The Republican journal., 1870-11-03
THE TARIFF PLUMBER.

mat 1t is high time to change the financial
pphcy OF the government, and that 10 br;no
ABOUT that change, there must be a revoIn-
''on IN the administration of the government.
"ileh involves the necessity of a chanoc of
iiicl-lof there is little hope of change of rule
without change of men. General Ewipo
said
felloW-cltlzens: 1t seems almost in.rndil,in anil
yet 1t has been demonstrated to be trnr th, '''' M
though the general government only gets 81 no9
ooo OF revenue from the tariff on articles grown nr
manufactured in this country, vet the burion Iii
on the people by the tariff on those articles amo ,
to 5000 600 900. For example, take salt of when
100000 of bushels are annually consumed. ON
Wlilch mere i tarl OF eighteen cents Per bu>hcl
| ABOUT .000,OO0 of bushels are imported ana inc
| otlef 3J,0000oO are manufactured in this country
| we VIII take Special Commissioner Wells state
mehtS, who Is high authority and gentleman who,
upon retirement from office, couple of months
| ago, was compimented in the most marked man
ler IN letter signed by almost every republican i'm
Do.n branches OF congress, for his honesty md
ability i'll the discharge of his duties as SpecYI cam
mission of the revenue Mr. Wells shows in I'LL
report that The salt manufacturers in thi, cuuntry
male salt at cost of only five cents pcr Iu-hrl
more than before this high tariff was imposed, and
tha heI get eighteen cents bu>hcl more for their
SAT- thiil they would if there no tariff. Now
you sec how 1t works Nearly 900 900 bushels ot
salt imported paying eighteen cents hushe to the
General government, yield revenue of 81 POO 900
The $4,000 600 bushels that made in this country
are put up to eighteen cents bushe more rbsn
they would sell for but for the tariff. The result l>
the people pay 100000 year cX ira on their ,,l
BY reason OF this tariff; 81 200 800 zoe, ipto H.,
treasury, ana Sf,O0000O into the pocket. Of the .,t
mdlulaciufefs; NOW then, when You take me w.
?fe@ate OF all the projected articles 50 600 Oul al,
INTO the treasury a revenue and S225 900 0oO .,
INTO the pockets Of the manufacturers by inrro,-.
| OF prlce upon the articles protected. THIS is TN.
general result, as stated by the New York Eyeuinl
| Post, and SubStantiatcd by Mr. Wcll,-hnth III
| republican authorities.
| Now, who gets the S335,0ooUo0. Their. .r,
| seven per cent of the whole American lpope mia,
woman and children, who are Interested lii or >r,
ported by the manufacture Of protected article,
Mr Wells shows i'll his report that the !ajJrel- i'm
these various establishments do Rot Get any hi,
wages now than III lStil, considering the changed
cost Of living. Most of the enormous sum thtrr-
Tore instead of beneting the IaDorcr in these i'll
dstrles goes rs 50 much bonus paid by the Amer
can people to the capitalists who own the various
manufactures of protected articles. From ono III
two hundred thousand people all that are inter
e>ted directly or indirectly, capitalists, in all
these manufactures together Yet 500 ,OoD, 900 OF
the peoples money is taken from them every year
and paid into the hands Of these one or two nun
dred people. ask any republican who wishes to
consider this question tullv to look at these rcport
of Commissioner Wells, founded upon thr most
careful observations, made by man who went in
| to the office protectoni,t, and whose change ut
opinion has resulted from the logic OF impartial
| figures.
| My-teow citizens, it would be much better for
the people of this country if the tariff these uru-
tected articles was repealed and SOD 900 900 inst
levied as tax upon the whole people, and handed
| over III money to these manufacturers rs a bonus
t0r making their wares. II that Were done, we
! should have cheap wares. Railroad building won Id
be greatly increased because railroad iron could h
bought cheap. Steel rails would be laid instead Of
inferior IRON rails, thus making transportation and
travel cheaper and safer. Ship building, especially
| ot iron ships, would revive, because material
would be greatly reduced in cost. All manuEu-
lures which are now unprotected, or but partially
protected, would thrive, because raw matcria! ot
iron, steel, leather etc, would be reduced in price
| and Il thousand industries now PROSTATE or IAN
gushing, would arise and prosper. Another adj
vantage of that plan would be that the people
would see what they paid, to whom and what toG
| The people of Ohio would see that they pay So
5O0,0OO per year as bonus to few capitalists 10 i'm
| duce them to make articles tOur-tths of which
would be made lust the same without bonus. Aui
| they would see too, that though 80 000,OOO are
paid by them, not 0utttth of that sum falls to Ohio
manufactures aS bonus. That l., that the protcc-
| tive tariff i'll addition to the objection that oulv
petty class OF the people GET its benefits, while '
| tile people bear Its cnOrmOu, burdens, is Oprm tG
the still turhcroh hection that nearly al of that petty
favored elias, live in one small section OF the com
try So that the tariff bonus like the national bank
| ana bohl bonus, ANA cNenrton> goes almost
wholly to f;Norites.
| lhe annual distribution of t,MG bonuses is tho
most grossly corruptlng incident OF our govern
ment II does more to debauch honest and ul-
right legislation than ajl other corrupt cause, com
| bMed. Loud cheers. Gen. Hoyntoll, a thorough
gong republican, in letter written from Washing
ton, and published in the Cincinnati Gazette la,t
| Tuesday or Wednesday, in speaking of the WAY
thiS tariff IS @onrocted, says that if the people ut
this country could know the corrupt influences that
are cNercd in the distribution Of these tariff lutb~.
not a republican from the northern states would be
returned to congress. Sensation.
Probably twenty-five members of congress arr
| elected 10y the iron furnace owners and nanut.lr-
turero, not To represent the interest of The Amcr
can people, but solely To procure Il high tarih Oh
various kind, ut iron. Probably there are twenty
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