The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-12

would pay two and one,hKlf centH per tot
less ,ban they paid when haltthe quanti,,
was imported. While the CONSUMER pay
Less the producer receiver the game prot
on his general business, and the lsbo
surrounding him laI the benea. OF pro
ducIng e0O, 900 tons a year instead oil 100,
900, aud the community the advantages re
cutting from enlarged buaineta. Thus b,
SECURING the home market for home pro
luction, additional employment Ia lur
nisacd Tor home lsbor, end the produce
Is euabled 10 sell cheaper by reason oil,
larger amount Of hif annual production.
Imposing duty on an article which
} CouieAediy, csn 10 produced cheape
abroad Than at home, doea not necetssfil
enhance the price TO The consumer. Tha
depends in part and perhaps v holly o.
how much cheaper It can be produced.
enough, 80 The foreign producer can dc
duct ,ha duty from his pre- Il! and still leav
him margin he might prefer to loss III
duty rather than restrict bis msrket. ia
the greater quantity produced from III
sans plant, cos,inR relatively lees It Nigh
be better for him to reduce his profits tina
to reduce the amount Of his annual pre-
ductlon.
persnne engaged In business In wh!c
there is sharp competition and new .ey
pence in tax or other burden is imposed,
the tai or burden Ia not too large, the
might prefer to seIrce their prohls TO
very small margin. or In iGct 10 uons Il, oil
(tor ;iIne) in preference to iacreasing thu
marke. price OF the products Of their bust
ness, whereby the gross amount Of sale
would be lrs-rpet.
The manufacturers Of leather arc 3 noot
illuatration Of th!a proposition. Some Tim,
they continue Tor years, barely making ex
penses. waiting for what they call q 600,
yess. In some Gases, It is true, before tina
year comes. they have exhausted all tn
protts Ct previous yeus7ttc;r reserve,
Gspits!-aud when that IA The ctsc the,
iall or 70 Gu. Of business Nearly al Sind
oil busInsEa OF any magnitude are prose
Cute1 moro or ieRa In this wSy. There ar
I times chen those engaged In It might PIE
fer 10 lese any smsll sum oil extra ex
penss, or II 1t should be large, par. Of |
in preference TO increasing the msrke
rriCa Of theif praduc,s. That you'd dc
pend upon tho supply and demand m,
the compttision In tho trade at the time.
The came reasoning FL to taxation vii
not apply alike to the collection OF du,is,
and direct ta1ee. II direct tax Of on,
dollar Is levied upon q person, Just tbs
amount must be paid to the collector o
ta1fs BIT II one dollar in duty at III,
Custom iiop.e Is Affected on the cloth o
which that peison's coat Is made, 1t Is no
certain that be pays tia. dollar in the prjc,
Of his coat. In many casep, and perhaps
most, he would rot pay all Of II, and III,
courae 0! trade might be euch tha! b,
would not pay any Of i, eUs
While tho internal revenue Law tsxir,
certain Instruments Of writing wss iu force
tho Erantor Of lands did not, rs 4 ru!e
make the price Of Lis farm or house ty,
dollars more by reason OF the five dolla
stamp he YES required 10 put upon hi.
deed ot conveyance. Tho sane thing i
true Of almos. any business existing at iii,
'lmu q .ax o. burthen Is impnsed, Th,
purchaser as a rule gets the article he buyl
Inst ss cheap as he would Il Tho tax O.
eurtheu bad not beea imposed, unless tn,
burthtn is 30 large as to- absorb all III,
| Pituks VI tlio UublutEG. ~ ~. VI. .
