The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

cles OF prime necessity Go tho peJpio on fhc
free list, add reducing to stf9:ty revenue
basis all other duties. Free suraf hrs been
secured by remitting anaual ~ -, Gao 600 CT
revenue which the government heretofore re-
ceiyed and a. the sacrifice OF great priaciple
by granting bounty upon the home product
OF cents pound. But Ii IL assumed that
this on enlargement to sugar raising In tnis
country will vastly stimuli tie the production.
until At the end OF the fifteen years, during
which the bounty 10 to be paid, We will pro.
duoe enough sugar to supply our wants. Ii
SO. the bounty will then have 10 De paid upon
the whole amount produced. which. without
Increased consul nption BY reason ofincrcased
population, would amount 10 over siKty-two
millions OF dollars for the last year In which
the bounty would be paid. The advantages
OF free sugar would then oe entirely neutral
lied for the bounty which would be paid out Of
the treasury would equal the reduction In price
secured by free sugar. II IL is claimed that AS
the END OF the fifteen years we shall have free
sugar and no bouaty TO pay. | fear we Ell
never realize this advantage. The boInty
grabbers Will then be s.roag enough TO per-
peiuate their policy. il Trey Go not In the
meantime, vastly increase bounties b. grant.
ing them to other Industries and thus per-
vert aud destroy our whole form OF govern
ment. All other industries of the Country,
Ii this policy Is sustained, will soon be clam
oring Tor their share OF tho governments
bounty. and one class of Industries, those
which are most Improbable and undesirable,
will be fostered and sustained at pubic ex-
pense. In this view the people have secured
free sugar at an enormous sacrifice of money
ana principle. The bounty upon sugar Is no
small burden. The treasury department es-
Inmates that the production this yese will
amount to 500, 090,0ou pounds. and that. az
cents pound, $40 900 .0JU will be required
to pay the bounty. II We should distribute
this burden per capita, TITO share o; Iowa
would amount TO S305,sss for this year. and
- much more hereafter as would be required
BY the increased production. In the fifteen
year,, the time for waicn the bounty is pro-
vided. Of their shoula be TO increased
production. Iowa would pay, on ac.
count OF the bounty. over 81 100000.
Ii we are to credit the fond anticipa-
ticir atoms OF the friends o: this sugar
bounty, ar the end O. the fifteen years tue
the homo pro iuction will be equal to the
home consumption. In that event we viii
pay an average annual bounty OF s3j,00o,00o,
and grand aggregate Of over SaOJ, 100000.
Do the people OF Iowa favor this policy OF
paying bounties? II 80 they shouli con-
tinne to vote for the rolicie4 and candidates
OF the republican party. Every one OF the
republican representatives and senators In
congress. from Iowa, voted for this sugar
beulty. Judge Hayes, the only democrat.
representative from iowa In that congress.
v Jtcu akAlUSb Dul tuci0 VIII no IiIpIG
demo cratic representatives from Iowa In the
present congress-, q majority of the delega-
ton being dsu ccrats. This indicates that
the people Of Iowa have already rspudiated
the Mckinley bill, with all it's provisions Tor
bounties and subsidies ID mono poties Let
the vote this fall be greater and moro EN-
phAsc Reputation OF that party, than ever
given heretofore.
THE TIN PLATE FRAUD.
There was no line or paragraph of the Me-
Kinley act which WAS more Objectionable
than that which inere asod the LAX On tin
plates from l cent TO 2.2 Gems . pound.
There was not pound Of tin plates manu-
featured in this country at the time, nor Is
there now any made In sufficient quantities
for commercial purposes. The ayoyef OBJ
ject OF tho increase OF this tax was to beget
new industry in this country. twas con-
coded that tin plates could not be made in
this country as cheaply as Ia Europe; that a
tax OF l cent y pound, which was over 81 per
centum upon the value of the importations
of 1889. WAS insufficient protection to ena-
bic its profitable niaufacsure 1t was
clearly An EnprO6t solo industry AMI
one which could not De carried on with
out imposing a tax Of a-l0 cents pound
upon the consumers Of tin plates in this
country. There were 135,000.0U0 pounds OF
tin plates imported into this country during
the nscai year ending June so, 1889. l refer
to this year tor the reason that the Mckinney
bill was based upon the business Of that year.
