The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-12

Missouri had fve repo biican representative
in congress, who seemed to be content with
Mr.. Wilson's approved legislation, as thel
voted for it, though 10 painful contrast O.
Missouri, taxed, with Massachusetts thu
J relieved No wonder the senator frou
a Massachusetts,, then, is thus content. Tn,
r senator from Massachusetts attempts I,
throw dust into republican western ant
southern eyes by that recitation of
THE REDUCTION OF TEA. COFFEE AND SUGAR
Which you have quoted. Now, let us
snalyse all this, and see what there is il
it that should pass current even in Bun
combe," that famous county in Nortl
Carolina for which such addresses are usu
ally made. A family. consisting Of man
wife and four children, say six in family
will consume thirty pounds of sugar, ST,
pounds OF coffee and one pound of tea pc
head annually. These facts are statistically
calculated. and may be verified by ever,
housekeeper. Now, then, suPposing thu
consumer does get the benefit OF the whole
Of these reductions that have been made
| (which is BY no means possible). the saw
inps on the above reductions for a family OF
six in mum Der would be as follows latter
| January lst, 1871 for the reductions instead
Of beginning in July, do not begin till jan
uary next-only promised, as it we're, for
the elections, for congress remeets In De-
cember):
On sugar, 80 lbs per head. 1s0 lbs, 3c.....St IS
On tea \ ID per hesd. 6 lbs. fhc............. g.
On coffee, lbs per head, SO lbs, 3c........ ~
Total reduction ......... ..................s2 81
Now, the above named family, will admit
that it buys one pair of blankets every two
years-or say one half pair yesr-fol
| which it gays 81 so per pair; and surely
they are not the best tor that price. These
| blankets weighing four and half pounds
per pair, if they could be imported, cost il
England one shilling and six pence pei
pound, or in our money. exactly 81 81 il
| gold per pair. Under q revenue of rs PEI
cent. they could be bought in New York by
the consumer for 81 so currency, which
clearly proves that if such tariff wer,
adopted the consumer would have 81 10 or
each pair of blankets And the Abov,
named family would save eighty FIVE cents
on the half pair of blankets it consume,
yearly. The overssid family of six will no
deny that they use annually six spools o.
cotton thread, On which there is now . dut,
of SO per cent. Now, the best six corded
thread which any housewife knows is the
cheapest, for strength and every purpose
cost the housewife some places 10 cents PEI
| spool of two hundred yards, aud in the
arger cities eight cents per spool. AT 20
or % per cent on spool thread, every
housewife could buy the above spool o.
| bread for four and half cents, currency
per SPOOL This certainly proves that had
| ,uch q tariff been adopted, the above family
uu N bering six. would have saved on the 81 K
spools, even if they pay only eight cents q
| piece for them now, three and half cent
per spool, or twenty one cents We furthe,
must assume that family OF six, using 1sC
pounds OF sugar, SO pounds of coffee, and
8 pounds of tea annually, will certainly buy
Twelve yards of alpaca, Orleans cloth, OF
wooden dress goods-suppose we say com
mon alpaca, for which it has TO pay ifty
| cents per ward, or six dollars for dress o.
twelve yards Now we have the custom
house authority. the merchants authorities
aud the authority of experts, that a yard o
alpaca selling in New York for fifty cents
costs. in England, nine pence sterling, OF
| Eighteen cents. gold. 1t now pays a duty o
| from eighty>fve to eighty eight per cent
| Under a revenue of twenty five per cent it
'oud be bought BY the consumer for thirty
three TO tbirty-ive cents-say the latter
| The shove family would, therefore, save on
the twelve yards of al psca-bad such a
srif been adop,ed-6rteen cents per yard
Isl so. A family SIX in number, at the
| owest cslcn lstiOn, will consume Sc worth
of boots and shoes annually. We have it on
he highest authorities-of eastern shoe
manufacturers. made to the late Special
Commissioner Wells-that if leather was
'ree. and trimming subject to revenue
.aritf of twenty FIVE per cent, boots and
shoes would Immediately become ten per
cent cheaper, which would give the above
family saving of sixty cents annually on
he six dollars worth OF boots and shoes
consumed. A family using $50 pounds of
4ugsr. Sc pounds of coffee. and pounds of
ca, annually, will certainly use 50 cents
worth OF salt annually Now, we may affirm
that if the present duty of los per cent on
salt repealed "a duty which has enriched the
great salt moDopoles in millions yearly.
| here could be clear saving of 20 cents
annually on the now City cents worth of salt
| hey use. Let Us now compare the savings
| If the above five articles on which Con-
gress
| DID NOT REDUCE THE DUTIES,
solely because members did not dare tt
| 'ngs Oh tea. cofi.e, and sugar.
! Saving on half pair blankets snnually......$ 81
,aving on sp3ols o cotton .................. q
SAVING IL ysras of slpscs................ l ST
| Saving on So worth OF boot. and shucs..... Ga
saving sals 20
IotaI 90
Against the saving of 81 G7 on sugar,
coffee and tea
If were to 90 on and thus suslyze the
whole ta.iff, could show that while con
ress reduced the duties on tea and coffee
which We do not raise, and therefore only
,ay one price for or on sugar, raised partl,
u Louisiana and Vermont maple sugar., il
sept up or increased the duties on all, or
almost all, the ARTICLES manufactured III
Massachusetts or made by
MASSACHUSETTS CAPITAL,
On such articles, too, as, under the tariff
county system of taxation, We now pay two
II three or four prices for; on iron, say cas'
| Or wrought, III pig blooms or bars, down IL
he wire III crIuJiIne corset-nay, even
| down to Lets Tor flies and mosquitoes. Con
| zress annually gives thousands and hundred.
II thousands to the carpet manufacturer OF
tbs east-teDs of thousands 10 ono wire
nahufActory In w orcester, MASS, anu W Que
ualrcioth manufactory in P1wtucket, 4. l.
Doth increased III July by q congress il
which Mr.. " isoD is a mem Der, and by his
vote, too. Every spoon and fork a farmer
uses, beyond a wooden and IRON one, Is going
10 cost more soon after January next,
because some tens of thousands of dollars
we're voted into the pockets Of Mr.. Joseph
Wharton, of Philadelphia. by voting hin
thirty cents PEI pound bounty on his nickel.
Every painter, glazier and vanished leather
user will have to pay more tor his linseed
oil after January /, the duty having been
raised from twenty-three to thirty cents per
gallon, solely for the benefit OF the few
rushers OF linseed somewhere. | would go
IN to show Mr.. Wilson, If it did not SO much
iengthen this reply, that the manufacturers
and monopolists and jobbers last July secured