The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-10
A LESSON IN TARIFF.
What a Woman Learned Through q
small Transaction in sugar.

what a woman Learned through O
small Transaction in sugar.
From, the NeW York Times.
flames" said the wife of New York
lawyer, "read this letter and tell me what
1t means. / don't understand it."
"rhe letter was from Vermonter, who
had sent Mrs. James a tub of maple sugar
on her order. The sugar had not satisfied
Mrs James, and she had written to inquire
why It was so dry and granulated. ITS
not uearly 80 good to make syrup Of" she
had said in her letter, "as that which you
have sent me In former years. What's the
reason for the change r. H.,
To this the Vermonter had replied:
''Weye had to make the sugar dry this
year in order to get the bounty" And it
was because she was mystified by this az
sert1on that Mrs. James called on her hus
band for an explanation.
"Pshaw!n answered the husband. "Don't
you know what that meansl The reference
is to the bounty OF 2 cents pound which
the government pays to maple sugar
makers"
"Do you mean to tell me, James, that the
government pays maple sugar makers
cents pound for making the sugar that
they sell at 10 cents a ponndm
"Why. yes. didn't you know thatl That's
ono of the things provided for in the Nc
Kinley tariff act.
But why does the government do it2
Why should men get paid for making an
article which they can sell at good prlos2
Why are maple sugar makers any better
than any body else that they should have
presents of money from the government for
doing thing that they would do anyway,
thing that they have been doing for years
because it has paid~
The husband smiled at bis wife's earnest
ness. Then he went on to tell her how it
happened that the maple sugar makers
were getting gratuities out of the goVsrn-
ment. They are getting that bounty" he
said, "becauke the Vermonters, who are the
great maple sugar men OF che country, had
q pulp on the men who made up the Me-
Kinlsy bill. They made their representa-
tives in congress take the position that they
were as much entitled TO a bounty al were
the growers of ordinary sugar. You see, it
was proposed to Offset the removal of the
tariff protection of sugar growers with q
| bounty, which ii was said would encourage
sugar men to increase their outputs. AS
soon as the Vermonters heard OF this prof.
cot they made up their minds to make an
effort to get bounty. too.
when their request was made the law
makers ridiouled it. The idea they
said, of taxing the people of the country
for the sake Of making presents to these
Vermont grangers is perfectly absurd. 1t
would be robbery. plain and simple, Hbso-
lutelY indefensible. The government
couldn't get cents worth Of return from
the gratuities'
"But the Vermonters hung on, and In the
end got what they asked for. The amount
distributed among them in the shape
OF bounty is small. but it is
outrageous that q single penny of
the peoples money should be given them"
"Humphp grunted Mrs. James, as, with
out making any reply to her husbands re-
marks, she resumed her breakfast. Pres
entity she asked another question: "Was
the whole tariff law made up in the same
way"
Made up in what wayF' demanded the
| husband.
why, did other people get things just as
the maple sugar men did. not because they
were entitled to them, but because they bad
| 'pullsF"
| ~ eckon that that's about the size Of it. ~
"And that is what you call protection
is fts'
Ppm afraid son
"N ell, James, I'm against protection
from this time on. don't think much Of
taxing all the people Of the country for the
sake Of getting money to distribute among
! favored few