Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02

cultural industries which make up the
bulk OF our foreign exports.
On what articles Is the tariff tax the
lowest?
On articles of luxury and personal
adornment, consumed almost exclu-
sively by the rich, such rs diamonds,
precious stones, fine jewelry and costly
fabrics for dress and opulent display.
Then the rich consumers pay Infinite
iy less than the poor end middle classes
of consumers?
You will find this to be true on in
vestigation of the tariff schedules and
Treasury receipts.
How many kinds of tariff tax have
we?
There is but one in reality, but it
goes by two designations s-advalorem
and specific.
What is advalcrem tariff?
A tax according to the value of the
thing imported and taxed. AS for in
stance, an advalorem tax or duty of so
per cent. is tax of so cents on dollar.
For each dollars worth of importation
fifty cents tax is collected, increasing it's
cost to the consumer one.half.
What is specific tariff?
A tax levied upon specific article or
upon specific unit of some article. A
certain class or grade of shawls or any
other specific article may be subjected
to a tax of ST each; or a certain cloth
may be subjected to tax of so much
per square yard and so on.
Are both forms of tax ever laid on
the same article?
FrQnuanfIu. oIotI, 60, ;.otono --
De subjected to q specific tax of 45 cents
per square yard and an advalorem tax
or 5O per cent. Let us suppose that
such cloth was valued at the place of
manufacture at so cents per square
yard. Add As cents for the specific and
70 cents for the advalorem and we have
50 plus As plus 25 equal $1.20, and to
this add the Importers and retailers
profits, etc, of 5, 10 and 25 per cent. re-
spectlvely, and we have so plus As plus
25 equal $l.20, plus plus 12 equal ST .3S,
plus 34l equal $l.72I, the final cost of so
cents worth of cloth to the consumer.
VIII not the placing of wool on the
free list destroy the wool growing in
dustry?
Why should it destroy it, and how?
BY lowering the price of wool.
DO you know what the price of wool
was in 1865, two years before the wool
tariff of 1867 was enacted?
No.
Merino wool-Ohio XXX-found a
ready sale at so cents in currency,
equivalent to 51.3 cents in coin. Do
you know what it brought in 1869, two
years after the tariff was enacted?
No.
1t sold for 59.5 cents in currency,
equivalent to 1872 cents in coin. Do
you know what it sold for in 1877, ten
years after the wool tariff was enacted?
No.
1t brought 51.2 cents in currency.
equivalent to 4l.6 cents in coin, a de-
cline of 10 cents pound under the
tariff. These figures, and others equal
" interesting, will be found in the
treasury reports by John Sherman
DO you know how many sheep there
were in Ohio in 1867, when the wool
tariff ofthat year was enacted?
No.
There were Z, 500, SOY, valued at 500
$780, ,3O2, producing "a, 94S, 1924 pounds of
wool, which sold for Sis, $500. Do
you know how many sheep there were
III Oiilo IN lo'o, three years after the
"ool Iariil was enacted?
Ts no. -o.oooo
!, q dnepe nea were o,oozOZo, valued at $S,-
4lo,Ioo, producing 1911, Al pounds of
wool, which sold for $6,1S3, 1862. Do
you know how many sheep there were
in Ohio in 1877, after ten years of the
wool tariff?
~, no. =
no Inere Inc too We're but 3,724,O4O, valued at
u, ,3S2' 42s, producing 1874 1904 pounds
Of wool, which sold for SIS, ,l96,523. This
SHOWS m that during the first ten years in
Onl0 uhder the wool tariff, the number
OF sheep declined 3,53l ,467, or 50 per
cent. Values fell off Sill ,977 ,374, or 60
per cent. The number of pounds of
WOOL decreased y, ,lOl ,467, or 40 per cent,
while the value of the wool shrunk $15-
lo3, ''9, or 70 per cent. There never has
oeen o year since 1867, when wool sold
IS hIgh as 1t did previous to the wool
.arlH OF that year. Sheep values,
oounds OF wool and price have all de-
'ilned since its enactment. These fig
Tres and many more equally interest
ng may be found in the office of Secre-
AIRY or state Robinson and in the office
u the ONO Agricultural Board in CO.
umbus. How much has the WOOL
grower MADE by the wool tariff of 1867?
why, nothing: On the contrary he
las lost. How do you account for it?
L nave propounded that question fre-
luentiy 10 sucn prominent wool grow