The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-09-27

II will be seen, therefore, that the dis.
elimination is made against Norfolk on
cotton alone, but in favor Of the railroads
all along. The through, rates fixed by
the Commission are, we believe, the
highest that Anderson has ever paid
since the days of Mr.. McGra,h and the
South Carolina Railroad The work Of
the Commission is good cnougl for The
railroads, but il i- very bad for the pco.
pie.
Tic Mrs mil (1urirr -ay-: "A ru-
or-apparentIy well l,iounicd is anoat
that United States District Attorney
Samuel w. Melton has forwarded hi.
resignation to Washington Most Of
the Court officials are out of the city,
the District Attorney himself being "a.
Caesars Head, and we have not yet been
able to obtain official continuation Of
the report It is said that the motive for
this step on the part Of the District Al.
torncy is disinclinalion to prosecute
several of the United States Commission.
ers in the upper section Of the State"
The NrDni"ie nnA fDmH,7fiyn,/iI
some weeks ago stated tha, it. grocers'
bills did not show any reduction in the
price Of matches since the abolition Of
the Internal Rcvcnu. lax on them. It.,
however, seems 10 have reached the con.
cusion that the continuance Of the high
prices is due to tho groccrs Of Augusta,
| and not 10 the effect Of the abolition Of
the tax on the match trade, as il says:
| Our srOccrs arc requested To- listen to
| this statement Of Mr.. Swift "rhe match
which We used to sell ut S2.jU per gross
we now quote at - crntS. Tho tax was
| 81 10 That IS the cheapest rarlOr match
| The cheapest SulIhur match sells now al
~ cents per gross The foreign matches
| to which Mr.. swift refers arc sulphur
! matches and arc said To be free from oh.
tectionabia snoii. They nrc sold at ~ To
10 cents gross. Tho safety matches are
quoted Mt about the same price us The
domestic pnrlor match.
The -1uqustu Chronicle ani Cun,iifu-
Gomaiia says:
The Anderson INTEIIIGEHcER says il
| ~ not familiar with rico culture and tho
| influence OF protective duty. If pos.
sible, the esteemed editor should get a
copy Of tho Tariff Commission Report
| anu read there what tho rice planters
say. Evcn MIR Trenholm, an avowc,l
tree-trader, advised un increase or
maintenance Of the tax To save tho indus
try. The 1NTELLIGEHCER really imag
ines that removal Of the protective duty
on rice would chcarcn 1t. a removal OF
the duty would destroy tho home indus
try and increase the price to tho consun,-
or You got tho best quality for the least
money by American competition. For
further particulars consult some Of tho
low country folks.
! We would be perfectly willing to risk
the rise in price on rice incident to n
reduction or removal Of the protective
tariff. We have seen the Tariff Com.
missions report and read the views oil
Col. Trenholm upon the subject of rice
culture, and know that the rice planters
would fuvor the maintenance of the
duty. This, however, proves nothing
The iron men favor high duty on iron,
and represent that industry rs requiring
protection just rs strong ~ the rice meu
do on rice. The fact is that the interest
OF the people will he subscrv.d by re-
ducing NIL duties to u revenue basis
This will cheaper all imports and do
mestic manufactures and protected pro.
ducts to the masses who are consume.s ).