The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-01-16

WIAJIS 4 TARIFF!
Mr. NJ II. PEBBLES. ii +t.so..4.- md Farm.
undertakes to explain to i correspondent OF
thai paper, who is q high taiif man. what
the tariff tax is. l. is about as plain and
easily understood as any explanation We
have seen SIS lie says, ''any ten rear old
boy CT good sense ought 10 be able 10 uN-
derstand IL" He says:
What is tariff? 1t is s tax levied by
the law-making department o! govern
m,nt Oh these persons WHO buy and conf
sumo TIE articles upon which the tariff is
laid in order to collect revenue for its own
h !pport. Thus: Congress is our law-mak-
Apg power, a the tariff put yl1pn -laaau-.
Itursd articles by rRt~0ff T'ongrcss is the
measure ofthe revenue pa:I into the Unite |
States treasury by tie consumers Of those
articles for tie support Il the Federal
Government. II the tariff YVES called by
fs tru. name. as it should be. II
would not remain OF our st:Iuie books
any longer than the people ot the
Cuited S!a'es could elect u new Congress.
But il is cannlnolv devised scheme Of art
fIl politicians to deceive the people into
the payment OF revenue under false pre-
tense And this constitutes oGe Of the
iAost serious o'.ect ions t. the Whole scheme
o: tariff legislation.
il Is fraud on the tSX. payer. II COLI cts
rsrcnue of Of him while pretending To do
s,mething else. 1t assumes 70 encourage
one part CT our citizens III necessary and
lauGable industry. while il tSXes ali the
balance of our citizens to O. it. 1t "rol!s
Peter to pay Pau;" and if Peer kicks, ii
comes forward With the check OF The ser
pant in Eden. and fills its mouth with lying
words. and deceive gOo,l-m"aning men,
like your correspondent, with Tie false pre-
TO Sc t.Ht il Encourages home industry by
protecting American manufactures. and so
builds Up the country ct large, WHEN. in
fact ii pulls dIwr the many fer the benefit
OF the few. Thus it happens, car common
Government. that should treat all alike.
becomes partner with the few TO rob the
miny. Nor need argue this feature O.
tie Tariff at any length, for it is self evident
III rs face.
?he tariff being a on the consumers
of protected tolds, your correspondent
purchases S. iGO w366f protected goods fur
bis family, be pa for i as our tariff
IS little over forty-2cvcn Per cent on an
avera,e. II it is foreign-r:adc googS lie
pays s4I o. OF tariff tax iu;u the CGi.Cd
States Treasury for SlGy worth Of goods;
Lut If it is meriCan-tn&,:a goods he pays
= 81 90 into the pocket OF tie manufacturer
Us protection. and the government gets no
lcvrnue, <bough ne pays the Silt for the
SlG0 worth OF goods thcs HE ss Il it was Of
foreign Manufacture. Here, then. is the
t'riff in mt SHELF" and Sr.y tcn-y -yea:-
i boy OF good sense ought to H. all" 20
understand it il lie world /pat aside pag;i-
san prejudice l1ng enough 10 consider the
satiect IS hG does any o,cr liatt"r of every
aIy lie.
tut il is argued BY snMe, WHO have en-
Interest in keeping the tariff very high.
Tat it Is necessary to project oar own clti-
gcns fro'a Tie paper l,!Ior OF Europe.
This is ano,h.r OF the false pre!enses by
which our citizens ac dccaiTe;l Hto thr
support OF the tail; legislation. 7 he pGuner
labor of Europe is not employed ut al by
The manufacturers whose goods would coiaa
i 5IiiTIiou in Tie open market with our
n manufacturers. They employ
fiahoi, and conseq .;cntl%. the highest
iced labor. While tie r@uper labor oI
Europe tInus employment IL thc NHc"t
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