The daily gazette., 1880-02-23
lcneapM Paper.

rs NECESSITY TO uHEAPEN THE RoAI
TO INTKLLIoENCE-rwHA MR.. FoR1
SAYS ABOUT THE rARiFF. ~ ~ 4
The Chicago Times comedies IL blum
dered iu raising It's price because OF the
increased cost Of paper aud comes back
toits old rates. 1tiDsists the only meas
ure OF rslref 10 loweritAriff Ton paper aud
what IA now wsnted Is repeal by Con.
gress Of the duty on white paper. which
win forevet permit pubiehers TO print
newspapers a. popular prices and tp dis
seminate iDtelligence ~ the lowest posf
si Ole cost. The American people viii
not long aubmit to a burdousOme tax on
know, edge Above all things else, they
wapL ti,e ews free OF taxation: They
want il at no greater cost than the cup
OF coffee theS consume, along with IL, at
their breakfast tabIe. i4i3 taitilj hpH
That'ssu. Coffee comes In free Of duty
ana 30 should pribtipg paper, Mr.. Forts
bill no W before the house committees OF
ways and means, provides that on and
after ths LIST day OF July, 1880, all soda
ash aBd impure car bosaie OF soda i'm
ported TO be used in the man afactute Of
paper; or Of glass, or OF cloths or fabrics
shall be admitted free OF duty. Il also
provides that all unsized printing paper,
used for books, .pamphleis, nagazlnes,
and newspapers. exclusively, shall ,hs
subject TO aD itpport duty of 8 per centurn
al valorem instead OF the present duty
OF % per Cent. A special telegram gives
an interview With Mr., Fort on his bill,
~ which he gives ressphs for It as foEi
My onject Is TO cheapsn for the people,
the road 70 tbtelligence,to remove every
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their school books. and 70 the people Of
heir Dewspapsrs, pamphlets and -tnaga-.
There has been -snch an advance in
the price of printing paper that books
and Periodicals Of All kinds are scarcely
withinIhe means of the poorer classes.
This advance 10 the result of a COM biDa-
ton OF paI Or mariufacturefs. have
been called upon and written to by
nuinbers0 PAPER fmanufacturers who pro-
teIt against the 'reduction Of the paper
ariff, but most of them must admit that
II ths tariff II reduced on soda ash they
eau afford to have the tariff reduced on
paper They aimitit that other materials.
with .the exception of rags, cost them
no more Dsw Than they have heretofore.
The rise In their paper has been broueh.
about by com mbination, ard desire TO
reap up large harvest, they claiming
that they are entitled to some part of the
business boom. I have talked with .
great many membersy and think ths bill
is ia, orably received and will pass. Peo-
pie are almost fine point of rebellion
at the unreasonable rise In the price Of
school books. 1t is almost impossi bic for
poor people Ito purchase text books for
their children One excuse publishers
have embarrassing she price Of books is
the enormous advance IN ths price of
paper, which zis almost 90 per cent.
liberals an Important reason why books
aud periodicals VI all kinds should be
ChHap.4 e0.s .glgDf NaI all4 Y4Iu .Ail1't
Through them the people are taught
and receive information, and the way to
govern people Is 70, educate them and
Keep them infOr med. The revenles eau
well afford to suffer some diminution II,
as ar, suit we can add to the Intelligence
of the people, abd when we have cheap
books and cheap bookr aud cheap Jews
paper we increase the facilities for their
education and Information. My bill In
in the interestiof publisher but not for
t. err benefit alone. but the peoples rs
W u. lido not include IN my fin@ grades
oi paper, such an glazed fancy pAper,
paper that might be called lux hry, but
oniy common printing papsr that's used
by publishers taking off the tariff ON
SODA ash, the, bill also interests those en
gagged In making wooden fabrics and
glass. think the revenues, of the .couns
try are such that we can afford some .re-
duetion of he tariff aod one ofthe first
things to begin on would bs paper. In
doing this do not avow the cause of thu
ffee traders but L hold that in maj ntain-
Ing q tariff, we should strike on enor.
init es and make the tariff Just. We can
well afford 10 make the road to intelli-
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