, 1870-02-03
MD scHrEcKts TAEIFF BILL

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MAEt1rs: The late.i .rposts.
ApyE111aExESzB
MR. sCHFFCK's TARIFF BILL.
The origin Of ,he tariff bill reported BY
tn, Committee Of Ways and Means, on
Tuesday list. was betrayed by General
schenck when he remarked thAt It had been
impossible for the committee to pezfurm
their work sooner, in justice to the "Ts-
1iors in.rrfsts whose representatives came
betuse the c,mnn,Hee day after dsy." Wo
venture to inquire what peculiar business
these representatives re Of private interests
had with the Committee Of Ways and
Means in framing bill importing |
taxes upon thi.t5-nine millions Of people. \
It is very easy to ses what influence they |
have had in framing it They have suo-
ceeded III the bill shou1d pass) IN crrtaiing !
the revenues Of the government several |
millions af aoilsrs, and in transferring sev-
eraI milliuns more from the earnings OF the
people tt, treir osn pockets. Tho bill is
not qnise SO shsneless and unpriucipled IS
that Which uus defeated four years ago, aud
yet it cou-ains provisions more stupid and
ridiculous thsn any which were en-
br.r-d in that neasure-as, for
instauce, the provision admitting anthracite
cot! free II d0ty, when there is no anthra-
cite ccal rrtdoc+d IN the world Us an article
cf commerce except in the United States
lik.u ise the clause imposing duty of one
AID one-halt cents per pound On flour, when
We ere the !a1ges. aous-exporting country
in the world These two provisions, sud
several oth~rr III the bill, are intended to
deceive igutrsnt persons, and to arrest
their attention while their pockets are being
r1ded.
We invite The attention Of the people to
the iteu,s If the bill 80 far aa they hsya
been reported a,y telegraph.
The -1ist,pg dots on tea is twenty-five
cents per pound. TIE hill reduces it to
twenty certs. CoTte is now taxed Eve
ceuta. Tue hill reduces it to four cents.
These sre pu.ely revenue duties. AL the
morey that is collected from the consam.
e1s OF ,bese articles goes into tho public
Treasury. 1h- only question to be consid
cred is whether the government can Afort
to lose this revenue. Perhaps it can. i
so l., ,hs 3n,;.. he rednca5 INIT lat Il +,
hora T., ,,.na that IL i. mt tha uestv fra,
..",.. -. -. a.n.,a.5 ~, .t,,,o.,.,
OF the government revenues. On the con
tr4ry, the. have always inaiated TINT th
Treasury shou!d have I'll the money r.
on;red for .he nreserv.t;o, oe tha 1,,5,j
c7rdi,. The nr,,sectiooista, bovsyer hav
rom. fo,aard in ,his hill ani, ofr.raa IN ,,
>, ~. ,s,aa from ,,h;ch ~. oo,~-n M >,
..r,r,as az, oh+a,na4 r,rnvidad t,,osa fro,
-h,,h ,,1r -sxacnsx AZ ,h,.;1ea ahau !
;n,r.ssaa y,ror,fo, ms7nao;n;,v,
The ny, nrov,.;on in the Ill, ia an I
o+r,.. ~ rho -, nm --fned .,oar tba e
,,,to ~ ,,,1n
~ ~, ,.ara.sas II n 4 canta. there
-.e .a,t ,>e- ,,ound nanra To t
RN"e que se'9 ~ - t. : schan, vh,ch t
80. asn..a hsr. ,,,,c,, nush,nr for Ia
time II sill be a long tinao more, We I'm
f,efore ,nev o., it There WIS some talk
r,ducino the tx on raw sugar, but 1
1,,,;s,.na PLANTERS nut q stoo to that. P
tac,;o, h.;,, . srstenn It will NOT ansvc1
wrakan the eaifce in auy place, for if
t,,if m .t,oar vera reduced, We sho
soon see the planters arrnyed on the OF
aide. and denaudiuy, perhap,, similar
ductior in The sa1 On Ealt.
On jras,,Iv the existing thrift is 93
ra}l,u. TIE bill proposes to admit it at
Th;o ia a,.,t-r nnrely rereuue d1
Th.r. ia M nrvata interest urotec
bY it. The brandy Of California il
no sense competitor with the Fre