The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-03-16


profit equals s 4 cost = ssc. the X -i.s Of
syc. SC. ~ Sc 7oc. cost to retail
dealer or manufacturers selling price. BY
the same reasoning We find that 81 Of
present retail dealers cost SC. and IS Of
SC. equals &C. or manufacturers selling
price and II l. reasonable 10 suppose that
the manufacturer makes the same per
cent profit on cest 10 manufacture rs he
did before the internal revenue was taken
OF, and the only difference Is that In one
case he had to invest coin In stamps and
place them on the hunched matches, now
In the case Of all dutiable goods except
that the money paid at the CUSTOM house
officers d rsceipted for. but the consumer
has no means OF ascsrtaInlAg the amount
thus paid, preventing him from making
any investigation preparatory TO the OBJ.
talaing relative csst 10 manufacture, and
bchIndsthis unfathomable bafricade our
home nemanufacturcrs are entrenehed filling
their pockets with millions while the
masses are held with their noses to the
grind stones, while their attorneys and
taithiess defenders Of the peoplc--the
editors Of the press OF the country defend
this nefarIous systsm as the American
system. A more blighting curse never
rested on people. But go On with the
solution Of tbs match problem. Well
there was cost Of 20 cents when sold at
IS csnts, and cost Of cents when sold
at cents, the difference will show the ef.
feet Of q Ise. Investment. 7oc = 4e@t6c.,
50 then the manufacturer paid out Iac and
charged the consumer f6c. for II, or In plain
language they charge so as 10 clear 33H
per cent on their cash invested In stamps.
Now. II eur conclusions are correct then
the duties paid Is profitable investment,
securing a return Of 3sH per cent. Now
| ask yea to draw . fair and reasonable
conclusion and we are then prepared 70 go
on. Cheap blankets pay an import duty OF
about % per cent, plate glass II4 per cent,
ready made clothing sf cheap grade WOOL
en- goods ~ per cent. Now it's not reason.
able that the consumer can purchase these
goods without paying similar advance on
the import cash duty TO that paid on
matches. Let vs. suppose that We take
suit Of clothes, whose cost was $40 TO man.
ufaeture and n 7S per cent the dsty Is
S7.SoxST $3.50. and en- this compound
whole the manufacturer must have per
cent prsht. leave Il with you as to the
per cent or the method Of adding II. but
should ysu enly add per cent and about
the same Tor freight then there would be
added 10 per centand Si7.Sox 10 per cent
Of SIT ST.7S we have SIo.s So as whole
sale price fer suit of clothes, and allow
that eur retail dealer . rs per cent profit
will bring the price to the consumers a
little more thaa S71. .so,be he farm labor
er or haad In the factory where these
suits ei similar goods are made,a and whose
wages II IL claimed are kept up BY the tariff.
II lsa question begged but not settled
but on the other hand there IL question
that ls settled, I. e., that on aecouat Of this
duty the price OF heme made goods are
raised TO about these figures Do not feel
surprised and ask, aWhy do you assume
thIs I" or say "that Il all besh, ""you caA't
prove IT," Most assuredly ! can prove
this, for II Il did net protect heme manu-.
facturers why impose the duty That is
the prime object Of the duty 50 that our
home manufacturers can sell their pre-
ducts at price equal TO the coat Of max
ing or producing In tereign countries plus
the duty imposed. Competition truly Is
the life oftrade, and the only friend of the
masses. There Is alse another horn to
this dilemma, that Il this The prime OBJ
ject advanced by protsctionists Is that by
the American system we are told we casse
England TO help pay our taxes,but one Of
the defenders Of this system once disprov-
ed this. At the time of the callition Of
the reiilng mill men in 1870, i believe they
were trying to lobby through Congress a
bill, placing a duty Of $7S.ss q ten on
Bessemer steel rails. When debating this
point one speaker used the words.we wish
10 place the duty 10 high 80 rs to efIectu.
ally keep out all foreign rails, for we (the
ten eastern companies) can supply the dc
mand They not only said this, but they
frmly believed II, for they (the ten com
panles) had already bound contract with
rolling mills company in st. Louis bind
Ing that company net to roll any Bessemel
steel rails, and were to pay said company
$4,000 year not to rell nnless the East
ern companies failed to supply the demaad
They succeeded In passing the bill, bu
they failed to keep out foreign eompetl
ten, for notwithstanding the $a8.as dut.
per ten there was shipped into this coun
try between 6oo,ooo and 100000 tons, an,
the competition was so sharp they wer
sold SO lew that the American manufac
turers only realized about $76.7s per to-
of the artificial enhancement. Yet thi
Is menstrous to contemplate and full
proves all have said and ten-feld more
regard to our being slaves, and that 1t prs
duces tsvO surpluses and deficit at tn
same time. shall endeaycr to substar
tiate in my next article that enc of ii
surpluses Is accumulating In the U.
treasury, the other In tho pockets Of II
manufacturers and the deficit Is with tn
laboring classes. Hoping that the read
will consider well the bearing of this que
tion on the welfare of this republic, a
yours,
STATUS.
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