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

ChairmSn % thc House Committee On
N-anufnCtnrc< and In : report made bx
him in that year he sai1s The doc,rlnc
that duty "a imports serves % cheaper ,
prices q ~commodit.es which they are
levied upon seems % ccnilict with b nrss
dictates 81 common sense" lLnu-hscr
Thcduty constitutes . part of me price q
the whole mass Of article In markct lis
substantially paid On b article Of Do
nestle manufacture. and - wsl - upon
foreign production. Upon one IA i : duty.
uron me other n Il : burfcn. and the 70
neal q the tax m7<e operate - an cQuiva-
icnt reduction Of the price q the article.
whether foreign or domestic We say %
Song ~ the importation continues b duty
nn.s Be- PAID By b purchaser 81 the
article. The genuine and prom ncnt eccc
must be % increase n price 81 the article
10 the extent 81 the additional duty. and y
Is then pad BY tho IL u were
not 50. IL the gcncral effect ~ adding on .
duty were 70 reduce the price Of articles NJ
on which Il was levied. tho converse Of the
proposition would also be true. and thecP-
Grafton for reducing the price ofthe domcs-
tic article would be % rcr-ai the duty On
some article imported We can not sub
scribe. therefore. to the doctrine that dr-
tics OF imports are paid BY fore gn mer-
/ chants or manufacturers And yet there
are sc0rcs-I don't know but there are
hundrcds-of men pe~rambniatinS heccnn
try or speaking in the halls Of Congress 20
| day who tell you that this fax - raid cy
the importer or BY the foreign nanrfacf-
urcr. John Quincy Adams knew better.
ana he was too homes q man 70 make such
4 fai-c prctcrse Well. hat said Presi-
dent Ar,hurl He vas good Republican.
In his annual message 20 Congress In ls>-
or lssx be sa.d: Il recommend the En-
larrenent OF the free it hat Is AL
goods that pay no duty. 70 - 70 include
within il the numerous art clcs VIII en- yield
incoasidcr1b1c revenue. = s~implincafion a
the complex and inconsistent s>heiule Of
duties on certain manufactures p4rucn'
larry on cotton. iron and steel and . SUB
stantial reduction on those articles and
mon sugars. mclasscs. Wool and wcolen
goods Well. that . precisely what tho
Democrats are striving 70 do That i pre-
ciseiy what the Mills bill. - IL i called
ATTEMPTS 20 do. And yet those gcntlcmer
who are bowling around about the beauties
Of protection and the ruin the Democrats
arc bringin- on the country tell you thA'
this hin which President Arthr- recon
mcncod only 20 recently is nothing N IL
world but free trade
ANS or rur MILLS BILL
The Republicans are more afraid Of ire
trade than they are Of rattlesnakcs
r.aurhter.I They are terribly alarne'
less they should be bitten By free trade
Renewed laughter and chccrAl Now .
far from this Nils bill beng free trade
the most striking thing about Il Is that !
Is the most modest reiuction Of TART
duties that has almost ever been attemptc
In this country. The average duties lcvie
under the present tariff are = per cent
Under the Mills ball the average dutie
will be Only about 20 Per cent a mere =
duction Of : per cent On AL the dufAt
take, together OF course there are som
things upon which the duties are rcduc=
more. For instance. duties taken q
number OF articles called raw naferiA'
which are used BY the manufactures
ter work in the fabric4tion 81 their FRO
ucr. And as they receive this ere
benefit or having their raw materials 4.
or At a comparatively snall duty. the b
Q wisely provides that articles manuf1<
ured ~ them when brought into the ecu
D tn shall ray q lower rate 81 duty N
they did before. hut that ID nothing NO
than q compensation fortaking on the cr
u On raw materials President Gar1<
D. said in the House az Represcntztis
On March 10. ISIS Il was .
prisci az the rcmark Of the dist
v ruishcd gentleman from Michigan n do
j. know who that distinguished genf-em
Wa but be was = Mich'gander he
"a serted that there j. no ten IN inc IN
% tar Il that stands asonc On is OWL mer'
IA Int that Il must al be aiken In = lump
ar order 70 stardr He was shigh protects
1c 80 this Michigan man. - he said there
n i.-rn in tho whole tar.R AM there
b /. 90 and obi items in i. on which > tax
4, leriedl that could stand On il oxn ner
DC ana Il was necessary 70 take them int
Of lump entire 50 that they might stand
"a meant thar coal must take salt 81 the y
&c ana they rnust take something else by
in hand and that al the interests should vi
Of Their forces before they could makcs -
Mt before the country This Michigan
Sc came from : log country ] expect and
I'd IN favor OF log rolling and log rolling
the largest kind or q scale he bcile
that the man who wanted protection
OF enc article should log roll with >
wanted protection on another and y
o. Jr All uniting together and making
. grand synd cate or pcoL force , meas
lat through tie Congress- offhc United ia
air what said Mr.. Garfield -1ft1isren
Of true II strikes . blow q the wnole =
Iey srsten. q blew / am unwilling 70 stnk'
in an unwilling TO admit that c2d taxes !
( > be tie ! TO good ones andthus oe kct ~
the I think IL unwfse 20 continue this I
IRA - rc.1-thev were then tai
ri, about coal-and / am. therefore.
eft favor Of is repeal There 10 ano
4 q thing 70 which ! wish 20 call your q
for t;an. They say all ~ oncc-i say .
all once. because il II > very late doc1rl
add shc.e advocates OF protection arc q