The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-16

of the line and relieved wealth in all OF its |
forms from the burdens OF taxation. The |
entire internal system is repealed except |
the taxes on whisky and tobacco. Today |
it is possible for man who labors in the |
workshop for - q day to support wife |
and five children, to pay more in the way |
of incidental taxes toward the support OF
the government in which he lives than a
man with SIC, 900, 900 who sails the ocean
in Ia yacht and spends his summers hobnob-
bing with the snobs of nobility who infest
the capitals of Europe Great applause.
How is il with the necessities OF life?
They are taxed 7l-l0per cent higher than
they were when the war was fragrant. Not
withsianding a 40 per cent. tariff was, at
the time OF its passage, declared to be a
war measure, and the promise was made
TO relieve the burdens which 1t imposed,
when the war was over, and notwithstand-
ing the taxes on wealth have been re-
pealed, the necessaries of life are made TO
bear a greater burden by lilo per cent.
than they did when the two armies were
locked in the shock Of battle on the nights
OF Gettysburg. lGreat applause
NOR is THIS ALL.
Under two Democratic administrations
that OF Mr.. jefferson and that OF Mr.
Polk the country acquired vast domain
in the way of public lands. Not only
were the organized and protected capital
relieved from every form OF taxation, but
| to the owners OF that capital there was do
mated OF this heritage OF the people more
OF the public lands than is contained in all
the farms between the oceans; more than
is contained in the area of ten such States
as Tennessee; more 10 the Pacific railroads
! alone than il contained in seven such
States as Kentucky. prolonged applause. ]
YET, As APPEARS
from Mr.. Clevelands letter OF acceptance,
there lies in the treasury sl30,O00, 600
drawn from the circulation of the country
and from the necessarcs OF life, which is
an excess over all the needs of the govern
men, Are YOU aware, my fellow citizens,
OF what IL costs the consumers OF the
country in order TO get this vast SUN Of
money In the treasury In discussing
this question we are often confronted with
facts that are very deceptive. For in
stance, we are told that the lower grades
Of cotton goods manufactured in this
country are as cheap, Notwithstanding the
tariff as they are in England. This Is
true, aud for that son they are not inn
ported into this country. Again, We are
told that goods are cheaper than they were
when this protective system was fastened
upon the country. That is true, but
IL is equally true that they arc cheaper IN
all other countries; and goods affected by
the tariff are much cheaper in other coun'
tries than here. The world is advancing
and il is prcpostcrOus 10 attribute the
triumphs OF mechanical genius 20 the
tariff laws, for those triumphs are not CON
: fined 10 our shores. The tariff only allcct'
, that kind and quality OF goods which m,
being imported and also manufactured II
this country. We are the greatest manu-
featuring
COUNTRY rs THE WORLD,
and In 1857 our manufactured products
, amounted 90 the enormous sum Of 5000,
. COCOON, while all OF our imporlations onl,
4 amounted to SG92, 100000. Now, thcs,
! ! importations and manufactured products
were not all affected by the tariff, becaus,
they were not all Of the same kind an'
quality. The importation OF coffee wa
= not iOr Il u not produced here and ~ no
= taxed The low grade cotton goods wer
a not, because they are not imported. IL
= fore the tariff can affect an article II mus
!, be imported and also manufacture
y here mean affect II IN the wa
= Of raising the price Of the manufacture
, article. OF the s612,OOD,UlO importation
, only s3O7, 900. 900 were OF the kind an
Il quality oi goods We manufacture, and
, sS.OO6.OuuD manufactured In thi
y country only 4, $40 100000 were Of th
q kind aud quality imported. Therefor
= only those goods imported and manuiaC
Z turcd come within tho
scorr or rnE ARGUMENT.
r As much a. s., 5OO,OoO 90 Of our manI
featured articles arc not affected one wa
"a or the other los the tann. Now, the sjO1
!. OOOUUO Of imp0rtations, being OF the SAN
,r kind and quality 81 good, We manufacture,
nj Maid, when landed upon our shorcs, u IL
a ncr cent. tax or thrift into our ircH
NJ NV. amounting In round numbc
4. To Slii,OODON. Now VIII any on
10 pretend that the importers 10
M this l50lO.ODJ? Tho imppriaiions Wet
n. worth 500, 900 NJ the ports nom While
n. thry we've imported, aud Il is Thereto
no. certain that the Slij,uIO,OOO was added
as the cost when the goods were sold to y
10 consumers 1T America, and that u
tc Americans refunded to the importer u
II amount with interest and prohis u
re while the American consumer was buyil
a. | these HuuuH from wv lUll''it'i ~ "''' 90
bnying ~. 8n. uuD, 100 worth Oi the sar
kind aud quality u goods from the
q, HOME MANuTAcrrHEHs.
80 l. Il not perfectly plain that the II
a.. pnrtpr and thc manufactures sold ~ !
In sane pricc2 No one would give moro
,.s thp one than % the other. Tho goo
liz sold in the same open market i1r the ~.
az. pricc. necessarily, and 10 II follows u
h, Inc consumer not only repaid 10 the d
lie p1ricr thc slij,OOD,OJO, but purcha.
M. seven times the same kind and quality
mo goods from the home manufacturer q,
ar Same price. Hence he not only pad hl
h 10 tho importer the SUN which
ION originally put into The treasury,
.rl | in doing 20 ho paid, Ia the
ibc Of incidental taxes, scycn times slI
rr- uOD,Upp loo Ia the pockets oi thc lA''
NOT and projected clu.sc-. lApplau'
Inn. Kind heaven las mover cudowcih Hep
1ur lrlu with the capacity 10 answer I
nal argument Prolonged appliance u
xrs been demonstrated, time and again,
bat thr labor cost ul our manufactured $50
h of Is less. perhaps, than that oi any c9uu
T, lbs ON earth. This grows out ui TIVE la''
tie the superiority Of our WtMn.fl
i 81 the effectiveness and efficiency ui An
lpn- can llhlI MhNn 'lA M '.'.,''
nee connection with the Argument, 10 BE- =
lies. that the entire incidental tax goes into
AMI packct Of tho manufactures in thU Wa
4 Us a bounty.
.dld NIT THERE Aur FACTS
niue standing out like headlights Ia our
NJ oi icmporancous history which direct ih'
irly gumunt New England contains an
per. oi Gs,OOO square miles aud populate
100000. The southern states, sircic