, 1879-04-24
TAXING FEYER4.

Quo of tho many roproaohes to civiliza.
tion which arc furnished BY our lava Is tho
tax xEon tho only specific remedy for fovor,-
tho nrliclo Of quinino. It IL special Ink
loyied 10 raiso n bounty to bo raid to threo
or four persons In this country who, for
nearly twenty yonrs, ]savo bcon tho roepi.
cnts Of MI enormous Tux iaviod upon The
fovor-atricken peoplo Of the United states.
The Now York journal IF Commerce, In
noticing gonoral domantl from tho South
crn pooplo for repsal OF tho tax OIL this
mort essential medicine, Says that bill ill.,
troduced by Mr.. REAGAN will havo the sup
port Of tho whole American people. It
adds.
'''The s1akes' neo mt sectional. In I'll parts
Of tha conntsy qutntnc Ia used ~ freely ~ tta
enormous price will allow. The wholesale prica
ranges front 81 to s. per ounce, nccor'!sng to Tho
foreign and domestic demand. Tho Nusso.Turx.
ish war had marked effect in rata!ng tho prlce.
So did Tho increased prevalence oi cLlls and fever
throughout tlip United statcs last summer. An
article SO peculiarly Vital TO tho physical amt
morai wcll-hcIng Of Americans ought 10 bc put
TN tho frce-l!at. 1t shunId be fnade rs CHEAP as
po*aihlc. No grcater boan Than this could be
conferred IN pour persons who must have
thris Ann5nc, nAa 10 whom tho present
hah p'!co ~ fn!noas 70 hea'th anu napp'-
coi'c1 mn;,,a a,r""s Ent tor ,'rn"scs ~ royrnmc
Tbc cnti,u in,nor,ntlon Of ou,ntno 10 tho United
states IL basatclle compared with that of nuner.
"us "thcF ants"h'o ars!clcs' The whole 'altio OF
Nnntn1 propur Imported ut New York Inst year
was only $1i. Ui7, TN which the duty was III per
cent. h,l qnln!ne 6nphatn 514, 078. with 20 per
cent duty. Thc higher .,nty il uf proh'b!sory
lnsnre. II trcv emo wcse tho object fought, nni'
form atoss o. :" pef esns ' a. so'em "oula .n.
,hc r"scnt ra,c nnt t,s aim n TIN 1,,n, r,t" ~
protectton. nut revenue, There nsa th,co or
fnur qninino manufacturers in tim United
states VINO Aa'o GOT up anu knt ao tf1 baooa taf.
t,, ~ ,e pe ',.s. .s"s . ~ na, ,'s rn ~
turcrs to maku their own rrices, Tcnt Of thou.
sands of !rcr-horn Americans are literally shnh-
'nH IN their bouts to-day Tor thu want Ut that meti
esna T,'en tnsf .t" ~ ,u's a'. p'ce"s anu ~.
rhitalepha, It seems to ,,4 that thu o,st huslncrs
II. t,ovcrnn,un, ID 10 protcct nut tho nockcss OF
ring hut the health Of tls cit!zcna. This, tho
on'y lsaa a"a aaos s'na u i'sosse.on ,.i saa pe
r.o, ~ r. ,n" tdra r. In ra,cs' ~, arsrn,a,,cn
.hcn by reducing tho duty, ~ Mr. REAuAs pro.
poses."
All this il very wo1l. But Mr.. REAGAN
will find that wllan llo proposes to give relief
to tho foyer.strickou people OF lis Stata no
Is likely 10 disturb a hornets most Of licensed
paupors now feeding on tho misfortunos of
tho public, Tho snccial bounty Of tho
ouininu firms il rart Of d contract between
yariouy mou of lilo sa,no class. Thus Tho
bounty on quiEino ia.part Of tho sclono Of
bo,.n.ios which Includes the iron-makers, tho
t,lass.,uolzors. the a,rar-rennors. md n host
Of others. II Mr., ls1:AnAy will read tho Tariff
Inv lo will 1ua that tho to1 on ouiuino il
.1,,hox,o, - H., A,,a,;oo, ,,,,x1o law.
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.'eon7o" "4. e'''. s'I't"'''o'.' 'tA' ''1"aAS'
huo"IlaB l"'1 Ao"'al"u" hAS HILL hoil'o se'ere
| experience recently with peatllanoe, may