Semi-weekly south Kentuckian., 1888-08-21
What The Mills Bill Is.
A PLAIN AND UNTEcHN1cAL
STATEMENT FOR WORKING
MEN AND WOMEN.
An Appeal To Working Men Tc
Sec the Right and Act
Upon It


Congressman Clifton II Breckin
ridge, of Arkansas, of the commitle,
on Ways and Means, was one of thu
most active and efficient in preparing
the Tariff bill. lie was a planter, neal
Pine Bluff, for thirteen years befor,
his election 10 the Forty eighth Con
gress, and is clever student of rev.
enue questions. Before he left to at
tend the meeting of the Harlem
aaLoJ for nIain and untecbnical
statement OF the features re-, anu p,n', ploIap,u
results OF ine M','s pii'; Pa,t,ou'ai2
IN their reiations u tno iapoiips nie"
ana women oi this country ,o
on want 10 khow ms1'nIi ~, NJ, uo
hlif Wnt neIp vi l1a'V '"ooi '"iu w.
BrecRlnringe' INA, m ousnt nos "
be dlthouit 10 snow inc piosonI iew'
which we are at'eLnpl.ns ~ inou.it
contains, besides the prU.ecalon M Tlin
clple, many olhcr ,an, alnsS. - tVm, ~
however, men may ulner apouS e. VIZ .e
righiiulness ana INC reaI pcheh. 10
the great mass OF laDoIlng iilcu anu
ihe great Douy VI peop.e Vi mn". ~
called pro'ec',on, yet al asieo .ia'
when you go neyonu the poipt mnlo,'
fairly covers ,he uihe%rehcc renee Dc.wetn @ ,Lo
the cost OF proauc'lon mere anu M .iic
cost OF produo.ioh aDIoau' you uos ~
to take BACK me oenelils 70 wa, 80. .,
oil laDorihg men OF wolhe,, wnloti II
was ciaihieo were pci.ea.eu oo,o, ,..,. o.
Here lies me olllcre"co petWeeh Pio. %.
nctive tarlli ana IhohopoF 'arih'
covrrssrnrv voxoroty TARIFF.
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"The present tariff is not simply a
protective tariff, but it is far more
than that-it is a monopoly tariff.
10 prove this il is only necessary To
take the statements of the manufac-
.turers themselves in the census OF
1880. In all the mechanical and man
ufacturing industries the average
amount of labor was $lI65 in every
hundred dollars worth of products.
In manufactures proper IL was 500 %
in every hundred dollars worth
What il claimed TO be needed for
labor? do not say what is wanted
for monopoly; but what, can any
,ni.n nn ,ho Sc! hiomor 10 ] l;,Irro and tho mood
would be something between, say, w
on the hundred dollars worm OF
goods and nothing' IN oiher WORDS
something between ~ per cent. ana
Tree trade. Ihat might DC ~ per cent J
I'D per cent or per cent Dut IL GER
tainly could not DC on lhe average
over ~ or ~ per cent Ior lhat Is All
the labor tnere Is III tue product even
here. II the per cent oil iabor is
only halt as huch ABROAD, inns would
cover here four times what they gel
there, aud this does not include
freight and charges; But our av'
erago duty paid on all these goods is
$l1.l0 on every hundred dollars
worth. You can see from 'hls now
much monopoly IN addliloh 10 pro
lection IS IN the present law. .,
1t is, therefore, very clear that IL I'M
committee had connned us reductlon
TO the monopoly part OF the tariil
then the bill VIII greatly help laDo
according TO all the uoctrlncs mere
tofore accepted as protectiVe'
,n rrnr ON ruv pvnrcr,oys
hNN'i NAio"" vi '"N "'' '''''
To the request for an authoritativ
statement as 10 The total amount @
tariff reduction proposed by the bi
Mr.. Breckinrjdge said: II will iirs
give YOU the figures as The bill cam
10 the House. This will be NOR
satisfactory, / suppose, as il propose
a somewhat greater reduction tha
the bill now carries. After that
can sum up the few changes for vol
The total tariff reduction then wa
$53.72O,OOO. The total tariff taxes 70
the year ending June 30, 1887, wa
$2l2O32 900, The amount of re
duction made in the Mills Bill b
putting articles on the free list ia 81:
$4,000 These principally consist {
raw materials, like wool and roug
lumber, and of articles we do nc
make, like tin plate. Deducting tt
500, $4,000 from the total of $53,72C
600, leaves say S3l 10000 that
taken of in the way of what we ms
call simply reductions of the taril