Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-28

and the tax on this quantity, six times our
imports, went 10 the trust.
That is why Mr.. ANDREW CARNEGIE
drew from the Edgar Thompson steel
works 81, 500, 900 rs his profits for one
year.
Mr.. CAsNEaIE was his own tax collec-
tor.
This illustration shows the operation Of
the whole system of tariff taxation. The
Government collects the tax on imported
goods; the manufacturer collects the tax
on all goods he makes by adding it to the
price. This is why the Republican con-
veutiou, speaking for all the trusts in the
land, says:
1--WE FAVOR THE EsrIRE REPEAL OF THE IN
TERSAL TAX LAWS EATHEs THAN SURRENDER ANY
PART OF THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM"
The internal revenue taxes are all col
lected by the Government; hence the Re
publicans want them abolished, in order
to retain the tariff taxes, 81 of which gees
to the Government, and S. of which the
manufacturers collect for their own use.
ANY one should now understand what Is
the reason for the cry of the monopoiists
and their hirelings the politicians sgainst
a reduction of the tariff taxes. JAMES 2.
FOSTER, the great contribution solicitor,
aud the Protective League" form "Bull-
dozsrs' Clubs'' because the MILLS bill will
not allow the manufacturers to collect
all the taxes they may think they need.
The same obssrvant exchange puts 1t:
When you cry Down with the war
tariff" the over-protected manufacturers
say at once you are cutting down their
privileges.
Well, for instance, the tariff tax on
hammers costing % cents is 4 cents. A
manufacturer has the right to collect tax
of 4 cents on every 25-cent hammer he
makes, or 8 cents on every 50-cent ham
mer.
The MILLS bill reduces this privilege
tax to 81 cents on the 25-cent hammer, and
5 cents on the 5O-eent hammer.
Is not that tax enough, workingmenr
The tariff tax on dollar saw is forty
cents. The MILLS bill reduces that tax
to thirty cents. So instead of paying lao
for saw worth 81, You only pay Sl'3O.
Il not that tax enough. workingmen?
The tariff tax on On anvil costing IS is
$40 The MILLS bill reduces this tax to
$I.25.
Is not S6.2 enough to pay for $5-anvil,
blacksmiths?
The tax on q dozen spoOls of thread
costing thirty-three cents is seventeen
cent?; so you pay fifty cents for what
ought to cost thirty-three. The MILLS
bill proposes to reduce that to ten and
twelve cents. II is not much Of a reduc-
tson, but, women of America, is not five
cents worth saving, even on dozen
spools of thread?
On a dollars worth of horse-shoes the
tax is rs cents; the MILLS bill reduces this
tax to As cents. Will that ruin the black
smiths?
Salt is to be no longer taxed; nor shin
giles, nor laths. Will these exemptions
ruin the workingmau who is building him
a house?
Working men are organizing building
associations. They want to own the
houses they live init will be letter for
the country when they do.
Well, the tax on lumber collected by
ALGER and his friends in Michigan Is 81
out of S.. II the lumber to build cot.
tage costs $500 the tax is 500.
The MILLS bill abolishes this lumber
tax. Do the workingmen object to free
lumber?
The MILLS bill reduces the tax on blinds
doors, sashes, pumps, stands. woodenware
and woOden-turniug 5 per cent. Do you
men who are building your cottages object
to that?
You want to buy q wooden dress for your
wife. Its cost has been 81; the tax ~ 4O
This tax has been reduced to $3.50. Dc
YOU object to that reduction Of taxa
ton?
These illustrations are sufficient to oper
the eyes of those workingmen who are still
blind. if they will stop and think.
But the monopolists and their Protective
League and its speakers and workers hope
tn bulldczs the workingmen, and get them
to vote against the MILLS bill.
WorSingmen, do not allow them to bull
dozs you. They threaten to reduce your
wages, but they can't do it. You remem
Der they have tried recently and failed
They would do it to-day, if they had the
power.
Vote for a reduction of taxation; vote
for cheaper tools, cheaper houses, cheaper
spool thread, cheaper clothes. Your
wages are safe.
The MILLS bill gives no manufacturer
extra privileges; it simply curtails theil
power to tax You for their own benefit.
Once more, workingmen, do not be bull
dozed.
IT CUTS DEEP.
An anonymous individual in the Late'h
qeaesr discusses the private business affairs
of Mr.. ROBERT II. BROWSE, of Peasants