Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-02-02
GoTERNNENT THEFT
TnEpBoTEcrlvEsYsTEM- wuATIT COSTS
TuE AMERleAN FARMER.

|, GOYERNUENT THEET
TnEpRorEorlvEsYsrEM wuArIr COST.
TuE AMEReAN FARMER.
HOW 90 theiarmers payY They pay
u, ~ ,nI s' e'n"roeI 5I p,ices ol inc goou'
,uy ou!, uuol 'uo proiect''9 sys'
ss ,iih ,h 80 ".o eoi'uugieu ,,, az
- " -" u ''S M, v'',ou'l'eIS rs oolseu 10
zen So u'Io Nou'u oV no such
s',. ,uss I"uGi '..,. " i i'ee system rreouom
+, '.,, "u," ~ INV 'ug Tu,ue"s VI tno man u
Ia, Il, -, ? ",a,V.'i''s u "ou'u prevent
s"an,iI,, ~ IL ye,nts oseu'ts " o"Pi'a' 'iVo
hon,, y p,o"iaJ,o iJ' i''ioe "n,Gu t. 'ue
ooJJ"'s ~ s'V'i r'uuVes' ' anu "nlon Is
No., w. 80" Wv ,o,,, C"''' 'auso ' .. @ .ne io''on.
,na,,,I o r" W oui INDUSTRIES "
,rorid oU"P ,,;na "P,' ol'' e'''.''i "'elnous h 1t
,',s u s'to sT1po W A'leI'can III
s'n,u,,.l "u,ay ~ "ou'u uPon 20 our manu-,
,La I,'S'Sis 81 t'.o ''.l'Ne.s VI mrA'co' o'
~ 'joOah - a ,,'' ,Iuu % gu lGS'- give l9em
- a ,tn S,a',-v wy W.T." o.er put
,,, unuv, ~, '1o , ies'i'e''so y stcln mere Is a
,G'a',I,..'',i G"a''Ts 'oIs""u w 'oIeGt'oulsss
- A.. 0 IAN ''''u =. must oo 'liauo
} M M y, 'no u"PI"'ec'oG consumer
-". 'a' i''o' % p'e'o''''"eh'iy inc uh'
P'''N0'0u '0'''u'.''''
now 4hE FARMER IS MADE TO PAY.
How is be made to pay? How do
the manufacturers contrlve to extort
from him tho ten, twenty, thirty,
forty per cent, or whatever itmay be,
which they find it necessary to add to
the natural price of the goods BY
means of the tariff They bar the way
against goods manufactured under ma.
tural conditions, either excluding them
from the market altogether, or 10 load
'"g lhem with duties that the prices
9, 9io ioIo'u % up 10 usures easy 70 oeat'
'pG ,t auvu,''o il,.,, " '',ou tuG consumer consumer pays
C.' " wv '''l'oi'Iu 'l soous soos 10 tne
NV o"' ~, '''"tD' ,i' VIC Gu a"go "nlcn ne
I'J , G' NV N''''' '''0 soouS soe9 u 'uo
'"I', ~, u'"e ~. '"' ,.',, -. ..,.;.;...s
ss e. vs. ,u' 'u's NV 'Eu'e9 "A palr
,, ' a,,nIal ',,'uIo 90 o'1rN''s ,n,
dollars is,Lan,,,rr.,i W, 80
w. o'',rI M 20 Inv "'''''H a. 'i'oo 'o' tuo arI''
c,siso Jonli9 dn,,, 5o r,,' y, o''''N '',l
sna,is. a,d 95 ~ Oe,''o IT, 'ou"u
! r'bo mbaia gl,nrlr so, ~ V 90 S''o' 'TH S"''
a,n,oa,ian 49, - - 90 ,tJ I"J ~ w. uo
'o,nos s5 'Oo VI wy ola.'ao's oS.
,,li,. 49,, -0'''','''i ''I'V P"y %
s9 tnr ,Ge b,anis,snaJ co o'e'nI's' c'.,L &C :, e''
eyr,nent NJ ha ~ ~, ~, ~, va. oSioa, ~
IN ibis Io,,.r rontribniion 60 10 H.
rionol Trrnsprv oIb,i, ,av n, ,m"
| ,birJs tho ,oi,o - H. -
Lca,,,. ono d. -, 80
nr Loroo r,odo bi"nLats r. -" " P@'
60 oa ,rib"to ~ ,ba aaor,Coa,,,e 90 GulV, =, ""'
- " - - " ~ '''''''' ''''''' '''
iAoIs AND fluUhhS'
Even yet we do not get the whole |
significance OF this arrangement. The |
double duty on blankets-irom 20
to 90 cents per pound specific, and 35
per cent, Gd pdtorem-ls practically |
problbitory The protection, nd va |
torem, sometimes figures TO l2O per
cent. What Is the consequence. The
tax laid and defended as "revenuo"
Tux produces no revenue; but the peo-
pic pay just the same, the money go.
ing altogether TO sustain the manu-
iaclurer Thus, in 1879, the value OF
blankets imported was only sl453.
The duty collected thereon was s ,233,
.howlng an average tax of So per cent.
We consume something like $40, 600,
OOO worth OF blankets annually. We
pay, therefore, to the dozen manu-
luclurers Of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island an annual tribute OF $4,000 900
1t VIII not be claimed that the duty
On tno iolo'eh conmou''y Is always
- ',s.s'','' - y, ''iJ 'os' p'' 'uo
snner is ohii,,d -, =, " -, " ~ 40 t Von
La i,dns,,,S7 ,oo,.i,.'..'' ,. . "O'0
,io, ,Lo Az, s,,,ni eos - M,
dn,i,. nn irnyor,oI ~ NJ, '1''i' 'I 1n
oats has. oh,;.n.,. 80 A. ""a
,be tarmo,,s nria.: ho w ,0u,' liz ~ "a, y"
ono, ma,l,., r. tLa ,ra,II "a ~ Wv
,6c Dprot,ctio,p IL avn.'.;,a IL ~
uromise or aLnn,moI nj. inI,,,,a- ~
r,owdin,, a. co,,,,rI ,r,o',I,, ;aJ,s,.
afI.,t,d and nr,,a,s ar.' ,,', -,
,ho comno,r,na L,toan -" -
margin A,ain ,horaa,, ~ ~di.,ino,ia.s