Daily Republican., 1883-12-10
" hat 10 . TortH?

a. DA IL DEN 1VS 1880
what 10 . Tari4?
We thought We knew what tariff
was and attempted to tell what it was a
few days ago, but our New Castle con
temporary the "Star," in An attempt to
improve upon our definition, says:
"a tariff Is tax. A tax is burden
and takes . portion OF every ones
earnings. Therefore tariff is injun-
GUS to the laboring man because it
stints bis earnings. A protective tariff
takes from him money that IL not
Aessiod ts support the government and
gives bis pittance TO manufacturers.
Therefore protective tariff IL wrong,
and revenue tariff only far when its
burdens are rightly adjusted and light.
Will the Wilmington REPUBLICAN
put this in Its pipe and smoke it,"
Friend White, W. don't smoke and
don't nsed pipe never had q pipe in
eur mouth except when we we're boy.
10 blow soap bubbles. Indeed We can
see but little use for apipe anyhow,
but If pipe has any influence In max
ing free trader of US, then We will not
take any pipe. But to the real ones.
sion. A tariff 70 . tax" Why, of
sourss 1t is, there is no dispute about
that, but is a tax wrong? But further,
"a tax is burthen aud takes portion
of every ones esrnings" We have no
dispute about that. or course it takes
money to pay taxes. Who ever hear'i
Ct taxes being pail without money or
its equivalsnt But further: "There-
fore tariff Tor tax is injurious to the
laboring man because 1t stints his
earnings." All, now we are getting
down into the meat Of the egg. A
laboring man shouldn't pay any tariff,
or tax, because he can't spare the
money, is really injurious to him to
pay 1t because he needs it for something
else. We do not agree with our con.
temporary on this point fully. We do
not believe that tax is injurious TO a
laboring man though it does apparently
stint "his earnings." Every body
should pay some tax. 1t is worth
stinting earnings q little for the privi
lege of a man to know that he contrib
utes something to make this country
great and glorious-to support it, in
short to pay something for the pr vilege
of being citizen of 1t. The man who
~ 20 uhnn1l DO ,ho
lift up his head and claim protection as
An American citizen. The man who
pays his taxes can lift up his head
proudly and claim An undisputed right
3 be protected.
But, u protective tariff takes from him
money that Is not needed TO support the
government and gives his pittanoe to
manufacturers Now we begin t. see
something. Oh, these terrible manu-.
facturers, what curse they are to the
country. New Castle has been blighted
and blasted by the 1asker iron works,
Shaw's and the Triton cotton works and
other industries that give employ Inent
to a majority Of the people of New Cas-
tie County. Yes,indeed, down with the
manufacturers and let the laboring
men have release. They are slaves,
and by purchasing articles upon which
there is tax they are giving pi lance
- the manufacturers. What a pity,
Brother White, that the Taskers re.
moved their great iron works to New
Castle to Cypress the laboring men of
that city. Can't you induce them to
take their great enterprise back 10 Phila.
delphi? But further, it is argued
" Therefore a protective tariff is wrong,
and revenue tariff only fair when its
buid ms are rightly adj Just. d and light, >
Or, now we understand better. Then
the :" tar is not for free trade after all.
Il isa revenue former. Itwould have
such tax on foreign manufac-
tured articles, but just a itte-enough
merely to supply revenue necessary to
pay the salaries Of Government officers
and such things as are really necessary
to keep the wheels Of the governmen
In motion. That is quite enough. This
thing Of exacting such nigh rate Of
duty on importeh manufactured articles
should cease. We see now. In order
thet manufacturers should not be bene-
fitted by the "pittance" a iaboring man
pays for the privilege Of using Ameri |
can manufactured goods, which inures |
TO the benefit of the manufacturer, our
contemporary would annul this duty
and admit foreign manufactured goods
into the country at lower prices than are
pld for home manufactured goods. |
That is instead Of using the tubes and
pipes manufactured by American labor
At New Castle, bring these tubes and
pipes from England where they are
manufactured by English labor at star
walton wages They are much cheaper
than if manufactured here, and with the
duty removed whenever man wants a
tube or pipe, (even a smoke pipe) he
can get it much cheaper. And further,
whenever any OF the good people of
New Castle want muslins and domestic
fabrics they can get them much cheaper
If they are imported free Of duty from
England.
1t is true such system would smash
the bloated manufacturers of this
country. The iron works and cotton
D,ills Of New Castle would have 10 shut
down, or if they kept going they would
have TO come 10 the starvation wages Of
England. But then that would make
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