Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-07-28

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reduction seemed large. hutit wa
caused by the placing Of raw wool
on the free LIST. The reduction on
dutiable WOODEN goods Amounted
to S12,000,000, but the WOODEN man
ufactnrer was not injured. He was
benefited. This bill gave the
manufacturer free wool and 40 per
cent. taxation, and still itwaS said
to he a free trade measure.
The duty on books, paper, etc.
was now S22.IS. Tie bill LETT it at
So. 0G-less than 10 cents reduc-
ton. The bill reduced the duty oil
street rails from SIT per ton to 81
per ton. and. although the dnty
was left at 54 per cent. it was
charged that the Democrats were
trying to ruin this infant industry
Fifty four per cent. was a large
duty than had been placed on stree
rails from 1866 to 1879.
THE FREE LIST.
Mr.. Mills then addressed himSel
to the consideration of the free lis'
/ On that liSt, be said, had beer
placed articles amounting to 800.
100000. The largest was wo>i
from which sc 800, 600 was received.
When the Democrats wished t.
put wool on the free list they were
charged with breaking the middle
link out of the chain. The gen
tIemen who were charging the
Democratic side Of the House witt
bringing in free trade measure
had taken the duty off cotton ant
put that article on the free list
Had they stricken out the middle
link of q chain? When it was pro
posed to put wool on the free lis,
it was charged that the Democrats
were striking the ccmbinatio!
which had made the protective
tariff and that they should no
touch wool. The first tariff eve
framed in this Government aftei
the Constitution was adopted err :
braced in its title q declaration o:
the principles of encouragement t.
home industries, and it proposec
to encourage home industries by
putting wool on he free list.
The next largest item OIL the free
list was tiu-plate, from which a duty
of 81, 100000 was received. Not q
pound of this tin plate was made il.
the United States. The industry
did not give a man employment i'll
this country, and the placing OF
article OH the free list would moi
take a dollar from any manutac
turing establishment. TIN plate
could be found m the home of every
poor man, and the committee pre-
posed to remove the duty and pu!
95,O00,O0O back into the pockets oI
the poor people OF the country. l.
that was free trade make the mos
of 1t. The next item WAS SALT
Salt had first been put on the fires
list by Thomas Jefferson. God l.:
his bene6ceuce had made salt foi
man and beast, and it oughtnot t.
be taxed, but because few peopl;
were interested in the salt monop
! oily The members Of the Commute,
Oh Ways and Meaus were branded
before the people of the United
States as being free traders be
cause they wanted to give back II
the people this bounty on an artlcl,
hich God had prepared Tor them
DUTY ON COTTON TIES.
The duty on cotton ties, which
were placed on the free list
amounted to S121, 600. 1t wa.
charged that the bill Was sectiona
because itplaced cotton ties on th,
free list. Did gentlemen from TIL
Northwest ever think that whel
they abolished this sl21. 900 ofta,
alton they enabled the poor PEG
pie of the South to by mara
their horses, tier bacon and ihei.
-four. just in proportion as tn
people of the Northwest cvertaxe.
their cuun'rymen of the South au.
crippled their capacity to buy the.
crippled their own capacity TO sci.
In placing zante currents, whicl
grew in but ere spot in the whole
world, on the free list, the Demo
Gratis were charged with Being free
traders. Gentlemen on the other
side said you must tax the PEG
pie on their clothes, on their food.
on their employment of labor. an3
if you want anything free take IA
free drink of whisky. Loud laugh
ter and applause on the Democrat
ic side. He discussed ami defend
ed the repeal of the duty on lum.
her. 1t was time that the poo,
people Shou,d be considered in tho
reduction OF taxation. The taxes
had been removed from incomes
from manufactures, from railroads.
from telephone and telegraph com
panies, and from express compa-
MES, ant now the Democratic par
ty came upon the stand and sale
that it intended to help the man in
the log house on the prairie and
give him free lumber.
The duty On bu,laps was s979,00C
Every yard Of burlaps was made
abroad, and the dnry bronghj
money into the country which was
not needed. 1t was better that the
people who used burIaps Should
have the money the Government