The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-12-25
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40u Of or Rovsrnmsat has ever hsa
the minds Of the people 20 befogzed as
the tariff Now dont understand By
tbs above that favor the tariff. bs-
cause z0thing could b further from
the truth am one Of those .idiossa
We 80 and hear referred 70 by usm-
bers Of both ths old parties known -
free trader believe that the con-
dition Of the people at this time de-
manda that they should bay what they
have 20 buy - cheap - It IL possible
70 manufacture and sell # ] am not
free trader alone from this reAson.
but bsesuse believe Il tbs saFih was
sboiished and all taxes levied direct
IL would have the effect OF showing
the people just how much tax they
paid. and when congress took q notion
TO squander the peoples money. ss IL
has done for the past fifteen or
twenty years. Why the next session Of
that body would witness goOdly num-
Der of members fresh from the peo-
pie" These are not my only reasons
for being free trader. It Is fact
that the tariff system entails an
enormous official expense every dol
lar OF which would be saved 70 the
people by the abolition of the tariff.
Not only this but believe it Is an
utter impOssibility TO reform the
tariff 50 as TO make. IL bear equally
upon all fclasses of citizens; but the
greatest reason why favor the aboIi-
ton Of the tariff is simply because it
high or low, big or little great or
ANAL Democratic or Republicans
robbery; robblng of one class (the
massey to enrich another class Now
l hope. after reading the foregoing.
no one can mistake my position in re-
gard to the tariff Ana when I say
! that nothing has ever blinded. befud-
died and deceived the people like the
tariff. l mean just what l say.
II We are sick. the Democrats would
have US believe that no n d. who did
not believe in tariff reform" could
possibly cure US, and the Republican
party would make US believe that the
Mckinley bill applied is = cure for all
ills
Now let Us look into this matter q
little. will take myself and family
Of seven az an example: during the
past year have purchased for myself
and family dry goods and groceries to
the amount of 800. We are told that
the tax on this Is about SAT. At the
present prices Of cotton 1t will take
| l. 290 pounds of cotton, or nearly three
bales of 500 pounds each to pay it To
| give us the Mills bill or five per cent
reduction It would yet take !. 225}
pounds TO pay It. or a reduction of only
| 64} pounds of cotton on essh SloOi
But to get nearer the true Cleveland
Tariff Reform" / would suppose that
a reduction of the tariff to q 90 per
cent basis would please the most ultra
reformsrs OF the Cleveland stripe.
| This would have given US 3 saving of
| f27, and would have saved to me out
OF my 1920 pounds of cotton S4S
pounds Now let US assume that Il
required the working OF six acres of
land (sbovs an average CROP and
summarize. Six acres OF land viii pro
duce 290 pounds of cotton. which was
sold at It cents (ths price it has been
selling at IN my town for three wseks)
will pay q debt OF 800. Under the
Mills bill 1t would pay the debt and
leave me ga pounds OF cotton, or IS.
Under = reduction OF the tariG ~ per
cent. Il would leave me S4S pounds Of
cotton, or e2T.
! We have seen what q reduction Of
the tariff win dc. Now let US try an
other remedy and see what the effect
viii be- It Is claimed by some that
to double the volume Of money would
have the effect of increasing prices
100 per cent but TO make certainty
of it let as assume that it would only
enhance prices so per cent what then
would be the result Of the proceeds
OF our ak acres of laud9 Let Us see.
!. goo pounds of cotton at 7f censS
800; 1. geo pounds of cotton at az
cents Increased so per centl $3.50;
deduct my store account of 800. and
II leaves me q net profit Of $50 by
doubling the volume of money. where
as by the most radical reduction of
the taris could only have saved e27,
or two dollars over half as much
know that some will contend that
an increase OF the currency would
have made my goods cost me more.
but in my former article / think /
showed conclusively that the prices Of
commodities covered by the tariff
could not be enhanced very much
Alliance Herald: It has become
. trite joke for some tool of plutocrs-
cy 70 ask an ailiance speaker how much