The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-08-28

would have iiannels he must pay from
Is 10 ne per cent. toward the ,nsinten.
Lnce 81 the infant flannel industry Of
the United States u makes no differ
ence how poor the flesh and blood in
fnni's parents nay be or how difficult
they may find % keep Il alive and
warm. that tax must be paid toward
the support Of the other infant
Hut flesh and blood babies must sleep
under blankets in winter time. This IL
a lovely thing for the great blanket in
FAINT industry. for every flesh and blood
baby in the land can be made TO Fay
something toward the support Of this
infant Here Is what the live baby
pays TO the blanket baby: blankets
worth not over 80 cents per pound.
duty 81 per cent; worth from 30
70 20 cents per pound. duty os per cent |;
worth from 20 70 so cents per pound,
duty l0l per cent; worth from so 70 90
cents per pound. duty ll9 per cent I;
worth from 90 70 80 cents per pound,
duty 95 per cent; worth above 50 cents
per pound. duty u per cent
Thus the live infant pays from II to
il9 per cent TO the blanket infant
Oddly enough the live baby, whose pa
rents can afford to buy blankets worth
above 50 cents per pound. gets on with a
tax Of II per cent Somehow the tariff
makers always had tenderness for
wealth. The fact Is that great many
Of them are millionaircs and = fellow
feeling makes them wondrous kind. II
was easy enough to let up on s0-cent
blankets while 60-cent blankets paid
119 per cent duty.
Linen Is one of the things that go "a
make babies pretty. II was baby
clad in linen long clothes that drew forth
from Charles Lamb q famous whimsical
witticism. As they carried the little
one past the gentle Charles he grasped
the wealth of flowing linen, and feeling
upward toward the baby's tiny toes
stammered ont, "Wh-whcre does II
leave off?" Those long clothes are
taxed. you may be sure Here Is what
the tariff schedule says: ''Sheets and
all other manufactures Of wearing ap
parcl made in whole or in part OF liner
and not otherwise provided for, IS pei
cent"
Then there are the laces and pretty
bits of linen that 60 TO sweeten the
faces Of small humanity; they too arc
taxed. Laces. insertings. cmbroidcries
60 per cent duty. But lest something
might escape the tax, the tariff maker,
placed duty Of from 73 to 1913 per cen
upon women's and children's dress
goods. Then they realized that thu
living baby must have soap TO kceI
him clean. and they clapped tax O.
from 20 to Al per cent on soap. While
they were about it they put tax Of q
per cent on the sponge with which thu
baby is washed. OF course they taxcs
the baby's cradle and his carriage. jus
as they taxed the comb for his hair ant
| the bone teething ring
But you would have supposed tina
| the proposed lovers Of infants would
have paused when they came to toys
How could they deliberately 60 abou
making a poor defenseless baby pay
more than the market value for hi
trumpcry rattle? They could. how
ever. "Ah toys 7" said they. Every
body must have toys and now IS ou
opportunity. So saying, they con
cocted this provision Of the tariff
Dolls doll heads toy marbles. o
whatever material composed. and al
other toys not composed Of rubber
china. porcelain, parian bisqnc. carthel
or stoneware, and not specifically pro
vided for, IS per cent
Perhaps you think they rclente,
| when they reached TOYS Of china, rub
Der and all that, and decided to lie
them in free. Every child nov
has . rubber rattle. and thousand
Of featurelcss rubber dolls max
American nurseries hideous True
and the tariff makers had those yer,
facts in mind when they omitted rub
Der toys from the list Of articles dutI
able at IS per cent Here Is what the,
did about that: China, porcel ain
parian, bisque. carthen and ston
toys. painted, tinted. stained. en-
ameled. printed. gilded or other
wise decorated or painted in an
manner. 80 per cent duty; toys com
posed Of rubber, IS per cent duty.
There you have IL all The bah
must pay for his whistle. lie can hav
no fun without tax. He must take .
his load OF tariff taxation and carry
70 his grave, and his heirs must pay
tariff tax on his shroud and coffir
Even the fire-crackers with which b
celebrates the Fourth Of July an
learns his first noisy lesson in pstrio,
ism, are taxed 100 per cent