The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-15

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lul contrast Of Missouri, taxed, With Mss
sachufeits thus relieved. No sender The
ssnatof from Massachusetts then, is thus
content The senator nom Massachusetts,
astmpts 10 thf5w dust into tlepubii.
can Western and Southern eyes BY that
recitation 81 the reduction Of tea, ceice,
and sugar which you have quoted Now,
let ne Anaiyxs al this, and see what there
u In II that should pass current event in
/" BuncOmbo," thAt famous county In
North CaroIina, for which sach addresses
are usually made. A family, consisting u
man, wife, aud four children, say six in
family, will consume 30 pounds Of sugar,
0 pounds OF coffee, aud 1 pound ot tea
per head Annually. These facts are Stats
ticslly calculated, snd may DO verified by
eyory housckeeper. Nov, then, suppos.
ing the consumer does &c, the benefit OF
the whole Of these reductions thst have
been made (which Ia by Nc pos
sible), the savings on the above reductions
for q iamily Of ak in number would be IS
follows cater Jan. I, 1871, for the re-
due ions, ius,ead of beginning in July,
do not begin till January next-only
promised, as 1t were, for the elections, for
Congress re-mests In December);
On sugar. 80 rs per head, 49, Ds ae...,.... 81 %
Ga tea 1 n per head, q rs l o......, ..., %
On coffee, 6 DIS per had, % lbs, Recon-" ~
Total reduction ACKNOWLEDGEMENT u
Now, the above pamed family will ad.
init that It buys one pair OF blankets
every two years-or say one.haH pair a
year-for which it pays "a 30 pr pair
and surely they are not the best for that
price. These blankets, weighing four
and one halt pounds a pair, II they could
be imported, cost in England one shilling
and six pence per pound, or, in our
money, exactly 81 81 gold, per pair,
Under a revenue tariff of 20 PER cent.
they could be brought to New York by
the consumer for SO so currency, which
clearly proves that If such a tariff were
adopted, the consumer would q vi 10
on each pair Of blankets, and the above.
named family would save IS cents on the
half pair of blankets it consumes yearly.
The aforesaid family Of six will not deny
that thevyite snnually six spJols of cotton
thread, tep'which there IL now a duty Of
SO per cent. Now, the best six.corded
T thread, which any housewife knows is the
, cheapest for strength and every purpose,
costs the housewife in some places 10 cents
per spool OF 200 yards, and in the largest
cities s cents per spool. AT q duty OF %
, per cent on spool thread, every house.
! wife could huy the above spool of thread
for AZ cents, currency, a spool, This
certainly proves that had such a
tariff been adopted, the above fam
lily, numbering SIX, would have saved
i, on the six spools, ever if they only pay 8
: cents a piece for them now, 81 cents per
spool, or 81 cents. We further must IS.
: sumo that a family cfsix, using 1870 pounds
!, o fsugar, SO pounds OF coffee, and 6 pounds
' Of tea annually, will certainly buy II
: yards of alpaca, Orleans cloth, or wooden
dress goods suppose we say common al
, psca, Tor which IL has to pay 80 cents a
I : yard, or 60 for a dress of II yards. Now
! we have the custom house authority, the
Z merchants authorities, and the authority
: of experts, that a yard of alpaca selling
2 in New York for 80 cents, costs, in Eng
land, 8 pence sterling, or Is cents, gold
II now pays q duty of IRON IS to " pei
= cent. Under a ven Of % per cent. i
!, could be bought by the consumer for 33 tC
y 35 cents-say the latter. The above fam
: lily would, therefore, save on the twelve
= yards of alpaca, had such q tariff beer
= adopted, Is cents per yard, or 81 10. A
Y family six in number, ut the loves! caleu
: lstion, will consume go worth OF boot
. and shoes annually. We have 1t on The
!, highest authorities of the Eastern shoe
). manufacturers, made TO the late Specia
. Commissioner Wells-that If leather
: was free, and trimmings subject tc
Z a revenue tariff of 25 per cent.
! boots and shoes would Immediately
: become 10 per cent. cheaper, which woulc
give the above family a saving of go cent
: annually on the SO worth OF boots and
q shoes consumed. A. family using 1St
!. pounds sugar, SO pounds coffee, and {
IS pounds tea, annually, will certainly use
!, 30 cents worth Of salt annually. Now
! we may affirm that If the present duty O.
/ 108 per cent. on salt were repealed "a
duty which has enriched the great sal
monopolies in millions yearly, ther,
9 would be o clear saving Of 20 cents annu
, ally on the now so cents' worth OF sal
= they use. Let US now compare the say
: ings of the above fiye articles on which
i Congress did not reduce the duties, solely
!. because members did not dere to offend
7 monopolists, With the paraded savings on
7 tea, coffee and sugar:
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