The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-08-22

tain suitable rewards TO our labor, Dei
duty which shall not be SO high as
prohibit importations, but at such rat
a. will produce the necessary revenue
mud at the same time not destroy BIT
encourage American production.
says 10 the world OF producers. AT 20
want to share with the citizens Of tn
United States their home market, 20
must nav for the privilege OF doing j
Your product shall not enter in free an
and unrestrained competition with tn
product OF our own people, but shall b
discriminated against to such an exteu
as to fully protect and defend our own.
VINO paws THE TAX.
.i.,...,., .
~ Is allegeu as serious opJ ''hnt,,e
rotec'iHe Hules oiat on oo a. ,ha q,
may DC, Increases ~. Site ~ ,,roJ,,ct
eIgn ~ wen ~ oLe .H uoss J,,i' O ~ .bo
!ae eAtent u s1Sh ~ taS VI "u.S "" T re
US Wholly paLI ~ 'ne cVhs ~ :or iM
oDJec5gion MouiH De Will! y, s Sa 10
SonsiJefa.ion IL ~ were 'nue Uu', 40 ,,a LIN
Deen Geno ,Lt 0ieI n3 foot W%n,
IN. 20 " W. toro; i NroJDn, hos srccessin
InombatitiOn AZ homo the IULV ia rarely
paid by the consumer. 1t is paid fron
the profits OF the manufacturer, or di
vided between him and the merchant
or the importer, and diminishes thUi
profits to that extent. Duty or no duty
without home competition the consume
would fare worse than he fares now.
There is not an article that enters int
the every day uses OF the family which
is produced in the United States tina
has not been made cheaper and more nc
cessible rs the result OF home production
and development, which was to be Sc
cured only by the sturdy maintenance
OF the protective system. While this is
true OF protective tariffs, exactly the OPP
posite is true OF revenue tariffs. They
are always paid by the consumer, a
duty putupon foreign product tiie Inv
o. WHICH 10 nov p.o ,"SCat %' tran trnT
WHICH en.eis ou' .i,n n"St 70 tho NOR;
NONE conPe1itao Lilly e y t%e forein COS
u az ' tho dntu aISSJ wLatevcr that ma,
w. %,'H mncb y! IittIe Snnnosing for ex
o O", u thorn ,ras
"niP'e' '"e'' ""'
TAN UPON TEA AND coFFEE'
There being no production ofthesc ar
ticles in the United States, and Therefore
no competition here, the cost to TIT
American public would be the cos
abroad and the duty added. We i'm
ported last year 52G,4SO,OOO pounds o
coffee. A duty oil ten cents ponn'
would have produced to the Govern
nent over Sj2,000,00O, which woul!t
have been paid by the l2,OOOOOO lanl'
lies Of this country, consumers OF thu
article. Eighty.seven million five hun
dred and eighty-fOur thousand pound'
of tea were imported last year. AT tel
cents per pound SS,OOO,OOO and upwards
woulu nave gone luto !ile tlc''1u' ,e'St;
Ioila. VI Mi' Iaa Te"N
ny ouf o"" peoP'.'
SUGAR, AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
We produced last year in this coUntr!
about eight per cent OF what our people
consumed. The duty collected from i'm
ported sugar amounted to S5S,O0O,OOO
The domestic production was so incon
siderable rs compared with the domestic
consumption MS to have had little, ifany
appreciable effect upon the price to thu
consumer, and therefore this sum was
almost wholly paid by our own citizens
and the cost OF sugar, TO the American
consumer, because OF the inadequate
nome supply, 10 ptIct'G"lIy w "lJ,s'
price, 9uty auueui 'ne n,rnstoJ witT thr
t1on psinE 81 sIhA tho oV !, IN nv wise con
uoLleStIC ucE'"Au l'i"t Az -. ~
'r0 T,i " ia' u. - ell hr Hho 20 no,
Inc prize 10 Us 20 f.a iAe ns9od II" n,"s H.
cent Mt'ch ~. I'''nI ,,t, ,o n,ioc,"J ~ tho cus
amount ha', VI wy !, wo;IJ havc hc"n other
.'!;n. 4 tHo hrlL If nmr "onsu,nntion wa,
, MlsJ - tiV :, H." In o' ''''''
PFouu'eu az "oi"
TIE REAL QUESTION,
therefore, is whether i'll raising money
to supply the Government needs w
should have thoughtful concern OF thu
industrial interests OF the people We rep
resent, or, discarding every other con
sideration, shall adjust our duties upol
the revenue principle to secure revenue
and revenue only. The money must b.
| raised, and in raising it the Projections
is mindful OF the interests OF our owl
people. The tariff rcformer is ConStderab
OF everybody Glse's interest but our own
cannot understand why any patriot
citizen should prefer a revenue t"FiEto
Protective tariff.
FAMILIAR ILLUSTRATION.
MIN mro,on,iyo svs,om Int invoices tn
h;d Iho iov. ~ n";"ro that al seii.nres
mG ;n 'r III vi - o"arn 'm rcSsor iounIc
Hatlo LOTT lmJ hS, - tS "' EmnricSn nrodmce
III luz, uisJS''H, " o,'Sry constitntional way h
s fa'ored u, ns o vr the FOREIGN produce
, "ahos" rr %S comnote viii Ills. Thi
ia orr natural market, We have mad
il after II century OF struggle. We hay
made it ut cost OF capital and bral!
and muscle. We have preserved
against foreign wars and domestic cor
fi,cts, at great sacrifice OF men an
money. The foreign producer has cor
tributcd nothing to the growth or deyel
opment OF the county. Whatever in
| Thence he has exerted has been 0gains
us. He is without the jurisdiction q
our laws. He cannot be reached by tn
tax.gatherer. He is exempt from al
civil obligations in every part Of the Re
public. We can make no requsitioI
unon him, either in peace or in wal