The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-11-30
The Tariff Question Happily n.
IusIrnted.


The following illustration Of the follies
of burthening the people with high pro-
tectise Tariffs, is from lecture delivered
in Red Wing a few days ago by the Hon
Chris. Graham. II is clear and con-.
vincing exposition of the whole subject
in few words, and should be read by ey-
erybody f4 M 9.e aa
swell, Mr.. Grumbler, suppose you
arc in favor OF tariff to protect domes-
tic manufacturers.
mo sir, am not. Protective tariffs
are all wrong, sir, / assure you What
Is protective tariff, whcn divcsted of its
euphemistic verbiage? IL is nothing
more or less than tax collected from the
major portion of the community TO be
paid over to favored few to enable them
to become nabobs without labor or exer.
ton. 1t il done under the false pretense
of collecting the necessary funds upon
importatlons TO defray the expenses Of the
government without resarting to the i'm Z.
Iposition OF tax upon the people The
masses are told that the amount thus col.
lected Ii SO much clear gain to them, and
that they are relieved to that extent from
the burdens Of taxation At the same
time it is building up manufacturers in
our own country, without any expense 10
the people.
E" This is barefaced imposition that
will not bear investigation. That large
amount Is thus collected, is true but the
question arises, who pays itY The i'm
porter or consumer? Why sir, the con.
sumer pays it. The import duties be.
come and are part of the prime cost of
the goods, md tho prices advance pro.ra.
IA. So you see the importer gets his
money back from those 10 whom he cells,
and they from those 10 whom they sell to,
and so on. The consumers being the last
purchasers finally foot the bill In addi.
tion 20 this, the advance we arc compcll.
ed 10 pay on domestic goods, in conse-
quence Of the tariff, goes into the pock.
cts Of manufacturers aud not Il cent into
the treasury Of the United States. So
YOU sec the agricultural class, being the
lprincipal consumers Of manufactured
goods. not only pay the expenses Of run.
ming the government, but also the expen.
ses Of running the manufactures.
Now, for the purpose of illustration
we will reduce the system 10 the dimen-
sions Of nu. shell and bring its opera.
tions practically before US.
" Suppose the Trustees Of this town
ship bad the power TO impose duty up.
on all manufactured articles brought into
the township TO be sold And suppose
we take tho single article of -four We
will suppose there ia grist mill at Can
non Falls, and Mr. Phelps has one in this
township and We will further suppose
that 600 barrels Of -four aro sold zach
year TO the citizens Of this township.
600 barrels by Mr Phelps and | 900
barrels By the Cannon Falls miller. The
Cannon Falls miller can afford TO and
does sell his -four at So per baarel; Mr..
Phelps sells at the same price, or he eau.
not sell at ALL Mr.. Phelps. being a Gun.
ming Yankee, goes to the Trustees aud
: tells them that he cannot successfully
compete with the Cannon Falls miller
because he, Phelps, has TO pay tax on
his manufactured -four TO the township
treasurer that the Cannon Falls miller
gets rid of He also tells them that the
duty imposed upon the Cannon Fails mil
Ter will 20 into the treasury and materi.
: ally assist in defraying the expenses of the
township.
" Now this, although plausible at first
!, sight, is nothing more in fact than re-
questing the trustees to levy tax on the
masses TO be paid to Mr.. Phelps to eua-
bic him to run his mill aud swell his prof
its, for the amount collected from the
Cannon Falls miller has to be paid by the
people. faa s
"The Trustees lay duty of 81 per
barrel upon the Cannon Falls miller. lie
sells his 900 barrels and pays $1,000
into the treasury; but he sells at So in
stead of S5 per barrel, this increase in
price being the amount of duty imposed
by the Trustees
''Now we have collected and put into
the treasury the nice little sum Of 81 900.
But the question now is, who paid itg--
The Cannon Falls miller has collected back
from the people the 81 900 that he paid,
by the advanced price on his four Then
who did pay til Why 0e chuckle-heads
paid it, But that is not all, for We also
paid Mr.. Phelps another $1,000, for he
sold us his 1000 barrels of -four at S6
per barrel also This 81 900 goes exclu-
sively into the pockets of Mr.. Phelps,
and not cent into the treasury. Thus
We have paid out $4,000 and gotta cred.
it of $1,000 A splendid financial oper.
alton, especially for Mr. Phelps. Mr..
Phelps has made 81 900, not by his ener-
gy OF his industry but by the operations
Of an iniquitous law. But it is said that
Mr. Phelps has to pay tax on the flour
he manufactures Very well4-he has to
pay 8 per cent.-that is, We pay him
$1,000 and he pays $50 of it into the
treasury and puts $3.50 in his pocket
In this view of the subject we pay out
81 900 aud get credit for the magnificent
! sum of $50. s.i Is osn gei'k 81
Now this works SO admirably, that
1 Mr.. Phelps, in fit of patriotic generos-
llity, presents each of the trustees with a
barrel of -four, and induces them to raise
the tariff to 81 per barrel. As soon as
this Is done -four rises to ST per
barrel. The Cannon Falls miller sells
E1,000 barrels and pays 81, 900 into the
treasury, which the people pay buck to
him by the advance they. pay on -four.
Mr.. Phelps is also paid the advance Of
50 per barrel on the 1000 barrels he
Esells, and thus coolly puts $4,000 Of the
peoples money into his pocket. Tl1dE