The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-17

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~ ussoG nspsesests1lvss having
paassd ~ In provjdin0 1ses Tasi1|
CummimDoo aoA - Tie I'm. = alOos(
ldsatjeal VIII ~ GO poDed b. thu
oeoate Il = eestain tlse neasure will
seoa bseo0sa law. The passags u thia
I'LL entails all the svils a the pessea1
tariff system upon the country fbe yeag1
tooouDe. Under the provisions - The
bill the Pyssidsst has the, al sonDment
o. the Cospmissioness, ana u hs = In
hazmaoy With bis party In the protec'
tioo q the monopolies which have
thtsvsd and grown fat under the exist
ing tariff laws, 1t cannot I've expected be
will appoint commission whose report
will antagonist their interests, hence it
may b stated - . fact that no revision
Of the tariff will be recommended that
will be Impractical benefit to the peeple
ut large. They will have to wait until
. Democratic Congress backed by .
Democratic Administration will tighten
their present heavy tariff urdens. But
three years will soon pass away. In the
meantime the people must submit to the
exactions Of the large Eastern monopt'-
lies and pay their tribute In tho shape
q taxea upon nearly every article they
eat drink aud wear, and upon every
thing else which enter. into their do
nestle economy. Az ''6unset" Cox hu-
morously said in biz recent unanswer-
soie speech delivered In the House upon
the bill: The little girl cannot r lay with
her doll, nor the DO, with his top, Nor
the mother wash her Offspring with soap,
except 1t IN expense Of from one-third
to one half Of their cost for the domestic
privilege. II the mother gives her child
castor oil she pours down l48 per cent.
I'd valorem, and II the child does not en-
JOY the desc, there Is Is per cent. towl
~ the recipient Of the contents Of its ten
der stomach. And though she ''washed
it with inter and take to 1t much sop,
yet the iniquity Is marked before me,
saith tie Lord" for the soap is taxed 40
per centum. God help the child If she
wraps the little dear IL pain bleached
night shirt it has nightmare Of 81 cents
per square yard specific. When the
child awak. IN the morning fretful, sue
combs its little head ut Is cents ad W.
loren II she amuse it, she rolls it over
. Brussels carpet taxed at 80 cents per
square yard, or gives it confectionery
made Of. refined sugars at 4 cents u
pound tax and 25 PEI cent. nd valorem !;
II it tears its little panties, the gentle
man from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelley
sews them up with srool-thread taxed at
of its value. Why if she
used shinyle to bring the little tod
ding, wee thing" to its senses, the cost
would he EXCHANGED ut II per cent. tax
alton.
II the youngster has q patriotic incli-
nation ON our Fourth of July, his fire
are taxed as u patriotic luxury
ut 81 extra box, and the bnnting
which furnishes the flag, though but =
cents pound, costs III per cent. extra,
while the band .'lays on instruments
taxed ut ~ cents. She takes him to the
to study natural history.
There is the zebra, symbolic of mixed nd
va!orem and specific, and the stately 81
raffe, high protection, the royal tiger
md unicorn Of Holy Writ at ~
per cent. And the procession Of ele-
plants! Every one ~ per cent. Of
;,'urse, this enumeration includes but
small number of the articles which are
taxed and the value Of which we con-
slider insignificant, but ~ We 80 over
Ihe list, comprising scores of articles
used in every family, all taxed from 5
per cent. 10 3OO per cent, and in the ay-
,regate producing revenue Of s3jO, OOO,-
w to the Government 1t becomes peril
nrnt to ASK, why is this tariff system
and when will it lie re-
,ised::