New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-04
COAL.
from The World, Aug.


PRICE OF COAL AND TIE TARIFF
Tn the better days of this Republic, IL was
thought that to tax community for the dement, Vi
class was tyrannca and outrageous Now the journal
which should denounce such taxing in such terms Wouu
he thought to language We must take that rsh
for after all no language but just such language ue-
scres the Infamous burdens Of the present tar "hc
in almost all its parts is precisely yrahhoal anu ou'r"-
geous tax on the community for tho dement, oi one OF
another class.
At this moment the tyrarnical and outrageous class
tax whose injustice is glaring is the tax on coal IL
I, affecting every household in the densely populated
Northern and Eastern statcs-househods which, never
theless contains fmany members who will vote TO KISS
the hand that insults and smites Them This Is the time
OF year when welltodo people generally lay IN their
stock OF Winter coal but coal has gone up 30 tna the
usual saving in that way is impractcaDle. A., , ,.
Why has coal gone upf A combination Oh a oolen
wealthy companies IN Pennsylvania with 10000 miners
procuring in advance, through the corruption or ie i
becity OF its members, the cOnnlVance ana cOlncy vi
Congress have raised It's prce-whch ranges a 20 10 20
per un in Juy-to $40 per tun ana the nmt 20 s rise rs
not yet apparent ghprieed coal means LOT tue poor
teens with coal, easily and cheaply to be
transported hher and put down Boston for sale at IS
these companies, by the completely OF Congress shown
in its plundering protective legislation g9t radn OF
law reads 81 25 1900 lbs This duty OF II Az on Tor
eGn coal advance OF nearly 100 per cent on s
first cost Thus for example the price OF ION OF coll
in PictOu, n. s. is s. rs gold Inc feght 10 olh
would be ~ 30 gold, Ie duty ~ ~ So nd m s. IS cnd
per ton without unloading commission or other charges
Or with the average price Of gold at premium at s. II
currency Indeed with all the charges 1t would cost IS
currency .,,.-,, . ~
Doubtless the proteciloniss organ VIII tell us; very
we'll why don't you import your coal from Nova Stolla
now IL it here for s. tun aud sell II Tor 80
Why let the Pennsylvania mOnOpolsts reap the Dee OF
that prOt2 Why do all freetraders rush In ana De-
come Nova Scotia coal inpOrtersi
The question implies tho ignorance OF those who ask IT,
or else their concealed knowledge Of the fact which all
coacacrs know that Pennsylvania coal can DC SOFA AT
profit for 50 in NewYork. The present combination Is
cot up for extorton from the people whom Congress mas
assisted them TO plumber The proof is that, were Nova
Scotia coal imported and offered IN this market Tor * 80
a fun Scranton and Lackawanna coal could be olered
down to s. 80 tun till every pound Of foreign coal was
driven from the yards.
on the other hand. were coathat prime necessity OF
the poor and rich alke-free Of duty there would be
steady importation, and the price could not rise above
| 81 n ton in Boston and 81 80 ia Newly
During the year ending December 1903 we imported
400 tuns bituminOus coal from which derived
revenue OF S2S73 gold but consumed, at the lowest
estimate l2OOJOJ0 tuns OF hOmeTaised coal, for which,
by the conivance and completely OF Congress- the Penn
syvaua cOalpt lords made pay the enhanced price oil
this duty 81 40 gold per tun, Sl6OOOO gold equal 70
! Sl2sls.OOO currency, as bonus 10 them. .
Ttneufy millions Of dollars per GiHi Is thus less than
the sum people tho United states pay into inc
pockets Of small and wealthy class By one iyrdinca
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