The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-25
COALTER z SNELCR0VE.

is a mere confession of the weakness Of
| his position. | would advise Mr.
Thompson, however, to read these
books before ne burns them. Not long
since talked with a person who couid
not bring himself to believe that five
trees could be arranged in line 10
different ways, I heard man argue
against the fact that blacksmith
would become rich by shooting a single
horse, If he received cent for the first
nail be drove, two cents for the next
four for the next. and so on.
Now, at this late stage in the argu-
ment, 1t would seem that it is little
too late to attempt the resurrection OF
the plea that foreigners pay the tariff
My southern friend writes: Now. The
foreigners have been able to paw 90
cents pound tar IF on their poorest
wool and yet lay it down IN Boston as
cheap as ours" | proved in nv
second article, that foreigners do not
pay the tariff; this proof must be over
turned before we can entertain the
above statement. however, since ne
chooses to ignore my demonstration,
and begs the question debated, by as
Stunning that foreigners do pay the
tariff, here quote sweeping demon
stration Of the faIsity of his assump-
| ton from nay genial friend Puck. =" Mr..
Thompson may obtain supplies of this
admirable journal for bonfres at 10
cents per copy.
Yet this is plain common-sense fact. O
Average Citizen! Who pays for the tariff?
Out of whose pocket come all these duties
on import Ou' of the pockets of the
Brlton and the German and the Freuchman
as your Pennsylvania friends would have
you believe? Noi in the least. You pay
these duties; they come out Of your pocket
For years you have been told that in taxing
an English-made artIcl of import you are
taxing the English maker
Come, let us reason together. A British
manufacturer can sell certain piece of
cloth delivered in America for 800 = being
dollar yard An American importer
buys that piece of cloth for that price, and
imports it He has TO pay n his importa-
ton duty of $l00 - let us say. Well, he
pays 1t; adds that amount to the orig inal
cost OF the goods, and then iDds that he
1t goes t, the middle-map, whoSclaps on $50
for his profit; and from him 1t goes to the
retailer, who hes to max another 5 70 out of
It. &c. when you 0 Average Citizen come
to bug ten yards of that cloth for your wits
dress, you have TO pay s35 for what cost to
the first buyer 40 and might have been sold |
here. paying three profits TO American
handlers, for $3.50 Now than good Aver
age Citizen, who paid those duties? 1t |
seems that you, for one, paid your share
But it also seems that you paid N ore than |
your share. Had there been No duty on the |
goods, you night have had them from the |
retailer for SIT So But S17 50. plus the |
du'y, is only $3.50, and you paid s35 What
is this extra $3.50, and why do You paw Il? |
1t is the interest on the increased amount of |
money invested by the American handlers
On account of this duty. Of course, if man
has to pay one hundred collars tax on
every purchase he MAKES to the amount of
one hundred dollars, he must invest lust
twice as much money in his business as b.
would If he we're not axed at all OF cou- Sc
he must have the interest on this extra
cannot turn it over and over
Rgaiu for nothing And, going a step fur
Their, we can see That he is in equity entitied
TO look for 8 larger proportion of profit in
cons deration of his risking so much more
gu must remember that If he fsi,s to sell
The cloth he has bought after the duty is
paid, he loses, not 500. but $500 And while
he importation might be good risk at SlOO.
t might be bgd risk at twice $l00
You may sit down, o well-p- otected Aver
lge Citiz = ut yeur projected table, in your
armchair; and bu ton Y ur pro-
ected coat about you, and dream that your
protective tariff is drain on the wealth of
he English. But the fac remain that you :
'ay every cent Of the du les that you impose ::
lpon foreign goods, and that nobody is the
worse off for the increa ID price, except 8
'ourself, The fact remains that you ray