Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-18
tariff taxation aud the distribution Q
its proceeds may be tabulated thus:

I
tariff taxation and the distribution OF
Its proceeds may be taoulateu mus;
Reyenue received by the govern
fnent.... 500, 1916
bonnty received by i"a""'"c- o,o o,o ooo M
So that for every single dollar paid
into the national treasury under the
existing tariff six and half dollars. at
the lowest calculation, go into the
pockets of the manufacturers. IL this
vast sum of money were collected an
nually from the pockets OF the people
directly to be given to the already
richest class of people In this country
each year its monstrous iniquity would
of course be so apparent rs to defeat 1t.
But 1t is collected indirectly, though
rs surely, I'm an increased price of
everything they consume, in every
thing they eat, drink, and wear; in
every tool and implement they work
with in every article which enters
into the construction of the houses
they live in, whether used for strength
or utility or ornament; in every book
or newspaper they read. This tax is
as all-pervading as the atmosphere
they breathe and they have been so
accustomed to 1t that they neither feel
nor appreciate its enormity.
APPLYING the plan of Senator Coke's
calculation to the year 1880, the statis-
ties of which year have been published
! since his speech was made. we find
that the aggregate receipts from GUS
, toms were $lS6, 500 O;5. The dutiable
imports on which these receipts were
collected, amounted to $3.50. $50 $50, the
average rate of duty being 40, 81 per
cent. The total value of domestic
! manufactures for the same year was
s., 1863, $40 191. From these domestic
manufactures the government of
, course derived no revenue, still the
tariff burdens LAID on the consumer in
enhanced prices.
Let us concede, however, as did Mr..
Senator Coke, to 'more than cover all
contingencies and drawbacks,n that
{ the enhancement of prices was only
) % per cent in tead of the full rate of
/ the duty, 46 81 per cent the amount
/ would then be- 81, O73, 915. 73S. To sum-
Marie these figures, the tariff Welded
to the government in 1880 a revenue OF
4. S1S6. 500, O65, while 1t exacted from the
r people over and above what the gov
5 eminent received SI.O73. 9l5. 78S. In
r other words, for eyery dollar of revenue
, that the tariff carried into the treasury
f it placed in the pockets of the manu-.
facturers SIS II. The vast aggregate q,
: these bounties had thew been raised
:. NV a direct per capita tax. would have
q required an assessment of sol "a ON
a every man woman and child in the
y land.
!. Miphtier. more iniouitous burdens
:. never rested mon a tax.ridden naonja
:, And VET the heneficiaries of these st,,
= nendons honntias with on effrontor,
aouaIad onIy hv ths;r graad nnLi,,sL
inaiv nronIain, that tho n,o,a,,oa,,
now go,ng an for the r.Iiaf of tba No.
: Mo from, these unnarai,al.,d hnr, pu ~.
/ pnoht not 70 ha OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES h aoa,,as
u ~ d;stnrho tba hns;na,s i,,tarasts 20 ~,
e nountrv Thev ssalr 20 ;ntiniSa,a t ~.
no., a1noo,ad Z, ,,rnn,ot;,,,. u.,a s W.,
movsmsnt for ,pnmior rai;at ~ 80 ga
" nnunninn thor p p. raoi ,ass e, ,; ~ ue
II r. th,s IL, notant dannnn;at,o9s fH I,s,
IS M 70 rant', thot a. ny ,n na ~;
Is .o1 Ky - ' ne WINS ue VI
:: , u ", s''S 'hey aus'I"c.iS
It ,,,;o1, rean,,''a lily one req
n ,iS psi ~ Nv WI sut .s ePi.api
d uou,u f thin sne LAYS " .ne puoii'
n .man y. Wis si,,e ,han 'na' liz
II "n4 i 81 M. aS l.a'oi.
,r 10 ~ eseape IRON Ihe couciu
Ia slon winch .ne hSures nave suoihit
10 .eu uei n1 ., eACenl IN Tue aehla
d " .ne iac. .i,at eailll uuties en9anct
h tr me Piioes VI .he pru.ecteu prooucts
is ms uenlai - soinetl,sies ,esorleu u
D. anI sought 10 DC es'aonsned oy com
d pal.ne .ne present prices OF certaii
n li s.;. p,ouuets WIN me prices
20 W. nissan sne sauie pIouuc's years ago me
ar ~ III a me PROF., ,ies IN a4crlpint
"a 70 the turin that which Is entirely the
to e l,., vi o.nsl causes. II ihese reduced
le pltoes wete eauseu ny pToteetive quite
ar guy, an leuuction wouiu oe local ana con
In h t.neu 10 OUT own country, whereas w
II. INV vnat .ie prices VI nanufacture'
%, pnouucIs are ui'i'nisuine the wore
nd over anu nowhere 10 greater exten
ne or more Tmpiuiy than IN iree,trade I'm
50 gland INC reai causes oil reduced
ed prizes are 10 % iouhu, therefore, II
a otner conditions than the tariff, con
ms ultlons not peculiar 10 America, bu
% common 10 0ther countries.
all among ,hese conditions may b'
er enumerated new discoveries in tn,
nd arts ana sciences, increased facilitie
,et .or transportation, ana particularly
ats modern Improvements IN machinery
As whlch nave so largely lessened TIN
a percentage OF human labor in all man
IT. fractured products
ana II 'ne trutn IS 10 De ascertained b,