The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-02-04

Une O1IICe 10 WHICH tHc pcopic now $780,
ed him, must remain forever matter OF
conjecture.
These are some of the reasons why
we have usually given our aid 70 the
Democratic side since the development
of Grantism. But if we thought there
was no difference of principle between
the two parties we should not concern
ourselves with the success or failure OF
either.-N. Y. San. \ ~ 4- -
What 4 Tariff for Protection Signifies.
A tariff framed in the interest of mo-
nopolies. is i'm. direct conflict with the
welfare of the people. When law Is
SO framed as to increase the cost OF lv-
ing by unnecessarily taxing the con-
sumner for the purpose of increasing the
gains of the producer, it becomes ia
grant wrong which the people will not
fail to condemn. 1t must be borne In
mind that tariff means tax; that just In
proportion as duties are imposed the
cost of the article is increased, and that
the consumer as certainly pays the tar
if tax as that he pays any other tax
levied by the authorities. 1t is this fact
that protectionists seek by every spe-
cies of false reasoning and false state
str;v;nr 70 male Il annear that the tariff
ta~ ur7;to oil Cher taxation Is a GREAT
Nat;onai h,ass;nn orJ that the neople
hy a nov;na r 20 M ~ Fl 20 for nm article
~ r;y,,a naooss;tT orc better off than il
thav na;d a. for e. and this GREAT
hlsss;n~ Of ;ncraasad cost of living.
thev contend Is Of snec;al advantage to
&c lohor;nr neonle Tho nurnose of
bav;nr Tar;f tswa IL 70 Obtain revenue
LII. 1sh;sh ~ to''dafrsv tbe 'ernenses- Of
lL.cr,,a,.n,, : r. ra,v,,lot = The tariff
Cor thst s,,ac;sI ,,rrnosa "a the demand.
| There i 10 d;scpss;pn in regard to the
nacass;tv f,r srch a tariff II secures
roxen,s eo,,,nat;t;or in trade and af-
fords ;nc; SantaI ,,,s,t ec,t;or1 Ant, tariff
frar,ad AZ for nrofdct;nr ceytain dcscr;p-
ton" " - ;na,p.st $500 se.,res little or M
,ovonua dives ow.v cornet;t;on adj
.voneas Tho cost.of the article and taxes
kfha Scc,srr, A. far The hapef;t ~ the IA
y ,,r monmfacturer who under fhe
onerat;or Of b;oh nrotect;ve duties. Sc
c,,res ! mononciv IF the hus;ness The
Ant, 81, 1900 Co. axornla IL eou;v-
aiavt to on o,n,;sl tox On III neonte Of
Tnd;ano in amount ~ not less than
ego 0oo p,,rs,,;rr tho sana line of
srr,,,nont wa nronosa 70 show that the
rao,,Ia - InS;drns 10 roo,,;rod 70 nav
p pup1. h;rh nr;ces for other art;-
cias that must s ha Mad n every fam
;lv in The St.te The tariff dytv on
cytierv e 6fty nor cont and st;i, in
tho .ri;cIe Of t.bIa cutlery fnljv four-
Stths - tba saias ara - An,ar;can
n,an,,foot,ro A. -as,,,t - tha onera-
t;~r, 90 tha t.r;@ aroTv CO.. 81 kp;ves
anJ forts n,,rchssod iv Tho noonla ~
InJ;.na costs thor, fn,,y 6fty rar cont
more than would he the case n the On.
to-; ,o, ,vsra ,er,"vad th.t = 20 COW act
- ta;,,as Cd fo,I-s .,t,;cb nv, COST
a so could ;fre,;ovad "f tho tariff tsx
"a n,,rch assa fo, 81 II ;sf.;r ~ aas,,,,,e nm,
hat The SS5 Go, f.r,;,;es 10 Indians
aaoh ,,,,roh - 80 % ,.,or.h - .ahro o,,tiarv
amnua Ill o s,,, ~ .o.oi - es5o 900 r.,
this amonnt at Least sal nor cent re.
snlts from the ;mnos;t;on Of tariff tax nm
table cntlerv and since fullv fonr-6fths
Of this cutlery ia Of Anar;can mann.
factnra tho conc,ns;on IL that tho emf
1ar,, f.ntor;.s 90 A,,a,.;o. -. ah,a -
stand alone and NO Ionmer med ,S mrota -
ton hy which aro,,, ishor;,,,, r,a, :,
fnd;.ns T. raa,,;,ef 80 nov fso,n a. - =,
q so for sdt 20 49, ay I'd fo,ls -
when Int for tho tariff thev would MOI moi
he rao,,;re d. To nav more thar s seventh y.
Eve cants or one dollar the demand
Is not tn abolish the tariff on
t.,,a o,,t,a,.,, h,+ 20 rnod;fr = =
and the people. AS the case now
stands the tariff on. cutlery amounts al
most to prohibition. The .importations
of the FOREIGN article for the wear 1880
amounted 70 only 81. l2s. 529. andethe
reren,,e derived was 1861 764s edlial.to
one Ialf Of thevsiue Of the I'D borts tions.
What is true of table cutlery Is eoually
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