The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-02-13
~auINrNE JIM"
Another Plea for The People. a
Rich, Rare and Hacy Speech. &

lucky, delivered ono OF tho bcs,
speeches Of the Session in the House
last week, white the yeport nm the
tariff commission wac being discuss
ed. The following ishis speech:
I desire, Mr.. Chairman, TO give no.
tieo to ,he;compitlee tina, at the 1 re.
per time, II the amendment proposed
By the gentleman from Yirgiuis shall
paas, that | will move 20 inset on
the freo,list ,sflaInis and cinchppiais,
mlphato and salts OFF, so thai itInay
not come In under the unennmeratrd
clauses al an average rate OF duty OF
rs percent, ,ad. valorcm, but, shall be
sptirely upon the free list. J. .,..S,
I Mr. Chairman, In tho consideration
OF this question II seems, 70 me that
no arxument, whatever 10 necessar,
10 demonstrate the importance OF re.
tanning these articles upon tho tree
list. No bill was passed by the
Forty-sixth Congress. that mel with
.uch unanimous praise and com'nen
daiion on the part Of the grrs, body
Of the American people ~ the bill
putting tho sslis and sulphatrs OF
quinins and cinchonidia Oh the irec
Hat. ,9ty4s. .,if.i0a ,,ii La -...4l .,li
There are two question, that aug
goat themselves 10 ns In this connec-
ton Ono 10, has. the passage OF that
bill stopped or retarded In any man
ner the msnniscture Of these sslts in
this country; and the next IA, ha. the
passage Of tina; bill chespened these
salts ard sulphates TO the people Of
tina country, The answers 10 these
.qnestions arc very simple. 80 far
from rrtarding tho msnufaciure, j
have Ia my hand tables showing that
since tho passage Of that act on June
81, 1879, which was tho date OF the
passage OF the bill, up 10 Tho present
lime, there has been not only no do.
crease IN the manufscture but there
has been an increase, two establish.
niants having sprung Into existence
since that time, while. the prices have
steadily declined, With reference 10
the qnes,i ,n as to whether theae ar,
iicius have been cheapencd by the
passage of that bill, ! desire 10 call
the attention Of the committee to the
t.bls prepared by Mr.. J. s. Moore,
who probably has as much gonersl
information upon. the subject Of the
tariff as aay other cilizsn In this
country. the Chairman OF the Ways
and Means Committee always ex
c. pied. lLsughterl From January,
1879, 10 June 80. 1873, the price OF
taxed quinipe - shown by hose
tables wss $3 s. PER ounce. From
July l. 1879, to December 81, 1879,
alter the tree quinine bill had gone
into operation, tho price was ss y
por ounce, making saving to the
people of 81 cents PEI ounce. la
1871 taxed quinine sold at 50 76 per
ounce, and ia tbs year 1880 tree
quinine sold at 1908 per ounce, q
saving OF 10 cents, an IL.
In the year 1878 taxed quinine sold
for $3.52 an ounce, and IN 1881 free
quipine sold for - AK per ounce
showing the immense saving O.
81 0Sh per ounce under the opert
iioRs Of thu tree qlinins bill. o.
take II In this way;, the averags
price Of quinine from Jsprsry l
1871, 10 July, 1879, was So G4E pei
ounce, and during the Two aud y hal
years from July, 1879. to December
1881, the average price OF free qnin
Inc was 81 sc psr, ounce, or reJuc
tim OF 78JS cents per ounce.
Now, 1 have, tried every imsgina
bio way IN find out exactly wha
amount OF quinine was consumed Il
The United States, and the very bes
approximate estimstc that | hav,
been able to reach 10 that II amount
to some 100000 of ounces per an
mum. The saving, therefore, whicl
resulted from the passage Of this FIRE,
quiniue bill IL over 81 100000 q yea
TO the people Of this country; ans
taking Il for the three years since th'
passage Of this, bin. the saving TO tn
American people has been oyer ",
500.000. 81,
/ AK tho honorable Chairman o
the Committee on Waye and Mean
lif, In the literature OF petitions tina
have drowned HE coinmitlee-roofn--
that audience chamber Of protection
"A single, solitary consumer OF qui
nine, white or black, male or female
4 including lndisns not taxed laugh
teri, has eyer asked that august bod.
Ito restore one cent Of the duty O
that drug? I guarantee there IL no
one, and defy the gentleman frou
| Pennsylvania to exhibit a single In
stance where any cry has ever com
up for the ieimposing Of the tax o.
quinine unloss II came from III
jobber, manufacturer, or dealer !
some form, who Is interested I
keeping this tax on the people. F"
In all this bad bill OF one hundre'
and forty pages, which 10 cumulative
Ia its wickodncss and progressive Il
its devil.nent, the proposition TO re
store the duty on quinine 10 cliinac
teric, aud the uitimd- thule Of II
meanness. daughter. No bill ha
ever emanated from the Commute
on Ways and Means, q committe
whose name should DO changed b
resolution Of tho House ~ that {
Friends OF the Poor (iaughtcr]-
no proposition has ever emanate
from that committee which compare
with this either IN its aggregated q
segregated iniquity. Laughter an
applause The ague stricken Poop
OF this country viii call this countr
accursod II the tax on thiSTfug
restored. They pronounced yor
party unworthy OF confidence la
November. They demanded reiorl
In oar. tariff system, and II com'
:. with III grace tyom you, after havin
been repudiated at tho polls, to rei'
state a tax for which no. ono sing
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