Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-10-12

industry, thereby differing very
widely from the free trade Mills
bill.
THE CONTRAST OF TARIFFS.
The Republican Senate and the
Democratic House both had before
them IN the task of reducing the
revenue by altering duties II tariff
which in the fiscal year 1857 col
lected on dutiable articles OF $l5O-
3S5.32l IN value S2l2,O32, 1923 III
duties. OF this sum, $40, PIP
were collected on liquors and Sl5,-
54O, 300 on silk goods, a total OF
800, $40, 549, which neither party
proposed to disturb.
This left SlS9,oS9,SSl on which
the reductions were to be made.
This was divided into two parts.
The sugar duties, which are practI-
cally revenue duties and at present
Weld little or no Protection, fur
nlsh S5S,O16,GSG OF revenue. The
remainder is the heart and core OF
the Protective system and gives
all the practical Protection there
is in the system. These duties
amounted to S15l, G73,l95 in 1887.
The leaders OF the Democratic
majority in the House consulted
with the head of the Sugar Trust,
an organization made up OF Dem
ocratic firms, and took only Sll,-
OIL 6S of the sugar duties. Such
a reduction will not and can not
cheaper sugar. 1t Will increase
the profits of the sugar grower
abroad or the sugar retiner at
home. The Republican majority
of the Senate Finance Committee
did not consult the head OF the
Sugar Trust, but the consumer,
and cut the sugar duties by one
half, reducing them 927,75G,O OO'
This is a cent a pound on last years
imports and it will make sugar
cheaper by that much to the con-
sumner.
This was the contrast In dealing
with the revenue duties collected
be- the tariff. Mark the difference
in dealing with the Protective du'
ties. They amo unit to Sl3l, O'3'
1875. This is all there is of Protec
ton. Remove them, and Free
Trade is here. These duties give
barely One.third of our national
revenue. They have been lowered
decade by decade until they are
less in proportion to our total I'm
ports than ever before. AS they
stand they are the "tariii.' They
protect. This sum Of Sl3l, O73, 1913
collected IN the year ending june
80, 1888, measures all the Protec
ton given to the capital and labor
of the country, outside of silk anC
liquor, whose duties neither party
touches. in that twelve.month
It is all they are getting. 1t is al
there was then and all there is now
under our present tariff.
Suppose the Mills bill had beer
in force in that span of twelve
months. What would have come
This Protection would have beer
cut down by 40 per cent. From
the Protection OF S131, O73, l95, thu
Mills bill takes 49,4SG,2l0.
What does the Senate bill DO
Reducing as much as the Mills bill
making as big boleln the surplus
Tightening the burden of the tax
payer even more, 1t takes from Pro
tective duties only $14,54l 600 an'
without injuring single industry
or IL per cent where the Mills bil
deducts 40 per cent.
TIL is is the contrast which con
fronts the voter. This is the differ
ence which faces the country. |
IS not a choice betweeh little les
on that. tits not a contest be
tween schedules. It's "A broad Is
sue between the principles OF Ere
Trade and Protection.
1t is simply whether the countr.
will 90 nearly half the distanc
toward Free Trade under the Mill
bill or maintain the Protective sys
TEN intact under the Senate bill.