The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-05


Z that In the preparation Of the substitute
( for the house bill ns member Of the
minority of the committee was consulted
o. informed as 20 It's provisions until il was
reported TO the fun committee on the 18th
Of September. The minority Feeife the
work Of the subcommittee in hearing
statements. arguments aud appeals Of
manufacturers and others who demand
/ that the present high rate of tariff taxation
shall b. maintained. aud Ia most ins ances
+ prompted, not by revenue necessities. but
alone fer the purpose OF increasing their
own profits at the expense Of the 5c,ooo.0o
3 taxpayers.
A oSKsDED HEARING.
Continuing they say Il is safe TO say
{ that ali the interests benefited by high PRO
tective tariff have been fully heard and
( have had much influence u shaping this
substitute. while the Eneai h03y OF the pee
pie, she tax payers and victims Of This
( policy, have aot aPpsarcd and have ne;
been heard
B THE bills COMPARED.
I II Is then said that the short time the
substitute has been in the hands Of the
f IA n0rity has made IL GifiicUit 60 ascertain
is elfsect. bur tae essential diiicrenee be-
tweeu the house bill aad the senate sub
stitslte Is apparent ara radical at the out
{ Ntks kA TIC AEAtitA 81 EtNtANE atT NAktf -
+ framed in the interests of the public treas.
nry; the other in the Interest Of private
pockets. The aae Is framed ia the inter-
est of the whole people; the other in the
interest OF the manufacturers. Que Is de-
signed 10 reduce beth the government
revenue and taxation, the taxation cs-
pseiaiiy which bears heaviest on the
f neccssaries of life; the other Is intended
I to raise the public revenue indeed, but
+ 10 maintain private revenues by increasing
aud retaining taxation on all the neces-
saIies OF life.
! SUGAR ANp RICE.
+ The minority continues. The advocates
of the substitute freely propose tc reduce
duties or abolish them on those things
which yield only a government revenue
I but refuse 10 reduce or abolish duties on
those things which produce a private
revenue But the minority think II safe
I 10 say that the chief reductions ia tariff
taxation a. provided 10y the substitute are
confined to the articles Of sugar and rice,
with jute and few other important
articles put upon free list, while there
is an increase OF duties imposed upon
mnitiform manufactures uf cotton. WOOL
+ iron and steel articles tat the whole peo
ole and especially the pooF aud most
/ needy classes are compelled TO use.
FREE WHISKY AND TOBACCO.
I The substitute relieves nan-aeeesssFy,
tobacco Ia all ils forms, except cigars,
ElFfNDiH ana ta-s4fEtANes fENAt AuftEi4iA AuA
alton. and gives free alcohol 10 tue arts
! Practically the substitute offers 20 the peo-
plc free whisky and free tobacco. leaving
all the expenses Of machinery Tor tae col
+ lection OF the revenue aud the enforce
mcut 81 the law In lu.l force, while IL in
f ereases the Ia zafinn upon actual aud Indls-
pensable uccessaries OF life.
/ nUriGs INCREASED.
The minority continues; The rods out
Of which the farmer wire fence are Wafg
+ are not apparently changed in rate. but i3y
various changes in classification, actual
aud important, additional bufdens arr i'm.
posed. A reduction in the dui.nbie value
I from - 10 cents per p0und weight ac-
complishes this; an additional size No. 6,
added without an apparent change OF rate.
| does adr0itly increase the rate paid GA
wire rods Of this size from g. pcr
cent 10 about % Per cent. and Is
an increase in the tax on wire
rods OF nearly sSoa.ooa. upon the basis 81
the impofiations Of lSS9, and there is added
a pfoyiso by which rods smaller than Nn.
& are classified a. wire, and thus eff,ei
third double increase Of tax in one section,
and this Is called part 0i 'sy stem, and
rightly 50 called.
/ steel ingois, eogged ingots. hillcis bars.
etc, now pay - per cent duty II valued al
less than cents per pound By this sub
stituie, II valued al / cent or less, they
are, duiiaeie at cent zen. Per pound,
valued at 7-la Of a cent per pound in the
imports OF lss7. the rate Of cent Is an
increase from ~ to over 20 per cent. and
nearly a million dollars tax Is added by
this one section.
