The South western news., 1888-09-19
THE TARIFF And THE POOR NAV,

papers in the country, editorially
saysi
Does the tariff tax take any
thing out OF the pockt of the wage
CAREER? No tax-gathsref ever comes
TO his house with bill for tariff
taxes and demand settlement.
| Nothing is heard about it the year
round. There is nothing on the
surface to indicate that the day Lac
borer, the clerk, the mechanic, the
car-driver, the cook, the nurse or
the newsboy ever contribute anys
thing toward the income Of the
Government or the extra Profits of
the manufacturing capitalists. But
they do, nevertheless. For every
81 that goes TO the Government
So goes to the manufacturer as
bounty. The tax was collected
when the persons named bought
what they have in their houses or
on theft backs,
On one mans working suit OF
clothes costing 81 the bounty to
the manufacturer was 1927: one
good suit costing $40, bounty
st, 48; overcoat costing SIS, boun-
ty S4.S5; two flannel shirts, so,
bounty Ga cents; two flannel draw
ers, $50, bounty 81 cents; six
wool sacks, So, bounty Sc cents;
one wool hat, SO, bounty $1.29;
one cap, 81, bounty 43 cents; one
pair suspendels, so cents, bounty
IA cents; one pair shoes, $3.50,
bounty 70 cents; one pair wooden
! gloves, 30 cents, bounty 81 cents;
rubber coat, three dollars and a
halt, bounty 81 cents; umbrella,
one dollar, bounty "a cents; three
linen handkerchiefs, one dollar,
bounty 26 cents; one silk tie, so
cents, bounty II cents; one pocket
knife, $1.25, bounty AZ cents; ra-
zor s1.25, bounty AZ cents; shav~
ing brush 35 cents, bounty 8 cts;
four cotton shirts, three dollars,
bounty IS cents: two pairs cotton
drawers. one dollar, bounty 81 cts;
one wrgl sc.rt, 80 ceutc, bounty
y cents.
Any lahorinr man OF other per-
son having a small income IS able
j TO Judge whether he is in posi-
ton to make a present to anybody !
Of the bounty he pays on each of
the articles here mentioned. IF he
is single man perhaps he can
spare the sums named and is viii; !
iug to do so. But if he has use
for The money, amounting on these
articles alone to 1929 a year, he
has a right to vote at the polls to
keep it in his pocket Put in life
insurance, or in the savings bank, |
s22. a year may provide very
nicely for rainy day. But if he |
is a married man, with a family, |
he will End the tariff tax taking
the following SUMS also out Of his |
pocket to swell the surplus at |
washing or to add to the profits
of the manufacturer Three cali-
co dresses for wife. cost 1925, /
bounty 90 cents; three aprons, 80 !
cents, bounty 10 cents; two wooden
dresses, sixteen dollars, bounty !
six dollars and sixty cents: two |
balmoral skirts, three dollars,
bounty one dollar and ten cents;
two cotton skirts, one dollar and
bali, bounty % cents, two suits
hapnels, three dollars, bounty one
dollar and 20 cents; two suits cots
ton underwear, two dollars, boun>
ty SO cents; three pair cotton hose, !
one dollar, bounty 29 cents; WOOL
en- cloak, twelve dollars, bounty
two dollars and cIghtyenine cents;
shawl, six dollars, bounty two dol
lars and seventy>nine cents; straw
bonnet, one do,l1r, bounty % cts;
two pair shoes, four dollars, boun>
ty 30 cents; rubbers, so cts, boun>
ty TO cents; parasol, two dollars,
bounty 40 cents; veil go cents,
bounty "a cents; five yards ribbon,
so cents, bounty II cents; three
linen collars, 80 cents, bounty 12-I
cents; three pair linen cuffs, Coo.
bounty # cents; three handker-
chie!s, IS cents, bounty 20 cents;
tuck comb 20 cents, bounty Z cts;
tooth brush, 80 cents, bounty &c.;
pair wool mitts, so cents, bounty
2f cents; pair gloves, one dollar
and quarter, bounty AZ cents.
On an expenditure of $500 10
settlement of the wife's store bill