The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-08-17

The reader vii Be surprised 70 oo- |
serve that the highest average rAle
uas in 1918 and the lowest IN icis'
although there inferrencd no import
ant change in the law- and that me
rate for 1873 was ten fime= - nign =
for 1915. Washington never lived 20
Sc the tariff average a. high a. - Per
ernt-hzn the rate left b. the Mills
4 bSll-shough the year before ne died.
1798. shaved il pretty Close y -
not until 1873. when the Government
- "a wears old and Gas in the midst
Or var. that the average rate reacne1
the point proposed in the Nils oii'-
Ii has passed that point IN only thirty
thrce Of the ninety mine years Of our
National life. and twenty-one Of thee
have been under the present tariff
The average rate collected In lcss mas
Secn exceeded but thirteen times in our
} history. and eight Of thee we're o
.. fore the var. The highest series o.
I rafcs collected for any term Of ~eren
; wears vas from 1924 20 1880 inclusive
J II actually averaged for the seven years
: more than 81 per cent Numerous
other interesting comparisons wlA @
cur 70 the student
. 50 much for the general sverag'
= r>te collected on all dufiable goods
:. Nov let u tabulzfe - bet we CA
: briefly the history Of the rates enacte'
= On certain selected articles Of common
!. ne. This il = hcrculean task for ID
= reason that there are two kinds
tariff faxes--perifc and ad valoren
!. A specific tax or duty i % much Q
= The pound yard. gallon barrel 2
~ b.,-hei. ecc- An I'D valorem duty I.
q much On the dollars worth no
- can re compare fhc>es How g
- we compare = tax Of 10 cen
- . yard under one tarin- vltn > =
- or 20 Der cent On the cost price. und'
80 another tariff II we knew the 70
y eirn cost 81 the cloth taxed ID cen
- = ward rc could do r. hut 4 = on
80 within recent years that the Cover
,.s nent hzs told Us that-or even
4 rrrucfed il custom house onicers
% End Il out To confuse matters :,
% more. the present tariff often lew
49, 10Th kinds Of duties on the same -
a. Gle. Thus. On one Of the six eias'
~ into which wonen's and chiidre
y, dress goods IRE divided the tax y
~ censs square yard tsPecifc) and
sivs rer cent (sd valorem)- But this =
she oddest nor the most confusing e
ure about H. Tor II the goods we
ana over four ounces per square yard
sc 81 = levied IN : sill different y
y y ma instead Of six or eight cents : y
ysss Il 4 50 cents : pound plus the -
= : cent II psf tariffs we're - insr.'
- :. The present ons our tx voulo
frrs IA Be- hopele~N But In Al -
rs~s there are clauses stating whaf the =
mn ~hsil b o. I'll articles q ne sss'
- srest clssses -sos Otherwise prov
y. for n. .. - J. Into thcse = o r. cla'
arr dumped the articles q each 8
~. cl.e~ which the tax-payers ccul
here es,nk of o. wsre afraid they ccul
rts- with u1Hc;enf accuracy describ'
n : sheir proper places The taxes
Tho la ~ the~r wcre u necessity III
ever. ma usually "A valorem, and furnI
lrncd 49, - she mind q the Legislator
door ~ laid sax d - per cent % CO
weld n. o. - you may vel gueHs tha
Truss shouehs he was putting about -
vent &c q - Per CENT On - cotton
other ala provide Tor In The following
= - ] OCCASIONALLY maks This use q