The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-05-31
TARIFF,

eigu goods, so to induce men to make them in
this country. The people in the United States want
certain kinds of goods. They must either buy them
abroad, make them at home; and il is an indnee
ment to make and sell them here. if the goods
brought from abroad taxed by duties, which is
added to the cost. while the goods made here are
not taxed. This is a simple statement Of what is
called the doctrine of protection Of home industry.
The tariff duties tend to keep out foreign goods and
allow our manufacturers sell their goods without
foreign competition, and at higher prices. Now.
the party that pays the duty is the consumer of
the article imported and the party that is benefited
is the home manufacturer of the class of goods
providing the cost Of labor Is equal Let give a
very simple example. A pocket-knfe could be
brought over from Sheffield, IN England, and sold
in st. Joseph, Mo- IL there tariff tax for say
forty cents but the importer finds that he must pay
a duty Of say fifteen cents; therefore, to make
profit the knife be sold for forty cents, plus
the fifteen cents duty. which would make the knife
cost the ifty-ive cents, instead of forty
cents, if there duty Now, the ADetican
manufacturer, seeing this, says, | can make the
kind of knife. and sell it ut fifty cents, and
will have no tax to pay. Now, If the labor OF the
two countries adjusted on the same scale, and
the rate Of interest investment was the same,
the American manufacturer would make ten cents
on each knife. while the importer would make
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