The daily gazette., 1878-05-21
Domestic ard Fusiga Trade,
E1TKAcTs from TIE eFEEc % %DHS
EANDoLFH IUckEE, OS MAY sTH b.


tecziOn upon tn e0l.uEaer. II he huF-
the foreign srtieis he pays duty - rsve-
nue 10 the G0yernns-lss- Tilsi i All izhl-
He cannot complain u that H gess the
; beBenf u the Goy eruIn-Hi 10 r-tuTu fOT
the TAI h. pzys 70 the government The
bursIen and the benefit are eorreiz;ive
the burden borne By the citizen,
tine protection and iyensft exten-
ded 70 him by the Government buf sup
IsOse the duty checks imports aud enables
the home producer 10 undsrs-ll the foTei-
gner. He sells al the enhanced prlc-, a,
iezst TO a large percentage Of the duty, by
the Indirect operation Of which the pr1ce
il Increased- Ssw. the consumer Iss.s
Z thls enhanced pTiee On the home product
f But 70 whom Not into the Treasury, -
have shown, but u the hOtn- producer
To the extent u the enhancement Of the
price Of the home article thu- paid by the
consumer, the iarif l. not a revenue Lnezts-
ure al ali, but device TO rob Peter 10
pay Paul :" forced tribute from the son
suinsr 10 the home producer. burden
1 Oh the HAS VI the p-opIs 10 support The
privileged cktsssa- Whose enployInents
are the peis Of the Government. II J. a
tribute paid to privilege. IL Is not pro-
t-ciiOn 10 night but a wrongful invasion
Of private night for the tssnsfil Of favored
EnOnOpOlies.
[ Will refer 10 a number of ca>4=s for IL
lu,tTatiOn. Take pig iron. From the
Iron and Steel BulbstIn VI Apnl ~, is1B,
] md that the impOrts IN l.i1' weTe, sAy
DV,u'D ton. the home product con-umed
al home ~as 2,,ap.eJ tons. $ow the
duty On 1j,f'p tons, at = Pr ton i -
80. That gO.- into the Treasury. The
enhanced pflce paid, a. have heretofore
hhOwn On the amount gf the home arti-
cle, va, 10 the IN amount Of the duty,
~. Oh = 80 90 ,on- i would b. Sl1..-J.-
80 - i4at ~ lille BY your duty the Jf-a-
Jury get> - ~ the pr yil. g.-d pig-ITOu
mODOpoiIst. get sl5 s,jtsD, or there
abouts, IL the form oi a bounty out Of the
COh. uuiing cElssss-
Take the ca,e Uf blanket. The duty
upor blaukets ayerag.s ~ pr cent,
fuzzy that. Oh the poor man's blanket
" hat J. the revenue Fifiy--eyeu hun
dred dOlIars Where do We get our blan-
ket.E We get only seven thousand dol
Ian worth iren abroad Where do We
get the residue; Prom the home manu-
iaeturer Sow. let Us See what l. the
consumption Of this product. and on this
point refer - the very able and in-iruc-
i've speech Of my friend from Illinois,
Nr. MORMON. nIad.- two year. ago and
which fInd l. confirmed by the CELSIUS
reportz- The cDnsuIn ptiou j. about p
Vy,vo pain Of bhnket-, say 10.VJO.D0
pOuuL, worth about ~sj,isD,DgJ Ninety
pr eent Of the enhanced price would
ralse the amount Of bounty paid to the
blanket manufacturer at home to about
>]sPDtyJ. while the Teyenue 10 the Gov
ernrn+nf l. sJ,1tJ. In other word-, under
the exiting tariff. for every dollar paid
into the Treasury the consuming class,.sa
pas nearly $50 in bounty u the privi-
leged cla-h who make blanket. al home
lake nannek. The imports are only
~ IjOundr, valued at 2,lDJ.9U. The
revenue l. u 1912. Duty about Is per
cent. Fanneir produced at home ia $50
- 1A5 ~ Yard, valued al say SIO.UgJ. 900
he enhanced price al 05 per cent. would
D. over s5-VD,uDD. For every dollar paid
; inip the Ir' asury the consumer pays 81
: 20 IN bounty 10 the privileged class of
fianncl maken- at home.
