Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-11-01

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increased. So that. in any event, no
process of reducing revenue by in.
creasing taxes can possibly be of adj.
vantage to the people who pay the
taxes.
NOW this Senate bill to which your
attention aas been called by the gen.
tleman from Tennessee (Mr. MeMillin)
proposes to effect the principal parts.
or large part OF its reduction in
tariff taxation by increasing the rates
of duty. Out Of the fourteen sched-
ules about which that gentlemen spoke
to you this bill proposes to increase
the average rates Of duties in eleven.
and these eleven schedules in which
the rates Of tariff tax alton is increased
are, with the exception Of wines and
liquors, tobacco, silk and silk goods,
the very schedules which contain
articles of absolute necessity to this
people.
"On chemical products slight re-
duction is made. On earthenware
and glassware it is claimed that a
reduction is made, although it is
doubtful. On sugar a reduction is
made, and these. gentlemen, are the
only schedules out of the fourteen
embraced in your tariff laws in which
the Senate proposes to make the
slightest reduction.
THE claim-it is claimed by the
au thors Of this bill-that reduction /
Of tariff taxation Is made to the a.
mount of thirty-fve millions Of dollars, |
and it is curious to see how this is !
done. 1t is well said by my friend
here to be a most remarkable bill. |
Whenever the rates of taxation are
reduced it is claimed that the revenue |
is reduced, and whenever the rate of
taxation is increased it is also claimed
that the revenue is reduced.
"For instance, there is the reduc.
tion Of twenty-eight millions of dol
lars in the sugar schedule, resulting,
az it is claimed, from the reduction Of
the rates. Then there 10 the reduc-
ton Of FIVE hundred and forty.s
thousand dollars on chemical products
which, it is elaine results from |
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reduction of two hundred and seventy
four thousand dollars, or somewhere
near that, on earthenware and glass.
ware, which is claimed to result from
the reduction in rates. And then
comes the eleventh schedule, in which
the rates have been largely increased
and reduction of seven millions and
some odd thousand dollars is claimed
on account of the increase of duties.
And in this way the authors of
this remarkable bill make out a re-
duction in tariff taxes of thirty five
millions of dollars.
And, gentlemen, it is most remark
able in most other respects. l would
not attempt, in my present condition,
to take it up in detail, but l cannot
refrain from calling your attention to
two or three matters, simply for the
purpose of showing you the general
character of this Republican measure,
upon which that party now proposes
to appeal to the people as against the
Mills bill.
The Democratic party proposes, as
have said, to reduce the taxes upon
the necessaries of life in common use
among the people, and upon the raw
materials which are used in our man
ufactures and upon which the labor
of our people is expended. What are
some Of the characteristic features of
this Senate bill? Perfumery is re-
duced from sixty-three per cent. to
tbirty-eight per cent, and cotton ties,
which are absolutely essential to the
cotton raiser of the South, thousands
of whom are poor colored people, cot
ton ties are increased from thirty FIVE
per cent, to one hundred and eight
per cent. Three-fourths of your cot
ton is exported and sold in foreign
markets, and the tariff makes the cot
ton raiser pay into the treasury right
out of his pocket every cent of the
money which his cotton tie costs him.
Think of it-perfumery reduced and
cotton ties increased Ostrich feath-
ers for the ornamentation of our ladies
who, in fact, need no ornament
are put on the free list. The taxes
are taken of of them. But on the
common blankets, which the poor man
aud his family must have to protect
them against the inclemency Of our
winter season, the tax is increased
from sixty-6ve per cent, to one hund.
red per cent. You may have free
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