, 1870-02-04
HOW TARIEFH ARE MADE

owu bed, and lie must needs he in it.
How TAR1FFs ARR MADE,
Auember of Congress not long sincs de-
cared, as the result Of long experience,
that DO disinterested man could continue
member of the Ways and Means Com
m'ttee, and witness the demands Of The
lobby, without learning to bate and dsspise
The whole protective system. Tho impu-
denoe, pertinacity, snd selashneas Of tho
lobby which hsnga around Congress, beg
ging that the whole people be taxed to add
to the profits Of few, are beyond descrip-
ton and if the American people could un-
derst4nd how tariffs and tax bills arc
made, they, too, would demand that the
whole system be abolished.
1t is one Of the traditions of the syBkem
that Distinguished leader Of the protec.
tive party adopted the ruls Of receiving the
demands Of this lobby, and then put into
his bills exactly one balf OF The ta1 asked
for. Bnt this policy was soon discovered,
and the rates Of duty asked for were fzea
at exactly twice what they expected to OBJ.
tain. The present Committee Of Ways and
Means hare had n terrible siege: They have
been bcses By the most unscsupulous and
indispensable lobby that has yet undertaken
to itupose pirate taxes upon free people.
A writer in the New York Journal of Com
ntree ssss that Mr. Schenck, though high
tsrzf n'an, repeatedly opposed and de-
feated additional taxes that Mr.. Hooper
frequently re minded the committee that
there was popular demand for reduced
TAXATION, and that he prepared the FREQ
list; that 11r. Kelley protected iron, steal,
coal, nickel, and books, sud that he suc-
ceeded IN increasing tha tax on all these;
that Mr. Mccarthy "had an eye single to
salt !" aud that Alr. Blair, Of Michigan, WAS
high tariff in all things, remembering the
"Copper BILL" which the rest helped
through "under an implied promise OF
assistance now." These were the menbers
who carried all the increased ta1ation pro
posed by the bill. These men, being
majority, wero the representatives of
the horde demanding taxation for their
speciA relief. The tin plats uanuf Gctureza
wanted tin plate admitted free; they make
tinware and wanted the raw mRte1ial cbesp /;
they wanted the ta1p On other articles, "a
iron, Of which there ia Thousand fold
more ussd by the people, and which is the
raw material Of nearly every other manu-
facture in the land. The friends Of the tin
| plate workers voted to increase the tax or
every horseshoe, wagon-tlre, and iron POI
in the Country. Another delegation wa.
| there in force demanding that goat skins bt
admitted free, and TO make the matter ever
| to put a tax on leather, hastings, and serges-
that is to Say, that the manufaosur
er be allowed to receive goat skim
free OF tax, but that the tai
on boots and shoes, wonen'a gitess
harness, and belting be Increased, there be
ing 100000 people interested in having
cheap leather and shoes to the one inter
ested in the manufactures of goat skins
The Chairman Of the committee wa
aroused from his bed OF the morning
the bill was to be reported, by GROVE
of these men, conspicuous among whou
Was party demanding m increase Of th.
tax On g.indssones. A cotton-yarn manu-
factu1er represented that the salvation o
the uatlon depended on increasing tho tG
on that article from 35 to 80 per cent; ans
another waa frantic lest the comn1itte
should forget to double the ta1 on co1Beta
Since the day when Falstaf mszahalled hi
regiment there was never Buch scene g
this army Of beggars, in which the castol
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