The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-12
TARIFF The issue.
Great Speech of Hon. iansha 4. Grow,
At tbs Ratification Meeting Of tho
Union League, Chester Cily,
Pa, GU Friday Evening,
July litl, 1851.
TariirLaws-The.r Influence In Develop
lng the Material iiesunrcts VI
The Country.

Ing the Material Resources Uf
The County.
During tho yeat ending June 50. 1855
two hundred and fourteen millions oil dol
lars we're collected By the United States In
duties on losa;gn impor.a. By whom was
this amount paid? Tho FREQ trader and
revenue reioFmef (as he 10 cAllsd) would
answer BY the coutune,s Of the articlet
upon which tho duties were imuoSed; for
by the LAYS OF trade. /! would DO impce
Bible Tor /. to have been paid-oy .aay- one
exc. That WoGll be The ifes trade legic o.
the question, bss'd Oh the assumption thai
all duties are psid By sn enhanced price OIL
the articles upon which tho 6nsy Is In
posed. Bot what are tho facts?
In 1870 duty Of one and onefourth
cents per pound, tquSl to SIS gross ton,
was imposed on Bfa,smer steel rAils. ~
tina. time tuch rEiB we're ceiling In cur
market lli SiCG 10 per lOn. Without any
change whatever in tbs dnIy, Bsasrmar
steel rails I'D in the galns market in 1851
for S:lj per ton. u TIM CGnsuuer OF threp
rails IL 1883 paid SlS-ihe Amount Of duiy
more than 10 would havs paid had there
been NO duty. then the l.bjr ard material
III q ton OF BHsainer .letl rails ut that time
cost only s. 90. Pix iron Tor DseUemcf
steel at that inns wIH e1'lioS in lle ssme
market for 81 10 SO per ion. The mere
statement Of IIeGu I'CiB Ia Conclusive that
the con0umer OF steel rdiY in 1883 did not
pay SIS per ton more tbEn ne would have
paid had there been no duty. Tiers 10 no
Find OF lCgicos metaphysics that call prove
that. Bot tho iIcH trader would eAy that In
such case no g:eel taiia could be.impor.eJ,
hence no duty wou|d bO rRiI, therefore
SIS per ton ought no. TO DO deducted from
the selling price in The market III order 10
ascertain the cost Without duly.
The Custom House reIurgs SHOW that Ii
1888 there were imported one hundred sid
ttiy.iouf million nine hundred and eighty.
two thousand three hundred and ihsee
pounds CT Steel raiIs, on which duty WAC
paid OF one million nine bunGTed aud
thirty.sev4n thousand Two huldred and
seventy Eight duilGa md seseuty.nire
cents. Now, II this amount oil duty, al.
meet two millions al dollars, w8H huRlly
paid By the ccpEumcls Of sleel railH, then
the labor and material for each ton Of rails
sold for SIS Gmouaied to only 81 IS before
stated.
In utter disregard Of these lncontrorerti.
bic fac:H ihoiree tTsdtr rrd revenue reior-
ner would still dscisre that by the lava oil
trade it would be impcs.sbu for any such
nNt In To aytet and thn.t r a.
chop their logic in legislative balls HAd In
the forum Of tho people bisgd on their own
imaginary facts.
The quantity Of steel rails manufactured
in this country in 1858 wRs ore mi!l:bu
two hundred and niueIy.lye thousand
seven hundred and IOity tors and the
quantity imported WAS little ltss Than
seventy thousand tonE; making In all Tor
consumption, In round 'bambcrs, one mil
lion three hundred and eeyenLy thousand
tone. The price 10 our market was from
s35 10 si5 per ter; call tie Bversge price
$40. Then tho consnmt1s OF this en:i;e
product paid iorit IN market price lily.
four millionB eight kprd,ed thousand dol.
lars, OF which amount the free trader would
insist, at the rate oil SIS per.on duty, that
thirty.eight millions three hundred and
sixty thousaud dollars we're paid by reason
Of the ter;ts. leaving only fifteen millions
four hundred and losty thousand collars
for the labor and material In the million
and three hundred thouFart tors Of rails;
which would be Ut tho iate OF Sil, 81 per
ton. Uul,rs such would be the result lie
argument Ct tho free trader IL ialIacy and
bis logic q fraud. Ye! 10 give e8f basis 10
hia Conclaaionf, notBitl s,rnding these
iscts, he would declare that the nanufac,
tufer Of steel rAilf had rctLed the consumer
OF this thifly.eight millions Of dells,s.
