The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-10
THE TARIFF
BY W. II. K1CCuLN-
No. IL.

The free list, Before the lss' So'i
greas the tax, or duty. on granuiated
sugar Imported was cents, . GEMS,
and cents. according to grade. At
that time sugar sold for =, 81 and Z
cer,s at whoIes. Me, and .etailed at
g AMI Q cents per pound. Tue last
Congress removed the tax, or duty,
on these grades OF ugar. What was
the result! Sugar at once dropped
to Al, a. and a cents per pound at
wboiesale. and TO ) al q 81 cents re-
tail.
Inc poor man now gets his granu,
latvd sugar, if he has tae money, al
& cents a pound instead Of cents
be ore the duty was remove d.
What is true of sugar would be
true nf nearly every article ~e buy,
if The protective steal and rooolDg
features we're removed You must,
however, to understand this kid OF
taxation, always keep in mind the
fact that this tax, or DUTY, Is not Im.
posed on the articles manufactured or
produced in this country but is only
imlosed on the articles Of like kind
imported from other countries to
this country. If the tax, or duty,
was levied on the goods ard produc-
tions of this country as well as on
those imported We should collect at
lie sst $4,000, 100000 Of revenue, In
in .tead of S2OO.OOO,00O as we now
collect Oh imported goods.
Now what becomes of the differ
ence between the two hundred mil
lions and the two billion dollars ?
iTnis difference lie one billion eight
hundred million Of dollars, enough
| to nav of the national debt and pay
all the expenses of republican ad.
m;nlstratioh tor one year.
Well. the small difference between
thsse two amounts, which is only
al bteen hundred millions of dollars,
instead Of remaining in the pockets
Of the American people yearly. goes
down into the packets of the manu-.
facturers as the result Of tba
damnable and infal NOUS system put
in practice by the republican party
aad known IS the pr elective system.
| I assert 1T with confidence in it's
truthfuiness, that the South has paid
under this system of taxation since
1865 INTO the pockets OF Northern
monopolists, 10 the form Of enhanced
prices by reason OF the duty, more
than four times the present asses sed
value OF all the property, both real
and personal in the South.
will go farther and say if every
family in the South land North, East
and Vest had paid over to them to-
morrow all the money they have paid
q, q bounty to Northern robbers and
pl lnderers since the war, each fsni>
IL would have todsv upon an aver.
age more than they have ten thoas-
and enthusiastically cash. however
poor now.
The protectiorists say that tariff
duty or tax, on importation reduces
the prices Of manufactured goods in
this country. If that be true then
how is any one protected =? II the
prices of manufactured goods are re-
duced and the owner of the goods is
} compelled to sell for less money,
how is he protected ? The only way
be can be protected is to increase
the price of his goods. How can the
price of his goods be increased? Ger
tainly not by removing all tariff du.
ties, or taxes on the Importation Il
foreign goods. This would GLOW
goods TO come into this country from
, the hands of the 80 called foreign
: LABOR of all Europe 90 an equal foot
ing and IN competition with home
made goods. This would drive
prices down in thirty-six houre, anc
the protectionlsts claim would close
ever, factory in the laud. Then how
are they protected by the tariff ? o.
course by keeping out foreign good:
from competing with home made
goods, Thereby keeping up home prices
to the maximum; that lie, adding tbs
, tariff or near the amount of the tariff
to the goods manufactured in thi:
county. For instance, the actua
tax collected on sugar imported into
: this country was about $5O,000,OOO
s The removal of the duty, or Tax
saved to the consumers of Sugar il
this country exactly fifty millions O
!, dollars per year Now suppose WOO
f and WOODEN goods we've put on t.
I free list, we would save to the Goa
sumers of wooden goods OF all kinds