The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-08-12
PURE DEaAGoGY.

Mckinley made tariff speech in Lincoln
Nebraska, Wednesday. He aaid that take,
may be raised by taxing the peopleas dur
ng the war. by the Henry George idea fas
tseems the democratic plan this year, OF
BY taxing other people seeking market in
the United States. The republicans do moi
believe in taxing their own people as long
az they can find other people to tax 60
much demagogy was never. in the history
of the English language. crowded into so
few words Then. there is open. wiilful
Misrepresentation as well. There is no
reason NOR sense IN saying that the demo-
Gratis are efai9ciying the Henry George land
tax idea in their campaign this year. But
the most demagogie thing of all is Mckin-
ley's saving that We are taxing the for
eigner when we leSy an import duty upon
foreign manufactured articles. Let US ex-
anime this. 1t should be remembered that
foreigners do not bring their products 10
America TO sell. American importers go
into foreign lands and buy foreign products
and ship them to America TO sell. Example:
A Boston importer bought 800 wooden
blankets in Manchester, England, weighing
800 pounds for which he paid the snm Of
$40. He shipped tthem to the United
States to sell. The freight, insurance etc.
was $50. Now for what suEi must he sell
them in New York in order to realize 10
per cent on his investment? To solve this
problem we must find the sum total paid
cut for these goods. This includes the
original cost Of $40, purchase price, $50
for freigat, insusanoe, etc. and the duty to
be paid at the custom house in New YORK.
What Is the rate Of duty: Turning to the
Mckinley law. page "a. section 39S. we
read as follows" On blankets and hats of
wool composed wholly or in part Of =sOOl.
(he very carefully provides for tie use Of
shoddyl the hair Of the camel. goat, alpaca
or other animal valued. at more than
50 cents per pound, the duty per pound
shall be three and half times the duty
imposed BY this act On pound Of unwashea
s~1t Va sAfS7 4st Ss@ASs ks4sA II tz1AAk40l A1E1S
10 forty per eent ad valorem The duty On
q pound of unwashed wool Of the first class
under the Mckinley Law is II cents per
pound.l Three and half times eleven cent.
Is 3sIs cents. This duty Of 3s55z cents per
poand Is called The specific duty. Then
there Is the advaloEena duty Of 80 per cent
which Is simply 20 per cent Of the purchase
price. The specific duty of SSH cents per
pound On 500 pounds amounts 10 SS4S.50.
aad the advaiorem duty Of 40 percent Of
the purchase price $50 Is s2I6. Adding
hese two together we have the sum of
ss62 80 as the duty which the importer
niast pay on the b blankets before he will
be permitted to sell them in this country.
Now how much have these goods cost the
importer laid down In New York2 Add
soie, purchase price. $50. freight. Insurance.
etc. 5000 Mckinley duty and We have a
total cost of slIS2.5 80. Then add 10 per
cent Of this sum to itself and We have
Sl2s5.s5 rs the amount for which this i'm
porter must sell these 800 blankets IN
America in order to realize profit of 10
per cent on his investment. Now, who
pays the duty or tax Of s562 502 Does the
foreigner pay II, or doeSthe person 10 whom
the importer sells, pay it, Mckinley says
the foreigner pays ii, but in all practical
human experience The consumer pays it,
as will be The case with these blankets. II
would be Just as reasonable to say that the
foreigner pays the freight as to say that ne
pays the duty. Mckinley is driven into a
tight place when he has 70 resort 10 such
silly subterfuges as the above TO maintain
his position On the tariff question. Tbs
old fabric Of protection is in a tumhle-dcwu
condition and viii soon be thing Of tbs
past.