The South western news., 1888-09-19

SIX cents in tariff taxes, about one
fifty Of which went into the Gov
ernment Treasury, and the other
four fitths to some far.off manu-,
featuring capitalist. Part Of this
tux the poor man will never be fe'
liered trom-a small part, it is true
If the Mills bill becomes a law,
but much OF the larger part he will
always have to bear, as it is the
settled policy CT our Government
to obtain the. most of its revenue
from torifi' taxes. Still he will not
object if the Mills bill gets him a
discount of from 7 to 10 per cent.
Oft his wife's aud his own store bill.
1t the wage-earner has one daueh>
ter to clothe he will feel additional
interest IN the tariff, as it will
make her store bill Fifty-eight
Dollars and sixty cents, or Twenty
Dollars and fifteen cents more than
it would be without the existing
high tariff. If there is a boy in
the family to buy for, his store bill
will be increased about Eighteen
Dollars and twelve cents on a total
expenditure Of Fifty,eiyht Dollars
and sixty cents.
With a family Consisting of wife
and two children it is expedient to
keep house. This is the opportu-
nifty of the tariff lord. To furnish
the kitchen Eighty-ffve Dollars
and sixty cents will have to be
paid cut, of which sum Twenty
nine Dollars and seSentyciour cts ,
is tariff tax. On the cook-stove
alone costing Eighteen Dollars and
nine cents, there is a-tariff tax of
Twelve Dollars; on iron pans, a
tax of two dollars and forty-eight
cents; on dishes costing ten dollars,
a tax of three dollars and ftty-fye
ceDts. Passing to household fur
niture, the mechanic, in furnishing
his dwelling, will find that in bny.
ing one heating stove at fifteen
dollars he is paying tax of four
dollars and sixty-fve cents; on so
yards of carpet costing forty dol
lars, ta~ of ten dollars; on three
sets of bedroom furniture costing
seventy>fve dollars, tax of mines
teen dollars and forty-fve cents.
If he spends two hundred and thir-
ty-nine dollars and sixty cents to
furnish his rooms he viii have paid
tariff tax of sixty>seven dollars
and sixty>six cents. IN the course
of year he will spend some sixty
dollars at the grocer's, twenty dol4
lars OF which will be tariff tribute.
But the housekeeper5 wants are
as numerous as the holes in a corn>
meal sitter He will want Ratchet,
costing one dollar, on which he
will pay tariff tax of 81 cents; a
file, costing % cents, on which
he pays 10 cents tax; a basket.
costing one dollar, on which the
tax is 80 cents; a grindstone, cost
ing three d5tlars, on which the tax
amounts to 80 cents; g spade, cost
ing 80 cents, on which the tax is
70 cents. If he should buy twen>
ty pounds Of nails his tax would
be % cents. These are a few of
the things the householder buys.
and on all he is taxed. His rent,
even, is higher by reason of the
tariff, as the tariff has enhanced
the cost of the materials of which
his house was built.
Anybody can see that reduc-
ton ct tariff duties is desirable.
As she average rate now is 47.10
per cent, it is plain that the Mills
bill is moderate in proposing, as it
does, a reduction of about Z per
cent. The entire duty in Wash
ington's time was but 8 per cent,
and when the country was most
prosperous it was but 20 per
cent.
Not Incorrect.