, 1870-10-06
people, should give literally to. aid in tht
SPEEDY completion of both ttese canals
A PROTECTIVE TAX REPEALED.

Of thc Internal revenue tax which au,
lhorizcd street railway companies to col
loot one cent additional fare. No lax was
more gTuagingly paid by the public, 70;
The reason TINT it WAS known the com?.n>
only paid one-eighth Of it. to the govern.
ment. People felt TINT they we.s chcate,'
sevcn-eights Of cent on every ride f.n 1
The benefit Of tho lorse-car company It
was, therefore, an unpopular aud odiou>
tar, md caused much ill-fecling ns,.i I
frequent altercaiious between the cai |
conductors and passengers. The laitel
woald tender five ccnts--tho fare provided
by The chust.r OF tho eompany-and the |
conductor woalI Insist GA another cent,
AZ! prnye-.l to cjcct The passenger by
t,:,.sical force: and the scul.lv 'Soalii Eotlc-
III. es result in blows, blood, aud bruises,
followed 1:y police unrest and law
..l::.
Aud get this olious little tux w..s i'm
lass*,d on i,::1ely protective tariff principles
Tile object If tue tax WIS to raise
h;:l4 revenue and give large
protection to Sic railway companies.
1UG feIfcE&IltlA IHEeAttu HuC~ElH4hA Ol IAc
tax paid l,y the rublic, und the computes
.,ockessa tho ether seven-cight!1s. aud
- Amer can Industry" Was thereby 4'pru-
tected = hut at the expense Of the rest of
tic community. This tux annoyed every
citizen and town iu tho United States in
which there was lorse-ra.lway, for the
last seven years but it il nos removed.
and great is the satisfaction thereat.
IF ather protective taxes, which are a
hundred times more oppressive, were
equally lsallal,fe, the people, Irrespective
VI pasty, would demand their instant
railway tag, the people knew just
low much Of it the gosernluen,
got, and how much the companies; but in
protective tariff" taxes they do nat See
how lunch goes into the Treasury, anil into
the Golfers of the manufacturers Take
the duty, fur example, on clothing, which
exceeds e, per cent The quantity warn by
the people of the United States is more
thau zen Times she quantity imported, hut
the price paid for all is The SAME, relatively,
as fur the part imported
Every one knows that clothing OF all
kinds is exceedingly dear: Tint it cost
twice what il did before the war: thu
the cost of furnishing fatnil,
| with il is serious item il
household expenses, and onc that make:
a sad sub.ra :tion from the scanty earning
Of those who work for wages. This fact i
recognized, hecause seen a.,1 felt, but th'
Other fact is enve!eped i'll cloud of smoke
that not one dollar in ten of the =: pc
ccnt tax on cloth aud clothing tiads it
way into The National Treasury The cloth
| manufacturer sells lis warcs ut the sam
price of the imported articles of elua
quality. The government collects Is pc
cent on all ,he cloth imported, and th
manufacturer collects II cent On all that j
not imported The people pay both taxes
Just as they did in the case Of The nurse
II | railways.
/. But we are told that, if Tue lax on c1ot}
and clothing; SHOULD 1c reduced from - +
- per rent, The manufacturers would b
ruined, and al. their uorlsmcn turnesl on
+ as ''pAupers OH the scanty charities Il
Vi, 11,feeI:ng world! We're those concern
ruined between 1916 and 1851, when III
DUTIES wc1s but Ii 10 20 per cent On it,
- ,4,s.etl elpsh? Did European manufacts
il sers n.uuu,.ulize the American market an
destroy those branches Of business III th
county: Our reat1ers know that nothit
of the s.,r, lappcnstl; Int, OIL the contr
= rs, the business psosperea just ns well
other e,n,,lnylucnts, and That the peor
we're nluntlautlx supplied with cAtt
~ ho,ue~anat!e clothing.
dogs any one suppose that the horse-ra
way companies will he broken up and th
ern1,lo,es es iurnei ndrift because thcir = y
teciiye" tax is abolished? Th*y may i
make .iuite Gil large dividends since the
is re,ealed; but even thnt ren1nins to
proven III the first place, they arc rslie'
- uf lie y per cent tax On their gross ca
tor ines; in the nest place, great many II.
Wiz people will ride on five cent fare than
six The cheaper a thing is. the more
,nautl there is for it.
Il five people will ride ut six cents Fl
six or seven people will ride if the far
only five cents, 10 that the receipts of
c,,urany will be increased railer than
creased. and their dividends will he
large rs ltforc.
Sucll is the effect of reduction Of t.
that cleapens the cost Of an article or
vice. 4 reduction Of the tariff one
on the neccssaries OF life, such as l.
~. ~ and shoes, hints, caps, md
-. nets, wearing apparel for b