There ls no logic as to tbs ccr.ainties O
trade, which aan mske an article cost The
consumer any more than It celia for II
open market; and what tina. NAV be /,
solely a question Of fact determined b,
TIC price current and not by logic. :
The first and all-impo,tant inuuIry 10,
the law maker in the enactment Of q isriil
is, the amount Of duty 10 be imposed on
each specific article, 90 as 10 raise on thf
aggregate Of impor;atious the necessary
revenue Tor the support Of the government,
and ut the came time guard the labor o!
the country sgairst Iuinous ctnretitiou
With the cheaplypaid labor ci the World,
10 accomplish this result would rC01jre
pnGh j duty az would make the article cost
The importer IN cur market not lcea than i,
costa 10 produce 1t In this country, with.
out reducing the price Of tha labor en-.
nloyed in Its production. A law thus ed.
l1sted Is called a protectivc tariff. To do
u wisely requires thorough KNOWLEDGE OF
inc relative price Of labor aud cost Of pro.
ductlon III the different countries where
the imported article is Produced,
While in mes! cases 1t is somewhat diDi.
cult 10 determine exactly what tho du,y
should be, tho Republican and Democratic
parties differ widely as to the IDEA and
purpose which ought to govern in attempt,
ing 10 n-certsin 1t. r.
Tho prevailing acntiment In tho Dsmo.
cratic party is TINT duties on fo,sjvn i'm.
ports should b. merely 10 raise revenue,
Ulter that idea the larger The imnor,a.
lions the larger would DO tho revenue. a,d
Il the rate o! duty was low, tEon the amount
81 impoftn'io'is must be very large in OF.
der to raise the neceeeary reyt nus' So
Tns prevailing sentiment In tho Repnh.
lean party IL, that while imroaing dt,iies
10y necessary revenue thOy should bs 30
TO cYsry article, il possible. Az IN
enable the labor o! this couut,y to u1o Ines
mes', Il not SIT OF them. and il Il cns,a
More 10 p'nduce u specific article in this |
country, by. reason ot-a- higher scale ri
% wv inen the duty on that specific a,,i.
CO enunid BE- snch zig to mska It col, The
sstns p'lee IN our mMk't % the home
preGuet cotte, no matter whether ouch Jn,y
enhances the coat 10 the consumer or moi
tne OBJECT being to prevent a reduction In
TAO wsses Of labor, while deyelopinp tba
material resources Of tho country, -.
ohali chtapReRs 10 tho Consumer In hi.
OF tho products OF labor bo wn;.h,
81 aea.css the comio,. Of the home and ;he
o5pilh6s oil the fire.side Of tha laho,ar
who prelnces them Al ! = ' '''''
Inc nest baneiul Of nil the ;narercea
which lead To national decay, /, n nolinv
which Eeeraaes or impoverishce labor.
Thu wealth Of country coneIsta mi In
the sum- OF money paid into It's treasury:
aor uofs It's real strength consist In fleets
and Ernies, but in tho manly spirit OF An
independent yeomanry snd the intolli.
sence, comfort and happiness Of It's labor.
rg clsss.s. A nation Is being constantly
\ eAkened IN all that constitutes national
greatness and power, II its wealth increne,
IS only by the imposcsishment Of its Ia.
DOR. az: lDss - go Ans lia.}ts{5Is5 .sg5l |
I Tha! country ia greatest and most plori.
,us in which there arc the greatest number
II Happy iire-sides; and to make the firr.
',de happy 1t mus! first be- made comfort.
Gtle. sr6$. II ''-S,' |
I IL IN article can DO furnished 10 the
'cnsumer chesply, only by reducing the |
saeel Of ,he;laborer who PRODUCED Il. 10
ho sSins rate paid his competitor in other
a1ds, where penury sits at his Gre aid |
md Borrowing want surrounds his death.
'st, then cheapness is not 4 desirable nh.
ect. lencs comes the necessity for what
? called protection to American labor in
Terminating dutiea on foreign impor;a
Ia aa tmpiye or nation OF standing arm.
ta Ito chief interest in Ito children II thu
hey become good aoldiers. But In RI.
'ublie its chief interest Ia that they Deco ma
Intelligent citizens, for upon the wisdom oi
tlair ballots :rests the pillars Of the cnm.
aonwsalth. A nation whose policy de-.
'adea or impoyeshhea ita labor d sowing