The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-10-23

WHO MADE The TARtFF9
uea. u. q. Tsrasr els Fron ~ Rs~sra
whs Did t-usaspeiy ,sanusar'~ r~rs
went 20 washingsea ana I,l~s .s~d Mo-
kiniey's Taxes On ths reopi~-Th<ir aDe-
nAnds Literally Embodied In ths rars9
law-
During the preparation Of the Mills
bill Il was falsely charged BY repub-
lican leaders that . hearing was denied
20 the advocates 81 protection By the
democratic members Of the ways and
means committee.
The charge was : very serious i'm
parchment Of the energy and activity
Of these hustlcrs OF the tsriff. as The
aforesaid democratic member had oc-
casion 70 know. Republican politicians
insisted ~ the same time that THE
tariff should be revised BY is friendA
How the Mckinley bill fills that ar-
rogant assumption few samples will
suffice 70 show.
wooLLEx GOODS.
Mr.. William Whitman. president Of
the National Association Of Wool
Manufacturer appeared before the
committee and said [IIearings. p. e9ol
that he had framed two clause for
the bill. which are As follows: WON
ems and children's dress goods coat
Innings, italian cloths. bunting and
goods Of like description. comprised
wholly or in part Of wool. worsted. the
hair Of the goat. alpaca, or other
animals and not otherwise especially
enumerated or provided for. II cents
per yard. and in addition thereto 50
per cent ad valorem" with blank pro-
viso
sWomen's and children's dress goods.
coat Innings. Italian cloths and goods
of similar character or description, of
which the warp consists wholly Of cot
ton or other vegetable material, and
the remainderof the fabric is composed
wholly or in part Of wool. worsted.
the hair Of the goat alpaca or other
animals. cents per square yard. and
in addition thereto 50 per cent I'D
valorum," with a blank proviso-
The curious student will find these
views Of Mr. Whitman quite literally
reproduced in the act paragraphs 90
and S95l. with the blanks in the pro-
visos as 70 extra weight filed and
double-shotted The oppressive charac-
ter of these duties. including Is they do
great increases Of existing rates. il too
apparent 70 require comment 1t Is
difficult 70 contemplate them without
Indignation
The compound duties then existing
on clothing 40 cents per pound and IS
per cent. and IS cents per pound and
20 per cent respectively would seem
TO have been high enough to keep all
interlopers from abroad out of the
market and to subject our people 70
such taxation as our manufacturers
should chose 70 infiict- But Mr.. Isaac
N. Heidelberger. in behalf Of the
Wholesale clothing manufacturers''
Hearings. p 2sil. submitted memo
randum Of the wishes of his association.
and the committee quite fully en-
bodied Mr.. Heidelberger's views in the
bill paragraph 396 Of the actl
by this subservience the committee
raised the taxation Of the people on
their clothing. at the demand Of the
manufacturers To 49s< cents per pound
and 90 per cent ID valorem And the
next paragraph Of the act shows that
the committee thought that the women
and children could bear the same rate
Of taxation on their ready-made gar
mentS
The men who pluck the American
people seem to be making their laws.
Too.
WOOD PULP.
This is the raw material for the pa
permalSer. and the existing duty upon
It was 10 per cent. The ad valorem
basis, and the definition In their exist
ing law. did not suit the manufactur-
crs. and Mr. E. l. Enbree. represent
ing the pulpmakers Of all the country.
proposed the following statement
mechanical ground wood pulp sl50
per ton. dry weight Chemical wood
pulp unbleached, - per ton, dry
weight; bleached q per. ton. dry
weight" Hearings, p 725l. The same
language reappears Ia the act lpara-
graph 4I5l-
The average value Of this article. Mr..
Embree said, was 80 per ton Of 1000
poundA
sHoTerSa
The committee found these articles
taxed 1t : single uniform rate Of IS per
cent The manufacturers appeared ON
the scene. and presented their views Of
the matter in : written proposition
Hearings. p 255l- n can BE- found
now in the law paragraph l70l And
90. too. the tax Of IS per cent on guns.
o specific duty on : graduated scale.
running mp 70 - on each gun. was add
ed These duties would have left all
purchasers Of plain guns It the mercy
Of the manufacturers had Il mot been
that these gentlemen forgot 70 provide
technically for parts Of guns- They
are now said 70 enter the country in
pieces
TIN PLATE-
BY the law previously existing this
article Of universal necessity was taxed
cent per pound Mr.. William c.
Cronemcyer. Of Pittsburgh. represent
ing the American Tin Plate assDcia-
zion. appeared before the committee
and recommended that this tax Be
more than doubled tHearingA p osl
The committee accordingly raised this
duty to ? &C per pound I5ee paragraph
ls3 Of the present lsw.1
TABLE CUTLERY.
Mr.. Charles 8 LanderA Of New