The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-20

Nel1 loEs jseeosdth
It has become one OF the most popu.
ular pastimes Of tho tariff rotnrmers OF
this country to try to make tho people
believe that there is millennium for
the workingmcn across tho water in
free trade England.
For convincing proof Of tho fact that
this is false 1t isabut necessary for a
person of average intelligence to con-
verse for flvc minutes with fais-
minded American who may have spent
any length Of time in England, and
used his eyes and cara. twas tho good
fortune Of q reporter for the Recorder to
have three hours talk on Friday
night with such a man, u resident Of
Philadelphia, who has but recently re-
turned from u two-years sojourn in
London. This was Mr.. Wallace w.
Johnson, {. man OIL, middle age nnd thor
ough education, who went to England
in tho spring OF 1900 to take charge OF q
large factory that proposed to manu-
facture a peculiar style OF wire busttes
for the fashionable world Of England.
Unfortunately for the enterprise, how.
ever, bustles won't ont OF fashion, and
the enterprise was compelled to sur
render to tho dictates Of tiuctating
style and abandon the field:
Mr.. johnson received salary OF 1000
asyear in England. When hewent over
he was told that such an income would
be fully equal to s., 700 or $500 q year
on this side OF tho Atlantic owing to
the cheapness OF everything English.
He has returned convinced that with
Sl,200a year here he could live better,
with more comfort and far more luxu.
ries, and he is now one OF the most ar
dent believers in high tariff as a means
OF keeping up the wage scale and keep
ing down the price list. Fl.
AFRAID OF THE M'KlNLEY BILL
'soon after went there, he said, IT
found myself the object Of much iosting
about the tariff, and as tho time went
on and tho passage OF tho Mckinley bill
became more and more certain, was
approached every day by business men
who declared that it would ruin Eng
land If that law went into operation.
They practically admitted that under q
high American tariff England would
pay our taxes. and that every cent go
ing into the treasury as result OF the
customs regulations meantalmost cent
going out OF English pockets. AT last,
when the act was passed, some OF my
commercial friends became almost hys-
terical in their denunciation OF such
measure, which, they presaged, meant
such a stringency as they had seldom
cen there.
"The economists Of England, OF course,
do not admit anything OF the sort, but
denounce the measure on high moral
grounds OF unfairness. The bulk OF the
people, however, look upon the Amer
lean tariff as one OF their greatest bug
bears, with good reason. for their free
trade system means no more nor no less
than grinding. crushing, whitening
tax upon everything that they eat and
drink and wear.
'sNow follow me moment while !
tell you how England, with no tariff as
q means OF raising revenue, creates her
fund for the support Of the government
Ia fund that is necessarily appallingly
large, a reservoir Of pap for the army Of
aristocratic loafers whose titles and
clerical livings cause tremendous drain
upon the treasury. 1tis a constant sue
cession OF tax,itax, with no end and no
prospect OF q change. 1t is blood-suck.
ing, devastating process Of poor-making,
and every one Of the lower classes must
give.
WHY THE RENTS ABE Low.
"when you take house you may be
surprised to get such good dwelling
for SO small rental. We paid $35 a
month for nice, eight-room house out
in Tottehham, six miles from the centre
: OF the city. That was not bad. But my
SS5 represented only my bare rental.
Was there more, do YOU say? OF course
there was moro to be paid out OF my
pocket. In the first place there was
the water rate, which | had to pay.
Then there were the taxes upon the
property, which l as tenant had to pay
instead Of the owner; then there were
the tithes to the church, until in the
end my taxes and other assessments
aggregated over SO per cen: OF my rom
tai, and my yearly output for tho house
went up with a rush till | began to
think that was hiring q palace.
as that all? Not by q good margin!
paid SO per cent alone, as ] say, in
queens tax, and I paid besides $50 a
year as tax on my income, in addition
10 all that l could think OF in the way
OF personalities, and many more that
the collector kindly prompted me into
remembering. This income tax docs
not, ofcourse, affect the poorer classes
directly, though It necessarily had Its
effect eventually in raising tho cost OF
the production OF tho food and clothing
and other cssentials Of life. Tho pros.
emit ratio for this tax is Cd upon every
pound OF income per annum when tho
income is 200 pounds and over. Take
that TACT over 10 New York and toll 1t
toyoue business men-that for every S.
they make in tho year they must pay
- cents in TAX, II they should be so OK
tremely lucky as to 1.-Two in glorious free
trade England, The tax includes
everything from which you derive an
income, whetEor tho source no under
English domain or not. II had owned
a farm here in Pennsylvania, on which
taxes wero duo to tho United States, l
should also have had to pay au income
tax to Queen Victoria. Ii l should have
drawn q pension from Uncte Sam for
my services in the war, Victoria would
have rcaped small harvest upon it."
There was silence for some minutes,
while Mr.. johnson pored over bundle
Of newspaper clippings, Then no mem
toned the word ti:hos, and the reporter
asked innocently: "What has been left
NJ TIM did 1.-THE systemW
TfrtEs ARE CHOKING TIE FARMERS.
TWbat bas boon left OF it? Well, all