The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-22
TARIFF.

sst and reasonable tariff, based on the
principle of taxing luxuries-not necessa-
of furnishing reasonable protec>
ION to American industry. Let US see.-1
Coral, pearl and tortoise shells are admit
ed duty free; canoes, diamonds, emer-
AIDS, gaTnets, gems and rIbies pay duty
Of ten per cent ad Valorem; bracelets, i
chains, Of gold or silver, ear rings, studs,
gold rings and manufactured jewelry pay
. duty of twenty five per, cent hats and
stockings thirty i've per cent, linen cloth
ing forty, fiannels and blankets thirty five,
sole leather thirty five, bar ilOn ffty FIVE,
sugar thirty to fifty, salt one hundred and
twenty five. And this Mr.. Sherman calls
taxing Injuries and not taxing Necessities
JeWelry of tie most expensive 5characterl
pays nothing, or at most ten per cent, but
hoes and spades and hatchets and nails, ar
ticles used by workingmen, pay thirty to.
fifty per cent. AS lace shawl sTorn only
by the very rich; comes in st.tWenty five
per cent, a worsted shawl worn by women
who live by washing or seWing-I had al
most said die by washing or sewing-pays
forty and fftyper cent for every pound of
its weight. Every article of luxury is tax I
ed lightly. Every article OF necessity, eY'
cry implement of industry, every tool by
which the farmer, mechanic or the day
lAbOrer plies his vocation, is taxed heavily.
56t TAX OH WOOL. : szz s-T Il
And as If there were q special design to
oppress our Western agricultural interests,
the raw material, such as we produce, is
admitted at s very low price, while the
manufactured article is largely protested.
The manufactured wooden goods are
taxed heavily, as I have told you, but1the
wool of our Western Reserve is subjected
to such sharp competition the farmers there
have been almost driven from themarket.
In every county In Ohio the number of
sheep has been largely diminished within
the last year, and the total decrease Is not
less than one million and half.
Well has an intelligent writer said s'that
our legislators have blunderingly discrimin'
ated in favor of the rich against the poor,
the iGle classes against the lnboring class
es, and articles Of luxury against articles
of necessity" Not blunderingly, for Gov.
Hayes was in Congress when this tariff
was revised, and Mr.. Sherman boasts that
for ten years he has taken part in prepar'
ing every law on finance or taxation, and
both are going around the State congratu'
lating the people that they are 80 Justly,
SO evenly, so wisely and lightly taxed.
do not wonder that Mr.. Sherman told Us
at Canton, and told US truly, that he never
knew the difference between revenue and
protective tariff. zg4e-s-
These gentlemen, when driven on these
points, tell US that the poor, the lAboring
men, the farmers, do not use Imported
goods, and therefore, do not pay these tart
iff duties. 1t is true they do not use imi
ported goods, and do not pay these duties
/ to the Government. That is one of the
enormities of this system. Ths. pricefof
the domestic article is regulated by the tart
| iff. The home manufacturer fixes his price
that he may just undersell the foreigner.-
The consumer pays the price, and he has
the exquisite satisfaction of knowing that
none of it goes into the Treasury, but all
of it goes into the pockets of the manUfac'
turer The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, Mr.. Wells, in his last report, says
that the duty on lumber paid into the
Treasury in 1868 was two million two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, but il
cost the. people sixteen millions to collect
it The duties on salt yielded in 1867 one
million OF dollars, ,5but the price Of every
bushel of salt made in this country was
raised to the consumer from twenty three
to forty eight cents a bushel. 80
The effect on commerce is stated by
CommissicneruW Wells to .bc SUCH that il
ships, available for foreign trade, were
furnished US without cost, we could moi
employ them.
sEcRErkRbY PHYS rRKAnUM ON BONDS.
1 said the expenditures were unnecessarl
and wasteful, and that they were all in Ath
interest of dead, inactive capital. Tn,
last report of the Secretary shows that h
is hosrdiag $101, ,2I4, ,3s6in coin, and $12
$4,000 in cnrrency. Why ? To wha
good purpose + The customs of half
year are there. The people are paying si1
per oent in gold as interest on the pnbli
debt, and the Secretary is boarding thi
immense amount Each month, with gres
parade. he sellA SIX or nine millions, ant
with the proceeds he buys bonds, giVinI
In the market for them twenty i've pc
cent above par, They are now redeama
BILE. On their face-by the law lin equity
they are payable in legal tender notes. Tia
holders gave legal tenders for them WheI
: legal tender notes were not worth NOR
than half what they are now, and yet tn
Secretary of the Treasury insists on pay
ing premium of twenty i've per cent?
3 viii not argue again this question! Il pre-
fer to rely on the authority of Sherman
and Norton. and Stevens and EWings-
They say. the bonds are. payable in green
: backs. Then they ought to be so paid
and the people are robbed when prem
UNI is paid. IF they are payable in gold
, the Secretary ought to pay them in gold
II and not buy up the paper of the Govern
, mont At a discount. -zzI
1 b. Under this process of paying premium
!, the market value of the bonds has gone u
! from ten to twelve per cent, and lol th
, Secretary exclalms: "What marvel {
9 financial ability My magic touch has,
three months, raised so high the credit {
= the GoYernmentl' My friend, pay off
!. fesE Of your notes In the same way the
8 stint your family, cramp your business
seize the earnings of your children, and il
: sist on giving to your creditors twenty -hN
II per cent more than your note calls for, an
;. your credit will improve, always provide
: the public does not consider you fool,
the Probate Court does not consign you
: a lunatic asylum. sjrroJ 5.aiS
3 DEBT BOT DnnF1sHED.- - =, = =
: And in the midst of transactions, Ill
! these We hear of large payments on aeeou
> of the public debt, and Coy, Hays, CO..
, gratulates himself that in four months Il
debt has been diminished $43, ,000, 00o.-
I. He says the debt, on the 1st of Mar
u WAS 50, 525, 600 900, and on the lst Of A
y gust was $2,4Sl, 900, 900. Why, gentl
y men, every other Secretary thought I
. Pacific Railroad bonds were q part of q
(, public debt. Chase and Mccullough,
q ways included them. They amount to Sc
70 600, 600. Add these to the s., ,48I, 600, o,
= and the total, appears to be $2,545, 900, o.
% or twenty millions more than in March.
y "Figures won't lie'' may be very tr
saying, but they cah beso turned and tW
ted that they convey to Us conlmon pc
pie, Who.are not Secretaries, but only q
I'd payers, q. very. false Impression. II I