Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-19
n. A. t. REJoISUER.
What He says AboutIvorSon A. jones' Crit.
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Iyerson A. Jones' letter TO THK GAEETTK
critlclsing some remarks Of mine on the
tariff, which appeared Ia THE GAZETTE
OF the 25th ult. His letter had escaped
my attention and / would not have known
OF It's existence had not my friend, Judge
Lowry Of the Taylor County News, pre-
! sented me a copy.
had stated that the effect OF protec-
tive tariffs had always been TO reduce,
after a while, the price OF articles manu-
featured In this country out OF raw ma
teflals grown by ourselves. This Is an
absolute fact which no man can shake,
yet Mr. jones says that the statement
is "ludlcrous.n No doubt he thinks
so, but II is because be has taken the wild
sta ements OF politicians as gospel truth
without examining for himself. BY way
Of trying 10 prove that my statement is
'ludlcrous," he mentions quinine, saying
II was very dear while there was Il tariff
on II, and that 1t has fallen very low since
the tariff was taken off Well, that Is all
true, but the CiBcnona tree from which
quinine Is made does not grew 10 this
country aud cannot be made to grow
here. The tariff on quinine was purely
for "revenue on y" and In no sense pro-
tective tariff. Does Mr.. Jones know
slGgle person In the United States
who grows a Clnchona tree
for commercial use7 No, not
one. Likewise the tariff
ON coffee and tea, when we had such Il
tariff, was purely for "revenue only and
tn no sense protective, because we do not
grow tea aad coffee In this country, and
never can. IL we should put duty Of
$1,000 an ounce on quinine, coffee and
tea, II would not develop or "protect"
any industry In the United States. II
would be for "revenue only" and the
| government would be the sole bene 1ciary
Of the duty, except the few persons en-
gagged Ia the manual labor of
making quinine II Mr.. Jones
will be 80 good as to allow
me to say so, his reference
to qunIne in this connection shows his
utter ignorance Of the tariff question. SO
far as that question is Concerned he is
baby, who should be fed on mush and
milk and sugar-tits, and not on strong
meats. He has the first rudiments yet to
learn.
Aud mark the effect which the putting
OF quinine ON the free-list has had on the
manufacture Of that article In the United
States. Powers & Weightman of Phila-
de phia, were perhaps The largest manu-
facturers Of quinine in the world They
still manufacture it largely, but see
what they have done since the removal
OF the duty. They have moved
their manufacturing establishment from
Philadelphia TO Holland, because with
our higher wages fer labor they could not
manufacture the articles ut all IN this
coun nv and compete with the foreign
manufacturers They had TO move out of
the country with their factory or quit the
business. This OF course threw several
HUNDRED American people out of employ
ment. Stlli, IL was right to take off the
duty on quuine. IL was imposed un Ter
the hard necessities growing out of the
war, and IL was taken of as soon as those
hard necessities relaxed. Thus our gov-
eminent Is not the horrid mon ster which
Mr.. Jones and others Of his school would
teach us 10 believe.
He says that the price of plate-gla
has not been reduced by the high tariff
on that article, which Is q out 80 per
cent ad valorem. Herein Mr.. Jones is
In vast ignorance. | notice that 10 the
report OF the late tariff commission MIR.
h. A. Hitchcock of st. Louis, VINO Is a
large dealer in that article, stated before
the commissioner that the price had
fallen since the adoption of the tariff
from $3.50 per square foot to 81 per
square foot. Moody contradicted the
statement, because 1t was the truth.
Previous to the Morrill, tariff all
our plate-glass came from Eu-
rope, aud we were paving those
European monopolists wha'ever they
chose to demand of us, or $3.50 per
squtre foot. Under the protection of the
morrill, tariff Americans went to manu-
fag Inn nj. TO IA ~ 81
sultl Before the Morrill, ia IF we made
none; now we make about three-fourths
OF all that Is used in this country, and will
soon make all that Is used ana some to
ship abroad. Thus we have built up
splendid American Industry, thereby saw
Ing to us vast deal OF money. Now.
MIR. Jones, was not that good thing
These are the only instances Mr. Jones
can give To UPSET the statement that had
madei namely, that protective tariffs have
always, after little while, greatly ie-
duced the price Ct articles manufactured
IN our country uut OF raw material grown
In the country. Well Mr. Jones has upset
that statement with q vengeance. There
are very many hundreds of things on our
tariff list, hope Mr.. Jones Will
he no good as to try again.
Perhaps no can get some notes to
help him out from some of our Texas
congressman, Please let him try.
Treasurer Lubbock, who Is tremendous
ires trader, may also be able TO give him
some notes. BY all means, let him apply
TO him.
Mr. Jones says that protective tariffs
have nothing to do with higher wages for
the laboring man. He admits that wages
are very much higher in the United States
than they are In Europe--aud God grant
that they may always continue to be So
but he Is positive that prot, elton has moth !
ing To do with this; because, says he, |
wages are very much higher In California
than they are In Mainei and, says he,
proudly, "is there any protective tariff In
California as against Malne?"
am really startled by Mr. Jones' fresh.
ness as disclosed by this grand argu.
ment. He Is so fresh that II would real
ly take tons OF salt to salt him no lust a
little, Wages are so much higher In
California than they are In Maine because
lands are cheaper and more productive In
California than they are in Maine. In
Califoruia II n man is not satisfied with
'ne wages offered him, he goes TO tho soil
ano makes better wages. Lands are,
abundant and cheap, aud he goes to work
on MS own hook, becoming as indepen-
dent as wood-chopper. Ga the con-
trary, In Maine those lands
which Will produce anything are high
priced. The common every day man
cannot buy there, and he is forced 10
work for Others or starve. This IS a rule
as regards the value OF land aud wares
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