Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-04
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| During the year 1889 there was i'm
i ported into tie United States 727, 9I5, 972
pounds of tin plate, valued at $2l ,0O2 =
2t9, upon which the tariff, at one cent
per pound, amounted to 1929, 40. Al
thu rate proposed in the MoKlaley bill
/ Two and tSo-tenth cents per pound-tht
taz would be SIG OLA, 1903. Nobody will
be fool enough 10 claim that the for
eigner paid this tax; every cent of it
wis collected by American customs Off
cere on this side the ocean. And every
cent OF It, with i'm oorters', manufacturers
and retailers profits added, has come, or
will come in the end, out of the pockets
OF the consumers o; tin.plste, in its
manifold shapes, throughout the country.
So that, in round numbers, the annual
tax en- the tin plate W. should need after
the Mckinley bill, If passed, went into
operation, would be at least SIC 900, 900
per year. This increased tax is the one
protec,ionis,s are speaking OF as a mere
TITLE, not worth mentioning, and the
like. But this Sic, 900, 900 is the bare
import duty alone. The consumer will
OF course pay more. The importer must
have profit, the manufactures of tin
ware, or the contractor who puts on tin
roofs, must have profit, the retailer of
tin ware, or the builder OF the tin.roofed
dwelling, must have profit. II we
compute this triple profit Vt 80 per cent,
which seems low enough, We find that
the $4,000, 900 tax the importer pays
grows 10 S2l, 100, 90 when it reaches the
consumer. This makes about 81 cents
for every man, woman and child in the
United STATES or fl.60 per year for each
family OF tivs persons; a small matter,
not wcrth minding perhaps, but all the
same the fat flyers are bending every
nerve to get this extra tax put on.
Why even Senator Higgins recognizes
the taz as il Sandstone cent pound
a. a burden upon the consumer, though
he claims that doubling it would bring
some compensation. In his recent speech
in the Senate be said:
The rGie OF duty as now imposed ia moth
ing else bu. az upon every citizen Of ths
Ucitad States who Uses this article ln any
t1rm IN which II may go into consumption
or use; Tor Il is not high enough to pro.
mote domestic production II ls no. high
enough 70 enable the American mauuiac-
turar Low 70 mako It, and 1t is JUST enough
70 impose upoI Inc people the maximum
tag that tns siticle will stand without pro-
motins domestic production.
10 this Argument the reply has been
made, over and over again; Why do not
Croneneyer ~ Company make ito plate
now2 They have said they can do it.
L n in the metallic state is free. They
csn bring it here from Cornwall, even if
they cannot find It in Dakota. The sheet
iron and steel plates are protected by
duty Of 33 per cent. They can roll out
the protected plates, coat them with the
free tin and have a margin Of SO per
cent protection to work on. But, in
stead Of that, IS Senator Gray said, MIR.
Cronemeyer comes here whining and
complaining aud asking the poor peo-
pie OF this country to make up to
him the difference" 81 Prices Of
tin plate have fallen, says Mr.. Crone-
msyer, and you must raise the duty for
me in order that may probably follow
my employment What has the farmer
got to say 10 this when his wheat Ut the
Atlantic sssboard sells for 10 cents
busnsl, or very little more than the cost
Of it seeding aud cultivation and pro-
tunkfnU nd aaI a
bushel and his oats for 20 cents bushel?
He says, | cannot compete with the wheat
grown on the great waeat farms Of the
Dakotag aud the prairies OF the west.
Does be come bere and ask the Congress
Of tie Uaited States, is he in condition
where he car ask tne Congress OF the
Uuited States to make up to
MIN tbs Differences between the
high price and low pries, 10 restore
wheat 70 5 and Sl.25 bushel, and corn
to f5 and 81 centa tbs rtioe IT ruled vt
in the dsoAde between 1865 and 1875
Not SO. He stands his loss. lie is
oound to stand It. He taxes the result
OF the economic conditions that obtain in
this country, and why should he be
aeked, in addition, to bear the burdens
net these miilionairss would ha manu-
tactursrs seek to impose upon hin
The cuty on these little things" said
Senator Vance in reply to the not worth
mipding argument when they come to
cipher up the retail price and The con
yeniAnoe4 Of reta trade tney say will
not count. My reply has always been
tAat i il is big enough to hloh fl M the
fo5r, ii il big enough TO keep, and If
these u uga are big enough to engage
tile At aton Of the United States Senate,
VIII by its Committee is 10 invade every
cottage in the i&nd and tax every impls-
mGut that the puot hays in their cottages,
thea i il cettainly big enough for
lnited ststss sena.or 70 stand here and
resist TO the best q his ability"
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IL letter to the N9rHiag NeDs Mr..
A. i, Richardson Will repeating that
tie average cost OF the diff rent sizes o.
the cans used by his firm would be in
cEeased bat cents per doz.n b. the
Mckinley bill, states that threq pound
cans WIN DO increased ID cost cents and
sWJpouud cans cents pss dozen. AS
sgefy body knows, thess are the SIZES in
watch 'ruit aai vegetables are generally
p1t upi tomatoes aud peaches in thsea-
pound cans, AID corn, peas anl berries
AZ Rgp oun1 cans Il is not violent
aasamesloa Therefore that, when the