Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-05
THAT TARIFF BILL.
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include On 8 new ciassif cation, 50 that
instead Of 35 per cent it must psy &C
cordipg TO the valustion Of 1887, over 100
per cent, adding nearly q quarter OF 8
million dollars TO the tax on imported
cotton producer. A thousand other in
den by the new and obscure clagsifca
lions, that only time and patient
INVESTIGATION WILL REVEAL.
"Il the wooden schedule the substitute
not only retains the duty on raw wool
but increases the duty from 10 to IL
cents per pound on clothing and com5ing
wool, and the existing duty is retained on
carpet Wools, which sll parties agree are
not produced In this coul!ry; and the
changes made in manufactures Of wool
Increases the taxation, and to that extent
Increases the cost Of manufactured wool,
especially chesp grades, the clothing OF
the poor"
The minority cri.icises Ia similar man.
rer the lumber, salt snd provision sched-
ules, and then says on tina subj ect of
trusts: "The presen! tariff is the nurs-
ing mother OF trusts. 1. is wall bs.
hind which these combinations are
formed by which the people are plua
dered. Tariff keeps GU! foreign compe
tltion and the combinations suppress
domestic competition and the whole peo-
pie are st their mercy and must pay
whatever Is demanded. language l.
inadequate to describe the inequality Of;
these corporations against tae right of
the people, or TO describe their disastrous
eff cts upon the general welfare. They
are not private affairs as has been
asserted, but public evils Of the grandest
character, Affecting the price OF every
article which contributes 20 the comfort
snd support OF the people. TIE provi-
eions of the su 0sti1use favor them greatly,
and will Serve to
ENCOURAGE THEIR F jRMATIoN
Ia still other branches Of manufacture,
Many officers belonging to the trusts
Appeared before the finance committee
cjamorous tor such legislation es would
promote their interests. They are all
opposed 10 the bill, which should com
meod Itself to all WAC conde m their
methods. 1t is bsd enough to permit
those who are most interested in manu-
f2ctures to appear before our committees
and suggest the legislation they want. but
surely We should not listen to the trusts
and sid them to rob with beth hands"
The report then CONTINUES: "The
minority cannot pass by in silence the
absurd accusation inst the 81 Juse bill
m ans free trade the ruin of INDUSTRY
snd depreciation OF American laoor.
These charges are as false as they axe
misleading. How the f,U OF surplus
money into the Treasury can be stoppsd
without reducing the taxes which pro-
tuce Il no man can devise. How these
taxes can be reduced without taking of
from the top toward the bottom, no i'm
aginstion can conceive. Therefore 1t
would seem no man could propose TO
Gu. Of
EXCESSIVE TAXATION
withou: subj ec!ing himself TO the charge
Of free trade, becsuse any reduction what
ever looks toward free trade. Republican
Presidents and Secretaries OF the Tress-
ury for years past have warned Congress
of the accommodating surplus and advised
8 reduc ion Of the tax. Were they ell
free traders, advising destruction of in
dustry and the degradation OF laoaf2 The
minority Respectful lysuoa nit rstthotc are.
enemies OF American labor wh3s supplAHt
it with the labor OF UnnstuF8izsd ior%
eignars whenever thsS Can ha obtsined
-cneapes., and who receive bylaw AZ per
cent from the consumer, IN trust fer the
American labor which makers taeir pro-
ducts, and fraudulsntlV withheld more
than half tuat trust fund from its owners,
and who also lessen and restrict the
amount of LABOR by limiting the produc
tons and markets by tariff and
trusts, snd that those sre its
trVa friends who seek TO pus out unDatu-
rsl aud healthful competition, enlarge It's
products and markets, and TO lessen the
cost Of the necessities q life.
The minority deny that tariff revision
will reduce wsges, snd conclude their re-
port with tie following remarks concern
ing free wool:
The minority are firmly con-
vincsd that besides the incslculsble
sdvantag to the whole country which
would result from the placing Of wool on
the free list, 1t is easily aemoDstrsbie thai
no class Will suffer, but tia. esch will
reap his share OF the benz it. With the
consumption OF 10000. coo OF raH wao
in 1887 and p0pu.stlon Of 60.000,0e0,
the average per capita Consumpti is
EASILY reck 5ned ct ten pounds, or fifty
pounds to the average family Of five per-
sons, and the northern farmer, constantly
* posed to the rigors OF our winters,
consumes something
MORE THAN THE AVERAGE
Il req Tires from thee to four pounds to
make pound OF cloth, SO that
from twelve to sixteen pounds Ct wool
clothing for family will be seen to be 6
Iaw average. Il is now ssxad from 90 to
59bper cent. TIE manufacturer is not
beuef.ed, because his flashed product
comes into competition with the foreign
product made no. only from untaxed
wool, but cheaper wool. II the tax
be taken eff Of wool we will
import more wool Of course, snd
in no other Say can our great
fsc!ories prosper. because their
capacity Is beyond our own wool produc-
ton. When the factories are turning
out more product the employes have
stesdier work and better Wages and in
directly, Of course, the whole country is
benefited. Under the House bill the
manufacturers, with free wool secure
even
HIGHER COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
over foreign than undsr the pres
ent substitute. Manufacturers will
export wooIlen go DIS as We
now export cotton ana leather
The demand for wool will henefh the