Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-17
WHO MADE THE TA8lFFo

noh. H. u. Turner ellis From the Recora
n VINO Did it-MonopoIy Manufacturer.
went to Washington and Dictated No
hihiey's Taxes on the People-Their De-
nishds Literally Embodied in the Tarig
Law. "
80 During the preparation of the Mills
Dill 1t was falsely charged by repub.
iican leaders that hearing was denied
10 the advocates of protection bv the
democratic members of the wavs and
means committee
e Ihe charge was very serious i'm.
peaehment of the energy and activity
, or these hustlers of the tariff as +ba
aforesaid democratic members had 90.
cahion 70 know Republican politicians
insisted at the same time that .tbe
tarlff should be revised by its friends. y
now the Mckinley bill fills that ar
rogant assumption few samples will
suffice to show.
WooLLEN GOODS.
Mr.. William Whitman, president of
sho ratinnal- al--Associatio of Wool
I1manuiacturers, 1m appeared before tha |,
committee and said Urea. i.--, =. aaa1
that "he had framed two clauses" for
the bill, which are as follows: "Wom.
ems and children's dress goods, coat
Innings, Italian cloths, bunting and
goods OF like description, comprised
wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the
mar OF the goat, alpaca, or other
animals, and not otherwise especially
enumerated or provided for IL cents I
per yard, and in addition thereto Sc
per cent ad valorem" with blank pro-
| viso I
"Womens and children's dress goods. {
coat llnlngs, Italian cloths and goods
OF similar character or description. of s
winch the warp consists wholly of cot c
ton or other vegetable material. and /
the remainder of the fabric is composed
"holly or in part of wool, worsted, t
the hair Of the goat, alpaca or other r
animals, cents per square yard, and V
In addition thereto so per cent. ad v
valorum," with a blank proviso h
The curious student will find these il
views Of Mr. Whitman quite literally
reproduced in the act Paragraphs 394
ana 395h with the blanks in the pro- II
vlsos as to extra weight, filled and
dou ble.shotted. The oppressive charac.
ter OF these duties, including as they do N
great Increases of existing rates, is too W
apparent to require Comment. It is pc
difficult to contemplate them without We
indignation. al
CLOTHING. sh
The compound duties then existing Gi
on clothing (4O cents per pound and S5 nc
per cent, and 80 cents per pound and
4o per cent respectively would seem To-
10 nave been high enough to keep all po
lnteropers from abroad out of the bo
and to subject our people TO Gle
such taxation as our manufacturers ins
should chose to infict But Mr.. Isaac res
Heidelberger, Sin behalf of the cor
wholesale clothing manufacturers" ma
hearings, p PSI, submitted a memo. hig
'andum OF the wishes of his association. exf
ma the committee quite fully EN- obs
bodied Mr. Heidelberger's views in the h
MI paragraph 1896 of the actl ma
by this subservience the committee An,
alsed the taxation of the people on ly {
heir clothing, at the demand of the Kir
to 49, cents per pound poo
nd 90 per cent ad valorem And the a S.
ext paragraph of tho act shows that whi
lie committee thought that the women gre;
nd children could bear the same rate put.
taxation on their ready-made gar ton
ents mat
The men who pluck the American er @
'ople seem to be making their laws, the
10. but
WOOD PULP. the
MS is 'he raw material for the pa higl
anu ene eAlstlng duty upon to cl
was 10 per cent. The ad valorem are
ISIS, and the definition in their exist er a
g law, did not suit the manufacture. cons
S. and Mr. (. L. Embree, represent not
the pulpmakers of all the country. the
opposed the following statement: have
lechanical ground wood pulp s.. so ing
+ ton, dry weight Chemical wood
lp unbleached, So per ton. drv ..,
;@btn rTIaa,i, p1i NON roh' ary and
,g,,,,a roar,,,af +: Ane same New
nh atk1 '"o "'' lPara- high
rba avaraoo rol,, - ,...., print
bree sold rr.s COO ., III ''o.e' Mr. grapl
lnds
suoro,xs of Pi
he committee found ,boso State
ed at single uniform rate of 81 ner ceht'
It. The manufacturers appeared on onirt' u.
scene, and nresantsd tha;s ,'; - oi flint
matter in , v,r;,t,,, ,,..,'.., Va claim
'arings p. 255l 1t can be found 20 "
In the law paragraph 17Ol And enous
too, the tax of 80 per cent. on guns. prices
'eclfie duty on graduated scale. ''ors'
ming up to s6 on each gum was add ~
These duties would have left all o.ate'
ehasers of plain guns at the mercy WI, ~hicf
he manufacturers had it not been Onio
these gentlemen forrot - -, begin
nically 'for parts of erns ThoS chang
now said to enter the country in aiter
es - variou
TIN PLATE made
= the law previously existing this ourgn
lie OF universal necessity was taxed fostol
mt per pound. Mr.. William G. twent.
emeyer, of Pittsburgh represent closed
the American Tin Plate associa- over |,
appeared before the COMMITTEES ment .
recommended that this tax be
than doubled Hearings, p ssl. The
committee accordingly raised this dignar
W -'-c per pound See paragraph urers
II the present law. profits
TABLE CUTLERY. from
. Charles S Landers, of New Record
lin. Conn, one of committee of paper
cutlery manufacturers appeared. subject
indicated what these gentleman 'irol
ed to tax the American people on perior
indispensable articles. Not con. ly larf
with the great increase of duties Co, pal
hese articles proposed by the MONTH
q bill of the last congress. this 100 per
eman urged new exactiop Iron c,
he submitted in words and $780,
IS as follows: San carving and quoted
knives and forks of all sizes par S25,
ed or unfinished, valued at not Superio
than S4 per dozen pieces, 81 per Lake 4
+; valued at more than S4 and not bid"
than IS, 50 per dozen pieces: Comp