The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-28
Cur1osjtles Of the Tari6.

When a famous Duke Of Richmond
heard raanxsaEs Ago that many per
sons In lfelahd Vs starving. he said IN
tho most perfect good faith: "Why don't
they use curry ro~der7 That's what
always take when I feel hungry and can
not get anything to eat" He was .un.
consciously using strong protectiouisa
argument. When people In this coun-
try at the present time want imported
cornstarch, they have to pay an I'd
valorem duty Of s54 per cent. But they
can get curry powder free.
There are many other curiosities on
the free list which show that the tariff,
as it now is, falls most heavily on tho
poor and most lightly on the rich.
The statesman whose appetite has to
be stimulated by the famous Strasbourg
pie Of geese Iivers. has only to pay an
advance of IS per cent. and the United
States custon, authorities let him have it.
But If he were poor man and wanted
plain rice for his hunger he must needs
pay 106 per cent. Of an advance for It.
Two substances In this world have
pronounced odors which once felt are
never forgotten. Who can forget the
sickeningly sweet smell Of altar Of roses.
A single drop will stay on q handker-
chief even after it has passed through
the laundry. Even the inferior varie-
ties Of it sold in this country cost the
colored dandy about ten cents a drop for
the laudable purpose Of increasing his At
tractiveness with dusky bellies. Altar Of
roses Is on the free list.
There is q smell, not . perfume, fa-
miliar to all those who were not born
grown up. It IL . nauseating, disagree
able smell. with oceans Of possibilities
behind It. It comes to us consciously
after tho first Christmas or birthday
party. II We thought We were sick b.
fore, We are sure Of It - soon a. tha,
horrifying odor reaches our nostrila Il
II castor oil
Yet this 70 one Of tho most useful and
valuable remedies ever used by physi'
clans. When the duty on quinine waa
repealed, it was avowedly on the ground
that the public gain would more thar
suffice for any private loss engendered
thereby. But three or four manufacto
ries in the United States make cold drawn
castor oil, and the industry must be pro
tected. One would say that half a,
much more again as the dreadful medi.
cine costs in Europe would be enough
protection. But no, it takes q duty ol
1870 per cent. on imported castor oil tc
keep those three or four factories alive.
Would it not be cheaper to buy these
manufactures outright and allow the
children Of the country to have a natural
reaction after their parties, free from the
carking care Of cost?
An old fable tells what happened when
the nail was lost from the horses shoe.
The story was not laid In America, other
wise there would have been more excuse
for the rider. The duty on horseshoa
nails is fixed at . modest 100 per cent.
On the other hand, II = man wants gold
studs he has only to pay an import duty
Of Is per cent.
The great wisdom Of tho nations con-
gress has been pleased to place = duty Of
10 per cent. on imported potatoes. Thia
tariff acts in very srr.tio manner. In
the great majority Of years our farmer,
grow enough potatoes tor Ill usss, and
coll them sumctsutly cheap % dsly
foreign competition. handicapped - h 4
BY the addition Of, freight charges. Dui
once In while the potato crop here b 4
failure. Then farmers and every ona
else want them. They get them. 81
course. from Labrador. Germany and
Scotland, but for every dollars worth
: that enters the country duty ~ Afsssn
cents b sternly~ erncfed 70 swell III
already overdcwins surplus IN the treAs.
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