Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-09-06
where the Tariff Touches the Poor
Man.

Where the Tariff Touches the Poor
Man.
Does the tariff tax take ANYTHING ont
OF the pockets of the wage earnerg No
tax-gatherer ever comes to his house
with a bill for tariff taxes and demands a
settlement. Nothing is heard about it
the year round. There is nothing on the
surface to indicate that the, day laborer,
the clerk, the mechanic, the car driver,
the coachman, the cook, the nurse rthe
newsboy ever contribute anything
toward the income of the government or
the extra profits of the manufacturing
capitalist. But they do, nevertheless.
For every 81 that goes to the govern
ment s. goes to the manufacturer as
bounty. The tax was collected when the
persons named bought what they have
In their houses or on their backs On one
mans working suit of clothes costing 81
the bounty to the manufacturer was
$2.27; one good suit costing $50, bounty
S6.48; overcoat costing S15, bounty
"a. IS, two flannel shirts. $3.50, bounty
"a cents; two flannel drawers, $1.50,
bounty 81 cents; six wool sacks, So,
bounty 86 cents; one wool hat, SO,
bounty $1.29; one wool cap, 81, bounty
43 cents; one pair suspenders. so cents,
bounty IA cents; one pair shoes, So. so,
bounty 20 cents; one pair wool gloves,
90 cents. bounty 81 cents; rubber coat,
| $3.50, bounty 81 cents umbrella,
x1, bounty 81 cents; three linen
handkerchiefs, 81, bounty &c
cents; one silk tie, so cents, bounty
II cents; one pocket knife, $125,
bounty AZ cents; razor, $125, bounty
AZ cents; shaving brush. 35 cents, bounty
cents; four cotton shirts, SD, bounty
| 70 cents; two pair cotton drawers, 81.
bounty 81 cents; one wool scarf so
cents, bounty p cents. Any laboring
man or other person having small IN
come is able to Judge whether he is in a
| position to make present to anybody
of the bounty he pays on each Of the:
articles here mentioned. II he is sim
gle man perhaps he can spare the sums,
mentioned and is willing to do so But
If he has use for the money, amounting
on these articles alone to $22 20 yeaH
he has right to vote at the polls to
keep it in his pocket. Put in life ins,n-
ance or in the savings bank. $22. 80 4
year may provide very nicely for rainy
day. But If he is a married man with
family, he will find the tariff tax taking
| the following sums also out of his pocket
to swell the surplus at Washington. or
to add to the profits of the manufae.
turer: Three calico dresses for wife. cost
81. 25, bounty so cents; three aprons SO
cents, bounty 10 cents; two woollen
dresses, SIC, bounty 81. so; two .balmoral
skirts, SO, bounty $1.1O, two cotton
skirts 81. 80, bounty Is cents; two suits
fannels, So; bounty 1929; twossuits
cotton underweas,, $S, bouaty. 5SIc6Ss !.
three pair cotton hose, 81, bounty 90
cents; wooden cloak, $12, bounty $3.50:
1 shawl, IS, bounty SAFE; hood. S1.25.
bounty 81 cents; straw bonnet, ST, boun.
| ty ~ centss two pair shoes, 81, bounty
50 cents rubbers, SO cents. bounty 10
cents parasol.F So. bounty 40 cents; veil.
70 cents, bounty "a cents; five Yards rib.
bops, SO cents, bounty II cents: three
linen collars. so cents, bounty 10 cents.
three pairs linen cuffs, 90 cents. bounty
IA cents; three handkerchiefs, rs cents
bounty 20 cents; back comb, 30 cents
bounty cents; tooth brush, 35 cents,
bounty cents; pair wooden mits, so
cents, bounty 81 cents; pair gloves,
$1.25, bounty AZ cents. On an expendi.
ture of $6l.90 in settlement CT the wlfe's
store bill the struggling citizen has thus
paid $21. 76in tariff taxes, about one.
fifth of which went into the government
treasury and the other four-tifths to some
far-off manufacturing capitalist Part
of this tax the poor man will be relieved
from-a small part, it is true-if the
Mills bill becomes a law but much the
larger part he will always have to bear.
as it is the settled policy of our govern
ment to obtain the most of its revenue
from tariff taxes Still he will not OBJ.
ject if the Mills bill gets him discount
OF from to 10 per cent. off his wife's
and his own store bill. If the wage
Garner has one daughter to clothe, he will
feel additional interest in the tariff, as 1t
will make her store bill $5s. so, or $40. Is
more than it would be without the exist.
ing high tariff If there is boy in the
family to buy for, his store bill will be
increased about 1882 on total expen-
diture of $500. With family consist.
ing of wife aud two children it is expe-
dent to keep house. This is the oppor-
tuuity of the tariff lord. To furnish the
kitchen $S5. go cents will have to he paid
out, of which cum 500. "A is tariff tax.
On the cook stove alone costing x1S. 90.
there is a tariff tax of $12; on iron pans
tax of 80. AS; on dishes costing $40, a
tax of $685.. Passing to household !
furniture, the mechanic, in furnishing
his dwelling, will find that in buying
one heating stove at $15 he is paying q
tax of $4.65; on 80 yards of carpet cost
ing $40, tax of $40; on three sets OF
bedroom furniture costing $7J, q tax OF
Sla.45. If he spends $3.50 so to furnish