Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-12

This Arpie-Jrek Method OF Tax Rednrtfon
Kcenly Criticised.

This AFple-Jnrk Method on Tax Reduction
Kcenly Criticised.
Mr.. J. s. Moore writes TO the New
York Times as follows.
That inimltaole comic actor, Mr.. VIII
sou, az the Casino, 10 the comic opera Of
"ErminIe,n has droll refrain. when
ever he Is detected In, or reminded Of,
some questionable act, he cries outi at
is my hrst onense.n Our esteemed Demo
cratic Pennsylvania statesman, MIR. Ran
dali, IN producing tariR bill, NAV iustly
and literally plead IN justification that IL
Is "his first onense.'
Evidently tariff making is not MIR. Ran.
dallis strong point. His really strong
point ia the great economic question of
tho day Is Wanting through phlladel.
phia newspaper assertions that are AS
windy as an equlnoctial gale. He was
going TO produce a tariff measure $50 be
stated In HIS newspaper manliesto) that
was going TO give the industries and CON-
mefce OF this country 4 rest for years to
come. He was going TO equaligo rates
/ His tarln measure was not to be In the
interest OF the English manufacturers,
but was simply designed TO build up the
struggling home industries--and many
more assertions OF the genuine old pro-
lection verblage MIR. RandAll's great
effort Of his lie Is now before us. The
reductions IN tariG duties, except the free
list, are 10 the amount OF about S7Tl 900,
all told, which said reductions were Inter-
ally appropriated boldly from Mr.. Morrl-
sons tarif bill of the 10th OF
February, whereas the advance
In the rate OF duties in MIR.
Randall's tarG portion of the bill
Is over s7,400,000 Now, this statement
does certainly not agree with Mr. Ran.
dall's assertion that besides the free list
the reduction in duties IL above o. 1000.
600. But that Is all owing to the fact
that we must no longer base our csti
mates at visible facts and igures per
fecuy new light Is 20 dawn upon us all
In order TO reduce taxation all we hav,
10 do Is to raise tariff rates. Taxes, IL
the estimation Of Mr.. Randall, are onl,
taxes when they 20 Into the treasury
But when they go Into the pockets OF tn,
home monopollsts they are no longer
tax, but a blessing In disguise. Henc,
he gives us the most extraordinary estl
mates that ever were made la any tarli
calculation. always feel Inclined to b,
very friendly TO MIR. Randall, but In show
; ing up his extravagant assumptions | an
! certainly amused and SO must every &c On
omist be who has only "A mere rudimen
tary knowledge Of taxation. In the frs
place Mr., Randall furnished very use
: tul appendix 10 his tariff bill, which 4
! footed up in the following way
Reduction OF duties, 81, 0lt i52 9
Free Hat ,t.,.,, 1925 ts4
Toial..,.,. .,,......,,..,.,.. Ss,b7o,bI6
, OF course | shall to-day only speak o
, and expose the tariff portion OF the bin
The free list consists OF timber, wood
etc, iute butts and hristles. Thes
Z three articles actually abolish Sl,526,t2
= Of revenue, need hardly say that ever
: one OF these articles is found on MI
' Morrison's free list in his bill Of the / 81
Of February, But let me show how MI
, Randall claims a reduction OF ST0i4, AZ
: of,taxes In the dutiable list OF goods. Tn
: following table viii show his claim I
this great reduction
:, ARTICLEs ADVANCED IN MIR RNNpALL's rARm
NIL ON WHICH III CLAIMS REnuCrION
or TAXES.