The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-04-07

With untaXed raw materials we cOuld |
Keep our mills running on full time, |
Our operatives In constant employment |
aud have an active demand for our raw |
materials in our own factories. III
there should be no duty on any ma
terials entering into manufactures
many articles now made abrOud would |
be made at home, which, while il wouid
give more employment to our 0Wn
labor, would give Il better market to
many articles which we produces aud
which enter into manufactures, such
as cotton, wool, hemp, tiaS and others.
"in starting on this policy. we have
transferred many articles from the
dutiabe 10 the free list Tie rrvr-
nues now received on these articles
amount to 1922. lS8, ,506. Three iourihs
of this amount is collected on articles
that enter into manufactures, of which |
wool and tin plates are the most i'm
porlant. The revenues derived from
wool during the last fiscal year
amounted 10 So ,S99,Sl6 63, and the |
revenue from lin plates to So, 7OJ ABB Us.
The repeal OF all duties on wool
enables us to reduce duties on the
manufactures of woods Sl2, 1882, ,2ll IS.
The largest reduction we have made is
in the wooden schedule and this reduc-
ton was only made possible by putting
wool on the flee list.
WHY WOOL SHOULD RE FREE.
"There is no greater need for duty
on wool than there is for a duty on any
raw material. The duty on wool
makes it necessary TO impose higher
duty on goods made from wool, and
the consumer has to pay double tax
Ii We leave wool untaxed, the con-
sumer has to pay n tax only on manu-
iactured goods. We say to the man
ufacturer, we have put wool on the free
list TO enable him to obtain foreign
woods cheaper, make his goods cheap
er, and send them into foreign markets
and successfully compete with foreign
manufacture. We say to the labOrer
in the factory, we have put wool on the
free list, so that it may be imported
and he may be employed to make
goods that are now made by foreign
labor and imported into the United
States. We say to the consumer we
have put wool OH the free list that he
may have wooden goods cheaper. We
say to the democratic wool grower, we
have put wool on the tree list to enable
the manufacturer to import foreign
wool to mix with his, and thus enlarge
his market and quicken the demand
for the consumption of home wool,
while it lightens the burden on tho
taxpayer. The duty on wool now pre-
vents all the better classes OF WOO
from coming into the country. The
domestic product can supply only
about one half the amount required iol
home consumption.
, AID vALOREM DUTIES PRAISED.
"ln the wooden schedule we hav'
, substituted I'D Uatorem for specific
q duties. Specific duties are the iavorit'
Of those who are protected aSains
q competition. aud protected in cOrnbima
/. tions against the consumers at thei
, products, because it conceals from th
: consumer The tax he pays manuiaC
:, turers. The commissioner of labor
/. report shows the true nature OF specific
= duties and consumers can see why il j
that manufacturers clamOr for them
y They know the different values Of thes
= goods and what apt words will enl
II brace high and low prices together AN
n make the poorer people pay the sam
= tax for yard of cloth worth tOrty-tiv
= cents that the wealthy do for u var
that costs 50 66. but that fact the spec
itic tariff conceals. The ad Uniere7
rate taxes everything according 10 il
e value. A duty OF 40 per cent. Il
o Ualorem would have imposed a tax {
I, 81 A on the yard OF broadcloth, an
i IL cents on cotton warp cloth that co:
u As cents, aud the duty would bave bee
lt Fair In bath IL 10 fhn a ia IStl
% cent. on cheap cloth and 50 per cen
j. ON high price brOadcloth. In the cot
is Ton goods schedule we see the sau
J vicious, inequitabIe and illogical re
J. suits OF specific duty"
+, The decrease IN the production
IL hemp and flax under duty is discusse,
't and reasons given for placing il on III
IS free list; also, briefly, reductions d
II earthen aud glass ware and steel rail
=, THE NEW SUGAR DUTIES.
4 On sugar the report ys:-"We hay
II reduced the revenue received irol
NJ sugar about 20 per cent. and eXtende
in first class from No. Is 10 No.
,p Dutch standard OF color. Sugars b'
~ tween Nos. l3 aud l6 are grades
Of brown sugar which can 90 INTO co
m sumption without refining, and co
nj sumers NAV protect themselves again
nj trusts and combinations by purchasit
A. these grades of imported sugars wht
H. the price of refined is put up and ke
"a up by organized trusts of domest
- manufacturers. The rate OF all sngu
in above No. l6 is reduced so that forei4
q. refined sugars may be imported to pr
n vent high prices and protect the co
w suner against combinations.
he The reduction in the price OF :
l.. canned goods and the benefit 10 4
!. manufacturers OF cans are cited as +
,is suits of freeing tin plate, and the +
oI port concludes :--"rhe bill which t
~. committee reports provides for the L
NJ peal of all restrictions on the sale of
a. bacco by the producer and for the +
70 peal of all taxes on tobacco, except
he cigars, cigarettes and cheroots, and I
privilege license tax, except those
manufacturing and selling cigars, cig
rettes and cheroots
in Department tables are furnished
of support of the statistical assertions.