In The sjine way the frda trader can 70
through tho list o. dr:aSlo ar;iclea In
tariff law, aud multiply tia rate OF duty
specified in cEch schedule by the qusu.ily
Of the article Imported, and also the quan.
tisy manufactured or produced st home
and then call the Iuoddct Of such mlltjpli.
cation the grots sam which the consumer
pays for the EeneliI q The manufacturer.
II in thetariif ihora should Ic duly OF
six cents yAId IN RomB kind OF cloth,
which cloth could he purchased at apy
country storOior five cenis yard, be would
insist that the purchaser wsS robbed OF ak
cents on each yard by operation Of the
tuyliT. . ,15Es 4
In this way his fGurtu In most cisps
won1c MAKE lEDotihg MN pay annually i
moro IN the enhEHctd prGe of articles II
which he consumta Than hia entire wages
amount to- ,.l. 81 T'.r > -
The duties rsid on foreign iuports In
1883 were Two hIuditd md Eot7!sen mill.
ions EevtE hundred and Elk ,houyunb ionr
hundred GnIhtnelyHiS dOllas and njnetv.
eight centh. The pNru alton Of the country
by the caGstlB OF 1850 Saa Ia round nnn;.
beH fly million; call Il fltysix miIlinr,
In lSS3, and suppose that each perron rom.
s1mea cxscgy tl0 came amount IN yah,a
Of foreign tmpGrlt, and that;tle duty wap
added to thepr'ce, then C4un would INV in
enhancHd coat IS hid plnp5rtIon OF larai;on
in 1883 for the support Q thr Goyeramsht
OF ,he United STATIC. 81 So, and thIt il all
capita consumption c! tho foreign imports
for thss year even II tho dulles enhanced
the p.iceto the full amorn: paid.
A few yeals ago tho Law on newspaper
pos.age was changed, Tfq1lring tbe ipnb.
fisher 10 pay Il, inetsUl Of the Butscriber
Yet the price Of tho paper to tho aub.cri.
Der continued thtsrins. Ia Tho pssssge OF
the Inv, had The itco trader bsen consult.
ell as TO III tTtc', hs would have insisted
TINT Il the publisher paid tho pcslaro.
which bG!ora had been paid by theeubsCri'
her, then OF cnntse the Enbscsibrr wpnIu
have to pay Just that much mora iar hIe
paper. But tho practical bu,inurp rcsrlt
was, tina. tho Hubfrrihsr got his paper hat
that much les aud tLsp1tlhhsr io;. /, on. |;
oil his profit. .u.. ,,.=.;.s.- 1870 :
For y time There was specific tax oione
dollar per barrel on csuio petroleum,
When tina lax VISA repealed 1t did not ias .
know from personal GEprrlance) change {
the price oil plasleunlat The VOLS where 1t
was produced. BticEc tho repeal tho pro L
ducer Loaf the lag, aud ut:sI the repeal be I
saved jos. thu. much In tbs cost Of prc. Z
duesion; but did not reduce the selling 1
price. M :, Il 4 ia, 3,l5a',. .t3E,,'2I
Theeo Illustrations From rc.aal busluees
prove eonclusiv6ly that free trade loajc ia 4
not intailible in its cancellations based on !
the supposed taCs, Tint a duty or .tRx Of, /
business IN tic production pi artIcles ri d
commerce necessarily enhance tho ,price A
pt thcee articles 10 heeouguua,. b :.
Whether The corsumsr psya All a, /
any portion ci u duty or tax or .ipereagPi Il
burthon upon any buslnesg, depends upIeir d
upon the circumstance surrounding tbot
business, and Il q qoettioa Of iacE apd moi Ii,
Of logic, And The IIClllcr Of fact d.. hi
ponds wholly, upon tho supa)y and n
demand and The reladvo. cost ri p,odno. I,
ton al home and abroad, st the time ,hs Il
duty or TAX 10 Imposed: The theory OF free q
trade In discussing legislative measures Il. z