This WAS valued at SCI, 1900 IN Europe.
Tho tax paid on it amounted at cent per
pound, to $685., 600. which was paid into the
treasury OF the United States, and that
amount was added 10 the price OF the tin
plates, together with the COST OF carriage,
insurance and tho importers profits This
did not afford sufficient protection to induce its
manufacture In this country. Congress was
appealed u for AN additional tax Otl.2 cents
q pound. If this were imposed, the Nations'
Tin Plato association assured et'AStsss Jha+
that amount o. Lax on Ihs 3ap@rodfidn o. Na}s
| foreign article, whit4 n8 tax was HgpHsed on
| tie domestic article. waa%3 insnfe u manu-
/ factare "a This country. IRE az amet was
| this; We pas annually SO, DOC % IA Europe
| for tin plates. 7 ese can r. made N thia
| country and thus Ne will re ain she S20,C00,-
/ acg we send abroad AND spend 1t in our
| own country. That wc.lid build up another
great industry In this country and give en-
ployment to III Jusands Of our own working
men and by increased competition we would
soon get our tin plates IS cheap or cheaper
| than at this time. This argument was quite
! plausible, but it WAS only hAlf the truth
/ The other half OF the facts in tho case Will
| place the whole matter In different light.
| The government WAS then receiving the whole
amount Of this tax. At / cent pound
| Ms have just stated, 1t amounts TO $685..
| coo, and 1T 2 2.10 liz would amount to &c.
1 ls5,O09. This amount would ne added to the
/ price OF the tin plates and would be paid In
| the end by the consumers OF tin In this
| country, for this Is purely revenue tariff.
| Hence in order to have Il 100000 worth oil
| tin plate manufactured in this country each
year instead of abroad, the peope were tc
be taxed Sl6,0u0,O00, But the real burden
would be greater than That; for the retail
dealers would charge commissions on the
| taxed value rs wei. as on the real value
| This would Increase the burden ~ least 2,
/ per cent. which would raise the prics to the
/ consumers OF tin plate from SCI 600, 600 te
| over $40, 90 900 u year. Tais increase is tbs
price the people are TO pay for the purpose
| OF building up and sustaining IN Improbable
| industry.
WHAT PROTECTION COSTS raE PEOPLE.
The Mckinley act has increased the incl
/ dental burden Of taxation III many lines Of
i goods, and has reduced such burden in bu
/ few cases. The tax on sugar was nearly al
revenue, and went into the treasury, the pro
| tecsiOn to home producers OF sugar amount
| Ing 70 less than So 100000 as estimated 81
| that time. The sugar bounty, which IL ir
| lieu Of protective tariff. will amount this
/ year to about twice that amount.
| The Mckinney act Increased the tariff or
| wooden goods from an average OF about g.
| per cent to An average or over 81 per cent
The revenue from this source il
| small in comparison with thu
/ increased prices which consumer:
must pay for the domestic productions by
/ reason of the tariff Ga the foreign goods
| The revenue Is about S4o, 100000 u year II
| this time, while the incidental burden. which
the people must bear, amounts sit ce the
passage OF the Mckinley act to aJ least $50,
| 100000 . year. Or course this Ia only an es
| innate. 1t is impossible to ascertain witt
| any degree of accuracy just how much mols
the people pay Tor domestic woolen produc
/ lions on account of the tariff. But l believe
| $50, 000, 900 . year IL below rather thar
| above the mark. Nor can any accurate esti
| mate be placed upon the increased cost Of
othar domestie nrniu cfinns nv reason Of pro