Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-06

'"Si otso tsie prices Vi oil articles
where the supply is less than tho de
mand, and detrease the prices of all
articles whero the supply is greater
than tho demand. !, This tariff bill, if
it becomes n law, will doubly injure
the dsiiculturist and gil who arc ep.
gagged in Unprotected industries. It
will cause them to pay mo,o for
what they have to buy and to got
less for what they have to sell.
submit, therefore, MIR. Chairman,
since our agricultural claSsos dire to
receive no benefit from this bill.
that they have tho right 10 demand
that Congress shall at least keep it's
hands of of tho fertilizers that they
are compelled to use in improving
thoir lands and in raising larger
crops If you will legislato so no
to lessen tho prices of their products
Ito not increase further the cost of
Their production.
This is but ono of the many un-
just fcatures of this bill. Instoad of
reducing tho duties and removing
tho inequalities of the existing law,
i'll many instances the duties have
boon increased and the inequalities
made greater. Some of those in.
crcascs have been on the necossaries
of life; upon articles which tho very
poorest Of our people must have,
such rs wooden goods. tin and window
glass. The existing duty ON wooden
goods Averages S67.l5 per cent. TINT
is, n tux of over 67 cents must bo
paid on an average for every 81
worth of wooden goods imported
This bill increases that duty from
S67.15 on the 500 worth of woolen
goods to S91.72;eh increase of S24.56
on ovcry 500 worth imported
Not only is this increase made. bat
the tariff is levied highest upon tho
cheaper goods so TINT taxation falls
henvicst Upon those lenst nble to
bear it. the lowest grades ofswool-
Gil yarns nro taxed $112 on every 81
worth of goods imported, whilst tho
the most costly yarns nro taxed only
72 cents. The conrsest and cheapest
wool hnts imported are subjected to
n tnx of S1.1t on every 81 worth,
whilst the finest hnts arc only sub.
jccted to IL tnx of 73 cents. The low
est grades of wooden cloth are taxed
Sl.25, whilst the highest grades uro
only taxed So cents on the 81 worth
imported. Wooden shawlB and worst.
ed goods of tho lowest grades and
worn by tho poorest people ape taxed
$l.30 to $l.35, whilst tho highost
grade is only tased 90 conts on tho
81 imported.
/ The existing tariff on tin plato, ont
Of Which our tin ware is mado and
which is. used in every homo, il l
cent upon tho pound; under the bill
it is increased to about 81 cents per
pound; and that, too. whom tboro il
not n single tin plate fnctory in this
country to be protected, and when
there is no certainty that tin ore can
be found in this country in any guam
tlty. This tax on tin is not levied
for the beueiit of the american In.
boring man rs is pretended by the
friends of this bill. There are no In.
borers engaged in it. If we manu-.
factured NIL tho tin we use in this
country it would, according to the
report of tho committee who Pre-
pared this bill, only give employment
to twhnty-four thousand men. Yo!
to do this all the remainder of the
more than sixty millions of people oi
this country will be compelled to pay
a lafgely increased price for tlleil
tinware. Is such legislation wise
Is such Legislation just7
Not only have the duties been in
creased upon many articles used by
tho great body of the people, but q
new departure is made i'll this bill
Heretofore the consumer Of the arti
Gle upon which the duty was levied
paid the tax and received the benefit
of the article, but this bill proposes
to compel consumers To- pay much
heavier tax upon tho articles they
consume in order that money can be
raised, not merely to pay the ex
penses of the government, but to