The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-18


The Nebraska paper is not the only
one that publishes such misleading
statements. Allthe argument they are
supposed 10 contain ia easily knocked
out" however. Mr.. Oehme must be q
very ignorant man, or else he has made
9 brave effort to deceive thoughtless PEG.
pie. For instance. suppose he really
bought ten pounds OF chocolate, the
statement that he paid q duty upon it
is false, unless he bought the foreign
article, which it was unnecessary for
him to do. II he bought American
chocolate he purchased an article manu-.
fsctured from cocoa admitted duty free,
and is. therefore, untaxed. It was un.
necessary for. him also to pay a duty on
his barrel OF lime, unless he bought i'm
ported lime. 1t was very foolish If
he did this, for America produces all the
lime he wants and can sell It to him for
a lees price than he can purchase the
imported article for. Perhaps the soap
he bought was imported, but if he
bought American soap, which will COM
pare favorably with anything made in
foreign countries, he did not pay a cent
Of duty, but got it much cheaper than
he could purchase the foreign goods.
Saddlerics are named in Mr.. Oehme's
list. American made saddleries are bet
ter than those manufactured in foreign
countries and are cheaper. II Mr..
Oehmc was foolish enough to 20 to
Europe Tor his saddleries under these
circumstances he deserved to be made
to pay SO 30 duty. And so on through
the whole list with the probable excep.
ton Of sugar and molasses. Comment.
ing upon Mr.. Oehme's statement, which,
by the way, has been extensively pub
lished by the Free Trade press, the Chi
cago Mter.Ocean says:
Mr.. 0chme says that upon boots and shoes
SIS 50 he paid as duty s. IS tariff duty. or
he did not pay q cent OF Guiy II he
bought American made thocs, but he :lnl " say
that the Aneflcal maker nddcl the tariff i,pou
imported shoes to the cost OF tue homemade
ones. Really, he did nothing OF the kind: Inc
truth Is that the American made shoe Is Sold for
less money In American stores than English
Stores, He says that he paid S9S duty on INA.
cllincy" worth Sj7. lie did nothing of thr
kind; II his "machinery" werra..muwer or reap.
Ct or any Kind oil fSttn implement, he boughtit
81 per cent cheaper than a like article could be
Dought IN EUROPE lie sAys that be paid SIS II
duty on dr.. goods worth $50. II he did he de.
served 10, Tor TO pay the duty he must have
bought imported dry goods. But II he bought
good American made articles, he paid about i
cents q yard for prints, upon which the tariff IA
~ cents. "
the only gentleman who has taken pains IN
write himself down an MSS on the tariff QUESTION
is. good Mr.. Branch, Of Pine Bluif; Arp..
complains that on October u, lss7. he
bought from Mr.. Knox, a merchant Of that VII.
lase. one boys hat, upon which the tarlu duty
S! cents" Mr.. Branch only paid IS cents
for the hat, which, OF course. was OF American
make, and therefore not subject to duty, but
because the tariff on an imported hat would
have been s. cents MIR. Branch insists that the
duty Is a TAX which the consumer pays.n
Though "thc tax" would have been s. cents,
the nctual coat vas but rs. Mr.. AdOlph
.ehne, OF Hfnfnard, Seb., lacks but little OF the
folly Of Mr.. Dnluch, Of Pine Blutf, Ark.