The Globe-republican., 1891-08-12
WHO PAYS THE DuTY2


Testimony from Various S0urces-An En-
glIshman Admits That He Will Have to
Pay the Increased Duty-The Tariff II .
Tax on tho Exporter Only.
Here are some nuts for free trade ad.
vocates to crack.
An English manufacturer writes the
Birmingham Gazette:
The additional tax on my goods 60
ing into the United States in the pres
act. estimate will be at least $4,000.
which sum, without shadow of
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:
The importation of eggs has been re-
duced from 123, 5S9 dozen in October.
1890. to 24.S?2 dozen in April, 1891. and
the import value of eggs has fallen N
the same time from Is. ) cents per dozen
to S.3 cents. Is the tariff on eggs
a 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 fol-
lowing:
THE other day we fell in with cou-
pie of live Yankees, residents of the ex-
treme 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 five
cents a bushel. If you buy just
across the line 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 he?'
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 hCrses?' They answered,
Well, we don't buy horses, but it
operates the same way. The tariff on
q horse worth less than S15O is $50, and
for higher-priced horses more. In sell
ing to come across the line into Yer
mont this is always token 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 markets.? He always does was
the answer"
In the Standard Democrat of Bur-
lington, Wisconsin, June q, Mr.. +. L.
Norton says:
I'm the year 1854 paid $50 for an
English watch which did not cost the
maker over $3.50, including the low
cheap goods. Thus it is plain that prac
teal free trade didn't help me much,
for not only paid the duty but an out
rageous profit besides. Now with a
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 Sl.5O per day and turned
thousands out of employment to starve
or emigrate to protected countries. At
the same time wages have advanced in
the United States and have seen plenty
of skilled workmen in our watch fac
tories earning from $500 to $500 day.
Female workers in these factories get
as good wages as our school teachers.
Il have been waiting several years
for some good democrat to specify any
leading line of goods that have been
made dearer on an average by the
amount of the increase in the duty.
should also like t, have him explain
why the democrats voted against taking
Off the duty from sugar. which we paid
and favored taking off those duties
which foreigners admit they are all
paying for the sake of getting into the
best market in the world.
Wages in GERMANY.