Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-09

elghths. How many years will II taSe'
then. 10 fall 10 one eighth
The Progress. OF Boston. says that when
Egypt went down per cent. OF her peo,,
pie owned ~ per cent. OF her wealth, ana
tho people were starved 10 death; that
whom Persia went down per cent. OF her
population owned all the land: that when
kome went down l.-09 men owned All t,le
known world. In 1880 IN this country tne
capitalists owned 37i5 per cent. OF her
wealth. Yet he who goes before the peo-
pie, and without comment. without tenn,
per points - these facts that are statistical
Is sneered a. as q calamity croker.
wHfBg IA THAT BOON?
Bradstreet. an authority in this country
saws that the total number OF failures IN
the ntcd State, for the nine months oi
lsil are ~.slG. a. compared with 100 III
the Ike period OF 1870. an increase OF sew
enteen per cont. IAis ls under tho Nc
kiuley bill. lApplau.el Yet IN 1890. "hen
Mckinley accepted the nomination ipr
Congress ne SAID THAI 4 his bi.l passed ihe
Senate tins coGn.ry would witness boom
more marycloG, than l. hal ey,r known.
lLaugH gHteri where II tha; boom: Demo
cratic appiau.ci Free sugar, Tree
sugar from the Republicans
" We're Il not for fGe present good crops,
the best IN ten years. these failures womb
be a great deal w0ssc than they are. One
Of the greatest causes ot the depression
and failures of the present setson - tl"t
We are paying too much 'gXe-. Mckinney,
at pbiladelphla. SAID hat the tarl,t WIS "a
tax Democratic applause. Now. VINO
pavs that tax? The llalOr says this tax J.
NOT paid 10y TIE c0Isum,r. Now, the Su-
preme Court OF the tnItei S,af'..
lt
has said who Iaid the tax. IN III" ca -
of Brown against the state ~ Nary and
they unanimously anucunc0 i thai dutY
on imports Is . tax taat is pad ~ thecoh-
-uWcrs. ltemN cratic applause. an iNfv
William Richardson. oncc tremh'r ot
the Court of Claims and cX-ANsi-tnut
Secretary If the Treasurer. m reply - an
inquiry OF Senator sherman said tiat th'
importer add, the dUte - tho cost ~ the
the goods and The consumers pay IT,
A iIIIiE FiGyBiNG.
Governor Campbell mere caused = board
- toe ho'sted upou IA, sngo. on winch he
demonstrated by methods of boJk-Aeep-
iuc the alleged Injustice of high tarlf.
" 4 man goes to England and purchases
goods to tho AWOnut of -j.1ln HE ave
rage duty 0n these goods would be .j,u,O.
making - .O0J the tOtal sum pald bN tho
importer
Itere another board was ho'sted on which
this 20 .O0N was charged up 10 "proht and
Joss" indicating mat II the mp rter dld
NOT charge the .uiy tc The consumer n"
would lose the 5000 paid IN duties. thus
the toral.npr did not pay tnat t,A.
Another board was hoi-ted. IL was
shown that II the foreigner paid ;he tax
tito cost prico Of goods offered - the
American consumer would d" ~J,Wn. IN
stead of - 700. which would be- absolute
free trade.
" NoW. wncn genuine reciprocity comes
in We would have. uoi a little Ono-slded re-
ciprocity with lhc llttlc countries OF Soutn
America. tut sub,tautil reciprocity witn
England, France. and tie world. lAp-
plaus,.l
" ho duty on plafe-gia-s - i40 per cent.
Last year He imported -lno,OuO worth ot
plat,-glA,s. iAAi W.. the value OF the
goods - En- iaul. set upon that glass
there Na5 yeil < 1000 u duties. or 80,
more than thrco-t OF tic glass IA Lngiani.
Who paid that tax Dli the tugllsh
mauuiacturor give Us the glass and pay
~63UOO besides toget us to take IT. TAP
p.Ause aud laughter
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