How We Were Fleeced Once Upon A Time

As a.n iüustratiion oí luow tlie Welcl tin píate barons liare blad our pecple Ib 'tlie-for tliom-sood oíd timewlnen íio McKInley tari loomed np betweem tliem omd tlieir victiuis to eurb their rapacity, Is furi iii-hiMl n a table ccwnpilêd by the K & G. Tayloír Campainy, of iHi.a. it presante im tubular form the amount per ton by whfch the ïoweet price oí tin píate in each, yeai süoee 1863 exceeded the priee of tta plates i.Hiay. „,„1 ís as follows: 125 ----- SIlm ::! - 63.17 '::;;; ::;:,-: :":S ::■:■■■■- : : ;ss -;■■;■;:: -ss lSlO - -A ., . 1872 ...... ;ïi 1Q-, " -93.54 :; ----- 88.48 1875 - 48 12 "z; - Uil IZl : . . . . -;.i 1879 .... " " ''I' 1SS1 .... "" 1882 : ' - : : i7sí "J 20.32 }88f 12.86 1885 1S80 - ït 1887 ...... To i Ras - 1890 ■ ■ ■; 1891 "----"- '-5.il Is it auy wonder that the mu Avumps are anxious to remove the or invs.sive McKimiey Tariff from the backa oí theíp íoreiSn friends, and long to seo them ornee more fcasting oa 1hl' ':l' "i thte fair huid of ours ? The party of free trado and wU& cat eurrency does nat appeal to thé imsmess Imtemests of the country.-: Albany Journal.