Telegram-herald., 1890-06-28

I Ef4l1 II POS furniture Il4Aet 4E-
nand lower duties ca mahogany lum-
Der aud tree plate giassy Ii tae for
+ elgn seller DAYS the TAX, as or oppo-
nsnts clam, for tue privilege 81 oar
market, how woGld free glzss aDd
+ cheap lumber benefit the Grand Rapids
+ fellows The truth =, TIE Iarln =
tar, useless tax, and the consumer
uays Il. Uncle SSn has his hand N
I every pocket and gives the proceeds 10
q favored class.
The above object lesson on the true
+ princgpIe of the tariff comes from the
Cadliiae Deaa9eraf. IL Is equally as IN
stTaetiye As tns tariff tax on sugar. or
course, the DemoeFat did not intend 10
aid the cause OF pfote cti0n. which
Democratic papers persistently mis-
understand. miscOns.Tue and misreDre-
sent, bat { did 80, nevertheless.
IL was not plate glass" however,
upon which the Grand Rapids furniture
makers asked tariff reduction, but
German looking-glass plate. Having
set the Dsa'aeras right In that respect,
let Us now look at the principle.
What Is the purpose of the protective
tariff system' what's the meaning of
the very terms used 10 designate il ?
simply the encouragement Of Amer
can interests and industries. Where
ever there IS no American industry to
encourage, there IS no need of tariff,
except as a tax TO raise revenues. In
such cases the tariff IS always a tax
and protection,s.s do not deny it. Why
Is TIA tax Simply because there is no
home production, no home competition
TO he met 10y the foreign producer.
Hence ne can add the tariff to the cost
and charge it up % the consumer.
Now viii the Democrat tell its readers
where, IN the United States, mahogany
IS grown? What domestic industry is
lostered by tariff on it? And vet the
furniture makers of Grand Rapids did
not ask that the tariff be wholly re-
moved. The National Furniture Manu-
featuring ASSOCIATION said: 1--WE also
respectfully request that in the new
tariff bill you Will provide that mahog-
any and other fine cabinet woods may
he imported, sawed into planks or
boards, at duty of not to exceed 3
per 1000 superficial feet"
Let the Democrat also explain TO its
readers how any American industry is
protected by the tariff or looking-glass
plate. The Grand Rapids Furniture
Manufacturers Association protested
against any increase OF tariff and asked
for Its entire withdrawal ION all Ger
man looking-glass plate, herc being no
industry IN this couaty protected by its en-.
forcemeut." The National Furniture
Manufacturers Association stand upon
the same ground, saying: Thin mr.
rors, known in the trade as German
, looking-glass plates, are not and aorer har.
been made ia tbs country; the tar nor leried
on them Is not aecsssa ~ as q matter Of protec
ton
But It is useless TO ask Democratic
papers to tell the whole story and be
strictly honest tor once. 1t would take
all the wind out of that Democratic
campaign cyclone, which is to sweep
the country this fall.
As the TELEGRAM-HERALD has re
iterated, the tariff is tax upon any
thing not produced in tins country in
sufficient quantities to supply the mar
ket and create competition. Whether
q tariff should be LAID in such cases is 6
question 10 be determined by other
principles Of policy than protection.
-~
, THE Toledo Blade is the artist of thi!
: fine pen picture of the bigot: "Tht
/ bigot has no use for any mortal o.
. mortals upon TINS earth except the
= sacred few who feel as he feels anC
} think in the same narrow channel a.
3 ne does. HIS constitutional trait is ar
: extraordinarily well-devcloped self
consciousness. All acts of other mer
r are, to the bigot's mind, based upor
+ improper and mercenary motives. TC
i him the idea of men differing on hne
| of principle is so preposterous as to b,
VOID OF interest in discussion. To hin
d alone the golden portal of Right opens
n and other men must walk in his foot
= steps or be left forever out IN the dark
!. ness"
: IF the population OF New York city