s ow.
We have not u.n ti- r,:t r.t a;.
Usr, more nithilv nut than in th fl.
! lowing extract from a resolution pre
j sented to the cvavectioa of Democrats ia
Bibb county and unanimously adopted:
Realizing that the safetr and rolilkal free.
dom t this section depend crou the faeces
of the DamocraUe party tn Xorember next:
that the chief plauk of the platform of tho
Republican party u UcwUUty to the aouth aad
her people; that the political battle of 138! Is
to bo waed by the Republican under the uune
battle cry, and under the banner of leader
ship, which for a qnarter of a century has
bean mads against the libertlea, property and
happiness of the southern people, we urge all
true Democrat to sink all local difference out
oi lijht, forget everything- also except that
their own safety and the safety of their homes
aad la u ration depend upon freedom from tha
interference of federal marahala and federal
bayaaeta. aa well as upon tha overthrow of the
RepabUeaa party in the oomlnc con MM. To be
tailed to to win taeceea; to be divided it to
court fallora, Snooesa means pMcperity for
thla section, political freedom and control of
our own affaire. Defeat mean political thral
dom, slavery and rain.
This covers the whole ground briefly
and clearly. It outlines the situation
and points to the responsibility which
rests on all Democrats the duty they
owe to themselves, their neighbors, their
state aad their country. Atlanta Con
stitution. Bate Leave; Reid Beaaiaa.
The refusal of William J. Campbell to
serve as chairman of the Republican
committee reminds us that rats leave a
sinking ship. If this thing is kept up
Reid will be the only rodent on board
the Harrison craft when it goes down
next November. St. Louis Republic
Amd It for BepabUcaa Gore.
Tammany appears to have got on its
war paint, and the New York Republic
ans who have been countiag so confi
dently on aid from that quarter would
do well to look ont for their scalps.
Qrand Sachem Croker has sounded the
warwhoop. Boston Herald.
What 111 Candidacy Mean.
The candidacy of Mr. Harrison stands
for the force bill, interfering with the
right and duties of the states, violating
the principle of self government and
home rule aad tending to sectional trou
ble aad commercial disaster. Seattle
Telegraph.
Barricade of Ballot. '
In a free country lite this, where man
hood suffrage rales, most evils and
abuses can be voted summarily out of
existence. Barricades of ballots will ef
fectually check the cohorts of the party
of monopoly next November. Boston
Globe.
Two Deep, Dark Stain.
Harrison is uneasy about the fcrce
bill and Reid about his labor record.
No doubt each ia his troubled dreams
has exclaimed, "Out damaed spot!" But
all be tears of Republicanism cannot
wipe these stains away. Birmingham
News.
"CleveUad All the More Sorely."
No state is doubtful for purposes of a
Democratic victory because of a heavy
Alliance element. The steady Demo
cratic consolation ia such cases is that it
means Mr. Cleveland all the more surely.
Boston Globe.
They Were There for That.
The cvnsus enumerators counted C3,
&79.7M people ia this country ia 1890,
but they overlooked a considerable num
ber in Democratic districts St. Louis
lt-DiBpatch.
And Be' A Mod by mrotewtlew.
Carnegie has undertaken to crush or
ganized labor. He seeks to cheapen its
work and put it completely under his
jontroL Macon Oa, Tlrmnh.
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable
Compound
a woman's remedy for woman's
diseases, has stood the test cf
many years, and is to-c!ay the or.ly
successful and harmless cure for
all those peculiar weaknesses and
Diseases of Women,
organic diseases cf the uterus
or womb, ir.fiarr.rr.ation. ovarian
troubles, falling or displacement
cf the womb, faintness. nervous
prostration, weak back, aches, etc.
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teem n I ). u F;..t SSe.
Carrtf?r4tiM hh r.., Alt m ,t rrr.Aa.ro
ltsu a ri.NkMi mlu co- n.sst. Lta
nsrow "wiEi ido smilei
A Binder they sell in our City,
large prolts to "JJealers " may
But in a contest with Deerincr'e
She's not worth a cent in the
They said she had beaten the
But at a Jerseyfown farm in contest
We drove them right out of the field.
The srain was iust readv for harvpt.
The land was not hilly or mugh
Uut one round of the field they were cutting
Convinced them she'd gotten enough.
So they pulled the jxwr thing to a corner,
"We smiled" at their lack of sound pluck
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As they pushed and they pulled, and they twisted
To get the thing up on its truck.
At last they got ready and started
And, as slowly they lower the bars
AVe turn from that poor vanquished Binder
Ami "we smile" as we contemplate ours.
There she is, just as proud as a peacock ;
She works like a charm in the wheat,
And all rivals who challenge the "DEERIXG"
Must sooner or later reteat.
So in buying a Binder for service,
Buy the one that is proven the best
And remember "The Decriny Steel Binder"
Has never yet failed in a test. -
BARK, SEEDS. El
and Montour Counties