Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-07
Some Practical Suggestions.


TIE Tariff Commission, when it struck
New York the other day, must have opened
rs eyes iu amszemedt. Whether Il Quickly
thrust its fingers in its ears that It might
slul our UNIV leone truths we are not in
formed, but qui-e likely It felt like doing
so. Instead or the grateful prattle of repre-
seat4t.Yts Of highly protected interests,
VINO simply ask that a hundred per cent.
more might be added, it WAS confronted bv
acareiully diges.ed and classified scheme OF
l1fiL revision, whose author, Mr.. j. s.
Moore, is one of the most enlightened
thinkers on economic subjects that there IS
in the country. Of course ft was a very rude
lhuE 70 90 90 Obtrute lot OF hard figures
and tacts upon q Isrty OF gentlemen who
are said TO already have their report pre-
pared, and laid away, awaiting the proper
ume Tor presentation, and beautifully deco
ls-ed with red tape and green sealing wax,
SITTER the most approved official style. Mr..
Moore was evidently rusy in his
& quette. He forgot that these gen
uemen had reformed the service
eleusted 70 them, while true courtesy
le7er forgets. They are now travelling
.G pleasure ard are positively bored
y 2elng Obliged 70 lister. to lengthy paper
With which they have no sympathy Whist
ever But the public may desire to obtain
some idea OF the sugges ions that resulted
nom Mr. MOOre's Indifference to the feel
i1Es 90 The Tariff Commission. After
giving @ brief sketch OF the present protec
tive euOrmity from the time when It first
elfe5r.d iu IT'S Pennsylvania cradle, over
- yesrs sCo, 90 the present, he proceeded
suggest plan Tor revision But he
tle--ees This plsn SIS follows: "While de-
-t---lE s. reduction Of duties, the practical
ll.-- must admit that It were unSise 70
s.et 'lu one extreme to the other" He
-as -a5 ioue this when we consider his plan
s Whole. BE has rather aimed
q. SIN hcatiOn, which he considers far
Iolg important than larger o. smsller re-
--~.|ls, sud 20 this end protests against
US ention o. any compound duties. he
-F-4es the cutisble articles into nine
IS follows; Textiles, metals, sugar
ACi-ssesi spirits and wine, tobacco
cigars, glass and earther 'fsIe e.
-.ces' chemicals and dyestuffs ard sun
e.-1e- 4le revenue that these would pro
49, .ccoruing TO bis figures, uUou the
F-.5 et -Ae PAST years impOrtstiOns, would
~, ~ i1e l very respectable sum OF over s1S5-
-feo-r which with the encouragement TO
44J04erce ~ That would come with the more
5-eelal alo uniform system OF duties would
o-l-less expand TO even greater DrODOr-
@l-s -lal under the present system. The
10y c-ssses upon which he suggests an
..-ySleSse or duty are spirits and wine and
t0.atcc and cigSrs. In his free list he yVould
cc-SaSll the government nearly $4,000
~ or revenue. Steel rails he wouid
tts--ee from SIS per ton 10 SIS. Il must
-1se made the President OF the Tariff Com
lu-ss,on feel Ike shrieking right ont when
~ moore mentioned raw wool as one of
7s -Ts aftlcies TO admit free, but the latter ex-
P,alned this IS follows: "The tariff revision
lave the honor to lay before You simply
proves that tariff revision should be mOder-
e-e. 10 may, perhaps, be pointed out As in
Cs-els, ent with this that have recommend
a. "a" WOOL now paying some so DER cent
1utyl TO be put on the free list which
sSSsuiln gly, Is going from one extreme ~
.-e o-her. But 1 have been assrTaI
"a very good authority, Of which sncb .
practical man as the late E ishs Harris ,-ss
lle most eminent, that free raw wool ISo,,IS
Aot depreciate the price Of home rr-o----
WOOL, but on the contrary would he ant -
increase the demand. Besides. knovT 80
vel that such q step, namely. free ~, ~ -
tAe very keystone TO modification ~ ~
present monstrOus duty On mspufsctrraS
Woolen goods" We wish Mr. Moore,s 49, -
sss shorter, that we might Reproduce Il 'SI 81
taese columns, for the public would ann-al -
ciate It much better than the eommissior
did. --iss'Oh
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