The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-03-19
FACTS iBOi THE TARIFF
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS POINT
EDLY ANSWERED.

/ n Interesting Repor; on Farm MORT
..ees-The Result, of the Decision on
/ Ire Mckinley Lan-r Pictures f.nd Para
graphs.
i fea Questions Answered..
| question No. ; Who pays the tarin i the
/ tarIf taN
/ II depends upon the kind of tariif. If
revenue or free trade tariff. such as
| the former duty on sugar or tin plate
Ne pay il all; i, 4 protective tariff, We
]. may pay i par; OF the duty IL first, uul
] eventually the foreigner pays nearly If
/ not quite al 81 i on goods actually I'M
| ported. II we prefer TO buy English
goods, however, even though the Amer
| lean goods are better and cheaper, then,
| CT course We pay the duty.
| Ash the Canadian farmer Who pays
! the american duty. Ask the Sheffield
| manufacturer, the Ghemnitz Wori<men.
| tire pearl button makers of Vienna
/ the tln-plate makers of Wales, the for
| elgn manufacturers of silk and linen
! and cutlery. and scores Of otherafticIes
| Ihev will all admit that they pay the
| }atE If they put the goods on olr mar
/ ket. Here Is All admission from the
/ ;EeN :! 9fk mes oI fepfuafy :, s9i.
/ " fioanst i as GOOD free-ffade testl-
| :aony Indorsing orr own assertions:
| 4 statement issued bN the Del4irtfncn Of
/ Agriculture. giving the exports t. the
1 nted States from Canada for the year
! ia.o. SHOWS that tile dominion exported
/ III. .1iLhi5 worth ot agricultural piodncts
/ " i'e htted States iasf year. ne aver
| a.f tat' - GUY coIltctta ny ihe hi(td
'ts g'.sslil, ol,,ii a3iolt"Lai ,i ifoum,ta
,ro,o a.. s,a.heS ~ ~ ,ah', >a,4in,i,
/ an,t other conservative Ieadcrs that the
duties imposed ~ tie Americans upon
/ Canadian products exported to the | nitrd
! states come ont of the pockets Of The
/ Canadian farmers. Hence Nt ind that
] during the fiscal year ln91 no less than
- .st1d-tdal is - t'ef cent % : ll.-l&nt5
Mthi l'ie l,.e y ss>iilI'9 IN. t'tsso[a
= ", = = no..i9 ii't,' III t,'ts ~ =,
!I,1's,alt - ne = ~ i'''iiliil,' -"
S.. ~
~ ,t.'I,'e ~ ,s'S lii''tse'
= =. ~ - a.
/ Sies seiit " lof lssr .t'aii nv idtS, 'h'
taA.'' Is the tariL on wire nails = tax,
80 + fne taritl, IN yard of chico >
TN selling III II cent. while the ,lnfy i
j ,sntsa Is the taritf on \ yard Of
cloth i tax. selling al 75cen1s. y biIc the
| .4uty il s. cents
question NJ. 4. How do Won reconcile lrn-
tnetian With reciprocity II reciprocity Is
sa5d tnra lsE toaa.rit> why not 4oT aiL
Protection leFits tuues on articles
which sc pro,iu e at home, iii order to
preserve American industries and the
siigtt@r wage ~ American "efklHg-
men. 4 also removes duties from al
articles Nhicil We 90 not ourselves pro-
eiure. because the duty on them Is an
unnecessary and hufdenSome tax 70 the
consumer.
lserIpfocltV removes the dufV from
articles which We do not produce, and
a. tie aane TIME tse'7 conc "sslons IRON
foreign countries eN winch they remove
't taNei t1e'i l-ipoi "t"'ea "ii oul
produces export. .a 70 LII" ~.
! ioseetlo!i -'sSs'i7 Tue li2siutt7 q our
sa93f @N nome.
i'.ttpf"rltN 9'eh5 70 lhe pfedae's "l
oif itoof Z market abroad.
t'ile = Tie iiaiIsiiiiatdeh u 'ltc 'iitef'
9Gestioh 4. ! he hon. Nl.. ~ sprimeef
ail tIa ,sIS,in t.t+,aat,i, fJ, I.f,rT
arg NORTH amerIcal E., cw. Please explain
t,tem.
The imports Of wool Tor the ten
months ending october 30, 1870 the
Mckinley bill took elect October T.
lNn4. amounted to s>,0no,Utp pounds
Willie the imports for the ten months
ending October 80, lS9l-the ten months
next after the passage OF the blli-werc
over $4,000, 900 pounds. an increase o.
over 20 per ccntum.
For the Ten months ending October
ao, lea9, the imports of WOODEN goods
~ere valued AT over 81, ,aRi, 900, while
those for the ten months ending 0ctO-
htr 5a. 1891, were valued lit only e29, :
H9 taa, i decrease Of over II per cent
nm II also appears that the price OF
wool mas averaged from : t. , cents 4
nounti less since the passage OF the Me,
Einlev Till than il was when the bill
pissed 4
i il true thai during the last calendar
wear our imports of raw woois OF all
kinds we're greater than III lS0 by 80,
G5.~aa rounds. about tile rate Of in.
crease given by Mr. Springer This il
the fact that seems TO puzzle our CORE
Spondenf. It ought not 10.
The uitpl states consumes annually
9bput s90 tG1 n02 pounds Of raw wool
w grow about oDe-half of this s,uan,
titv. OF 500. ONO, ,p9u pounds. and import
all the rest. Some Of 1t. about l0t,Wn.,
Nlt pounds, We have been in the habit
III lnuorting in an unmanufactured
form. anH Of importing the rest in s
manufactured form aa WOODEN goods
The trainers If the Mckinley law saw
that the Great evil they had 70 remedy
was The importation OF Woolens, Whlet
uat ONLY ,iismace American wool lust aE
reaf1y IL a. Imrortation OF raw wool
hnt also the labor winch sloutd receive
rmpioymetlt making lh' ihi 'oI teH ~
tlele mere. II We ''o ilos .LoM @ , Mo3
enough Iof o.i ~ ~ -
theE - IL l;apJta '',e ,1,c I'm ana =
@i1otl DI Tie Itii@t tAttA ttAp1AtaNts fA4tN1