J Take "0olen- GENERALLY. We IMPORTED
III 100 s3Z,Nti.l5i, On which, at an ave-
rage duty - per cent, we collected
81 u.s., lUl. Home wooden product in the
same year VA sl5j ,0iJ .@js The enhanced
: prce at the rate OF duty, I'll 80 per cent,
. wound be, say sD,OJOVCO. 80 that on
wooIens generally the consumer paws
twice as much bounty 10 the home pro
( ducer as he pays revenue TO the Govern
Inent.
Take cotton manufacturers ImDort-
= amount 10 SlG.456, ,l9G; revenue at an
average duty Of 3J.53 per cent, 1854 =.
~ domestic product in 1870, sl77 ,io., ,.
e 90 enhanced price at rate OF duty, saw
IA s4O,OOD,ObO. SO that the Consumer OF cot
IONS pays six tim ~ much in bounty a,
he pays Ia revenue
axe boots and shoes. Imports, $50,
va 4O revenue at an average duty, 80 Del
IL cent, olHj ,4JJ.!tj domestic product la
= V",b'bi enhanced price at rate of duty
!. say sfo,pOODi or the consumer pays pye
ii the Treasury.
.r Take iron in all its forms, inclndint
ahViis, tace.chaius, &c. In 1870 the IN,
~ ports were >32 49,, $50; reVenue, at "A dur
At of 1913 per cent, Sl5, 80 ,.jlO. home uro
= ducts, s322 ,12S, ,GJS; eahanced price, sa
u | rlUU,000, 600.
= admit that these are estimated results
=, ana do not claim absolute accuracy fo
1t them. But | call attention now To- th
/ .aSe o1 Besscrncr steel rails, ;ts to whicl
n may he more precise.
- In 1871 the imports were 1886 60
II pounds, or hay 100 tons; revenue iron
X uuty at l. per pound OF S2S per ton, sa
efo'uop FROM the report of the Iron aui
~ Stesl Association / iinu home nrndur
l.. S19,629 tons; enhanced price, at rate a
u. duty So per ton, would be ~24 G2g 81.
ms woald probably be too much, for i
10 lSb MI Wynan, sIs we have seeu.make
H. The difference TO between So in rold Il,
British rails and SO in currency for th
is American rails, or "A little over so dil
-y icrohce, which would make the enchaI
ced pTice only tine oery mDderote boIlnt
oi say sl7OOO,GOO per wear. So that fl,
IL every dollar paid by the consumer inf
Il. the Treasury he Will pay to the HON
Producer Of BesscIncr siccl rail, abou
III 5000 as bounty to support this privilege.
n. monopoly. Thus by this heavy duty Ia
iIcigh1a upon transportation by raiIroa,
III are taxed slbuOO,0W per annuin.
rs Sow, how much IN the agpr.yate do.
thih bounty 10 privileged GLASSES aiIiolIu
= tpI bY he cciisiI. Of 1870 the auu,I;
~ product Of all manufactures in the IN
II, Ted States is valued at over 81 .2i2 ~
VI Az. ''-'-''-'
The gentleman from Illinois tMr. Bui
ia chard IN his hpeech already laid md,
contribution TO my labOih bv his cous.u.
p not enforced, snpposes one half of thl
rs product is not affected bv the tarlf1 m;
II, would leave 1000, 0O0, 900 subject to !,
' average duty 0i 10 per cent, which wnul
y b" enhanced in price by the tarif. NJ
=. iurclard then takes Secretary X. .
:" Walkers estimate of enhancement 10 Il
q about tWO-thlTds of the dItv MaLiu