Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-04-08

3IA1lGsSs Wnkse weSe Incs0aeed. While
III cases wages Wer0 reduced. u
J1MRehef shows that : reduction In the
hours Of labor took place tn ross in.
stances, Ill OF which should DO counted
~ increased pay. Could wO present
the statistics from every stats Il would
be shown that the Mckinley bin was
Indeed = laborers' bill. Mr.. McMiilin
does not speak Of the present condition
Of the laborsfs Of free trade England.
~. Tie laborer has been forced b pay
more for the roof that shelters him, for the
hat that covers his had, and the woolens
more for the linen he wears, the hammer
and hoe with which he works.
With one exception the price OF ev-
erything Mr.. McMiliin names il lower
now than before the bill passed-in fact,
10 cheaper than ever before in our
history.
Y. The act Of 1883 imposed an average
rate OF IS per cent. The two acts Of 1890,
which suppiantcd 1t. nave imposed an
average OF nearly 90 per cent.
The last figures at hand bearing on
this statement are those ending Sep
TENDER so, 1891. During the twelve
months ending on hat day our i'm.
ports were valued as follows:
FREE OF dufy eli9. 46S 1870
putfaole As, a1a. 1855
Total duties collected during these
twelve months. ... .t.......... .SIpS, O40, 02)
II Mr.. McMiilin cares to get at the
truth he can divide $l93, O4O, OaO by Sab
2t3, l65, and he will find that instead Of
our average rate being 90 per cent. il
was only A, while on the total imports,
the honest way of reckoning, it was only
q per cent, and is still less for the
calendar year 1891.
vi. 1t is true that fifty odd million, of
dollars was taken off the sugar tax. But
this was nc free-will offering, for the same
measure provided for the payment: Of
twelve millions to the producers Of sugar
as bJuntlcs.
Government estimates are that the
amount OF bounties for the current zeal
will amount to 50, 703, 900, almost all of
which will 90 to- Southern sugar growers.
The Mckinley law il not q Sectional
law" IS every Democratic tariff has
been.
VII. Again. while the fifty odd millions
OF tax was taken oil sugar, increase OF dt,-
ties, amounting to about slxty-tive millions,
was pnt on other things and generally on
the neceSsarleS OF life.
| IL uiicuubo VI ultlcb CotttSltu utiFtux
the fiscal year preceding the Mckinley
tariff act was ss22226. $40, 037. During the
first twelve months of the operation of
the new tariff the duties collected
amounted to only Si93. 040,02S ia de-
crease OF S., sO0,0l7, and tbs will be
much further reduced under a whole
year with free sugar. Where is Mr.. Nc
Millin's increase of SIS, 600, 900?
VIII. When an American citizen buys
here an article manufactured abroad he
pays for not only the original cost abroad,
but the cost of TRANSPORTATION to this coun-
try and the duty collected at the port of
entry, and when he uses and consumes the
article he pays the tax imposed by the gov
incl
Why then have the Chemnitz hosiery
makers, the Sheffield cutlery manu-
f~icturers, the tin plate barons of Wales
reduced their prices to meet the in
creased duty OF their wares? Why
does the Canadian sell bis barley for
less than the New York farmer gets for
bis? These people confess and COM
plain that they pay the duty.
TX. If the foreigner and not our citizen
pays the duty, why did we relieve him
from paying millions Of tax for us on
sugar? Why not let him continue to pay
the fifty odd millions?
Protectionists never claim that the
tariff is not a tax on imported articles
which We cannot produce in this coun-
TRIP. The tariff on tea or coffee NOW
taxed in free trade England), and
finally on sugar, was removed, and they
were made tree to our people for this
reason.
X. A rich man going abroad can bring
back thousands OF dollars worth OF wear.
ing apparel free from taxation.
This statement reveals an ignorance
which is i~nexcusable in a member of the
ways and means committee, or it is a de-
liberate %falsehood, of which We gladly
acquit the honorable member. Para
graph 1852 of section 2 Of the Mckinley
law, which enumerates the articles that
when imported shall be free of duty,
says:
152. Wearing apparel and other person
al effects not merch andlse) of persons ar
irving in the United States tshall be free),
but this exemption shall not be held to in
clude articles not actually in use and ne
cessary for the use of such persons.
XII. They 1.-THE manufacturers have
been forced to use Shoddy as n substitute
for wooden goods. The rags that had al
ready fallen from the back of beggars in
other countries have been used as a substi.
tute for WOO.
The quality and value of imports Of
shoddy, mungo, rags, tlocks and waste
for 1880 were 4,9S0,327 pounds, valued
at 8 ,0oo,O7S, while for the calendar year
1891 under the new taritf) only 2l5, IA
pounds, valued at $5S,627, we're import.
ed.
MI. The value of wool of similar quail
ty has varied very little in the markets OF
Boston and London since the duty was
imposed.
Competing grades of foreign wool cal.
aulated OF q secured basis sell in Lon.
don to-day 10, IL, IA and Is cents lower
than the American price. To make 9
bakers dozen OF Mr.. McMiilin's mis-.
state ments We reprint the folio wing:
XIII. The tariff rates levied at the
close OF the revolutionary war = 4
were o One-siXth of those imposed by the
present law. Those LEVIED to carry on the
war with Great Britain in 1912 !
about two aud one-half times greater than
the rates imposed to carry IN the Mexican
war, and w per cent. higher han the rates
imposed to carry on our recent civil war.
The average rate on all imports have
been as follows in the years named:
Per Cent
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: 1891 800. $3.50. u. 81
!, If Mr.. McMiliin il the ablest spokes
man the Democrats in the House o.
r Representatives have to bring forward
, their case is hopeless. -New York Press
An Encouraging Industry.
The development of the beet-sugal
industry is rapidly progressing in til.
Western States. Last year three fac
fnripa ware e,,ccas,f,liu 0ropotoA ~