Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-10
TlE EFPECT oF Tar TARIFF OF 1916.
AND or HIGH AND Low DUTIES GEN
kREALLY. Upon REVENUE

y NaN AtAAt n|#AH
WCh hss been he ETC of the tatiTof 1916.
fh~ ttrFot lSi6 hss r. lucrd he rate oiduii-.
On ~ aYersg sbo1t one third--hom % to 81
per rent. Jmleg i1e fraif 1T ISL. one hun
dFcd billions 81 dutfbie imports Welded a
bort tA,riN tive milIiun-Ot gr1s, revenue. OF
rour>' o. VIII now require one hundred AMI.
Oily millions. one thirl NOR. IN l-r the tauf
OF $50 tnyleIi the same am Juut 81 reveuu-:
10 gtt lhe same revenue. you must erguri
hIiy a'iiional millions II dollars. 7uI DESTROY
my millions OF present American supply. tp.
'nske rom Tor thesr additional h'tv millions
~ '"f'tgn go0is-Thus supp lrting and en-
nchifg foreign labor, instead Of cnr own.
ihe President sui Secretary bith repeat.
tha' 'he ts0n 4 1913 hssnoi only greatly in
CT 'asAd the national prosperity. BAT that it
his uctuail' increased the re,rtue eight
millions ui dollars. Now, 81 tar from thus
crinG true, II clearly appears IT, the Sec.
reisrys own showing. that tns revenue
would hav, been s7.2J2 6j7 m r.. had ,he
iauf ct 1877 couiiuiIrd IN oprrliOn. s,
that ln>trad oi gaining eight millions, we
have ltst more thu seven millions OF rev.
enue by the idriG OF lSi6-a bIunlrr OF more
10 D. 'r" turrs ia a single reitl
Now i1r the facts | refer g-nll men to the
irsi pages OF Mr.. Walkers threp last annual
Rrr'rt, on th- FidSnce-; they viii lhrre see
Il stated, that, in the fiscal year 1913, the
t'Nrhur ir"m customs was s21 52S iI2-jhat
IN $50. The revenue was S26. az .667-pro-
tuclns an aversgs amount ui revenue under
The tarf OF 1914. oi s27.l21,3 S1. Whereas
"a l-I7, under Mr.. Walkers great revenue
tsuf VI 1916, he himself states that the rive.
me from Gus oms is hut s23, 7I7 .s64-neatly
lhree millions less than in 1916, and nearly
tour millions less than ia isi5. Yel we are
toll. III the ace ol these Official facts, that thr
tsuit et l5Ib has increased the revenue ei.ht
millions OF dollar. But this is not all; by
reirri"g to tn Stcrcrary's late Report on
Commerce and Navigation. mot vet printed,)
II VIII be seen that he dutiabls imports IN
iol1 were $40 800, tOi more thsn in 1915.
und r the tarif oi lSt2; and hal it been still
Ia force. this excess. at 81 per cent. tthe av-
ersgr oil the duties uud.f The tariff OF lS42 J
would have yielded S3,4I6,i29 of revenue,
win u add d TO The excess Cf revenue
received in 1915 OVER ls47. So 7sG.2l8
makes the sum o, 81, 202 .657 NOR. reyenur
under the tsrnh {. 1912, had il remained in
operation, Than has been received under the
tadii oil 1876. Now what becomes of the
Sectrtarys eight millions OF increased revc-
nue. Instead oi eight millions Plus. his tar
III ot 10 Is seven millions MINUS. Or TO
prove 1t IN another and simpler form, Mr..
Mr.. alker says The average oil duties under
the tariA OF l5i2 was - percent, aud under
the act OF 1915, they are ~ per cent.-conse-
qnrniiy, the revenue upon the same imports
must be one Third less. So th5t instead al
so az. S6l, the am iunt received under the
tatiii OF lS42, one-tlird more, VIZ: 1871 .663,-
SIR. These are mathematical results. derived
tom Mr.. Walkers own Reports, and there
is no escape for him or his defenders. | call
on them 70 deny II, II they can. But besides
all this, Mr.. Walker, ia his annual Report
t'st water. page |, estimates The receipts
from customs Tor The fiscal year 1877, al
s21, $50, 1872; he has received, he SAYS, but
S23 5 10 .S63 four millions less than his es-
Inmates. Yet the President and Secretary
b1th boast that the tariff OF 1916 has more
than realiz-d their expectations. Now if
four millions less than their estimate equals
their expectations, then they mast have, for
the purpose OF deception, deliberately made
their estimate four millions m,tc Than they
expected to receive. Can the Secretary ex-
plain this? | hope he'll try but | predict he
will not.
