, 1869-10-09

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is that rich men are found afiliating
with the radical party and sustaining
any and every outrage upon the rights
of the people. Theradical party un-
fOrmly acts upon the principle of
"mskiDg the rich man richer and
the poor man poorer" and hence in
supporting that organization the rich
man is only aiding the party that
aids him. With the poor man ms
different, aud we cannot for the life
of us understand why it is that the
poor man sustains the party that robs
both himself and bis children A few
illustrations from our tariff regular
tiCns will show that the burdens Of
the Government, as administered un-
der radical rule, are made to bear
lightly upon the rich and heavily up
on the poor.
Before any kind of imported goods
or manufactures can be landed 10
this country, they are required to
pay to the Custom House a duty in
gold. This duty is sometimes speci
6c, as when a tax Of SO much per
pound. or per ton, is laid on certain
articles, but is generally per centage
on the value OF the imported farbrics,
or, same article. For instance, i'm
ported screws, such as you buy at
the hardware stores, are required
to pay duty of eleven cents per
pound; iDportei boots and shoes pay
a duty of 40 per cent, on their value.
On every pound of tea imported, a
tax of 25 cents is levied on every
pound of sugar from 10 5 cents
on every gallon of molasses 8 cests
on every spool of thread tax of
about 81 per cent on its value, and
so on. We mention these merely
as instances of the duties on some of
the most common articles of daily
use. Now what is the practical oper-
alton of the duties ? How do they
affect the people? Take for Instance
the very common article of tea The
duty upon it is 25 cents a pound,
payable in gold. Who pays the tax ?
The importer, in the first place, be-
fore he can remove the goods from
the custom house. But does be pay
this twenty-five cents pound out of
his own pocket aud sell the pound of
tea for the same as if he had not been
required to pay anything? Of course
not. You might as we'll expect him
to pay the freight across the water
without getting it back. 1t simply
adds that much to the price of the
tea. Now when your wholesale gro
Ger goes to San Francisco to buy
groceries, what will the importer
charge him for tea? First, the cost
of the article abroad next, the
freight and other expenses of inpor>
tation, including his profits, and
third, the twenty five cents duty in
gold. The retail dealer pays the same
price to the wholesale dealer, with
the addition of another profit, aud
when you go to the store to buy a
pound of tea you pay it all together.
Now what do you pay for teaY From
81 rs to 81 10 per pound. Then
about one>fourth or one-fiith of the
price you pay for every pound of tea
is tax to the Government. So with
sugar. What do you pay for sugar |!
The cheapest you can buy is 10 cents
a pouud the best about 70 cents.
Well, If you turn to the U. s.
Statutes at large, vol l3, page 2O2,
you will find that the duty on sugar
ranges from 8 to S cents per pound
in gold, according to its quality.
Well,.3 cents, the lowest dpty, If
nearly one third Of the price Of the
lowest priced article you can buy,
and 5 cents, the highest duty, near
Iy fourth of what you pay for The
highest priced article. So on every
p,und Of sugar you buy, whether
cheap or dear, you pay one fourth OF
its price to the Government for tax.
And it is one of the peculiar beauties
of this system of taxation devised by
the radical party in Congress, that
on maDy articles the poorer a man is.
the more be seeks to ecoDomlze and
the cheaper the article he buys, the
more tax he has to pay 10 proportion.
Take the article of tea The retail
price varies from 81 rs to S2 OO per
pound. The tax on all kinds OF tea
is 25 cents in gold. If you buy tea
at So 90 the tax is about 10 per cent.
Of its value, or nearly one tlftb !; but
if YOU buy a cheaper tea at 81 % the
lax is about 20 per cent, or nearly
uDe-third.
Coffee, tea and molasses, and
uepper and other articles OF every
day use in every household. which
in our state Of society have come to