Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1892 — THE TARIPF IS A TAX. [ARTICLE]

THE TARIPF IS A TAX.

No intelligent man "will try-to deny that it is a tax. !,■ j Jt is a heavy tax, an oppressive So far, so good Just at this point comes our mighty—ishedby it. That simple fact throws a fit. d of light on the Tariff Tax qu ■*- tion. . --V . -4; . U yoif doubt, ask the tin-plate makers of Wales who have seen their profits disappear to make oom for the American Tariff. Ask the Chemnitz hoisery manufacturers who have been delivering goods in this market, duty paid, for less thaij. they received under the old and lo ver duty. The pearl button manufacture rs of Austi.a whose business has been captured by Americans will tell you who is oppressed by the McKinley bill. ■£ * —■------ So will the cotton tie makers of England. So will the lace curtain makers of Nottingham and the worsted manufacturers of Bradford, and the plush men of Huddersfield. people can tell from xperience that they are oppressed and taxed by our Tariff. They are all unanimously infavor of its repeal. Every mau of them would vote for Cleveland if he could. Not being able to vote, they pray for his election and subscribe to this campaign fund. They can afford to. The success of his policy would mean untold wealth to them. If money could elect a President,- their money _wo aid elec, Cleveland. But, thank God, money cannot carry an election against the convictions of the American people. Least of all can foreign i»old do so That is why Benjamin Harrison will continue to occupy the Whi e House for some years yet. But the Tariff Tax will stau 1. Our people rejoice in it. It is a tax that protects and enriches them at the expense of the foreign enemies of American industry.