The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-03

complete. We trust then that the efforts
of The more conservative of both wings for
reconciliation will be redoubled.
TO PROJECT THE FARMER AND The
LABORER.
We publish elsewhere communication
signed A. B. in reply to our editorial of Sum
day on the tariff question, and this is
our replication. 1t is fundamental law of
all true republican governments that tax
alton shall be equal and uniform, and that
no one class or section Of the country shall
be taxed for the benefit of another. If
ever there was an infringement of this rule
and violation of this sacred principle, it is
found in the high-tarif system now pre-
vailing in this country. But its upholders
are equal to the occasion in the matter of
ingenious defences and pulling OF the wool
over the eyes of the poor lambs they are
fleeing. Yea, they even find sup
porters among the outraged flock. They
tell US that by protecting American
manufactures, they are obtaining work for
the laboring masses, that by such protcc-
ton the country is enabled to keep up the
prices for labor. And they make the III
genious appeal to certain agricultural
classes, the sheep-raisers, for instance, that
these latter can thus find better market for
their wool, etc. Let us look at some facts
that are shown by the last census returns,
of which are coming to hand in advance
cl, No ind hot (, te
of the United States, which gis,, us the bal
ance Of trade, S24 per cent. come from the
agricultural interests, and less than ] of l
per cent. come.from manufactured products!
What is the meaning of this fact !?
1t means that the farmers and
the laboring men and women Of the United
States are paying the enormous taxation of
the country in just that proportion. 1t
means that the 5000 900 magnificent resi-
dence and the $i0,C00,C y colossal manufac-
tory of the monopolist are paid for by the
toiler in the fields who has to rest content
with his humble roof and ordinory domes-
tic comforts. 1t means that he has to be
relegated to homespun and calico goods
only for his family, while the tribute-coy-
ing nabob dons his or her silken and satin
habliments, and drives their splendid span
in right royal style, with footman
to outstrip in gorgeousness Of at
tire the stripped rural denizen.
How does this follow? The figures
mean that the farmer who furnish that
large percentage of S2t of those entire
| ,. loI 20 80,
ton with the ill-fed, ill-clothed, pauper
labor of Europe, with the wretched classes
of Russia and India and elsewhere, paying
from 200 to 800 to $50 per cent. ad valorem
tariff, as we showed in our article yester-
day, in order to protect the favored in
dustries of the parties owning those splen-
did establishments just alluded to. Where
else do all these fortunes come from If not
from the soil brought forth by the hand of
the laboring man? We instanced yester-
day the case of q piece of wooden
goods to show the cost which protection"
forces the poor man to pay here.
Let us examine now one or two more
illustrative tests. A piece of cassimeres
made by, say an Iowa factory, from Mis-
souri, wools would cost the manufacturer
Just ol1 cents a yard, material, labor and
all. Now, what is the price charged for it ?
Just 81 yard to the consumer; nearly 800
per cent. profit Take the case Of hosiery.
Hose made from southern wool costs the
New England manufacturer some IL cents
per pair. That quality is sold TO us in
Texas at 90 cents per pair, or 200 per cent.
profit On dress goods we find a
duty of some 20 per cent; on blankets
and nannels we find the duty ranging from
20 TO 95 per cent. And the worst feature Of
this is that the less in price the blanket or
flannel is, the less is the rated duty, thus
forcing the poor man to pay more than his
richer neighbor. Again, the total amount
of the taxes per capita in the United States
is nearly 81 per head. Now, assuming that
there is one tax-paying person to every five
Of the whole population, and that one-ffth
only OF the articles consumed in the ooun-
try come from, or are such as come from
abroad, and hence are subject TO the tax.
we have the showing Of the sum Of 500
per year per capita paid into the treasury
Of the United States for protection. and Of
this the government gets $50 and the man
ufacturer pockets $50. Pursuing the in
vestigation further. we viii discover that the
proportion OF the agricultural population
% the manufacturing is as 3 TO 1, 50
that the farming industry really pays 500
Der capita, Of which so goes to the gov
eminent and $40 into the aforesaid pock-
cts. Ifever there was fraudulent device
Cor wringing money out OF the Golfers Of the
many for the benefit Of the few, this high
tariff business is the one, and one which
1utrageously violates every principle Of
Justice and constitutional guarantee.
3ut again, we are told that the wool-grover
: advantaged. How stands this assertion
tov after the facts we have Just set out &c 10
he prices be has 10 pay for his wooden goods.
lis cassimeres, his blankets, his socks, etc,
&c. Having reared, bred. nourished,
beared the sheep. marketed the wool, etc,
70 ssIlsH for IS 10 80 cents per pound, q
comparatively small yield for all his labor.
are. etc. has it manufactured into these
rticles and pays the nsuufsctursr for
nern the ENORMOUS oounties re have iusi
AIMED. A. some one has said. 'fbe result i
lrst ike one Of tbsse patent vel bucksts
nat comes I'D full ana goes down empty.
I'd rspssfs this prooss the year round.
&c fnrmer thinks be l. protected IN his
sooi, When be Il paying 20 The rnsDuisci-
urs- Do pr cent Psoft and n0t only