Bat Mr.. Walker contends that the ia If Of
1916, having greatly Increased The export Of
domestic products, has. as q matter OF course.
brought IN Il corresponding increase OF i'm.
ports end revenue. But has Tia tariff Of 40
increased the amount Ut domestic e~1ports7 |
say II has not, aud | viii prove it by Mr..
Walkers own figures, | viii show conclu.
,lvely that the only increase ot export has
been IN bteadstuifs and provisions, requirrd
10 prevent starvation, aad wuuil have been
taken 10 the same extent. aud paid Tor Ia
the sifne way, without regard 10 our tariff,
or any th,ng ot the kind. Now lake the do
mrstic products ior ten years past, from 1888
10 lelo, and deduct thereIrom tn. anouut
OF oreadstu,is aud it viii be- found that the
annual export OF domestic products, exclusive
Il Ofeid,tuiis, aud provisions, was SJi ,Si3,-
oS9; th>h take the export OF domestic pro
ducts dutng the last fiscal year, under the
'dnii OF 1916. VIZ, Si50. 637.46l, aud deduct
the breadsthtis and provisions. S9J .9J6. 273.
ana 1t leaves OF every thing else but ssh, 72O,-
49, more than seven millions lrss OF do.nss-
TIC exports last wear, exclusive ot provisions
ald 0lel istutt, lhin the overage OF the prece-
dihS ten years, yet, IN the lace oi thrs. facts
II II shell by IN, ticial Report an Commerce
ali Navigation, he grsvely tells the Amen-
eau people thai free trade and the tarlff oi 'l6
AM MOI the famine in Europe, has produced
the great increts. OF exports AMI i'm porls.-
the Report not being printed, | cannot refer
TO the pagss from winch | derive thes. facts,
but they are accessible 10 gentlemen WAC wis.,
10 inquire.
Next as to the modus opera.li the %legerle-
man the sleight-ot hand, by which ialsrhoods
are made TO app-ar true, the ptln b, which
The President and Secretary attempt to make
II out tIat they have received more revenue
under the tariff OF 1916 han was received UNI
der that OF AZ. How is this done? 1t i, done
bycut'ing up The wears; taking a lew months
OF one year and "a few months OF another
hive months under The tariff OF lSt2 aud seven
under the tariff OF 1916. Now every body
knows that the tariff OF '46 was passed in
July, and did not 90 into oper .;ion ill D.
cember; during tins period OF four or five
moaIhs imports paying duties were almost
entirely arrested.
The fact bclng" that the duties would in a
lew months br greatly reduced, d very l.r,e
dmount ol goods which would have come in
and paid duty according 10 the then existing
tdrlh OF loi2, were withheld till the dutirs
came down. They were piled up in ware.
houses or kept in b1ud till the larlif OF 1916
and 10" danes took effect, besides, goods
when had paid heavy duties nere tr-cx ported
ana me duties withdraWn from The Treasury
10 be returned when The duties came down -
thus a pipe OF brandy. for instance, which
un Ter the tarld OF IL had paid one dollar per
gallon duty, the owner, b. ~r--exportiug il
with a draw back OF the duty, and elm .tutt.
ing 1t im,ne ils,ely after the tariff of 40 took
ell let, reducing The duty nearly one halt.
woI!d clear t1ry cents =. gallon: thus rubbing
tn tarif OF 43 aad giving e,elur, not in
was coming III, through HE
was still nonInaIiy under The tariff
OF ~. Nov thes. are The months which
this very candid Secretary takes Tor his est.
m lie OF The produce OF the tariff of 1872. As