Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-30

take the following from a New York paper of ycsier-
day. Connected as 1t is with the late foreign news from
France. II will be- calculated To affect every western pork
packer and 1t is only a commencement of a series OF re-
talIa,ion that will toe followed by an adhereRce In our pres
ent high duties. and will aflrct every western farmer;
1nr Asrr-,oNTrNcrMfsI OF srr,.d.r'9SIin Fr1"ce, ,he
quantities lave teen shipped from this country 10 t."i. \ ner-
chant Of lhi- city shipped 10 the port of Marsril,s alone; IN one
have sisnii,d their determinations 10 advance TIE iate on duties on
lard. when imported from tie United states The Great WTst viii
do well to look Al tis matter. for II II only the markets OF France
and ~ modified tarin OF l. gland tndoried vi len our duties were
ueless .itiele.
The principle Of averages in the rates Of duty is fr-
ouen,ly spoken of bv those who advocate the tarfl bill Of
1912. For example the whole amount Of cutiah!e
goods imported under this act. and the amount of revenue
collected on the same. is known and then. say gentle
men. this is not a very high tariff, 1t is only thirty SIX per
cent. adj vslorem. wish To look at this. There Is the
owner Of , woolicn manufactory, who pays five per cent
duty upon the dry wool mot coarse wool, Tor it is often
OF lair quality. but cheap because clogcod with dirt i'm
porte from South America his %neighhor is a mechanic,
saw a blacksmith he paws ahou, a hundred per cent. up
on the bar iron out of which he hammers house shoes Tor
his customers. Now this looks a little high, but we will
average them. and then say the duties are quite low. Let
Us foiIow this a little further under the bill If lSF2 The
gold chain Is taxed seven per cent-the lOg.chan Of The
farmer is taxed abou, one hundred ard sixty per cen, the
coarse flannel for shirts Paws a duty ot ify PEI cent,
while the Cashmere and Thlbet sh ,wls Of great value pay
but twenty per cent: the brass kettle pays fifty per cent
while the champaign pays ten ceu's per bottle all of
this IL beautifully reconcled ny the doctflne Ui averages.
In the same way thev can reconcile the profits OF the
man ufacturers OF from twenty to thirty per cent. on ter
capital, Willie that of the farmer is short Of 3 per cent
they will Just average the same hy saying Is per cent;
Ills for rhr farmer TO say how he likes this new method
OF averaging.
And more than all his an examination Of the tariff
bill of 1912 will show, that. for an equivalent OF taxing
every article of pr me necessity, with two or three eSc'p-
lions. the manufacturer receives his fusiic, logwond, mad
der, coohlneal, aud The most of his articles. free of duty
snd we, IN return. have the pleasure of aging a hundred
per cent. duty upon the smoothing iron used 10y orr wives
aud the articles Of salt, sugar. iron. molasses. &c. arr
taxed 10 more than sixtv per cent. The broad pr'ncii il
abli.h he'd bv the bill of 1912 Is clearly marked. that tn
labor Of this country shall support the government
TINT Ae working millions # Our land shall pay the nal
inns into the national treasury. whit, to a great Srfen'
the capital Of this country, and the mnnutaetnreTs' sha'
On FREE. Aud tie return that the laborer rs tn receive 10
:. all this. is to be told ,hs, higi duties make goods chtaper
. and he will have exhibited before him tables showing IN
price Of nails, glass. &c. for the last lew years. It's
:. pity that these men do not make out a table showing 10
: price Of tea and some o,h,r articles. I~suPpo-e the caus
. why in not done, is. ths, there is no duty on teas;
# we had a high tar on tea, we would then know now
accoun, for It's fall in prices. Oh shame,
assure this o. sition, tina, a Is per cent. tariff now,
more onerous in its hearing upon the people. than a
V per cent. tariff was from 1888 To 1887, owing IN 10
change in the currency ard think ,hst this is susceP'
he of the clesrest demonstration. II We look 81 The su'
den rise of oil descriptions Of goods. lands, and prcduc
from ls33 To 1899. almost double the price from the q
ticle of cotton TO the article OF wool. and had lime 70 s.
,,s Effects connected 40 il was with the imitation Of y
y currency. the importation Of whes, in 1897. the prloe N
the same brought. he duty Psid or The same, ms Won
be mos, manifest.