The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-01-14
BLOOD TAX ON MEDICINES.
An Expert shows the Hardship it Works
Upon tho Poor Sick,

Upon the Poor Sick.
| notice letter addressed to you and
published in to-day's issue headed:
Queries for the Chemical Manufacturers.
signed by Henry Bowen, Secretary of the
Manufacturing Chemists Association oft
United States. Mr.. Bowen asks ten oues.
tons regarding the protection on medicines
and chemicals which shall take the liberty
to answer.
First" What is manufacture of chem
ical preparations
Answcr-Nlr. Bowen, berg the Secretary
otthe Manufacturing Chemists Association
could answer the question much better than
anybody else. But should say he is 4
man engaged in an honorable, useful pu.
SUIT, which has always been and ALWAYS
VIII be Il most useful and indispensable in.
dustry. '''''''> -
Second Is he entitled to the average Of
- per cent. duty, under the cxistinp
schedule of the tariff"
Answer-As long as he has to pay q
duty on any raw material he uses, or "A lax
on alcohol, he is entitled under the existing
schedules to an average duty of % per ceut
liut he is not entitled to the following ont
rlgeOus duties cXaCted in lSSO, which can
he found in the official returns of that wear
namely llS per cent. on CastOr-Oil, 1856 per
cent. ON croton-Oll, 40 per cent. on refined
codliver-oil, l06 per cent on fannie acid G1
per cent. on tartaric acid, "A per cent ON
burned alum. 63, per cent on analine DIVES
20 per cent. on refined borax, 10 per cent
on chlorotorm, 81 per cent on coppcras nj
per cent. ON licorlcc paste, IS per cent ON
Epson salts DID per cent. on acetate OF
soda, 80 per cent on stryChnia ~ per cent.
on caustlc, % per cent, ON flowers of sui
phur, - per cent. on cream of tartar (which
IS bread taxi and similar Outrageous ,lu
ties ON articles IN drugs and chemicals In,
numerous to mention
Third-"What is to become Of SSjODO Oo,
ol invested capital in chemical manuljln
lures When these goods are made free q
duty, as Mr. Moore now threatens to max,
thcm?'
Answcr-lr the raw material is free O
duty and the alcohol used is free of fax
thcre Is no rcl,on whatsoever that thrr,
should he any duty on drugs and chemicals
me HN3ouo,VOp invested in this trade woul,
DE on the most solid footing for all time I,
come. Had the invested capilgl If # tbi
industry been five or ten million dollar
1t might have pleaded the infant act for nrn
lection, but being, us Mr. Bowen states
NNI,Ouu,OUO, 1t resembles giant, and nr,d,
no protection As well might "a succcssrl
pr1e-lighlcr ASK to be protected from ,h,
cuilS ot average men as an industry with m
| invested capital of $4,000 geo with raw mn
terlal Tree and no tax ON alcohon ask ia II,
protected in their manufactures of goods
Fourth,-"Whcrc will 30. OOOworking nno
pie now employed at this industry. and No.
cciying annually Sl2,OOo,0nU obtain wor,
aud wages 90
Answcr-As the chemical and drug IN
dustry will not only be not DESTROYED. Lnl
strengthened by Tree material and fire.,
trade, there viii he rs much of a dcmunr
Tor the 5OVUO working men as there is now
ana we may even reasonably expect NOR,
50 than now, because this market
is the natural mart for Mexico South Am.r
lea and the West indies for ali Kinds n
drugs pcrtumcry ana chemicals, and moth,
ing but the insane tariff system kecps i
away The great dealers in drugs ana
chemicals know 1t well enough. By th,
way, il we divide Sl2OO,OOO wages anon,
5000 working people, the average is moi
quite 81 n week wages.
Finh-"What other branch of industry
will consume the 500 600 tons of coal mina1
and yearly sold to the owners of chemica
works 2'
Answer-There will be no suspension nj
manufacturing drugs and chemicals, and nc
tear need he entertained of less consunn
ton of coal. Contrary, the consumptinr
will increase. Just try IT,
SiNth-"llow much does an annual pro.
ducuon OF Sllo,VoWV worth of chemical
manufactures add To the wealth of the ma.
ton, taking into view the ConSumption Inv
chemists OF food, coal clothing, iron. con,
per, lead, lumber, salt etc. ?"
AnSwcr-Thcre is something nerfcc,l,,
ludicrouS in the continued assertion of mo.
| nopoliSts that they add To the wealth of IN.
| nation. There is not human being who
does some kind OF labor, who may not claim
the same thing with equal Justice, of course
| IN proportion To his labor The farmer
surely has infinitely more claim to such nm
assertion than the drug and chemical man.
utacturcr. Why, in heaven shame, shoull
the farmer of Iowa pay tax of
1876 per cent, on croton.oil,
or Is per cent. on EPSON salts. to the
chemical and drug manufacturer OF Penn.
sylvania l.haye already shown in my lct.
ter TO the Times, tina, Pennsylvania is per.
lcCtly independent in raising farm PRODUCE
Besides, il the drug aud chemical mann.
hcturcr buys wheat from the Iowa farmer
the price he pays him Is made In London
and is the lowest that Fccn competition Mil
allow. but ifthc Iowa farmer wants 10 buy
Epson salts from Pennsylvania drur
manufactures, he has TO pay the enhanced
price that protection will give, and whether
the Pcnnsy lvania man take the full pound
| of the flesh or only hslfa pound, the policy
and principal Il equally pprchcnsible,
Tenth-"Can manufacturing chemist !
| exist without duty when all other manu-
mcturcrcs are protected ~
Answer-With free raw material aud free
spirits see no reason why they should
not. AT present protection only strives fo,
Guiteau's. motto, You tickle me, tickl,
YOU. ], 5, MooRR.
NV lonK, Friday. December 10. ISL
II Torres ondcncc New York Times.