The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-03

amount of tariff duty, which, as have be-
fore stated, is an average of As per cent,
which goes to manufacturers, 1t is
easy to see on that basis what the
share of the manufacturer would
be. But will discount that per cent. SO
as to more than cover all contingencies ana
all drawbacks, and say they only receive
under the tariff % per cent. on the sum to-
talOf manufactured articles consumed IN
the United States, and it amounts to the
enormous sum of Sl,250,OOO,OOO annually
And the amount increases each year with
the population and trade OF the country.
So, fol- the year 1881, the results oil tarll
taxation and the distribution of its pro-
cceds may be tabulated thus;
Revenue received by the govern .o- .-
ment m .......,....,..S 1898 O,S9' o.
Bounty received by manuiactur ~.
crs ...............,.,.. 20uU uVVV w
So that for every single dollar paid into
the national treasury under the existing
tariff six and half dollars, at the lowest
calculation, 20 into the pockets of the man
ulacturers If this vast sum of money was
collected annually from the pockets OF the
people directly, to be giv5n to the already
richest class of people in this country each
year, its monstrous iniquity would, OF
course, be SO apparent as to defeat it. But
it is collected indirectly, though as surely,
in an increased price of everything they
consume, in everything they eat, drink and
wear; in every tool and Implement they work
with in every article which enters into
the construction of the houses they live in,
whether used.ior strength, or utility, or
ornament; in every book or newspaper they
read. This tax is allpervading as the at
mosphere they breathe and. they have been
so accustomed to it that they neither feel
nor appreciate its enormity. There was
time when their fathers thought "our in
FAINT industries" needed protection, and
they have been born and reared under the
impulses of patriotism and in the broadest
reasons of national policy, The infant
has grown into stalwart and aggressive
is able not only to take
care of himself, but to make the
industries of other countries seek pro-
lection against him in their own home
markets. The reasons OF state policy have
with tue change, and what was
once a burden borne for the csuntry's sake
has become an annual tribute to class mo-
nopoly. The people are slowly awakening
to realization of the fact, and when they
think on it and thoroughly understand it,
will sweep such legislation from the statute
book.
There are" says Senator Coke, sin
round numbers, 1900 articles in the tariff
list upon which duties are charged, and
from this list he selects l07 articles on which
the duty is above 40 per cent, and as high
as DDS per cent, nearly every one
Of which is an article of neces-
sity. The speech is full of sound
doctrine, sustained by numer-
Gus citations, and full of statistics demon
strating the truth of the propositions stated
by the senator. and well calculated to con-
vince the most exacting that Senator Coke
is one of the truest as well as one of the
ablest of democratic statesmen. We regret
that our space forbids making more copious
extracts from the speech under review. 1t
ought to be read by the people everywhere,
and those who are opposed to tariff for
protection, to Il tariff in the interests of
and against the general welfare
Of the country, should see to it that the
gre at tariff speech of Senator Coke has the
wild est possible circulation.