The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-09-13
From the nI,.sietta Regis.
The TariG.

he new Iarlif takes elect aJ the
close of the year-1S70 II increases
'hc duties on some spices md foreign uines
md cor,1ins, 6at reduces The rats on nee.
essaries and comforts (uot Af,xuries) of
life, as from 25,to Ii ceuts a pound on
tea; coffee, from 5 10 8 sligar about %
per cent reduction !. mplasses from s to
cents a gallon; pig iron from 50 to
81 per ton; aud so, on. Tie tres list Is
greatly enlarged"
1t will readily be seen that the Spirit,
actuated By cowardice and dishonesty,
left out tire material facts which we
gave, and they are facts, Yet its editor
preterds to quote the Cincinnati Com
mercial as demolishing, "thc Register 3
contemplate attempt at deception y
There is no deception about it. Let
the Spirit dare quote our paragraph in
full, do it honestly, and then set aside
its facts IL it can 1t has no right to
sneak around in this manner, "givfng a
line or two here and there" {to use its
own words, and then charge contempt,
ihle deception ON our part. Look ct
your own deception. =
Very true, the new Tariff did not dc
all to please the Commercial, Nor did
it do all that we think should have been
done We are not in favor of d high
and monopolizing protective Tariff II
did not reduce the Tariff enough, in
some points, yet it did make substantial
reductions, as indicated in our extract
above, to the amount of S20,000, ,000.-
What'if the articles to come in free are
largely .sdrngs " Yet the Government
must have money, and what easier OF
better way to raise it than by Revenue
Tariff, and the Internal Revenee, as II
now stands, Ireduced by late act of Con
gress, S55, 900, 900, chiefly on income,
spirits, beer. tobacco, stamps, gas and
banks? VIII the Spirit answer I aqo4
Dare, the Spirit answer this: Is il in
favor of taxation enough, in any form,
TO raise the means necessary to admin
lister the Government with economy, and
to pay the last dollar Of the peoples OBJ
legations? ~ 'issg
Bro. ,STMsoS, Of the Register, has
again walked into the trap we set for
him. ikH sal ulay lisflsHg
8 The tariff that takes effect Januaryl,
'ISzl, proposes some reduction in the
duties On tea, coffee and sugar, but let
us sec.to what end and with what effect,
to whose advantae e and 10 Mlatextent.
The present duties. on these articles
are; on coffee 5 cents per pound,
equal to about As per cent, al rasorems
and tea % cents per pound, equal to
about rs per cent. ID patorem;; and on
Muscovada, common, Or, raw sugar, 8
cents per pound; on the first grade Of
clarified sugar, 81 cents per pound and
ON the other two grades Of refined sugar
4 and 5 cents per pound respectively
The proposed duties to take effect Jann-
afy |, are J on teas Is cents, per pound
on coffee 8 cents per pound; on the raw
sugars 2 cents per pound; on the first
grade Of clarified sugar 8 cents per
pound !; and on the other grades of re-
fined sugars 4 a 5 cents per pound re-
spectively.
The duties collected from these arti-
cles are least injurious or oppressive to
the people OF their production interests
and capacities, and they have no tenden-
cy to erect monopolies OF favored elias.
ses, or to corrupt Legislation, and nearly
all their Increased cost on account Of the
duties IS paid into the Treasury and not
into the pocketso the wealthy monop-
olists, except as we will hereafter ex-
plain. The amount Of these articles i'm
ported, the amount of revenue derived
from them. and their cost 10th people
per capita. are indicatedkin the follow.
ing
For the fiscal year ending June 80,
I869,it appears that during that year the
imports Of teacofee and sugar afforded
revenue amounting to nearly s52 ,000,-