The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-08-19
WHO PAYS THE .pu1Y7
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Pay the Increased Duty-Ths Tsri9 > .
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Testimony from Various SOurooo-An I'm
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Pay the Increased Duty-rhs Tsrf1 = .
Tax ON the Exporter Only.
Here are some nuts for free trade I'd
vocates to crack.
An English manufacturer writes the
Birmingham Gazette: ststa
"The additional tax on my goods go
ing into the United States in the pres
ent year, by reason Of the Mckinley
act, estimate will be at least $4,000,
which sum, without q shadow OF q
doubt, has to come out Of my pocket
and the pockets OF my work people"
The Springfield Union states the fol-
lowing as to the effect Of the increased
duty on eggs:
1.-THE importation Of eggs has been re-
duced from 1913, $50 dozen in October,
1890, to 24,S92 dozen in April, 1891, and
the import value Of eggs has fallen in
the same time from 1873 cents per dozen
to S.3 cents. Is the tariff on eggs
tax or not? 1t is not likely that the
country consumed fewer eggs in April
than in October, and yet the importa-
ton was nearly 100000 dozen less
Who supplied this 100000? The Amer
lean farmer. Freed from foreign COM
petition he has the home market to him
self, and has pocketed the money which
formerly went to foreigners.
In May of this year the Woodstock,
VT, Standard, whose editor, Hon. L. O.
Green, is inspector of finance under the
laws Of that state, contained the tol-
lowing:
1.-THE other day we fell in with cou-
pie of live Yankees, residents Of the ex-
trene northern border of the state. who
were on their way to market with cat
tie and produce. We inquired what
they paid the farmers Of Vermont for
potatoes, and the reply was seventy-fve
cents a bushel If you buy Just
across the limo in Canada, what do
you pay" was the next question,
and the answer was fifty cents. How
does that happen?' o, the tariff causes
the difference Then the Canadian
producer pays the tariff, don't hep
Certainly they replied. every time. If
we buy in Canada it is on that basis,
and the Canadians don't expect to sell
in any other way to u.s. How is it
with cattle?' The answer was, Just the
same. The price is the amount Of the
tariff below the price in Vermont And
how about horsesT They answered,
Well, we don't buy horses, but it
operates the same way. The tariff on
. horse worth less than $50 is $50, and
for higher-priced horses more. In sell.
ing to come across the line into Yer.
mont this is always taken into account,
and makes the selling price so much
less in Canada Then the Canadian
farmer pays the tariff on all he sends
to our narkets?' lie always does was
the answer"
In the Standard Democrat Of Bur.
lington, Wisconsin, June 9, Mr.. F. B
Norton says:
I'm the year 1854 paid $50 for ar
English watch which did not cost the
maker over $3.50, including the low
duty, which was supposed to NEAR
cheap goods. Thus it is plain that prac
tical free trade didn't help me much
for not only paid the duty but an out
rageous profit besides Now with Q
duty $50 per cent. higher, as the free
trader would say, can buy better
watch for $40. England has meantime
reduced the wages of her best work
men from s. to $1.50 per day and turned
thousands out of employment to starve
or emigrate to protected countries. Al
the same time wages have advanced il
the United States and have seen plenty
Of skilled workmen in our watch fac
tories earning from IS. 90 to $500 day
Female workers in these factories &c
as good wages as our school teachers.
81 have been waiting several year
for some good democrat to specify an,
leading line Of goods that have beef
made dearer on an average by tn
amount OF the increase in the duty.
should also like to have him explain
. why the democrats voted against takin
of the duty from sugar, which we paid
and favored taking of those dutie
which foreigners admit they are al
paying for the sake Of getting into tn
best market in the world.
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