Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-03
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with South America. RYE underuoo<
recently IN the Senate TO explain what
Blaine wanted to accomplish by those
letters
Mr.. Butler, of South Carolina, was en-
gagged in colloquy with the Maine Sem
ator, endeavoring to get from him an
explanation of the extent of the re-
ciprocity proposed by Blaine.
Here is part of what was said:
Mr.. Butler-1h'n l understand that the
Secretary of State was in Iavor OF opening
up foreign markets to the American manu-
facturersY
Mr.. Frye-Und )ubt dly he was in favor of
some reciprocal relations with the Repub-
lies to the south O. us by which the market
of the I'm ted sta es might be extended TO
them.
NJ. Butler-Then, in short. he was in favor
OF opening fore gD markets?
Mr. Frye-He was in favor of res ring to
some measure by which the high duties inn
posed by the South American Repubi les on
products of the United States might be
duced AM removed, thus enabling US to
send our goods t. those markets.
Reducing and removing their duties,
thus enabling us to send our goods to
these markets.
What does that mean? All! The
tariff is tax-in South America! The
duties there make our goods so high
that the consumer can not afford to buy
them-in South Americai For the duty
is paid by the consumer fnaliy-in
South America!
Exceedingly strange that tariffs do
not work the same way in North Amer
lea!
The New York Tribune is persistently
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laboring classes in the United States;
but even the Tribune understands the
effects of the German tariff upon the
welfare of the German laborer. 1t sees
that the tariff there hurts the laborer
every hour and in manifold ways. 1t
sees clearly that in Germany the tariff
is tax taken from the pocket of the
laborer.
Here is the remarkable account which
the Tribune gives of the condition of
the German laborer:
On waking in the morning the German
ar isan drinks cup of coffee, on which the
imperial treasury Ii ts levied a duty of 20
pfenn g, or about c3nts per pound The
sugar with which he sweetens it has been
taxed ut 10 pfennige a pound and the bread
at pfennigr. On leaving hOme for Grk
his wife provides him with a crust of bread
ION which the duty is pfennige per pOund)
spreads it with layer of lari duty of b
pfennige a pOund). and sprinkleS it with
salt duty Of pfennige pound). During
the course of his mornings work the man
will probably take a small glass of brandy
! duty of Z6 pfennige per quartz. At noon he
wi return home to dine with his family off
soup made with -four duty 3 pfennige
per pound) with slice of bacon duty. 10
/ pr nnr-e per pound), or a piece Of beef
duty 10 pfeGnig6 per pound), or perhaps Il
h rring duty, pfsnn ige per piece) In the
| evening, after his work is over, ire
| will probably refresh himself with a
glass of beer duty, pfennig per quartz, ac-
! pfennige per pound, little butter duty
| 10 pfennige per pound), and slice of bread
(duty, pfenuige per pound). Afterward by
the light of his lamp, on the oil of which q
duty of pfennige per quart has been paid
he will smoke his pipe full OF tobacco, taxed
at the rate of 25 pfennige per pound, and
| will then retire to sleen. which is apparently
! the oniy thing that the Imperial Govern
mcnt has omitted to tax"
The remarkable thing is that in Amer
lea the tariff does not work in that way.
Here the tariff is necessary ito protect
labor and is the only thing that keeps
the American laborer from sinking tC
the level of his European brother.
How curious that tariffs do not work
the same way in all countries!