Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-07-20
Sugar and " oolens.

SO the House has decided by party
vote aot to repeal the sugar duties With :
a bounty substituted for the benefit Of
American producers, and not to reduce
The duty below Gs per cent, though the
same party majority votes to cut down
the duties on manufactured products to
40 per cent on many aud Important
classes. and not to alter, in a word, he
cunning arrangement devised for the
beneGt Of Democratic sugar trust
The Democrats are practically united as
a patty in UNFOLDING the sugar trust
Democratic conspiracy tie fleece Amcri-
can consumers of sugar. They are
practically united in putting the duties
ON sugar. which is nearly all imported,
20 per cent higher than the duty on
woollen goods, which are nearly all man
ufactured by Am rican workers. Wool
lens say the Democrats, shall be admit
ted at 40 per cent; sugar shall be taxed
GS per cent; the wool rate being to the
sugar rate as 100 to 10
This i absolutely consistent with the
free trade character Of the measure IL
i. also absolutely inconsistent with all
\ the pretences made that this IS not free
trade bill. The Distinguishing dilier-
1 once between the Proteetionist and the
>Fne Trader is that the former in raising
i necessary revenue discriminates in favor
a ofhome manufactures; the latter IN rals-
J.. ing revenue discriminates against home
manufacturers and in favor OF foreign
r. manufacturers. The Free Trader, de-
r. cIaripr that protective duties rob CON
sinners tries to raise the revenue as far
ID >. possiblc By duties on articles not pro
A. Juced IN this country. Sugar, though
re raised in this country to small extent
~ is nearly all imported; out of % Pouud'
r. consumed in this country per caPlu
a. about 40 pounds arc imported But Q
D. the woollen goods consumed in thu
in country more than six pounds out Q
be seven by weight are made in this coun
RS? trv The free trade theory is that tn
/ it cost of six pounds produced at home
- - consumers to the full e2
tax toni Of the duties laid on the one poun
in imported, so that the consumer pays U
b n favored manufacturers for every
ply maid into the Treasury. Therefore tt
,eat Free Trader puts the woollen duty at
-o6r per cent and the sugar duty at 6S p
and cent.
If The Republican Protectionist kno
, do that the duties on woollen goods do
a in enhance their cost to consumers, becar
re- the people of this country get their goo'
ives all kinds of woollens included as chez
re is " as the consumers of any other count
slip quality considered. They get less SUI
Re DIV and more wool than the people
= are England, and pay about as much m
we per yard or per suit as the difference
road; - wear actually justihes
Con- AAevelop home manu-
M AA4af-i 15Bss. l,.l h0 y.
peSsB ", 000, 600 pounds Of don
What tic WOOL in 1860 and 260, OGO
it, pounds in 1887, in spite of the cOnsi
able decrease caused by the tariff
rgin- 1888 and tue free trade rulings {
ed at Democratic Treasury On the Q
the hand, the proportion of sugar prod
blind in this country is less than it was t'
pro- ty-eight years ago. The Republic
.ectly find that the sugar duty is useful
, tax, for revenue; that the woollens du
The highly useful for protection. The
i'd be publicans, therefore, propose to de
# this the manufacture and prevent the
now charge of its workers from employu
ice is and to take off part of the duties on 81
noval Just here comes in combinatic
er OF rich Democratic sugar refners,
Dem have the consumers of the countr
1 sail the throat They will swell Democ
riends campaign funds ifa Democratic Con
doing will consent to defend their mono
"a his The Democrats in Congress do con
III to and so their fulfyot is cast to su
ZONES the sugar trust, to destroy the VIC
natter mills, and to turn the operatives {
employment If the Democratic
j can afford to go to the country o
,-S;nc record it has thus made, the RepubI
t,sno- have no occasion to shrink from the
dent, -
n mos The vote on Mr., Dingley's al
49, ment to the Mills bill providing
" reduction Of fifty per cent in the du
htes oil sugar was good test Of the insir
At e of of the Democratic tariff reformer
arcS2: Following the Presidents lead,
have been clamoring for months
mao lieisfrom burdens imposed on the
f.os .aIics of life and for emancipation
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