Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1892 — Tariff Shots. [ARTICLE]
Tariff Shots.
On women's and children's dress goods that can be bought for 7 cents a yard in Europe, the McKinley tax is 7 cents a yard and in addition thereto 40 per cent, of value—in all 140 per cent. The total revenue-only tax proposed by the Springer free-wool bill is only 35 per cent. McKinley tax 140 Revenue-only tax 35 The Century Magazine a careful description of the famous rebel yell. This will be very serviceable to such members of the Grand Army as Ingalls, who may want to use it in their political speeches, but who never heard it. The old legend was that “Trust was dead, bad pay killed him.” Nowadays, however, the stronger the trust the more wages are cut down.
