The Butler weekly times., 1892-05-25
WHO PAYS The TAX.
High Authority Says the Consumer
Payslt Every Time.

But the apologists for this system
of spoliation say that the foreigner
pays the tax. The supreme court
of the United States in the case of
Brown W. The State Of Maryland,
unanimously announced that duty
on imports is tax that is paid by
the consumers Major Mckinley
III his canvass said:
I'VE took the tax off sugar and
nov you don't have to pay it, See
how We have relieved you from tax
alton by taking the tariff off from
raw sugar"
L. another breath this same dis
tineuished gentleman says:
The foreigner pays it-you
don't
Now let US See who pays the tax.
Marshall Field & Co. imported 81,
400 worth OF pearl buttons and paid
at Chicago $1,000 duty This 81,
400, with the cost Of Transportation
added. was the cost of them and
upon which they basel their sales
of thIs article which went to con-
samers and was paid by them
Would the buttonmakers pay $4,000
tax to get Sl,40O for their pro lucts9
Armour imported 100000 pounds
OF tin and paid $1,000 as duty Min, .
ty llne per cent of this, as provided
in the Mckinley law. was refunded
10 hin because the goods which this
til i"".osed Were exported. Ii the
for,l.er paid the tax Oh the ,iu, Why
tnro" ihe government moned away
by le.unelin5 1t to Mr. Armour, Nh
Mckl e.; introduced bill in this
hous' 1t session to appropriate
S25,CjO to lay taxes on plate glass
for L., nlir",t~es 10 be built by the
govet nmeAt If the foreigner pays
the tax, why WAS this necessary!
IT, Standard Oil Company paid
aim o,t ii million of dollars duty on
tin Imported in 1890. Ninety nine
per cent of this was refunded 10 this
.iant corporation under the provi-
sions Of the Mckinley law. If the
foreigner paid the tax Oh this tin
why was 1t necessary for congress
to provide for throwing away so
large'a sum of the peoples money?
1t is claimel by the friends OF pro
tectron that they have saved to the
| people of the country $50, 100000
by taking the tariff off OF sugar If
the foreigner Jays the tax, why take
it Off 1t would certainly be good
| business Sense to nllow tie foreign
manufacturer of sug u pay into
thu federal treasury this vast sum of
mon-y Zach year-almo,t ou- halt
enough to pay the pensions OF the
disabled soldiers Of our country.
But, unmindfui Of the Interests Of
the people, the fifty first congress
provided that these foreigners should
be exempted from this payment.
In this house. after the Chicago
fire, General Lcgan introduced a
bill TO admit building materials to
that stricken city free OF tariff If
the tax was not paid by the con-
sumer how would it benefit the Chi
eago people who were trying to re-
build their city from the ashes that
We're left by the great couhagration
The earnest protest from the lumber
barons induced congress to exempt
lumber from this provision. All
other building materials We're rsade
free uuder the belief that consumers
were being benefited by taking off
the tax. The modern theory of pro-
tectionists is that the people of Chi
cago were not benefited in this. but
that the foreigners who shipped
their iron and lead and other ma
terials that were used in construct.
ing the magnificent temples of trade
and commerce to make the wonder
of the nineteenth century were the
benefciaries by this special pow
sion. Similar requests were asked
in regard to other cities that have
been unfortunate At time when
Eastport, Me-, burned down the
gentleman from Maine. Mr.. Boutelle
a member of this house, and insist.
ing that the tariff is not a tax, intro