Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-09

y 1usA see tuNt tue OUt HlouiA
not again sit in the saddle aud
the n0T;hcTa states
the majority adhered 20 he sec
ton making Gotten hoops or ties
free, adding nm amendment TO
the free list OF aii iron aud steel
hoops not thinner than NJ -,
wiEs gaaee The Incident il
only enc Gu; If many which
ser es 90 show the spirit Of uu-
fairness to the agricultural it.
geres;s OF the country aud es
1ecia,ly the southern part Of
the county by the representa-
tiYes Of he protectIonists
The chief value OF the Mills
bill If il should become a law
consists in its free list. The an
anal surplus will By these addi-
tons 10 the free list be reduced
twenty millions OF dollars This
much is certain. Manufactured
chewing tobacco, smoking to
bacco, aud snuff, by the pr0vis-
ions Of the bill, viii hereafter
not he taxed. All restrictions
or the sale Of lean tobacco are
TO be removed If the bill should
pass. Special taxes on retail
dealers ia liquors and retail deal
PRS in malt liquors are repealed
The internal revenue items
amount to something oEor TWEEN
tytwO millions ia taxes. Thus
we have forty two millions as
the determinate amount of the
reductions under the proposed
measure. Il is also claimed that
the reduction in the duties of
other articles viii amount Ia
thirty millions more. Thus the
total reductions will amount 10
seventy two millions OF dollars
annuaiiy it the revenue reform.
7 are not mistaken IN the ef.
feet the bill will haze n reduc-
ing the duties Of other articles.
But the pIotectionis;s claim
that the estimate of thirty mil
lions surplus reduction by low.
ering the dnties is empirical and
untrustworthy. They claim tia,
the experiment of five per cent
reduction on tho whole list will
cause a large importation oi
foreign manufactures and conse.
quenty an enormous increase
Ia the revenue on those articles
They claim in support Of this
view that the average reduction
by the revised revenue tariff oil
1870 vas only eight per cent and
that the revenues increased IS
per cent producing "A revenne
OF over twenty six million oil
dollars and perhaps as much ms
fOrty-six milli0Is. If this rea.
soning be true then horizontal
reduction will not do. Lam in.
vestigating the question with
the view Of Informing myseli
and misleading nobody even il
1t ~ a party question aud | can
only sag that il the effect Of
lowering the rates Of duty OF
the horizontal plan be to benefit
the foreign producer and the
importer then the sooner CLASH
ticatiuns and averages are drop
ped and Il bigger free list be
made up the better.
1T another time we might
look ut this line of Thought more
closely and will attempt to dc
50 but for tue present it is
enough to sag that the prOtec
tionists and the Republican par
ty are so opposed to any sort OF
a reduction am not prepared
TO believe the sincerity Of their
arguments or accept their rea
s0ring AT all.
The Mills bill does afford posi-.
tive relief in taking off all duty
on wool, salt, lumber, copper.
fruits, grains. seeds, hemp, lutte
aud various other articles OF
daily use and which are among
the nccessaries OF life. With
such things as these on the free
list | consider the first step has
been taken to break up the com
oines and trusts on the articles
the people must have aud need
most and if nothing else be ac.
compiished certainly a great adj
vance will be made in favor of
the people and their rights. IT
IS true Ohio and Oregon and
California. aud Texas are wool
growing states and sheep hus-
bandry in these localities will
be so much affected there will
DE some complaint. 1t may be
Oregon and California will vote
against Cleveland IN conse.
qneuce of his message on wool
aud WOODEN manufactures adoDt.
ed by the Mills bill but the
country will rejoice while onlv
a component part OF it may not
IN being able to buy cheaper
wool hats and cheaper WOODEN
clothes. The wool hat bri.
gade in these parts are willing
to stand by Cleveland and the
Democratic ticket for the priyi
lege of being sheltered from the
sun under a wool hat that costs
money and of being pro-.
tected from the cold of winter
by a suit of WOODEN clothes that
heretofore has been represented
IN .he price by forty per cent In
taxes the most of which theI