The Red Cloud chief., 1880-03-04

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t~aroa. N al essH<ed Ia tAsss hrrs
brancacs q in<tassry,
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prrs. .ai e Csagr~~ ~ The sn~~t u
The uAs 90 .xisask ana osk<r eaearhtzs
a<ens upoa the cuss - ussking rAg<s
10 TIA. esuatry paper - made sns "ass
from rag. bat largely frrsn .srs- asa
from ~ucd. TIE rro~~ss Il esssSAsax
in the manaf.rtnsv u paper from strs-
AMI WOOD 10 q cessls - e<c.a~s Il shs
great quantity u chemicals n~~dsa. An<'
becan-. cf The Oppressive sas tzaPs
upon tksss pecc~s<ry cor~hnsadsses lbs
annual importsston - scds-asA csoeed'
tao hsaAr~d ntiisoas cf psunds. ths
duty 90 tAs. srtscis s ss@ pss toa
The dasy aa osk~r Chemicals used tss
the sane raryss-e 10 ssoa Aishsr. fArsf
is one u ,h- great manafsctsrcs 81 'As'
c~ountry. and every tsx upon b saais
rails nsr-lcd In the business b~ornc. .
burden. ~i,hout accomplishing .ny cor'
responding benefit
The gr.a. ..bsom" shsch has 81
crzs~i IN. iron. steel, AMI coal ta5as.
tres IL the coaniry has extended sym
pathcticzlly to other prciartssns u
has reached that u paperSmak'ng Ihr
mice. "a paper nj the mills have AL
yance.i between IS and IS pee cent
siue. June last. And the troable With
,h. newspaper 81 print
Is, they can no, increass their sah.crtP-
ton price. In correspond ~ith the adj
vance Il v hi,c paper. IL thss csa rai-r
their price, they lose subscribers, and
81 they are thus FAR standing the bras As
the choice II evils. When they pro,r.i
To the pxpsr-makers against the al
yance the latter point them Ia The high
cost of soda and either bleaching pos
ders, and say that IL the duty wer. a /
en- off they could materially reduce the
price u printpaper. This u the main
excuse given for the great advance IN
the price.
The fact, however. Is that the Amer.
can manufacturers have combined Ia
place Oh. price II p~int-paper nj the es-
act point which will csciude impcrta-
ton. The duty on paper used for books
and newspapers. magazines, and
similar publications. IL ~ per cent. on
the foreign cost. and ~ per cent. on the
storage, handling. commissions. and
other foreign charges. Ia which 10 tn he
added the cost of ocean frcights and IN
land transportation TAI the place III con
sumption. The advance - an arbstrs-
~ one there has been ma such INCREASE
in the cost II rags. straw. ar wood rs ;o
Justify any such increase In Oh. price
81 p~rin'-psper since last summer. There
may have been some increase in the cost
Of labor and Of transportation. bat, moth.
ing To warrant the increase of onc-third
made by the manufacturers.
The papcrmakers represent. ~ they
have always done. that they are heavily
taxed upon the chemicals and bleach
ing-powdcrs used in their production.
This complaint Is also. and as strongly.
urged by the manufacturers 81 cotton
and linen goods and glassware. This
complaint has been urged on the ground
that, IL the manufacture II paper was
relieved u the heavy tax upon bleach
ers. the American p~apermakers could.
because 81 the better qualities and
cheaper COS; of the straw and ii the
wood. make paper for export, and sell
il abroad in successful competition with
the paper IL European mills. This, II
true, shows that the present tax on
bleaching powders and all other chem
ical agents Is an oppressive and restrain
ing weight upon the unlimited ex-
pansion u American paper manufacture.
Any tax on paper Is tar on public
intelligence. The book, the magazine.
the pamphlet. and the newspaper are
essentials to the American people.
They are the disseminstors II kno~l.
edge; they are the great American
teachers; they enter every household
they carry information where IL could
not otherwise GO; and they cultivate
and maintain that public sentiment,
upon which public and private morality
The magnitude Of this a on
paper can be estimated partially by
considering the many millions Of publ.
cations issued daily and weekly, and
reaching every household, showing the
enormous consumption Of paper In this
country.
Now, the duty Of Congress in this
is 4 plain one. American man
II paper. and II glass. cot
and linen goods, should be- relieved
Of every tax on each and every thing en-
,ering into their production. All raw
materials, all chemicals, all dycstuns.
and all bleaching powders II every de-
scription and quality should be admit
ted free Of duty. and these manufsctnr-
ers placed on the same footing in this
with their foreign competitors.
The manufacture ii paper In this Gun
try should be relieved ri this TAI in an
manner, because q tar upon
paper is ~repressive ~ that reaches
every man, woman, and child In the
that read and write. Al
he same time. the duty on all paper,
especially that used for book. and news
should be reduced one-haif-
NAT u, I'd w per cent III tDe s~tatsfnsnts
u the manufacturers A. 10 the heavy I'D
iition made 20 the cost II prin,ing-pA-
per because Of this tar on chemicals be
then n repeal Of this oppressive
AZ viii far more than compensate them
Tor the reduction Of the duty on import
ID printing paper. There has been no
imported for t~o years; no
paper can be imported that can
compete with domestic paper projected
~ . duty Of - per cent, and other
,harges. and the cost Of ocean and in
ernal transportation.
The taxes on the bleaching and other
,hemicals used in making tie paper. !;
,as been always claimed. - increased
he cost Of making paper In this coun-
~ that nothing less than . duty of 20
,er cent would protect IL from lorcign
,ompefifion. Conxre>s. therefore, siIl
that by repeating this onerous tar
N bleaehers the duty On paper may be
or as least reduced io 10 ser
enf- TO the great advantage of the
american manufacturer - vel rs Of
very newspaper and every book and