The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-12-25
TARIFF ON RAW MATERIAL.

TARIFF ON RAW MATERIAL.
An Eastern manufactures Of hardware
said at o meeting In New York City last
week that with the duty removed from
the materials no used no could compete
Will foreign manufacturers In all the
best markets of the world. This gentle.
man employs some 5000 hands and
makes goods which are highly protect
ed" and all no asks In for the removal OF
the tax on raw materials IN order that
he may seek foreign markets,
The tariff on sugar proposed TO be
substantially repealed by the reciprocity
treaties the Government has lately ne
gOtiated, would take, IN round numbers,
CSC, 900 600 from the annual revenue,
aud that Ia M much AZ Congress will
consent to remove for some time, II IL
argued that 10000, 600 judiciOualy up
piled 10 the removal OF taxes on raw
materials would 90 n great way toward
enabling our manufacturers to obtain
foreign markets, The New York Times,
discussing this point In ita relation TO
iron, steel and wool, presents these ar
guments:
Iron and steel and their manufacture 4
taken toge her paid ~ 1883 lessa than
$l7 ,000, 600 OF duty, and Of this amount
only q portion was levied on stictly raw
material. But according TO the census
OF 1880, and total production OF iron and
steel In the United States was some stv
en- millions OF tons, OF which about one
half was pig Iron, The tax on pig Iron
IL now three tenths OF a cent a pound. or
80 ~ u ton. Az present lhs production
OF pig Iron In very much checked, aud
ths duty on foreign Iron hhs yely little
effect; but when The demand II strong
the duty Ia added TO tue cost OF manu-
factUre, and, not only this, but
q percentage OF the coat thus In
creased Ia add d AZ every stage OF
the development OF the product, Thus,
when the iron business was AZ
vigorous AZ In 1880 we should have the
tax added TO the price OF the home pro.
duct-whlch Of itself would be a burden
on the vast industries into which pig
iron enters az an element-Of 10000 700
annually, And this burden would To
laid NJ the very start. ItW0uld b. more
than doubled before We had exhausted
even the c0arser industries employing
iron. Here In "A single trade, therefore,
we should DO compelled 10 struggle with
a burden equal TO the entire duty on
sugar which the treaties would remove.
Aud yet the total revenue from pig iron
for 1853 was less than 80 $1,000; aud AZ
the outside one tfnih the amount Of
revenue lost by free sugar, II applied TO
the repeal Of tina duty Oh y K lrou, would
produce n benefit 10 the rOuu ry fully ~
great "a could Oe got from the Iemia-
sion OF the sugar duties.
Another anu allll more striking In
stauce n the duty on woods, Take u
single Kind Of wool not prUdured m tins
country. The duty on carpet wO0ls ~
2l9 10 3 cents per pound. According 10
Tie Gauaus OF 1850 there waa used IN the
making Of carpets In thls c unity Qf for
elgn wool "in condition" some 80 600
900 pounds. aud Of u c0afsef or les, hign'
ly prepared wool nearly the same
amount, On this wool the direct duties
were about ~, 600, 600, and ihls must
have been added II the cost OF The car
pets under all circumstances, by the
time the carpets reached thu retail buyer
this tux was more than doubled, There
fore, were WI 10 abandon the TAX on su'
gar W. should DO compelled TO continue
this peculiarly ohjrr iourble aud un'
profitable Tux OF S6,000,000 u year on u
singlv branch OF the wooden Industries
OF thu country without any C0u II nsat'
lug advantage to any other industry
whatever.
Tho lines say that like calculations
az TO the burden imposed by the tariff
tax on copper aud iron ore, on wool, on
cotton thread, on tin plates, aud other
raw materials would show that there are
many ways In which we can remit taxes
to far greater advantage than by taking
them from sugar,
This IL the line Of argument adopted
by President Arthur aud Secretary Nc.
Cullocb, who favor putting The most OF
raw material on the free Hat, We're this
done VIZ doubt not II would benefit our
manufacturing Interests, aud enbb .
them, ~ u rule, TO compete with the
world, The producers Of raw material
In this country would object, IN do the
sugar planters now, 10 the Spanish
treaty, This only shows tho complica.
tlous that inevitably rise, when differ.
ent intereets seek 10 use the < lvrtn.
ment for their own selGph benefit, Even
protectioOi'lS are not agreed among
themselves, Under the Cleveland nd.
init istration all that may be done will
DO to relieve The OusinNs Interests. The
object will be TO extend, not 10 con