New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-12
A SHORT SERMON on THE TARIFF.

TO the Editor OF The Irlpu mt
Sir: This article in that great newspaper Tho
World to-day has opened my eyes to awiui ehorni'y
OF this twelve cents pound tariff on wool. "The
World says
"The paid orators OF protection OF the Roswell g.
IIorr stamp. and dishonest Repnbcan. new,paper,
Shop clothing evidence that clothing Is us cheap mere
1t Is In England. - .,. a., a,tv
levied on woollen clothing by the abominabie NC.
kinney tariff must enhanc" its cost. our merchant
sut Of clothing without paying duty he saves more
than onc-half OF Its actual vaiue''
find the average rich man buys two suits OF clothes
n year. weighing about twelve pounds. me duty OF
this wool Is IL cents per pound lie pays Sl'oo 10
protect tho owners of 45OO0.OO0 American sheep.
These sheep raised on hghpriced land In Australia
100000 farmers raise 100000 sheep on Free
wild lands This Australian wool comes free to Eng
land because she raises 1t herself our own wool
comes free 10 us. too. Now. II clothes come higher
here than in England 1t Is not on account OF the dollar
tariff paid the wool in that suit. III Is because
taors wages higher here. and who wants to lower
wagesl Put taors wages here down TO Englsh prices
and our American clothes will be ABOUT sl sun
dearer than they are In England
But while put tariff Of ii and IL cents on
ordinary wool think OF the necessities that come TO US
free. There cogee. tea ordinary tobacco mo rev.
enue tax. sugar, cents less than free. ana wisKey
only 80 cents, while in England 1t is $3.50.
Now look ut the English tariff on these Things
sugar. cents, coffee. cents, tea, cents, tobacco'
81 o5 and whiskey $3.50. So poor family In Eng
land would pay tariff of at least $25 year on tea
coffee sugar and tobaoco-a free in America our
poor man may pay Sl.5o the wool he wears, ana
this Is about all he does pay
Who does pay the duties In America
Why the man who drinks French champaghes'
braudes and Wines who smokes Cuban tobacco. VINO
eats scotch marmalade, English bacon, scotch oat
meal and whose wife wears French kid gloves ana
faces and pushes and satns. The rich pay the
Tariff The poor do not these imported thlngs
4 moor man getting &3 n day carpenter, black
more than the English artisan who gets 81 80 day
to- say he makes enough extra in one day to pay
mo tarltT on all the wool he would wear In year.
This l. an awful hardship
Everything the poor man eats here bacon, nour'
lard molasses beef and cheese is freeand, last the
freight cheaper than In England.
II the carpenter wants To knock the tailors wages
in this country down TO English wages, let pauper
made clothing come free. tailor Will starve. Let
The carpenter and tailor stand together
our aborng are so well of here That they
dress well. our ready made machine clothing Is
ncarlv as cheap here In England. They make full
suits OF Kentucky jeans clothing In Louisville Tor
>, 80 Can II man buy a suit on Fleet st. for less
than S5l
nresent English tariff 1t would grooming all
over the land WHY Because the English tariff on
necessities Is much higher than ours.
And still they try t tell us that ours Is "robber
tariff Yes it IS 1t robs the despots OF Europe
and gives the blessing to our own people.
MELVILLE ID. LANDON, 4" ELI PERKINS"
eos West End-ave., New-iork, April Is, 1902