The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-07-11
THE LAST BILL OF NOMINATIONS.
THE NEW TARIFF.
A Republican Paper ON n Re.
publican Party Measure.
ASTILL FURTHER EXPOSURE
OF THE OUrRAGES OF
THENEW REPUBLI-
CAN TARIFF.
From the Chicago Tribune Repub.), 26.)

From the Chicago Tribune (Repub.), 26.)
THE NEW TARIFF.
The new Tariff Bill reported by the Com
mittee of Ways and Means is a financial
monstrOsity, me like of which is rarely seen
in any age or cline. 1t is hardly necessary
to specify particular articles in the bill,
Turn which way we will, a new mountain
OF taxation rises before us-taXatlOn avow-
eddy not to put money in the National
Treasury, but to keep it out-taxation to
wiring money ftom the many and give it to
the few. This result, as we believe, has
been brought about by corrupt means. A
short time since the publishers of newSpa
perS in the Western States almost unani-
mOusly petitiOned Congress to repeal the
taxes on neutrality-suspicious. them to strike
out Of the list of taxes and customs duties
all the imposts upon printing paper and the
materials which enter into to its maNuIac
ture. Now, there are abOnt one hundred
publishers to every paper manufacturer, to
say nothing of the millions of readers o.
books and newspapers who would reap the
first benefit ofthe cheapening of the cost OF
paper. What is the result? The manu-
facturers raise a purse. go down to. Wash
ington, give their cordial assent tn the re-
moval of the internal tn, and then fight of
any reduction ofthe tariff. Let us see the
effect. The internal taxes amount to six
yer cent. the tariff Of twenty per cent in
gold, and the cost of the commnnest print
paper is eighteen cents per pound. Strike
off the internal tax, and the six per cent.
which formerly went into the Federal Treas
ury remains in the profit of the Manufac-
ture. The price of paper. does not fall, be-
oo,co f>ratrD n -, oatif,o,, A., nrnhih,tnI hr n
twenty per cent. gold duty. Here is six
TO the revenue and lost to the tax payer.
The aggregate burden of taxation on the
country increased by the amount thus taken
out of the Treasury, for while the price of
paper remains the same-while the people
pay the same rate of taxation on knowledge
as hefore-they have to be taxed in some
other direction to make up the six per cant
lost to the Treasury but the repeal of the
internal duty IN paper. Does any body
believe that such q nefarious transaction
could he consummated without the use of
money? Does any body imagine that Con
gress would sell all the publishers and all
the readers of books and newspapers in the
in the United States, amounting IN the az
gregate to more than %, 000,00 0 of people,
to a few score of paper manufacturers,
without value received
The paper swindle is not half so bad as
the iron swinale and the steel steal. Nearly
all the internal taxes on iron and steel have
been removed-taxes amounting to an av-
erage las the iron men alleged) Of Il per
cent. This was II per cent. added to the
profits of their business an equal reduction
should be made in the tariff. Instead of
making this reduction and thereby dimln-
inished the cost of iron, it is now proposed
to increase the rates Of tariff on the whole
scale, bringing the total impost on iron and
steel up to 80 or 60 per cent. The effect OF
this outrages proceeding upon the West
will result in serious harm. Many ON
railroads are in want Of new track and new
bridges. The price of iron is already 50
high that they can not buy the amount
they really nee'l They have been waiting
for some time for a fall in price sufficient to
enable them to get their supplies for some
thing like what they can afford to pay for
iron. Here il about 20 per cent. atlttioant
cost rolled upon them, which they in turn
must grind out of the faces Of the farmers
and their other customers throught the
West. Some railroad officers have bought
heavily into iron mills themselves, and
whenever any thing is said to them about
high freight charges, they point to the high
cost Of iron.
Brass naturally takes the first place n
the list. Brass is already heavily protected
but it must have more. Copper comes
next. A recent dispatch to the Assnciated
Press SAIL. WIN the cnnr'Olnu SlmDilcitE.