The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-27
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Ralph Turns the Helmet Owe. sever.
nj Times On the all lmPerant Tariff
Question.

OceU, lHdt Tue eOitOI VI Tue helmet
did not answer my questions, if be
can. inasmuch as he noticed them at
all, and not evade them by all the
~srraddling and lodging means known
TO democracy. He has shown himself
grossly ignorant of the current topics
Of the day, in referring to my 9Th
question. He has mo- read the pro
ceedinss in congress. or any consider
able part of the debate IN the Mills
bill, or he would know something
abou, the subject, contained in that
question. Il is DO. Necessary to pro-
duce proof IN asking a question upon
4 matter Of public notoriety. But he
does not answer any Of the questions
He evades them all. To the FIRST he
SAYS that internal revenue rs 4 tax
levied upon whisky and tobacco, all
Of which goes into the national treas-
ury." l would ask again is that in
ternal revenue? Is nothing else tax
ed in the same way? Then, instead
Of telling what protective tariff is, he
undertakes to tellwhy it is andits effect.
viii the Helmet explain how the tar
III puts So into the hand of the mon
opclists. while only 81 goes into the
national treasury? Does not the
whole tariff duty go into the national
treasury? wish the Editor had an
swered- my questions and made his
afterwards, if he had any
to make. Again in answer TO ques-
ton I. be shows himself grossly lsnor-
ant Of the present duty on sugar, and
, what i proposed BIZ the Mills bill
The duty oil sugar Is about = per
cent. The Mills bill says it is nov
So per cent and they propose to re-
duce It 20 per cent, which leaves it
stal at Sper cent. Mr.. Dingley, Of
Maine. offered an amendment To re-
duce it 30 per c~nt instead Of 20 per
cent which was lost b. le5 te-oS a
party vote. Mr.. Canon then offered
substitute for the usa schedule
which classified sugar, 30 as to place
sbioher duty on refined sugar, the
-;rh mans sugar than on unrehned
rhp poor man sugar. He also
claimed that the majority committee
had Ahanged The origina' schedule
after = left the committee rscm. Mr.
Gray. q louisiana, admitted the
ehap-e. and said that when the first
schedule wa submitted to ,te Louis
lana members. they had protested
against it. and said that the sugar IN
6us,~- could not live under that
S~ebedule. he said It was in defer
ence To heir wishes. and to the nee
e.tv = the Industry thatit mad been
.l--.6. On i vote ,he substitute
Wa rejected,
Nj. Graar. II icva, criticised the
action u the committee in piae'ngth
farm products Of the east north :hc
w-st on the free list, and at the SAINT
fu.ra>:nc a tariff duty Of 81 Pei
cent al. sugar and 100 per cent Oh
RIO which are both products ct th'
So VI. Warner, Of Missouri a
t~li-,,.at offered an amendment t
- duty on rec from = cent
Ter pound 10 ! cent per pound, I'M
". t-,aG.nr on southern toes an'
made VI. Elliott. Of South Carolina
mad and lie oxclaimsl the res@bsi
Gan. have nominated a Chiuc-c pFesi
d, aud ar- uw ready to -ae-lfe
T. larea 81 .- f ne ~oa;b, By al
I,aas fee Importation Of rice II !
China.
~.,fa - -, . can5a7.
1.-Wby ., t4 sr an sas-
industries 81. tae south ike jus a.
we. ~itheut a protective tar.H #, - u.
- Zen. lumtcr ana -r iaaazEs