The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-08-29
NO. g..

y WI lSh'O 'hN iitlBHL uHuCllAIStS. lutI
n fifteen dollars for profits. and il would
\ mako ninety dollar. There still re.
main, thirty dollars. Who gets tho
thirty dollars from him who buys an
American watch /? The Government
! Nol The New England manufiic-
! turer. s,.. ..-f ...... -. I'd, .-..........
J Here is q packet k hIio 1t costs in
! Germany forty cep;s. In the United
States It would cost one dollar. Add
kthirty7fiyc cents for currency, profit,
&c,,tp heiorXceHts, ard It still leaves
kthe fifty CVhts unexplained. Who
liRvts thus fifty cents; the Federal treas
,ury2 Notir lit ofit. The iactory in
New England. .at .rroq. ,l Z
T. See these pantaloons Of mine. They
cost in Germany two dollars and eighty
cents. Hero they would cost ten dol.
lars. Add totwo dollars and eighty
cUnts for profit exchange, freight and
| higher tailorage here, four dollars, and
! twenty cents, and it makes seven dol
lars, still leaving three dollars TO 90 10
lsomcBodJ'tD Who gets th,s2 The man.
Look ut the coat ] have on. 1t costs
| in Ciucinnati seven dollars, In Frnnce
or England It would cost Two dollars
and fifty cents. Again at least dif-
ference of two dollars. ..a.aHr ~
IT, When IN Lyons went for the pur.
pose ofaseertaining their cost. 10 where
the French hats are mude. They cost
threcto fvo dollars. ..''
ID I hold in my hand German news
papers. Just received, and in thom are
1Tr;co lists for all kinds of articles
shirt, shoes. &c. / might go on for
hours 10 lengtlien cXemplfcations of
the robberies towhicb we are subjec-
ted by the tariff laws. ...,'y
BY robberries do not mean taxes
levied, which our Government re
9eives, ~, for instance, in tea. us ex-
.empi6od in the extract from tue Com q.
fmerc'0L Advertiser. in New York, which
III viii now read for, the purpose, If
-exl65iting tho distinction between q
tlnX levied for revenue, such us on tea,
lard one levied for protection, MS in the
ARTICLES i have named ~ ...rt ,.
Er-"THE CosT OF A Pound OF TEA--It
is instructive and sometimes profitable
as well as curious, 10 examine the way
il. which the cost Of ~ commodity is
piled NJ, between producer nnd c)n-
ispmer by flciahts, handling, duties
exchange, and tlhe'N comm-sstons and
fprdfits of middle meh. Teit, for EcX-
nnrple is sold -by the grower in China
hand Japan at vlriout prices, from
nhent fifteen TO thirty cents Il pound
With ircights added, it is said 20 cost,
~ hon l.i,I ,ICyvn in op,. rP ~, ,,,;,,;
pal scarorts, an average ofabout fifty
cents in god a pound Tor superior
brands of chope.a Cakipg this'as q
a: starting point, tic additional charges
before il reaches the tablo Of the con.
hsumer are said TO accumulate as fol-
lows Original cost of toi, imported
50cents; discount on currency 10 pay
: lforit,i 20. ccntN duty in gold, 25 cents
discount on currency 10 make up foi
-Fthe gold, IS cents; contingencies, lC
I cents; profit of importer, II cents
-IIRfoft of,iohber, 13 cspis; profit of re-
ltailor say 2S cents Total S174. %
'1thiS 81 cents are compriHed in three
Gentsin eYch ange Cor gold
% cents in dutles, nnha 10 cents in con
, tingercics; in all 81 81, IN addition e
, the cost on board ships atOur whurvcs
Y FBetNeathe war tho cost rowoulds hav,
e. ,Jheen about as follows; Omginal cost
: 80 cents; imported 10 per cent 10
+ contingencies 3 tcnte; profit OF impor
'ttors. coirts; profits j0bber, 6 cents
| suroftto the ret,rler ii eeuts. To,al
f On l5a "a tie Government gets twenty
slfive, cents, in gold torll every ponnd
!. This is revenue. the 't,ix il heavy
!, TOO hta'vy--but it goes AT least towar'
L helping to pay, thelcXPenses of on
Q tGovtrumciit. The severest loss 20 til
:, ,tpeol1e in tlltstca tax ;no tire losse
:, Iresulring from thc use of u depreeinle
currency. That lossls part of AN
4 Iolher gfent wong upon cur people
y Indicted by $, ?. Chase i,sseI .Er. n
3 AnOther pccuIhtrity Of our preSer
IT revenus laws is the lax on Whisky
r4 Unleriit, $1,000 ,0U0 uvo levied trOl
< the people. hut Uncle Sam gets onl
n $50, 0,Oop,O 900. Titus S70,00O,00O 90 I
q swinllers who are rewarded Ii
o cheating cur Government and pcopl
y Tno latter Two instances are boi
n liinstanees OF pernicions taxationi bl
d the most unjust remains. after all ,-7-t
=. tariff hndGr which, as l have show
sibnno citizo / in ono State levies trib1
- upon citizens of another State. % Rev
q tonue ts the pretcuse; spollation is I'll
~ real purpose.
T now repeat the questions sgAl
pr people who th0s use our Federal Go'
lsA ern,nen 10 feather Their own Iies
ID cool members ct F,dMal1 Goverl
re nent9 DO they respect the rights
n, their sisterSlatcs2 These are inqn
.is .ries which | putias ono oilizen of Il
y United Stat $40 my fellow citizens
n Nav Eugniia. What do owe then