Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-07-17

Vow comes the report that the IN
I"rters ui la, trimmings ARE willing a.
cumpruniso with the government iur
S,Wp. .ON. aud that Secretary Foster il
Ia draw las cheek fnt that amount ~
settlement ui thcir claim They can
we'll Afford to accept o. 1.V1Vo instead
oi the ~ 800 u1 they brought suit for.
a. the duty they paid to the govern.
mcnt was added to the price ui the
goods. and paid back to them Nv the
mlllincrs and others who purchased ~
them, aud whatever they get ou, Of the
government IL that much clear gain
" the people are Ia pay II a second
time. pay II Ia the millinrrs who have
alrca " paid Il Ia the importers.
Ia hl. address At the university Of
Michigan "A couple of weeks since. ~.
Secretary Bayard made reference to
the evils of legislation for the benefit
oi special classes and individuals as fol.
low.
wish a. draw your attention a. the
results ol the pcrSer-iun II the most
essential and iaf reaching oi public
power. that oi taSation-hy the in.cr.
ti"n "i personal influences aud for per
-nnai cnds--of provisions 10 our tsrii
laws, which. being spcjliiou-ly adopt
ed under the operation Of the previous
question. are upon closer examination
discovered to contain consequences
never di-cussed--nut understood hy the
legislature which enactcl. nor by the
deicnscles- public which IN the end " =
to suffer by them. TN the ,lockets ui
the United States courts, cases arising
ou, oi disputed interpretations Of the
tsiH are to be found and are numbered
by the thousands. when The phrase.
oloEy OF all the various provisions oi
the tariii have ,een cuilated for POINT
and several constructions. under the
critical analyst. ~ learned Judges aud
we'll instructed counsel aided hy eS.
pefis and specialists. some excessive
rate of duty u at least settled. A
meaning IL found which vas placed IN
the public Law hy the cunning hand oi
private interest. aud hidden iy n com
plicstion oi language aud the de,ach.
ment ol controlling words placed in
some unsupported aud remote recess
Of the statute.
Ia no other way can duties ALSO
lutely pfohihi,ory be accounted Tor.
NY such means duties are not laid for
,he common defense aud general vel.
tar-. hat ioF private interests. and
" commerce With foreign nations" 10 not
regulated. bat practically prohibited by
private dlctsiion. and the Int, rect oi
the fundamental l.w u e,s,led of over
thrown Sometimes ia. desired profit
is attained by reserve of thesc meth.
osis aud extensive entries are made by
the initiated ~ certain merchandise
under high rate duty. which are paid
hut under protest Cases are permit.
tel ,o accumulate io' years. until vast
sums have been paid into the treasury.
while ,he legality II u. .ssetions still
continued depen,len, upon subsequent
iadiclal decision
when the aggregation 81 eases Is
satisfactory. aud sufiicicnt time has
elapsed luf the duties 10 be added 10
the foreign price oi the merchandise,
aud paid by the purchasing and con.
suinins American puhl,c, then come.
the time to gather the fruits II the
s,umheriur meaning 81 the ,Afiii, and
"a Tee, cs-e" is bfoush, up ios decision
Then u 10 disclosed that q lower and u
higher da,y lay In the Inner i"lds oi the
tauf acts, and the rival antiquities
are daily marshale'l, aud the mysteries
~ classification, commercial nomencla
turc and foreign nsnuIsrture are es'
plofc,i. and the spiEo, II the treasury
10 ,urned on Ia pay again ,o the dealer
the money he la. already collected
from hi. customer in the shape oi dn
tiss added to ihe ioteign price.