Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-18

" assumed that the producers Of France,
! Belgium and England would 70. consent
10 tois Discrimination in favor OF German
man 0fac urers.
Those VINO wrote thi5 certainly knew
that the term "Germsn locking g,ass
olates" is applied not to glsss made in
Germany, tu. to glsss OF particular
quality, which nay be made snYwhere-
Iaat as German silver is made all over the
void. Thew sre shocked thst the Mills
/ bill should "for the first time discriminate
| between the products OF various foreign
states y And yet, Stocked as Messrs
Hiscock and Aldrich were, their own bill
Is full OF precisely such discTimic atoms.
They actually put bologna sausage On their
metal free. They consider fsvorsbiy
plaster Of paris. Ia fJc: the Republican
free list is made up very largely Of Just
such unprecedented discrimin .tions,"
for 1t m,kes duty free Veuice turpen!ine,
ToDqus beeps, Indian madden, India MS
lsccs, i ,rte urre nts, Burgundy pitch
balm CT Gledd, Tripoli polishing powder,
Brazil nuts, Iadis rubber, Tsmprco fibre,
cocculus Indicus, Brszilian pebbles and
Psrisn wsre
This Is Only one example OF mere bold
faced sttempts to trade upon the iguor--
snce OF the general public in tec1n!csp
matters. As 10 the swindles, they are
numerous as they are ingenious and uns
scrupulCus,
Take, Is sn instance, the proposed Re :.
publican wool duties. Under the present
tariff there are two classes Ct wool-one
worth under 80 ceGts pound, paying .
duty 81 10, the other worth over 80 cents,
paving y cents per pound. The Rsput-
licsIs pretend to equality" these duties
by making beth asses pay cents q,
pound. Thst looks fair. But they cot@
cesled the feet from the public thst Of the.
higher grade. worth over 80 cents &
pound, scarcely any is mpOr.ed-)D1.
1900 pounds last year. Thus thefE
"tqusl'z1tiOn" has the effect only &
increasing the present very high and IA,
furious wool duty by 10 per cent go =
Here is another r uolicsn tfIck'
Under the present tariff all WOODEN cloths
worth not exceeding so cents per poucd
pay IS duty 50 cents pound sad So per
cent I'd yslorem; ell above so cents psy
IS cents and 40 per cent. The Rspuoh-
cin Senstor5 make q new class fl cation.
On all cloths not exceeding 40 cents per
pound they exact 35 cents and 35
per cent; all above 10 cents and
under 60 cents gre to pay IS cents
and 40 per cent. and all over 60 cents
40 cents ead 40 per cent. The sversga
citizen will understand the trick In this
only when he learns that the aversge
value of the WOODEN cloths imported at
the lower rate under the presen. tariff Is
IS 10 cents per pound. The result, II
the Senste's trick should become law,
would 5e to raise the du:y or almost the
whole mass Of cloth worn and u sea by
the farmers end mechanics Of the country
ard their wives for oyercoats, coats,
Closke, etc.
Take, sgain, another cut upon the
woIkiDgms1 And farmers in the matter
OF fsnDels, blankets and lists. These
articles now pay very high
duty, which makes them reed-
lessly costly 10 men Of moderate
moans-:he masses OF the people. They
pay al the WAY from 10 cents sud So per
cent. sd v3lotern to So cents and So per
cent. But the Senate bill, while increas-
ing these rates, already high enough,
msnsges, by 81 sdroit Gew classification,
to Increase the rsteG on the poorer quail
ties much more than on the goods used
by the rich, Tee rich msn'5 fanueIs,
bls7kets snd hats they raise per cent.
TIE poor II sn's e snIels, blapkets and
bats they Increase by ABOUT IS per cent.
The Republicans knew what they were
aocus; for they have carried this cunning
system CT Discrimination agains. the poor
and il favor OF the rich al through their
bill. For instance, in the matter Of
Hom:n's aud children's dress goods they
have adroitly, by : new classification,
raised the duty on ell the cheaper grades
OF these goods, but left the finer Qualities
used by the r.ca untouched.
Thus, sEsin, by laying suaiioIm rate or
c1gsrs they make the poor man psy SIS
nigh e duty Oh his cheap cigars as the
rich man for his costly ones. Again,
horses and other animals now pay sccord-
ing to their value The Republicans lay a
specific duty CT $50 hesd on all horses,
so that Senator STAFFORD, importing
$1,000 horse, will pay no more duty than
his poor neighbof on q SIS or 500 ami.
nal.