The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-04-29
Blankets and Blarncy.


Shrcwdly did The French saiirist sa,
That the feat performed by Saint Dcni,
-of walking from Noirc Dame 10 81
Denis, with his head under his arm wa,
10 miracle al all The difficulty lay on
iy IN the FIRST STEP the saint took attcl
that hc might have gone through al! Lu.
rope in his dccapi,alcd condition.
The present tariff bill before the Iiouse
That remarkable act OF abominalion
which few days or weeks ago seemed
as likely 10 be agreed 10 rs The miracle
OF Saint Denis has overcome the sati-
rlsts difficulty. IL has taken ihe first
step; and We see nov no reason why the
swindles and robbcrics contained there
III. should not be all fully inflicted upon
II suffering and oycrtaXcd people.
After the cotton fabric swindlc, which
raises the duties OH all common cotton
cloths from 80 to loo per cent over the
lpresent duty. was carried, the miracle
was accomplished, and all the rest, al
least as far rs textile fabrics are concern
lcd, will of course be enacted.
MI. Brooks, after showing, from tables
prepared by Messrs. a. Il. Stcwart& Co,
that blankets now pay Il duty of from
III to 3l2 per cent, wished 10 add pro-
vision that no duty on blankets should
be over lUO per cent. The concession TO
the consumer was promptly rejected.
and Mr.. Schcnck threatened 10 show
that the above amendment was a "slur.
Which would imply that 100 per cent.
duty on blankets is not IL reality.
We are now prepared 10 show the
people the facts and let them judge for
themselves. AS for the House, FACTS
and FIGURES in IL tariff adjustment arc at
this moment rs useful us u solitary right
eous man would be in the Sodom of the
majority.
We have before us statement ofprices
for blankets from Messrs. Thomas Cook.
Son IL Wormald, in Dewsbury. England,
which states the price of low superior
blankets, No. II, 10 be is Odd per pound.
We will now show what the proposed
duty amounts to:
six pounds of blankets. at Is Old, los
z Id or in dollars, 81 81 gold. Duty on
six pounds. mt 30 cents q pound. 81 so :
ad valorcm duty of 35 per cent. Oh 81
81. 40 cents = making total duty Of So
40 gold. or IC5 per cent
Mr.. Brooks cndeavor To modify the
duty on blankets to 100 per cent, is,
therefore, neither q slur nor q myth, but
has all the foundation in fact and figures.
II is well known that we do not get any
revenue from blankets. and that this spe-
ciali,y. this poor mans luxury, is mon
opoly in the hands of few blanket
wolves in Massachusetts. Well, then.
the above blankets could be sold 10 the
anI, in, 4. Il
on them. for the following price. viz,
pair blankets. q pounds. English
cost (Goid) /: !: :: /: : n: ) . 81
Charges and proiit-3O per cent /: ~
Gold price : 4: : :: :: :: :: :S3 "a
Add prcmium-loi :: !: :: (: /: :: ~
Currency price -: 81: S 76
The price ofa similar. nay. not as good
a blanket. made here. is eighty-tive cts.
currency per pound: il therefore follows
that siX-pound blankets cost in New
York So 10.
The Woodworking man, who has al
ways mos cliildrcn-thc poor family ,oI
whom blanket Is luxury for ten hours
during the twcnty-fo,ir- pays the mon
opopoly wolves 81 81 more for six Ms.
of blanket than otherwise he would
have to lny. not because the revenue isl
enriched thereby. but solely because
Massachusetts nonopolists demand and
obtain this legal robbery from an op-
prcssive Congress. We defy the mon
opolists opprcssors Of the people and al
plant Congress to deny tic above facts.
and dcnouncc tho enactment as unjust
and unconstitutional.-lN. y. World.