The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-02-03

Furniture 10 In univsrsal demand the
cottage Of the working man, - vel! -
tho palatial residence u tho mIiliohaires
muet have furniture. Il u necessity
and ought not 70 b loaded down with
'unnocsS1ary taxstion. The State Of
Michigan u largely esgaKed In the man
laciurs Of furniture. and it said that the
Furniture manufactured q Grand Rapids
|is known 81 over the world, and more
than twenty furniture manufacturing
nrms or that city and other firms 10 the
State engaged In the manu- nfacture Of fur
misure hsve petilI0ned Congress 70 make
important changes In the taril1, which
ere imperAlively demanded, 10 help this
branch OF the manufacturing intereste Of
the country. Their petition is . fol-
lows:
ITO the Honorable Senate and House Of
Representatives OF the United States t:
THE undsrsigned, furniture manu-
lfacturers OF the State OF Michigan. be-
IIieve that thu time has arrived when the
Of the tariff should be cor
recied and the surpIns IN the National
Treasury reduced. Therefore We re-.
spectfully petition your Honorable body
that the following articles should be
placed upon the free list, viz: Burlsps,
silvered mirrors, known IN the trade a.
German Iooking-glass plates. coal and
sponRes. We would respectfully re-
quest that the tariff on unsiIvered plate
9lsss above 40x3O inches be reduced to
not exceed thirty per cent. ad valorem.
4 There were imported imto the United
States last year 33 756 795 20 worth Of
burlaps, paying : tax Of $l,l76, ,706 ~
the same being SI.33 per cent. This
article never was and cannot he profita'
: -lbly made In this country, owing to oil.
lmatic and other in1uencss. and there Il
mo industry In the United States pro
tecsed BY this tax.
4 There were imported LAST year into th'
! United States 81. .6S3 $50 s6 worth Of kii
. vered mirrors. known in the trade q
. German looking glass plates. upon whic'
! tax was collected Of &4O7 $50. 81. Their
: were also imported $l.229Nl worth o
0 unsilvered plate lass. paying . duty Q
}. u. .3l5 .304 IS the same being an xversx
q rate Of lUl.32 per cent and on size
: above "a. 10 inches the enormous dni
. Of 152 "a per cent was collected. Tb
i duty OF l52 "a per cent. was the larRes
i tax collected upon any article imp0rte
into this country for manufacturing puI
poses. Notwithstanding this excessiv
3 projections, ii has been demonstrated thi
= il il imp-aclicsble 10 manufacture gIaI
. suitable for mirrors IL This country AZ
y every looking glass plnte used BY furn
y tire manufacturers In The United Stat
~ to-day - imported.
The collection Of ihcse taxes does n
lhenefit any industry III lhla county, b
Tie Il erieyons burden to Snr1bjsure ma
ufActurers, and II our petition % grant'
y II will divert from The National Tres
!, .ury S3,573,s92 "a annually, and will 81
.. not only this amount but many millio
4. mere 70 the people"
!" Now here is Z greet industrial intere
~ y, that IL neediessly and shamefully emba
=. !. raesed by taxalioD-embsrrsese in
!" I, way that hears directly upon its pro
:" :perify. and ia way that reduces veg
osand increases the cost Of articles Of IN
a :" versai necessity 10 the people. u ~
4, Z" be found By the investigation Of eu
:. questions that the issue made BY Pre-
- dent Cleveland that taxes ought 70 Be
q. duced In such . way - to vifaIizo q
- ~ manufacturing interests Of the countr
ou..lis meeting With . warm responso fro
= - men who have the welfare Of the con
s.s',,try st heart and yet there are Repub
cans. lsboring In the interests o. ~
nopoIists, who would have free whisl
and dear furniture they would ha
free wtisky. tobacco sud beer, and CO
ty tinus the tax on the absolute neceesitl
or life Indianapolis Sentinel.