The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-08-04
DON'T FAIL TO READ.
The New Tariff.
IL Will Protect Labor and Cheaper the
Necessaries OF Life.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
The provisions of the Mills BILL as amended and
passed by the lower house do not radically change
the general scope of the measure outlined by its
Trainer in his Introductory speech The fundamental
idea of the bill is to promote the prosperity OF the
part the actual protection afforded to any industry
in which the element of labor enters in just proper
duty on the manufactured products has been de-
creased only to such figure will afford the labor
ers protection and the manufacturers a legitimate
margin of profit In other words the duty upon the
manufactured wooden article more nearly represents
the difference between the wages paid in this coun-
Of consumers among whom every laborer's family
is classed TO need no explanation TO men of i'm
partial mind With raw wool free to the employers
dlions that laborers in this department should be
more steadily employed.
THE TAX ON COPPER AND BRASS.
Copper ore, which is now taxed seventy per cent,
is also placed upon the free list. This tax upon
metal which enters largely into many manufactures
has been levied for years for the benefit OF
ulously Insignificant portion of their profits. The
sentiment with regard TO free copper among the
Western members outside of Michigan was tersey
stated by Congressman Brown, of Indiana, who said
in the House: L would make copper ore free as
quick as lightning" This declaration elected
Justice, but more especially because Mr.. Brown is
Republican and protectionist.
Manufactured brasses are reduced only five per
cent Into these the element of labor enters largely
and the duty iswel maintained in order that Ameri-
can laborers may be protected With the duty attn
rate provided in the bill there will be excuse for
any reduction in the wages of the brass workers
Although the manufacturers may make millions in
year, they will still have fair return on capital
invested and almost certainly steadier demand for
their wares.
THE UBIQUITOUS LUMBER TAX.
Millionaires represent a number of the North.
western States in the Senate chamber. Why should
they not? Their enormous fortunes were made in
the lumber business of their sections, protected
Away by high duties, but paying pitilessly low
wa sS tO the IMPOVERISHED WOOdsmel who did the
work. Every man who has used stick or plank
in building home for his wife and little ones has
helped to increase the fabulous wealth of the Ayers
the Stockbrdges and the Sawyers. II the Nils bill
becomes a law lumber will be free, its twenty per
cent. duty. being stricken Off But cabinet and
of wood or wood and iron combined, such as cars
and carriages sashes, doors and blinds boats eic,
present tariff. thus giving to workers in wood a
larger measure of protection than at the present
time. The operators most ahected Dy tne placng OF
lumber on the free lis-hose of the great Northwest
have reaped the benefit of our protective system
while actually hiring hundreds Of Canadian halt
than those paid to Hungarans by the protected in
dustries of the Eastern states.
DUTIES NOT TOUCHED.
1t will be of interest during this campaign to re-
member the articles upon which the Mills bill al
lows the duty TO remain untouched. The unreason-
ing yell against free trade is cry that has no basis
except in Ignorance, mistaken zeal or greed Inc
products of all the foreign basket makers, book
binders and fnishers bone and ivory workers, boot
and shoemakers, brewers and matsters, britannia
ware makers button factory operators, candle
makers, cigarmakers, clock and watchmakers and
reparers, coopers. copper workers. corsetmakers
cntlerymakers distillers and rectiiiers, fishermen
faxdressers furworkers, gloves, cotton and woolen
cotton gibson, gimp and tasselmakers, gold and
silver workers and jewellers, gunsmiths and lock-
smiths, harness and saddlemakers, hat and cap
makers, hosiery and knitting mill operators, lace
makers, leather case and poeketbook makers
leather curriers', dressers, finishers and tanners
miners mirror and picture frame makers, organ
makers. mill operators, planOfOrle anu
tuners, preserved meats rubber goods makers scale
and ruiema screwmakers shirt cuffs and collar
makers shocks, silk mill operators, straw workers
tiles common and friedrich makers, trunk, valise
and carpetbag makers, tobacco factory operators,
umbrella and parasol makers, stove furnace and
gFatemakers, various farm products, hay hoops
barley cattle, sheep and hogs, ETC., have, under the
Mills bill, the same duty upon them as under the
The principal reductions are as follows: Brass
work, with free copper ore is reduced i've per cent
carpets, with free WOOL five per cent confectionery
with twenty per cent. reduction on sugar, is re
duced ten per cent; wooden galloons, gimps and
tassels, with free WOOL sixteen per cent; wooler
per cent; cotton goods Imported dyestufs free
five per cent; leather gloves ten per cent; broom
and brushes, with free raw materials, ten per cent
IRON, STEEL AND LEAD
! The average reduction on steel and iron manufac
lures is slight Under the present law they are sub
ject to duty of tifty-two per cent The Mills bill
lowers this to forty-three per cent. Cutlery II
untouched. Lead ores, raw material, are cut dow
/ fifty per cent, the duty on the manufactured meta
being reduced from SlAty-elSnt per cent 10 IOrty
four per cent, Horseshoe nails present duty seven
ty-six per cent, reduced to forty eight Common
4 tools in universal use; hammers, now sixteen pc
cent to ten; saws. now forty to thirty; anvils, nov
| thirty four to twenty-five. Dressed stone remains
at twenty per cent. Dressed marble is reduced from
ytwo per cent the present rate, to forty per cent
rough block marble from fiftythree to thirtyt
coTToNs, OIL AND POTTERY.
Cotton cloths, which now bear an average duty o
forty-six per cent are reduced TO forty per cent.
| but the cotton men have free dyestuffs and chemi
| Gals Cotton thread, used by every woman in the
land now fifty per cent, is reduced to thirty five
Gables and cordage, now thirty, are reduced to hf
teen. Salt is made free; shingles and laths also
Starch, which in the present tariff bears the mon
strous duty of eighty-two per cent is cut down tt
forty per cent Flaxseed and linseed OIL present
duty fifty-ive per cent. reduced to twenty-five
per cent, at which hundred thousand house paint
lers and several million house owners and occuper
will rejoice On pottery, despite the howl that ha
come from the employers the bill makes an average
reduction from tifty-eght to forty per cent, tht
greater part of this being on the higher grades and
| china. On many minor articles, neceSsaries, The
duties reduced also but generally with the SAINT
careful hand and always with view to Tightening
the burdens now resting upon those who are leas
able to bear them.