Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1891 — McKinley Protecting Englishmen. [ARTICLE]

McKinley Protecting Englishmen.

The protectionists are rejoicing that the McKinley duty of four cents a pound on pig iron, which does not go into effect till July 1, 1893, is already bearing fruit. This is the tin mine at Temescal, Cal., of which they give glowing descriptions. They quote Congressman W. W. Bowers, of their State, as saying: “There is no doubt that there are millions of tons of the richest tin ore in the world at Temescal. ” The organs give the result of the analysis of the ore which has L>en made In England. The ore, we are told, averages 20 per cent, of tin, some as high as 70, and none lower than 10 per cent; and that the average in Cornwall is only IX per cent.—to which assertion the organ puts an exclamation point of pity. But the last piece of information they give us is significant—these Temefecal mines have been gobbled up by a $27,000,000 English syndicate. What a rare sight! McKinley “protecting” the English owners of “millions of tons of the richest tin ore in the world” against heir own pauper tin in Cornwall! When Dr. Koch’s lymph was first brought into this country it was admitted without the payment of duty. Recently, however, the New York custom house officers have seized a package containing less than a tablespoonful of the lymph. The customs appraisers put their heads together, set a value of $6 on it, and made the doctor turn over $1.50 duty. Which means that a tariff is a device to prevent us from getting the things we need. Hebe is a case showing how tightly the tariff wail is built. A German steamer recently broke its steel shaft and .put into Baltimore for repairs. A new shaft was cabled for from Bremen, aDd when it came, although intended for a foreign vessel, Uncle Sam took the usual amount of duty. Not only must we protect our own sacred home market, but we must give the foreigner a slap io the face when we can.