, 1880-03-09
TIE TAX ON KNOWLEDGE.
More yOfccn OF tito Press.
SHOULD 1T: f'UT ON THE FtitI: list.

SIN lf1<nftstn stNHt
Congress should nhulIsl1 tho impnrt tluty
III who'd md straw pulp, so.ln.i,sl1, md other
bleaching chemicals uspll il, making paper.
These articles tn ipt Mt present contribute
nty suit, worthy Of ,ntica to tho rcvcll,c. nor
Is their production hero ltkrly 10 he inter-
ferctt Will, seriously 1,y taking OIL tho duty.
THO duty Increases tho cost Of ptrcr, ptriHl-
icnls, aIlA banks, MID .ohstructs tllo prnEress
Of education ntl the tlIir'tsin,, Of knowl.n1Ec.
CaitfornIa's Interest ,lg.nnntIs lint thcso artl-
clcs Should he nut IN the free list.
A sltsr EXTRAORDINARY MOVEMENT.
- ~. ioHis Republican.
A Chicago dispatch says the rapcr-1nanu-
facturcrs In the Nort'iwesta are making vigOr-
Gus efforts to lissuattc Congress from rcpcal-
INK the duty un tho materials llscd ft' making
paper. This II most extraordinary m0yG-
,ncrt. II It wrrc snitl TINT tho paper,makcrs
nre asking Congress to repeal these duties
nnt aIlow them 10 import tl,elF raw material
frrc. We conld understand Il; hut When they
nrc represented as "ppnsl!iE T. rcpeni Tint
wOnll cIlgnpun tho cost Uf the material they
ssc, the thing looks tncollrretletIsible., !,Hr-
nst 1 t,e ,, s%n'amntto, T. that tMe n)cfetivo e
gfpss fron reprnl!nE nr, reducing the duty ot!
pAtMr Itself. and they think thu bst why ut
eifGctng t1iH IL to direct their efforts against
se, i. Tie II ",t,,facti,rs mi Of it. Thcy sly one
thing, hut tlley mean another.
THE c0sSElt IN rA1'AN.
San frinefsto Chranfeie.'
Tho unjust and Irrational character of tho
existing tariff rates 0l, paper md articles OF
necessary usn III Its manufacture ~ NOW
universally admitted. No ono In Congress
or'out OF It rretcnuls to justify q heavy nd
vnfnrem duty on foreign paper, alleged to
be for tho protection Of tho American manu-
facturer, whllu at tho same time II SIMILAR
duty Is imposed Upon tho materials INIT
chemicals which lie Is compelled to- Import
from abroad to use III his manufacture.
Even tho most rahlt1 mid ulcomprontstng
protcctiontst organs freely ndniit the subj
stnllital injustice Of this policy. Ono of
these organs snys: "'rhe truth Is, tl,o pn-
per-manufacturing business does not need
protection" Even without the free imp0rta-
ti0n Of materials, our Abundant watcr-pDwer
MT! ,lneqiinle! machinery afford nipple pro-
tectiO.. THIS being 80, wlInt possible ul'iee-
ti"n cn be rHs.l Saist the rfpSn .f The the
nesI essfe Of ie 'esSe'' y o. efye ~ 'p papsi- r.
stuck and bleaching chemicals? The
hythe rrotection orgn',, which aeknowe,ges
that the Observation-Disclosures Of THO Unitett
States 'lo not need prntcctlon as1ifnst their
foreign. competitors. Is TINT It objects "npotl
principle to all tarltr tnkertng.," ,rhat i, II
tho necessary chnnge to secure. such currcc-
tfon should npen tho sioor. for the correction
| Of OTHER stnllnr abuses. How Is this cxtra0r-
| of Intelligent congressman It tells tlIeu,
| tint they tnltst not re1nDye nn UNNECESSARY
anu oppressive tux, which no o''e attempts to
defend or justify, because It they tto so they
H'ny Mt sol,ln future time By tempted tn rr,,
inove snl,le other tax, which there ls no good
rcason for removing. Iinw will they nppre-
clate such 4 trunk commitment u their Intel
| ltEence? Mr.. Fort, Of Illinois. Inns drawn n
judictuus bill for tho relief ot tho puper-coil-
SINNERS and Of the great ncwspnWr-rrnhing
public, which fs now before Congress. Tliut
bill proposes to reduce tic existing duty Of
70 per cent on foreign .paper to + per gent.
and to p!ace tho materials and chemicals
used III tho paper inunufacturn on the frcn
| list. As tho 0Nly objection to this bill that
has thus fur been presented Is the very re-
11nrkable one ai,ove mentioned, VIC think the
presumption tint It Will pass Is not ut all ul,-
| reasonable.
llnSTlSG-rArE5t AND TIE FHoTECTI0S15rs
| sitlnnt! tGH.} E"atsitfatfot,.
Evidence Is accllnlulating TINT the protcc-
ttonlsts US q botly propose to nlltagonize
every attempt to bring about reform In the
present absurd and incoligruous tariff sys-
ten. They will make no compromise Whit
oyor sayo In tho direction of tariff commits
sion, and thls they insist on because they t'e-
llevc they can pack sttchA commission with
protectiontsts. THO people nro by 10 means
| opposed to such commission, but, In tho
meantime, tho tariff Is 50 outragcousiy op-
pressiyc in its operations upon particular 1n-
terests, MS well rs upon thu public, through
| these interests s,-certain reforms nrc SO ncccs-
sary,-that It would be tho hight Of folly for
Congress to delay tie relief demanded by tho
people. It will be, or should be, the purpose
of = commission to reconstruct nlnl reform
AM simplify tho enlirA systeln;ft Is tue duty
Ut Congress to anticipate tle laburs Of tho
commission by Immediate refnrnls,-pnrticu-
lary wi, wtli 5esWet to ths pr9,thory duty OIL
Tho pltrnnse Of the rrntGctinnists Is curl
o,tsly Illustrated t thu attit,ldv Of ono of thu
most pTnnl!nent of Tug Dreams M # tat Interest,
opposed to tiis repcnl of tho ,luty IN paprr,
nill the rcaxnlls II gives for Its opposition arn
peculiar. Tho xltlrcrtscr admits tint 1T, liz
tertSt Of prnteettul Is slbserYeu BY tho Cts-
says that. II liz wero II business II paper
making, liu ,wonll think nobody fnr n ynto
to re.Ail! the !lnty;. a,tl llo a.l!ls TINT tho
pape5m!keis do mt nee.l protMtlon mud tho
Of freo ir1mrtntton Of lllaterinls, onr excel
lent machinery al!tl abundant Wnter-lDwrr,
lle ntlds, nrt sufficient protection And yet lte
y opn'set to tho repcal VI tlc duty. wlliel, Is
slsa tnX Upon publishers, md which will
presently become u tux upon tho public.
ljpol wllnt Ert,ttll!l .toeS Tho render SUPPOSE
this sxees,!fng!S ahio editor bases TIA nppo-
simniy tllis, mths general % %ob!sslon to tink.
mt To ,e resisted BECAUSE they wo,lltl hnrtl,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS yav I na4s ss y MpFpfs'!ssht s[ss sd
which would bring great injury .tpnn the
country" Tint is to say, anything TINT even
slMiits NJ refor,n III the tartt! Is tn bo or
Hnft MI NtfURE nth1i5 fnH tttHnrt wall III 4tH