The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-10-25


What is high tariff 1t is a high
tax What is low TARIFF 1t ID low
tax Which is the easiest paid high
tax, Or low tax? OF course, the low
tax is the easiest paid because it takes
the most dollars to pay the high tax
What is an export taridy II is tax
levied by the Government on goods or
other thing, taken out Of the country
by ourselves or others TO he sold and.
consumed abroad. What is IN iWport
tariff 1t is a tax levied by the Gov
eminent on all goods or other things
brought into our country by ourselves
or Others to be sold and consumed
here by our people, What is tariff
for protection? 1t is a taxtlid by the
Government to give bonus to the
man who makes and sells the goods
upon which the tariff or tax is put,
Thus, if the real value OF hat is one
dollar and the tariff on hats is 50 per
cent cd Ualorem, it enables the man
who has the hat for sale to compel
you to pay him one dollar and fifty
cents for the hat, or go bareheaded
Just as you please Why? Simply be-
cause the merchant who has the hat |
for sale is protected by the Govern
ment to the extent of so cents on a
one dollar hat, and he will not sell to
you or anybody else for less than $l.50. |
What is tariff for revenue "only?"
1t is tax laid so Us to collect just so
much revenue as may be needed to
carry on the Government and no
more. Thus, if the Government fairly
and honestly administered would need
two hundred millions of dollars a
year, then the tariff would be so adj
iusted as to collect $200,000,000 in a
year. Do you want to pay into the
treasury each year more money than
the Government needs? If not, stop
a moment and think twice before you
vote the men into Office who ask it.
What is tariff for revenue with
, F"incidental" protection? 1t is a tax
: levied on goods and other things com
: ing into our country so carefully and
fairly adjusted as to collect all the req
nae the Government needs, and at the
+ same time protect American manu-
e lacturors of every kind and character
@ against the cheap labor Of other coun-
S tries. This is the Democratic tariff.
o 1t is strictly honest and absolutely
G fair for every body. 1t collects all the
g revenue the Government needs, and
Q at the same time gives our own indus
tries all the protection they need OF
If ought to have to enable them to com
n pete successfully with all other coun-
,r tries.
u But there is one kind of politician
ID who says a high tariff makes low
,e goods, and so, Of course, all poor mer
" ought to favor II high tariff Let II:
&c see how that will work in practice. 1
Re looks very nice on paper, and the lonl
~ columns v. figures brought forward t
f. prove it reminds one Of the bright an(
mr. beautiful spots on the Serpent" as h
ID wickedly wriggled along through Edei
as showing Eve how she might becom
be as zone of the Gods" ii she woult
10 pluck and cat the forbidden fruit
10 You know the rest OF the sad stor
tx without repeating it, how the serpen
was accused of not telling the erat
co truth in that case, aud SO on. .
,r- Thus we explain; D and r erec
nd manufacturing establishments in th
on neighborhood. They both propose t
ge turn out first class goods, but D say
on low tariff mili be the best for a
INF classes, while r is in favor OF hig
ON tariff and says it will make chea
nd goods. They both get ready and G
nd to work turning out their manu{a
he tured goods. d lays his his tariff O
m his goods at twelve and one-half pC
cent. od yalOrem, while R puts his ia
Tvs if up to fifty per cent. ad valorem,
for as to cheaper his goods. They q.
an both engaged manufacturing the San
re- class OF goods-that is, they are ru
mr. ming mill machinery and manufactu
nd ing corn into corn meal, You we
always in favor of encouraging hon
md industry, and so take one hundr,
,on pounds of corn over to DIS mill
tb- him to manufacture it into me
nm goods. He does SO and collects /
tor low tariff of twelve and one-half p
md cent. and then gives you back eight
ove seven and one-half pounds of his ma
,o;r featured goods to take home with yC
ono But D is q Democrat, and you dol
like Democrats and don't care W
: knows it. So you take the next hu
bred pounds of corn to Rs mill, he
Republican, and you know him
be gentleman. He says high tai
riff makes low goods, and | am certa
ian will do better part by me than a
~ Democrat. Over you go to RS m
and he manufactures your HI
'i0A bred pounds of corn into M
Goods opd collnots the tariff inst oS