The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-09-07

~ hard namcA have all my life kept .
civil tongue m nv head. and ! mean 20
keep Il - long = I live; but do say that
soue peoplc sometimes seem 70 loso their
scnscs or they can not go the truth, and
often unfortunately can not speak H.
Laughter and spplauscl
on 4 HON rARirR.
Just think Of il for one moment We arc
TIA that 4 hirh tariff makes = country
richer. - IL IL were possible 20 make .
country rich By progressively taxing IL
people Amt that = new way 20 make .
mas rich. TO run your hand in his pocket
and take out what you fnd thcrc-ilarga-
tcrl-and that without any Just reason
whatsoever for doing sol Amt that =
singular way 70 make anybody richi And
vet that Il precisely the plan that thosc
folks advocate when they tell u that the
country Is 10 DO made wealthy BY means OF
high taxation Again, they have the an-
daci,y 70 say that this tariff tax = NOT paid
by the Of the articles which ere
taxed Why. II the 81 taxed
articles do not pay for tho tax, would
ike 70 know who docsf IA voice; 80
would L. and chccrs.l Do those prote :
ton orators pay itf Dothc manufacturers
paw III Who pays T. II the people VINO
consumc the articles that ara taxed =
Can eny man answer that question 70 the
sati<fact;on- Here Judge Thurman was
interrupted by the presentation OF . note.
He looked At il : moment and said: !
am afraid there are some high protection
lists In this audience, for q lady sends
me this note 70 read 20 you
A lady has just had her pocket
picked. She thinks il is high tariff
iLaughter.l Well, I hope the high tarih
man who has taken that lady's money viii
be caught and made 70 refund before he
leaves Port Huron Laughter and ap-
piausel Now. nv friends. II You viii re-
fcct for . moment you will see that i IS
necessarily the case that tarn taxes are
Maid by the consumer Of the articles which
are taxed. and all domestic articles OF .
like kind which arc manufactured In the
United States. II is . curious fact. and one
| Of the worst things about this tariff tax that
while the Government gets II resulting
from the tax. domestic manufacturer SCI
s. Is il IS best estimated. that never goes
/ into the Treasury At all. How does this
! happenl A man called an importer brings
| rods into the United States 70 Be sold
He can not sell yard or . pound until NJ
| pavs this tariff tax He pays il therefore
| and then sells il to the merchant u
\ course be must get this tax back In Tho
| price for which he sells or he would los
money. HIS business would break up q
once Therefore, be puts the tax on tn
original cost Of goods, and with that Pre-
added with the cost Of transportation ans
his reasonable commercial profit be sell
the goods to the merchant The nerchan
sells to the retail merchant. and Of course
this tar which entered into the price con
tiuues in the price and 70 il Is added IN
profits Of the merchant Then the retai
merchant sells 10 you and Of course b
must get in this price, for othcrwis
he would sell for less than ne cav
for the goods. and no man would col
sent TO do that Therefore, the tax Is Q
when the cloth, FOR instance, i sold 20 70
and in the price you pay this retail me
chant you also pay the whole Of the tart
tax. the importers profits. the wnoissa
merchants profits. and the retail me
chants profits besides the interest {
their money. II is as plain Is that ~
ana two make four. II was . schos
master and q boy Of ten years could q
uuderstand that after ten minutes teac
I ing I would give him up as . hopele
4 IDIOT Marghtcr.1 That Is the Tact in
! spcct 10 this branch Of subject Now. hf
|. much do you payi Tho amount q du
] ale goods imported into tho United stat
4 in 1851 was in value S451,uo.o o IN rou'
4 numbers. The duties collected on INC
= coods-the tariff tax-was $-l--OlO.uD a
: 4 fraction. Therefore, in that single yc
! a tax wa levied on the people Of I
Z United States BY the operation OF this tar
law of s2ls. 100000 and . fraction, VIII
y went into the Federal Treasury. But N
4 a. / have told you, was the least Of !
= burden. The domestic manufactures
> fhc same kind Of commodities amount
TRAIT wear 70 IS. 360.OO0g000, and as the pr
~ 81 those goods was raised By the tariff
y nearly or equal proportions 70 the price
y goods that were imported. the %
e winch the people paid By reason 81 n
" hirh priccs Of what they had 10 buy or Z
n % use amounted u t1.0oo0oo9o y
nt II about ive times as much as the tax
e ceiyed by the Government for the uses
q the Government In other words.
" whole community was taxed about $40
~ ooo.Oo for the benefit Of comparativel
% small portion OF the community AMT
u Il said to be just: that Is said 70 Be !
= play: that i said 70 be for the bench
the American people Why don't y
carry il out furtheri When they nnd
m Port Huron alawyer-I speak kindly :
lawyer because ! am . lawyer myself
N proceeds Of whose profession 40 mol an
- him and his family comfortable Y
why don't they tax you al Tor Ms PSI
ga ~ =. ~ prote<sf hin. When they On
az, doctor whose income IL not sufficient
2ut hin self ard family. why don't they "a
'ie. TIC pcoplc OF Port Huron In order 70
. y "a the wealth OF that doct0rs And .
zen with every body else. Why don't the
|. OF - u~~~-.n shrw tnou perfectly well