The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-17


farmers OF the country who keep sheep.
The Tact is, wool Is u OF our least I'M
portant agricultural products In the point
Of actual value, and by comparison with
others. Speaking OF other duties imposed
ON agricultural products. the minority
says IL is impossible to protect the farmer
against foreign competition In his home
market, for he has no such competition,
and the insertion or retention OF these
articles i'm the tariff bill Is n device which
will deceive no one who gives a moments
thought TO the subject. During the last
fiscal year We exported 6s,592,92s bushels
of corn and imported only 2,3Ss bushels.
The same proportion is quoted on wheat
and corn meal, and the minor
ity adds: This shows how futile
1t is to attempt, to Afford
protection IN farmers by imposing duties
upon the importations OF these products,
and this large and intelligent class of citi-
g cannot he ~reconciled i'm his a To
the policy which increases the taxes upon
their clothing, tableware. carpets, earth
cnwarc, glassware. agricultural nipple
mcnts and other necessary articles. The
minority asks how farmers are to he
helpcd by the increased duty on rods
used in the manufacture of fencing wire
and iron or steel for hoop or ties for a
ing purposes, and says IL the bill passes
farmers will he the first To demand "A
restoration Of the old rates or the aboli-
ton Of duty. While the imposition OF
duties on live animals and other agricul-
tural products cannot possibly do farmers
any good nj home. the increases made
certainly will be n great injury to them In
the markets abroad. Such n policy Will
tend 10 provoke retaliatory legislation from
the various countries Interested, ana the
farmers will soon find themselves with
out a market for surplus products. either
~ hnn,a M nhrnnI M reduction has hean
made i'm duties under any schedule ex-
cept that relating To sugar and molasses.
The report criticizes the sugar bounty and
protests against the gross favoritism and
injustice of such a policy. IL says a bounty
on last years production would have been
81 $4,000. But as IL u expected To en-
courage producers to supply the entire
domestic demand, the ultimate result Of
the constitution remained at last years
figures 2,1O0,4 21 ,U2 pounds, would bc mn
annual payment OF $6l ,52s, 426 in bounties.
The sugar duty is defended as for more
just and equitable than that on many
other articles, and while minority believe
the duty should be reduced they cannot
making this article free; paying
n bo,nty and making this an
for imposing S~b5,OO0.0O additional
taxes on other schedules. The minority
finds il impossible TO state with accuracy
the effect OF these increases. They ex-
press the opinion that the increase on to-
bacco will he sI6.3 n5, 925, and other items
show an increase of S~s.OOO.OOO. Adding
these amounts To the S40,055,152 shown by
the committec's tables To ave been added
TO the duties on articles remaining on the
dutiable list, shows a total increase of
duties in the articles still dutiable out
side az The sugar schedule. of about S65,.
mnun. and we are satisfied that IL is more
Than that. NJ, don't mean To assert that
the hill actually increases the Gus
toms revenue Si5,OOO,DO over what
Il is. but that /, proposes to impose
upon the articles on the dutiable list, cx-
cent sugar and molasses, that sum i'm cx-
cess Of The amount collected on the same
sch,dnlcs Inst wear. In nlaces upon the
free isl articles which Welded a rcycnuc
OF SG.Ua. sa during the last fiscal year,
makes a reduction of SOL. Or, no on sugar
and molassns. and two sums, amounting
leaves lint an Increase of more than
81 GnCUO I'm The tariff taxation under the
hilJ
NcKonna disscpts from the sugar sclcl-
ule. He saws Il makes an arbitrary and
invidious distinction bctwecn the sugar
industry and other industries. The dis
tinction Is inconsistent with the principle
unon which Inc hill is framed and upou
which IL can alone be justified. Protec-
ZION ne Understood po,iiically. Is the clear
r,yht Of ali industries or OF none. The
tariff MAY he a tax. The bounty is GER
tninIv one-fxed and unavoidable. and
incraascs with Inc nrodrction IN enco,Ir-
ayrs. aud finally ynuishes i'm the compc-
,;,inn Of home nroiiction. The bounty
abnndons thc home market Ia
sho fnr.;,, nr,,L,ct. Tho tariff 50.
c,r.s H. home uarLc, 10 the |
hon,. ,roJ,c, ri. hounty therefore
is useless as Il is bairlensomc, and as !
ndious AS II is useless. II has mo- justiiicn-
sas.;nas 20 ,hn ronnhIicau nar,v IN n