Cotton ties also received their careful
consideration. II is not enough thar the
most formidable aud insolsnt trust Is uu-
unreStrainei which ever laid its hands
uJson the throat of honest labor, threaten
ing every class. from the poor eoiored
: - IL IL
could not get 70 market for lack Of means
90 wrap IL. TO the merchant and capitalist
who had advanced the necessaries Of life
To sustain that labor through the season,
but 10 these come proposed revision, not
with a helping hand, but 10 their burdens;
and cotton ties. which they-the Repnbli
eans-had reduced TO 81 cents in the tariff
of Isssg-One Of the bright oases in desert
of iniquity-they omit By name, but In
elnde IN a new classification. So that in
instead Of IS per cent the importer
must pay, according 10 the ynlua-
ton Of iSs7, over 100 per cent.
adding nearly quarter Of million
dollars % tax ON imported ties nt once, all
OF which T. n loss 20 the cotton producer
Even with this they are not content, hat
ist hy raising the duties ON iface-ctgins
and all other kinds less than q ct an inch
thiek. from q cents. which Is equivalent
10 az per cent, 90 cents per pound,
equivalent 10 a rate OF aa,@f PEI cent.
eRfSDfSs THE fo0gs
Can ingenuity 60 further than that thc
logRf.r's iron shsuid be raised from % per
cent. 10 g per cent: that table cutlery for
the u0ar should be raised by specific rates
added 10 al yslorem, that knives for The
f.o8r shaaid D. heavier taxed and made
cheaper for the rich; that bTeecn loading
shatguns sbasid De made cheaper !of The
500 grade and deareF for the tla grade by
go l. ING each fsaV 10 u cent HA val
orfms
All these aud more are no i8ueef siaTti
iag ard prepare the mind for Thousand
% her Inconsistencies and discsirliaa'ians
hlades by neW and obscure glassitcaii0us
thst only time aud patient Investigation
wilI reveal IN the cotton schedule, aeaiu
the great process 81 'ieseliag up j.
called into rrqusi sition. ~ what eud ~
for Nhai purpose who eau saw By
changes la fiasslG GfdiiaH and hV
rev subdivisions stiN further com
plicatiug the adwinisraiicn. and
IS changes ia rates, la effect prinei faiiy
Iucfl asing taxes, the Dn-t Risfiug inean-
sis-ene.es and discfimiuaiiOns are perpe-
rated ia ihis so-eaIied revision. IL the
w9olen schedule Tho substitute not euiy
retains the duty on raw wool. but Increases
the duty from 10 20 II cents per pound on
el0ihing and conibIng wo9l. aDd The exist
ing auty il retained on carpet woods Wllich
al parties agree are not produced in This
ufactaies II wool increase the TAXATION and
10 that extent Increase the Cost of the man
nfahruresi article. snd especially the upper
GRADES Of The clethigg q The poor.
fHE TAElfF sUcglEs TarsTs.
The minority crifioizes In similar man.
uer The fumb{ sat aud rrnF ssjuu srtci-
afes ard then discusses the subject -
trusts ~ Follows The present. isrIn Is fhe
nursing mother Of trusts 70 j. The sail
behind which the cOmHa Eiiu8s are formed
81 which be people are piuntered Tie
tariff keeps out foreign cgfalefificn aHd
combinations suppress domestic and
the Whoie people are 81 taeiF
mercy and faust peg wAsteFer Is ss
fusndsd Language 4 inAGe8Fsfe 20 re
4ssrfbs the iniauify 81 these Corporations
against the rights 81 The people o. 70 depict
fheir disasfrons ef~csz ura1 she general
welfare. As tariff, whieh renders tAis
possible, are established aad F4aiuisinel az
the sgsef1ai Instance - rhose who isrm
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refuse longer 81 sia in Ese wrong
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t.-en ssssr;ed sat ful5ag e7iis of tae gray
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