Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-09-09
DEMOCRATIC REASONING rer>us DEM.
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nSiun Union slys viii b. ''the great dGcu-
menf, ct The free trade party in ever, portion
.oi the country. advances such novel doctrines
that NE feel constrained to take bret noticc
.oi 1t, with view oi exhibiting lis utter alb
suuiiy The broad and sweeping assertion
Is made IN this report lhat the people ol the
country are taxed, 'u consequence cot the tariff.
irum three 20 four times the additional a
mount al ilN duty. ond most Singular table
J. prepared to prove this tact.
The secretary takes sixteen Of the leading
items oi manufacture aud consumption i'm the
country. Nik. iron, and the manufactures there
at; ihe manufactures ottohicco. cotton. wool.
and leather. coal, salt sugar. inulaS>..,. glass.
p1per, conlage, cotton bagsing. hats aud caps,
straw hats, bonncis, AMI baids aud earth
ernware, amounting in thc aggregate Ia S33l
l''S, so. aud LAYS down the position that up
o. these items, "to bring a nett revenue of
ol7 032 2S9 into the Treasury. there was i'm
posed by the tariff "f 1912 a tax uf S9l. 100.
80 upon the pcol |, ct these United States.
ol Which SlS.336.ij2 was gross revenue ani
lhc remainder SO, 1Si i0j, constituted the
enhanced pnce OF those protected domestic
articles. The mode ot proving the above eN-
tfdOullnary position il this: The Secretary
takes the whole consumption of the above
udmed manufactures aud adds thereto the du-
~, assuming that the domestic article is rais-
ej n pUcc To precisely that extent Thus lac
It's down the consumption ol coal at t3t1.-
ao9 tons, valued at Sij2l6 S07, and adds
thereto the duty of 81 10 per ton, asserting
that thc consumer is taxed So 500 .u92 with a
Nlew OF bringing into the Treasury ; 81, 22l.
the amount ol duty collected on the foreien
coat brought into the country last year. In
other woniS, the Secretary laws down the DO
-iton that ton ot coal AT the Harrisburg
wharf Is raised IN price 81 20 by the tariff ot
1872, aud that it's repeal would lower the
price OF a ton ol cool To that extent Now, i
there sans man IN this borough, or 8ny
where else throughou, the length and breadth
oi the Commonwealth, who will say that coal
y raised one copper at this place. orat Phila-
dclphi1, or Pitisburg, by the tsriH law oi Is
~ The fact n, that the price at coal has de-
creased throughout PENNSYLVANIA since 1912.
aud we might, II we chose to advance absurd
theories declare that this reduction was ow-
ing To the passage OF the tariff bull The books
oi oar coal dealers show that Wyoming au-
thrdcic coal rctli,cd at the Harrisburg " hart
as follows: In 1911 at 81; 1872 at S. -; Is
A3at S3,2j. 1874 al s.. aud 1919 al $50.
ln Phiadel yria the reduction I'm prices ha,
been IA much greater proportion II must
b. an exceedingly rich joke to our ncighbors
al Pittsburgh. who get their coal tor Il bout
eighty cents 4 ton, to b. toll that they ar,
lihN lliS Il hNlN hi 81 ID upon y.
Again. iu the item ui cotton manufactures I
the Secretary contend, that the duty /, % bc I.
adlcd 10 The value ul the whole So .lj7.OlS I
worth manufactured aud consumed in the
country, and hence the people pay tax OF /
$40 1871 10 in order to get iuto .he Treasury
- '5l Ol1. Now, by the fcpCrt OF the Sec
"idry on commerce dntl max i.ation, IL appears
hit Wc exported last year col domestic manu-
dCiurei cotton goods, namely printed AMI
Olorri Clltoa>, white nlukrcn, twist, yarn p
nj thread. aud other manufactured goods.
lac neat llille amount OF Si.327 OPS worth:
nj, q We can export these c1ltons n Com ae
lupn with ali the world. viii ans man iu his
senses believe that the duty can b. added tn
hc consumer on any ut the above named ar
,iclcs ot cotton goods.
Again, IN regard To iron and the manulsc-
lures Il iron, the Secretary asserts that the
consumer IS taxed some twenty Eve millions
ct dullars lor the purpose cot putting Into Che
Treasury about three millions and quarter
As to what extent the = crrtary > theory may
apply TO these manufactures we are unable tn
say preCaely, hat We venture the assertion
that II Is q, grossly erroneous as IN the case
oi cotton goods, possibly mUr ,n: Tor we are
very certain that thc heaviest machinery now
ruade OF iron such Us stationary anj locomo-
tive engines, printing machinery and heavy
't''l''-,'' at 'l'dliDI al TIE HTtS'u tiue lihu
they were in 1911, under the operation of the
act.
II this celebrated theory will apply in any
coN' II will apply in the following. which we
put by way OF exhibiting the absurljly of the
ScCreiarys position. During the year 1887
there was imported into the United States up-
wards of iuur million dollars worth of wheat
We do not know what the duty amounted to
on this wheat, but W. prtsum. il paid 20 per
cent, under the compromise act. which yiyld-
Ell revenue to The Government OF so 900 -
rs there was produced aud consumed in The
United States that year about one bundled
millions bushels of wheat, according To the
logic of tha Secretary OF the Treasury. thcp-o.
pie oi the United States were taxed so. COO
600 TO get into the Treasury thi, $500 coo of
revenue. Aud, iuaSmuch as there is now a
duty OF . cents a bushel on wheat. the poo
pie were taxed last year upwarlsof s3J 900
GOO without giving dollar of revenue 10 the
Government. We venture the assertion that
there j, not farmer bread eater in any part
of tl,e country where free schools have been
established who will believe this doctrine:
ami 81 the free trade party is To sustain itself
upon such principles, we apprchcnd its race
Wi! soon bu ran.
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