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betweea The North and the South, the
West is not sacrificed and ground TO dust between
the upper and neither mslones. This bill pro-
poses 10 tax hemp and wool at only twenty per
cent Are the great agricultural staples Of the
West 10 be put down 10 favor the South below
what is clearly revenue standard IL the Yves,
TO be prey to both of these conflicting parties
Is she 10 come here 10 aid in relieving tho South
from the oppressive exactions Of the North, only
70 have her own great interests sacrificed and her
own burdens inereasedi And are western men ex-
peeled TO be the priests by whom the fatal stroke Is
10 be given 10 the victim al the aliars
But what is worse than all is, that you propose TO
tax tea and coffee, IN fact necessary OF lfe
under pretence that IL is necessary 10 aid IN deray
ing the expenses Of the war. Whilst, on the one
hand you refuse TO Increase the pay Of the gallant
soldiers who have gone 10 fight the battles Of the
country and endure the toll, and hardshps, and pr-
yatons, and dangers of war, and have left their
wives and children at home without the aid OF their
support you propose 10 cut down the comforts OF
their families and tax the products Of the industry
OF the women and children, which is usually ex-
penied for these comforts, and, in fact neeessaries
Of life, by evying duty upon tea and coffee
will not vote for this tax. will call upon the
men 10 20 and fight the battles OF the country on
the pitiiul and nggardy wages they are receiving,
and then impose tax upon the industry OF their
wives and daughters To pay the expenses Of the
war.
Of life Of the aborng classes Il would appear more
Just TO impose TAI upon the plate Of the rich.
TAX on gold and silver would sound better than
a tax upon tea and coffee. Such tan would read
better In history.
Il is no excuse for this tax to say that is needed
to support the war. II is, in fact, idle and Prepos-
ferrous To expect TO support the war by any tariff
which can be devised. The most that you can do
10 10 provide for the ordinary expenses OF the GOV.
ernment, aud provide afund which shall pay the In.
terest and gradually exiinguish the principal OF
war debt
Morn. The duty proposed by the bill on hemp
and WOOL was afterwards increased to thirty pei
cent, and the proposed tax on tea and coffee striek
en- out, and various other amendments made ope-
rating fayorably 10 the western country, and Mr.
TpsArrs voted for the passage OF the bill.
TO THE EDITOR or THE UNION.
Sin. As the Inteigencer does not appear again
until Monday next, and the "Union" is published
this evening" you will do the Kindness 10 insert
in il the enclosed copy Of note TO the editors ofhe
have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
0'"' JOHN W. TIBBATTs.
WAsHlsoTos, July 4, 1916.
[Mr. Tibbatts was not aware that we suspended
our publication on the 4th July.l
WAsHseros CITY, 4th July, 1886.
GENTLEMEN: In your editorial Of this morning,
in relation TO the tariff BILL which passed the House
Of Representatives yesterday, you state that "to
secure the votes Of the democracy OF the Empire
State, Indispensable to the passage of the BILL
a dutp of t,ceniy per cent upon the pait< HAS BEEN
LAID upon the article of SALT, the most Indispensable
Of all the necessares Of life, without the daily use
Of which the poorest man in the country would be
unable to keep body and soul together" and "thst
this duty probably would not have passed the
House, could the bill have been
passed without" ... ...,.
The proceedings Of the House upon the bill pub
lished in the paper show that the reeonsidera
on Of the VOTE placing the article Of salt in the free
list which in effect operated 10 range IL in those
ticles bearing duty Of 20 per cent, was upon my
motion, though had previously throughout the
proceedings on the bill advocated and insisted on its
being made entirely free Of duty
You are, in my opinion, correct m supposlDg that
this duty on salt would probably not have passed
the House, could the bill have passed without
convinced at the time made the motion that the
ball could not pass without, and therefore made the
motion for reconsideration. l still believe that
correc. in that opinion, and that by conserving
10 this duty Of 20 per cent upon salt the passage Of
the bill secured.
Your editorial is in my opinion calculated great.
" 10 mslead public opinion upon this subject, and
for that reason, fom your usual very candid course,
have no doubt Internationally, and through for
.stfulness OF this very important fact that by the
sting tariff Of ls42, the far or duty on salt, which you
Justly say sis the most indispensable of all the
oessares Of life," and which in my opinion ought
be free of duty, is eight cents per bushel,
hundred and t,Deniy per cent. upon is palue. So
that the passage Of the bill, instead Of burdening sail
ioih tar Of hoenty per cent, which your readers
who may be acquainted with the subject would in
fer from your editorial actually relieves that necessa-
ny Of life from burdtxsome taraton Of than one
hundred per onf upon its paiue; reducing the tax
from about 100 to 20 per cent, or from cents to
about cent and 6 mills per bushel.
With knowledge that this would DO the actual
result in the belief that by consenting to the duty of
90 per cent the passage of the bill would be Sc
cured-a bill which, in my opinion, in effect by
Diminishing the duties to very great extent upon
the necessaries, and throwing larger and more Just
proportion upon the Injuries of life, removed the
burdens of taxation from the shoulders of the labor
ing classes, and placed them upon those more able
to bear them; which relieved the laboring ard par
tcularly the agricultural classes from the oppres-
sive burdens and unjust determinations produced
by the operation Of the minimum and misappca-
ton Of the specific duties of the act Of l542 which
not only relieved the West and the South from an
oppressive system Of taxation for sectional advan-
tages but placed their agricultural productions (par
,icuatly the great staple of wool, upon which the
duty has been increased from to 80 per cent? up
On equal footing of competition with the ri
val foreign articles, which in every way, in my
opinion, would operate more fairly and justly upon
all the various interests of the whole country than
the act Of l642-believing that SO great measure,
which think will be productive Of so much good,
should not fail for small matter, being will
ling to lose all because could not get all that want
ed carried out the principles of concession and CON-
promise which ! had avowed in debate, and moved
the reconsideration. Wishing to be distinctly I'M
derstood by the public this subject and believing
twill afford pleasure to you to correct any misap-
prehension to which the public mind might be led
by the article alluded to, would request of you the
kindness to give this note place in your valuable
paper.
have the honor TO be, very respectfully, your
most obedient servant,
JOHN w. TIBBATTS.
Messrs. GALES & SKAroN.