Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-10-13
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man. wife, and four children, say six in
family, will consume 30 pounds Of sugar,
6 pounds of coffee, aud q pound of tea
per head annually. These facfs are statis-
tica1ly calculated, and may be verified by
every housekeeper. Now, then, suppos.
ing thec consumer does get the sbenent OF
the whole Of these reductions that have
been made (which is by no means pos
sible), the savings on h eabove reductions
for afamily of ak in number would De as
follows- CATER Jan, !, 1871, fol-! the re-
duetions, instead of beginning IN July,
do not begin till January nexs-only
promised, as it were, for h elections, tor
Congress re-meets IN Decemoer):
Oa tea IN per head, s DA 1nc............ 81
On coffee, 6 Ds per head 20 IDS, zc'...."-.ITR
ro,ar reduction 81
Now, the above PANIED family win ad-
NIT that 1t buys one pair of blankets
every two years-or say, one-half pair a
yesr-for which it pays 81 so per pair !;
and SURELY they are not the best for that
price~These blankets, weighing four
and oneshalf pounds q pair, If they could
be4mported, cost in England one shilling
and six pence per poun6 OF IN our
IJndera revenue tariff of o5 rer cent.
they could be brou9ht to New York by
the cor for 90 30 currency, which
clearly proves that If such a tariff we're
Adopted the consumer w0uldssav 81 40
on each pair of blankets, and the above
named family would ave 95 cents on the
half pair of blankets it consumes yearly.
The aforesaid family, Of six will not deny
that they use annually six spools of cotton
thread, on which there Is now q duty Of
SO per cent- Now, the best ~six-corded
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 8 cents per spool. Alta duty of rs
per cent on spool thread, every house
wife could buy the above spool Of thread
for ~ cents, currency, q SPOOL This
tariff been adopted, the above fam
lily, numbering six, would have saved
ON the six spools even if they only pay 8
cents q piece for them now, 81 cents per
spool, or 81 cents. We further must as
sumo that . family of six. using 40 pounds
ofsugar, SO pounds of coffee, and grounds
of tea annually, Will certainly buy IL
yards of alpaca, Orleans CLOTH or wooden.
dress goods-suppose we say common al
paca, for which It has to pay so cents q
yard, or Sc for a dress of 10 yards. Now,
we have the custom house authority, the
merchants authorities, and the authority
of expefts, that q yard. Of alpaca selling
in New York for 80 cents, costs in Eng
land, 8 pence sterling, or 10 cents, gold.
It now pays q duty of ffomiS5 to So per
cent. Under q revenue of % percent. it
could be bought by the consumer for 33 to
20 centsEeaythe latter The above fam
|jyrwould, therefore, ave on the twelve
yards of alpaca had such . tariff been.
adopted 10 cents per yard, or 81 80. A
famify1six In number, at the lowest calcu-
lstion, viii consume So worth IF tpQts
ond oh0oa onnVToI1U We hoUoAfM AnE INC
highest authorities-ofth the Eastern shoe,
manufacturer, madeOt6 hG16ts Special
was free, and 9tqfmmfhgs subject TO
e revenue tariff of 90 per cent?
boots EaudS CONGRATULATIONS
become 10 per cent. cheaper, which would
give theaboVe family q saving of 60seenJsl
shoes Consumed ae 20 sSGdfSmis ~ 3 SsISso i fso
pounds sugar, SO pounds coffee, and g
pounds tea, annually, will certainly use
90 cents worth Of salt annually. Now,
we may affirm that if the present duty Of
los per cent. on salt were repealed Ia
duty which has enriched the great salt
monopolies IN millions yearly, there
ally on b now 90 cents worth of salt
they use. Let us now compare the saw
ings of the~above- five articles on which
Congress did not reduce the duties, solelv
becSuse members did not dare to offend
Imonop0lists, with the paraded savings on
tea, coffee and sugers 9ITe4L9 10 S1G
Saving ON half pair blankets annuAHf..ya.fts5 IS.
Ssvins on "a q Tspas ~ ~ SSnsea ~,
Saving q So worth OF boots and sh6ea...:s 60
Saving On SAT- S--ee.i&s+E-5sEe. aIseo.
Total ..........S IS 66
Against the saving of $267, on sugar,
coffee and tea.
III were to go on and thus anaBzeithe
whole tariff 4 could show that while
Congressireduced the duties on tee land
coffee (which we do not raise, and there
fore only pay price fof1 ,ior on SUGAR
raised partly in 4o1isisna and Vermont
(msple sugar). it kept up or increased
the duties on al, or almost all the articles
m~anufactured In Massachusetts or made
by Massachusetts capital, on such articles
too, IS, under the tariff bounty system OF
taxation, we now pay two, or three, or
four prices for ;a6lirnn,Ts cast or
wrought, IN pig, blooms por bars. down to-
the wire in crinoline or corset-nav, even
down to nets r-Aies
Congress annually gives thousands and
hundreds of thousands to the aeafpet
manufacturer of the East-tensr of thou
sands to N wire m~ahtlfactoTy IN uWor-
cester, Mass, and one hsiFeloth manu-
factory IN Pawtucket R I.-both in
creased in Julyo BY Congress I'm
which Mr.. Wilson, issa member, and by his
vote, 0 {. Every spoon and fork q farmer
uses, beyond q wooden and iron one, IL 60
ing to cost more soon after January next,
because some tens of thousands of doIarsi
were voted into the pockets Of Mr.. Joseph
Wharton, of Philadelphia, by voting, him
30 cents per pound bounty on His nickel
Every painter, glazter, and vanished
leather user viii have to pay more for his
linseed oil after JAM Il the duty having
been raised from % cents to 30 cents per
solely for the benefit of the few
of hnseed Somewhere. I would
go on to show to Mr.. Wilson,, if it did notl
much lengthen this reply, that the |
manufacturers and monopolists and Job
6srs last July secured all the revenue re,
of which he boasts, while the re-
duction of tea, coffee, and sugar was only
thrown in, the better to give to three gen.
Zone now amember of Congress,
and the other a fresh ex.member, who
have the patent monopoly of making Bes-
steel rail-, a bounty of $28 per ton on
ali the rails they Make bounty worth
millions to them as long as their patent
rights last a heavy tax, though, upon
every barrel of -four or pork transported
rom the West 70 the East. a hounfv foo L