Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-07-20
Tariff Nuggets.

Tho leader Of Mr. Cieveinnd's forces In ChL
Gae0. and the one above all others he csu tank
for nj nomination, is tJpicsl 1nonopoiIstfc
miiltopaire. the practical owner Of Ses YoTk's
street RAILWAY system and q leading spirit fr,
tus uionstrous Standard OH com bina,iou Yet
sfr. Cleveland viii pose the candidate o, the
common pooplo. Who Is raging unrelentng Ear
on trusts.
Imports FREQ Of duty. 50 pcr cent o.; tho total:
imp1rts dutIabio. 45 per csrs- OF total. Snch
is the story of the tEslgo months OF our foreign
trade ending May 81.
Domestic exports wore so "strsu gies" by tho
Mckinley Tariff during tho month Of Nay that
they only reached si.Oi5 .69J.9S7. 20 Thien musy
be added sii 1851 81 OF foreign exports total OF
81 or sol 5e5. We can stand great deal OF thas
Kind OF strGn gulatIon. say she American pcopis
Tho number OF depositors IN savin = banks IN
the United States Is 25s, ,963: the amount N de-
posits. 81. .52t s sos and the average 70 zach do
positor s35s.0i. The number OF depositors In
savings banks In Great Britain Is 3.715. .0CO: tho
amount Of deposits s555.eJ0, ,o00. ana The average
TO each depositor. SLAB.
Accordin e to the report Of tho Special Agent Of
the United states Treasury appointed 10 invos-
tigate the tin plate Industry. there sde in
the three months from January ! 70 Harcn 81,
l5J3, J.OOi.Ds7 pounds OF lin plate The lstes.
bsures show that there are twenty-five brms
making specially OF tin plate msnulacture.
%hile various others manufacture IL as Dy-
product.
Wire nails nave been sold by Western mills az
Si.59 per keg of one hundred pounds. Thers is
quite difference between this bgIrs and tho
$40 4 keg at which they used 70 sell when
loSed the blessed privilege under practical Free
Trade In nails OF buying tnem where We could
buy the cheapest.
The tax which Ia placed On coffee by the Brit
ish Free-Trade Tariff Is cents per pound.
There Is NOS family in Great Britain-even
msn's-that does not contribute toward the pay
ment of this tax. The burden OF these FREQ
Trade Tariffs always falls heaviest those
least able 70 bear Is. Yet tho Democratic party
has Just declared In its platform that this 10
the only kind Of tariff which Is not uncons,itu-
tioual. Do the American people want rsIod
coffee. taxed tea and taxed sugar? II so. they
Will elect the Democratic ticket
The free trader Is worry careful not TO see tbs
fall In wages in the En- gilsh iron Industry. Ac-
cortiug to the Iron TrHdS Circssitr's supplement-
of January IL. puddlers wages were reduced in
the North Of England iron trade rs follows: In
July. 1890, from s2.l3 To $3.07; tn september. 70
Sl.95; In May. 1891, to si.S9. and in SEPTEMBER
last to sl.62 The lowest price for pudding IN
this country Is two and a half times this rate.
The average annual decrease in the national
debt of the United States during the decade e1-
ceeded sl00 10000: the decrease per capita OF
national, State and local debt during
tho same period was from s6J.I3 to S|137, while
other statistics show that the value of properly
assessed for taxation increased meanwhile from
SIT 900 100000 W s25 500. .G00000. 80 per cent.
indicating reduction OF public debt, and
cedented at least In modern times.-CessEs Rs-
port.