The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-06
For Congressnsn-4th District,
r. i. CABLE,
of Rock Island County.
THF RADICAL TARIFF.

Gen. Brlnkerhof, prominent radical OF
Ohio, in a recent speech, handled the boast
gu reduction of the late congress on the tariff
without gloves. Abiding to the claim of the
protectionists for reductions of tventy-si1
millions upon sugar, coffee, tea, aud other
articles, the General said:
"a reduction of 100000 on tea, cof-
fee, sugar and spices means just that much
and no more; but on the other hand, the
same amount of reduction on iron, cosl,
salt, lum ber ind thousand and one other
articles of prime necessity, would have re-
lieved the people of a burden of 100000
600 of bounty taxes Now, any one familiar
with this subject can see at q glance, that
instead of q concession, this whole schedule
is device of the enemy to deceive and de
fraud the people.
They 20 to the people with the specious
cry of relief from taxation Of $40, 100000,
ell of which is very true, but it is also
equally true that 22,750,000 of it was
relief JUS. where it ought not to have been
made, viz: From tea, coffee, sugar and
spices-this is the cheapest tax we pay, but
the protectionists are willing and suxIous to
take off all the duties on tea, coffee and
sugar, for they know that takes $50, 900, 900
out OF the treasury and renders it necessary
to continue the duties upon the articles they
want protected.
In the same way, when we come TO
examine the Wanted free list of last winter,
We find it delusiou and a snare. Let US
examine a few articles. Take for example
cork wood. Heretofore it had duty of 80
per cent, whilst manufactured corks were
taxed so per cent, thus giving to our
81 DO
Of 30 per cent. This with the ingenious
machinery used and patented, was sufficient
10 give tsir command OF the market and
fair profit. Still the duty WAS no. pro
hioitory, and hence not satisfactory. The
manufacturers envied the government
the $50 900 of revenue received
from corks aud hence it went to the ways
and means com mit.ee and got cork wood
put upon the free list. which gives them a
pr0hibitory duty of50 per cent upon corks,
and enables the prosectionists to pirate of
the "enlarged free list" This is truly a
reduction of revenue but it is an increase
Of taxation as our people will find out to
their sorrow when they come TO buy corks
after the lst OF January next.
SO with the item of birthstone. AS we
might expect from the name, we find Satan
In It, We find him in the guise Of a manu-
facturer of sulphuric acid. Recently an
immense deposit of mineral phosphate OF
lime has been discovered on the coasts OF
North and South Carolina and Georgia, To
make this available for use, and commerce
requires large quantities of sulphuric acid,
and hence large works for its man utacture
are being erected.
Judging from the amount of revenue re.
ceived from sui phuric acid last year, being
only IS l6,I00, the duty is already substsn-
italy prohI bitory, but that don't seem to
have been satisfactory to our home manu-
fscturars, for We find them in Washington
last winter lobbying for sulphur and brim
stone free. This they effected In the house,
but when they got to the senate, Mr.. Nor
rill, of Nermeus, whose constituents make
sulphur from pyrites, caused that item to be
struck out. and left it as it stands, viz: with
q duty of 49a per cent, but he let crude
birthstone 90 upon the free list which en-
hsnces the profits of the maker of sulphuIic
acid just "a per cent.
How cousoling to poor families struggling
day by day for the bare neccessares of life,
TO be told that sbestos and bellsdons, canary
seed and buchu leaves are put on the free
list, whilst clothing is left with duty of IS
TO $50 per cent, and salt % per cent. How
cheering to the poor widow shivering in
the cold, to know that croton bark, li,timus
and Jeddo gum are put Oh the free list,
while the duty or coal is 81 rs per toni
To the mechanic. what JOY it must bring,
to know that turtles, tea plants and jalAp
are on the free list, whilst every tool he
uses, from a chisel to q trip hammer, is
taxed from As to $50 per cent.
How encouraging to the farmer to know
that cocosnuts are only ten per cent in the
new tariff, and Zante currsnts are .. and
in addition, bone dust, squills and ipicac are
free. and yet every implement he uses, from
a rake to = reaper, is doubled in price BY
the tariff, and through its influence freights
are 80 Increased that it costs as much to get |
bu.hel of wheat to market as it costs to
ralse it.
IL hole could be bored into the bottom
o. the salt lake at Syracuse. and all the
Di'"| 10 II sent to China in company with
our NAlnese tariff, we would at once get all
ces.
lake few minor items. For instance.
borax, prime necessity for ,;nnars
and blacksmths, and also usad hv H.
medical faculty. Tel years ago i Wa.
brought from the island of Sicily. and from
Venice and was sold in this market for %
cents a pound Unfortunately a few wear.
ago borax lake was found upon the Pac;
he slope, which proved to be the richest
deposit IF borax upon the globe At this
Discovery ell the consumers Of borax who /
beard OF 1t we're ready to shout for JOY Blu.
10 an behold it vent into the hands Of a !
company and the company went to Wash. |
inN'oh' and q duty went upon borax. and To. |
INV We have the felicity If ua,;n0 Eop IL IN |
ssnn pound.