Show ITS M POUND OF FLESH rhe me TARIFF A MEASURE fon THE monopolist IT T ivl r alton 1114 ton ou oc anekt arlu kulii gililis gil klis lii and 1114 iruh bliff 1111 al ono leu to tad to lorent lo runt 1 W V I 1 ii i wilton wilon of wt buat t Virgi viriel Vi nii ll if A letter in 16 tile tha st louis lollis republic shows that gilb mckinley tariff on iron iiii steel is 13 fit aiu protective but bit I 1 1 11 the E coil t I 1 is 1 3 the organ of the american protective Protect ivo barill league more ps iliin am other aller journal it allay lit in la taken lael el as the 60 mouthpiece nf if the lie iii ad llly concessions ces ioriA it inake sare sire always made with ornale Ve I 1 WHIS bothwe industries it is publishing publish nig flow bow what wh t it calls short cirit Hen ls evidently designed U for foi the or the country news paper 11 us 4 in an ele elementary baat r c the case rot protection it define aa th that tl it sa bem of tariff lug lation winch levies lencs duties dunes un an linx its 1 s such s icci adella ditc itc to establish baloh h and insuring high wages to tf labore ll bures s L learly implies thit that protected protect ej industry is it t burden upon a other anil self I 1 supporting sup suppo tini indu trim of the country which aro are ciol to tta babl bih lial arid maina trin it il As it ed to lo 3 wd lad dictate t w t of mixes it will require rei nire for its estable anil and in inabin tin te cenance ten nance it is 13 wry very verible vw abit wo we donld fron tint l liow how ahr a industry is justi justilien lied ri in fin sail ti its c c we air lal cheref rt thit T alie ile econ olllie binim t lay lays down dowil the I 1 ft that tho t aino uit of is by tile tho difference differ euce between file hi cost of production lit at howe ho we and abroad and ami that it it I 1 till ly by the following illustration if lafoca use if of high dagres hero here it cotts au MU to pro liy it a ton of steel raili and beranse because of low ways it co costs la only aj 2 in fit tile the steel raili need a duty of a ton toll to keel our wills lulls opelan open anil I to protect our own wor workmen karen bioni low ow tina till 11 13 all explicit enough awl siv it is to find out the framers or of the till ecea eC eJ eji tins this same anil and professed ged to titre made it thu the rule by which they ad jumbled abo dunes of tiit I 1 bill we ve hive have no duty said they 11 in rv itar tile the bill above liova a the point or of dill rence between thu tho normal mal c rost ost of pio here including liliar and tire the coat of like production i in 11 the countries which seek our ruark markets ets diore then ill hermon and in official report we have a statement of the lull full demand of protection it calli for Us its own pound of flesh whatever it tilles takes more thin than this pound r 11 mere lort torture ture or of ite victims in other words a duty that covers tho the difference of tile cot cost of production at boine anti and abroad is 13 protection whatever ver autv is less lesi than this they say sa is ejot not irot and crha whatever liver is 13 hiort t ti 1 we maj I 1 clinn claim sheer baun i and tribute to diw now let jet us ns ave liow flow they areep faith with mill tile the people when they ar u duties for the protection of their favor itea ite both lawina hurs and people leave been deac dependent adent chirlly ur of such statements as aa interested I 1 tio I 1 alise ti it inake before coni con arr or as is to tho cost ution tion and the scale vi rl wase here and lit in cil oilier licor coun trici 1 for ni now tile depar tricot oi of labor is carefully fai and inet liol cally luvi abing these questions ij some ot it our in fit t tho iron and teel ti ii textile its report is devoted to an ex animation of the cost of producing lion arid and steel in thin thih country and alroid ab ruid roid let lct us first tale take pig pi iron taking tile tha av average crage of twenty six his alist fui nices in ill alio 1101 atheni distinct of the united states the cost of ill all elements of r production luction of of the aig was MUI mil bertou per ton in twenty four lur furnaces naces in ill the southern bisti distinct act it was 10 sa ier I actton er toll 11 in a 1 typical farnice on the of if elope it leq WB illuk 11 03 lier ton toll the cost of producing pig ing iron lit in till the south i is ij j thus soine what less les than lilt ilie continent cout fir am probably about the aine saine f us as in lit in the north it ii about C i per ton greater grei Ur yet tile bill fixes nars ill thu duty at per lier ton kincl if we add ft for fl height eight il allures iu lures a L protection to the american ot of per too on oil fits product wherewith where wit if lie ill 03 alices in ill tile the bout 11 lie no ito p 0 0 whatever and if lie he pio daves ices in tho ello north lie needa at art inert but ti S per tun ton according acco iding to tile tho ule rule l laid down by both file economist and major ilcken ley and his i oi leagues liel let us its alio take tue the economists om illustration steel rails the report hinds that the actual co cot cost t of snaking iii akiu stan standard daid ld steel rails in several of tl tile L largest 11 in tile united states i is and has been for home boine tune timo bithia a 1 I few cents of Q 22 2 per lier ton toll at tile the works and thit that in ill areat it is a sum not varying much hour 61 13 1 per er ton accordingly making lit ill allow auces ane eq it sayf tin tho dill dilla rence between bit weon the lowcau r ost cost of british steel lail iad af sixty sisty to tile thi yard aud and the lowert cit or of the kaino grade of rails in ill tile the united states ii 11 in tho the mcginity of per ton now the AIcKin ley bill to recommend no duty above tho in cost of production product iou hero and in the luo countries that seek our cour market puts a duty of li 11 ll per toll loll on oil steel 1 lall alls in iring euring if we add ocean freight it pro lection to american makers of 1541 1 41 per ton foil on oil a I 1 product that costs but bill 1 or 1 per tun toll anero to inal mako 0 here than tit in treat britain it 11 wal k knori nr jwu that a combination arnoul among the hie lem than alian a dozen I 1 lail ail inich in tho the coni itry by hichi tile alicy keep up awl anil dictado dinces to purchasers that combination is created and shielded by this protection is ia more than three times gietter gi citer eiter chiju tile amount declai declared ed feces ary by abe I 1 economist aina more inore three i reater than the emondt professedly sivan 13 I 1 the th nt kinlea bill tile plo IU lwi al tun toll to excess of tho the ado ade enate protective arity nn as ly by tile hie tion iti alst ts 11 the sale binl in I 1 miro okura inar in ill liin thuy may ani ilo do establish the alie priced iricea tit itt which they will sell their IMIS rn la thew are not lint cases they are but fur and averitte averit civi ge of the t n cisna f lint arild fit at ain that law not it protective but a monopoly tariff |