The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-09-30

stubborn things; and Senator Morton.
with all his eloquencc and astutcnp.e.
cannot wash this ugly nigger white. Wo
will pursue these statistics as far as In
diana is concerned, still further. and
show that State how Radical Congress,
to which they send eleven members,
governs them.
We have shown that by the reduction
!of the internal taxes the whole State of
Indiana will be benefited Ss53, 473 80. as
against 81 i,636,65l o. of the single Third
district of Massachusetts,. Well then.
the relief 10 Indiana, taking the State to
have 100000 population, is fraction
less that A2S cents per capita. We sup
pose that, if we divide the 2,OCo. .OCO
population Of Indiana into groups or
families Of six in the average, such a
division is perfectly fair. We should
therefore have 333.353 families of six
members each. Indiana is State that
certainly uses her full quota of blankets.
Surely we are quite within the bounds
when we assume that, in the average. ~
family Of six persons will buy annually
~ pair of blankets, say ola cheap kind.
!such as cost in England Is. Sd. a pound.
and A pounds pair. The Indianians
have to pay for a pair Of blankets weigh
ing ~ pounds, such as are described
above, no less than 81 70 a pair. Using
or buying IL pair in the average to u
family OF six, the State buys i'm round
numbers, 100000 pairs of blankets ut
81 90 per pair, amounting to S2.25QOOO.
Now. we have often quoted the price of
blankets we have daredthe arch-apostlc
|of monopoly TO come and .mce" it in
vain. We now state that blanket cost
ING IN England Is. 3D.. a pound, and
weighing A pounds, is equal, if not SUI
perior, to blanket of the same weight
selling here for 81 80 pair. Such a
pair of blankets, if there was not dutv
'of l40 per cent. on them, could be sold
to the Indiana people for So so currency
Ia pair, leaving a profit to the importers
or dealers, with revenue duty OF o5
per cent. ad valorem.
Now, let our Indiana friends behold
the melancholy exhibit. They paw lust
Sl.OCO,OOO more for the 100000 pairs Of
blankets they use because the duty on
them has not been reduced to q revenue
duty of 25 per cent, which is fifty cents
per capita for the entire population Of
the State. But the most outrageous and
straDgest thing has yet to be told. AL
though we have duty Of l4O per cent.
on blankets, we do not collect a dollar
of revenue on them. They are virtually
prohibited; and the enhanced price. the
extra million dollars that Indiana paws
annually for her blankets. does not 90
into the treasury, but into the pockets Of
the Eastern monopoly.
We will now sum up, for the benefit
of Indiana, and particularly for the study
of Senator Morton, as follows:
STATE OF INDIANA.
Relief from internal tax. Ss53.473 90
Per capita on 100000 423
Loss to the revenue e53.473 go
PER CONTRA: Had blankets been re-
duccd to revenue tariff Of 25 per cent,
it would have been
Relief to the Indianians OH
100000 pair blankets at 81
per pair. S1,0OOOOO 90
or per capita on 100000
population. 80
Gain to the Treasury on the
25 per cent. duty on 5OO,.
0OO- pair blankets, costing
in Europe $6s0,COO 10000 90
while at present the Government gets
no revenue, and the State of Indiana
still pays Sl,OOO,00O extra to the monop-
OlistS for her animal coneumnfinn nf