Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-05-18

revenue when !. y ,e,n ra,nrn e made
ment' anu Nv "sS ~ avactions are
10 those on wnvm -, 49,. axnasa;ve exac-
lMu' seconu, vi ,,n, a dollar goes
lions OF pro'ect.on ~ whole innres
INTO tne .ressu,f asorrad classss
10 uhe oenen. y, anoan nlishment of
lne AZ aisI ~, pairaot metho,is while i'm
THESE es's ~ ..;s.,i,,,, than, would at
no wiz ,,,s s ,Sa;r insufyarable enormi-
tics II II were proposed to the voters
Of this country to raise annually by
direct nrncess of taxation vast sums of
money and apply them to the building
nm of nriyate fortunes. the proposition
would he Indignantly splrned from
ona end of the land to the other rs a
monstrons neryersion of the right of
taxation no such n wrongful use of
n rightf,,l mower. If openly attempted.
no civilized people under the sun, how
ever abiect their political vassalage
would Willingly submit. England,
yrondlv historic in her early struggles
for human liberty. has been more than
once in the convrlsive throes of revo-
luton for usurpations of power
not more tIapitious And vet, sir,
these prieyous mischiefs are precisely
what protection through it's artful con-
trivances substantially effects. This
il made obvious To the commonest un.
derstardinv nv n glance mt the nature
and nractices of the system. It's de-
sign il 10 screen certain branches of
home industries from foreign compe-
tition. II accommodates this design by
LAYING such duties on foreign products
az will either preyent or diminish
their imnortation.
The effect upon the prices of the
home products i to enhance them an.
proxinatelv to the extent of the dutie.
laid on the foreip, goods These arti
fetal enhancements of prices. cruelty
extorted from the cons,,m. r,by opera-
ton of law, constitute the exactions OF
protection in excess of the revenue
which it yields to the government. II
is difficult to ascertain the full extent
} of these exactions. A tariff of any
sort, being charge upon consumption
is necessarily disguised in its opera.
tions and never advises of dates oil
amounts those upon whom its burdens
fall. The only possible security fol
the taxpayer lies in the principles OF
which the tariff Is co, structed. Il
these principles are strictly revenue
the processes, though still disguised
will work out lust results if, however
protection is the structural idea, thu
processes become so insidious that TIL,
grievous mischiefs stated inevitabl,
follow. Such system burdens con
, sumption at all conceivable points
/ nor Is there time when it ceases t,
call for more. II laws its remorseles,
touch upon the cradle and reaches re
. lentle siv into the grave
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, aaii,, III vue ia w. consress si"pu,
, oao,yS pOi. i ~ Us ,ii. o.s..o9s ~
E 'J I uetai,s as l,.u Us e IN 'h
suay eApetience vi Tue iarnier'
u"o'e iioui MS iei'iA's
| heie Is statement showing lev
Z OF The burdens OF the farmer: Unde
4 THIS tariff he rises In the morning. put
/. on his common flannel shirt taxed 8
n per cent. his coat taxed 81 per cent.
- shoes taxed 35 per cent. and ha
1, taxed so per cent takes the waite
p from a bucket taxed 80 per cent. an,
washes his face and hands in a til
!, bowl taxed So per cent. dries them OF
- II cheap cotton fowl taxed 40 pc
cent. He sits down to his humbl
n meal and eas from a plate taxed
q per cent, with knife and fork take
q 50 per cent. drinks his coffee wit
q sugar taxed IS per cent, seasons hi
n food with salt taxed 50 per cent. per
- per taxed 81 per cent. He looks aroun
% on his wife and children, all taxed 4
'. the same way; takes a chew OF tohacc
y taxed 1919 per cent, or lights ciga
: taxed lls per cent And, sir, even tia
~ sunlight from heaven that pours int
:, his humble dwelling must com
70 through window glass taxed 50 ut
~ cent. and yet he thinks he lives i
y the freest government under HEAVIER
-, Then he starts to work. puts a bridl
;" taxed 80 per cent, ON his horse. an
takes his horse that has been shod I'll
n nails used in shoeinv beinv taxed
y per cent, driven by hammer take
y ~ per cent and bitches him to
b, pillow taxed 40 per cent, with chair
~ taxed 5S per cent and after the day
= - labor is closed and his family are a
~ gathered around, he reads chapt
IN from his Bible taxed % per cent, al
AVA kneels to God on an humble carp
~ taxed oil per cent. and then he res
"a his weary limbs ON sheet taxed
W per cent, and covers himself with
Oh blanket that has paid lO4 per cer
hs Nor 90 these grasping manufacture
ac. st0p mere, out even the broom wi
y wnlch ms GOOD wife sweeps the floc
in Is taxed 80 per cent, and the cookii
10. Vessels used IN preparing her hu
I'M bands frugal meal are taxed AZ p
- cent and the soda used to Tighten Il