Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-03-25
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ess.as.xesA Who pays the tariff 18th
II depsnds upon the kind Of tariff. I
rcveniae Of free trade tariff, such n
the former duty on sugar or tin plate
~ ~ y IN; il 4 protective tariff, w
may pay i part Of the duty at first, but
eventually the foreigner pays nearly i
not quite all Of II on goods actually inn
poTtcd. H wO prefer to buy. English
goods, however, even though the Amer
lean gOods are better and cheaper, then.
Of course we pay the duty.
Ask the Canadian farmer who pays
the American duty. Ask the Sheffield
the pearl button makers of Vienna,
the tin-plsts makers Of Wales, the for
eign manufacturers of silk and linen
and cutlery. and scores Of other articles.
They will all admit that they pay the
duty IL they put the goods ON our mar
ket. Here is an admission from the
New York Times OF February 2, 1891.
We produce 1t as good free-trade testi-
mony indorsing our own assertions:
"A statement issued by the DEPARTMENT. OF
Agriculture. giving the exports to the
United States from Canada for the year
1StO. shows that the dominion exported
$ff ,219,0E worth Of agricultural products
10 the United States last year. The aver.
age rate Of duty collected by the United
States customs upon agricultural products
is about 20 per cent, aud tits EASY 10 prove
from the speeches OF Sir John Macdonald
ar.I x,fl,nv tx.,ag1.rxrutfp laatnFt that flta
duties imposed by the Aimcrlcans upon
Canadian products exported to the United
States ONT out Of the pockets OF the
Canadian farmers. Hence we find that
during the fiscal year 1890 no less than
az, 24S, y D-that Is ~ per cent. OF Sl1. 2lg.otS
went INTO the Washington treasury,
which wOnid have gone into the pockets OF
Canadian farmers ii the Dominion enjoyed
unrestricted reciprocity.
lt seems useless to pursue the matter
further. In the face of the many arti.
cles selling for less than the duty, the
free trader still cries, 'tThe tariff is q
tax" Ii the tariff on wire nails a tax,
selling ut 81 so a keg, while the duty il
$29 IL the tariff on a yard Of calico d
tax, selling at 4l cents, while the duty is
5 cents? Ii the tariff on a yard OF
cloth a tax, selling at 5ocents, while the
duty il S7ss cents?
Question No. I. How do you reconcile pro.
lection with reciprocity If reciprocity Ii
good for a few countries, why not tor al!G
Protection leyies duties ON articles
which we produce at home, in order to
preserve American industries and the
higher wages OF American working
men. 1t also removes duties from oil
articles which we do not ourselves pro-
duce, because the duty on them is M
unnecessary and burdensome tax to the
consumer.
Reciprocity removes the duty from
articles which we do not produce, and
ct the same time gets concessions from
foreign countries by which they remove
or lower their import duties on ou
products exported to them.
Protection guards the products Of oui
labor Mt home.
Reciprocity opens to the products 0
our labor a market abroad.
One il the handmaiden of the other.
Question No. 1. The Hon. VIM. NJ. Springer
chairman OF the ways and means committee
makes the following statements in the fe5ru
airy North American Review. Please exp.ail
them:
months ending October 80, 1890 9TH,
UlGAlDICy III tOOh CuCG1 SNbppC u
lS0O), amounted to IS, 00O, 900 pounds
while the imports for the ten month
ending October 50, 1s9l-the ten month
next after the passage OF the bill--wer,
! over l19.000, 600 pounds, al increase 0
| over 30 per centum.
"For the ten months ending Octobe
| 80, 1850, the imports Of WOODEN good
were valued ut over $$49, 00O, 900, whll'
those for the ten months ending Octo
her 80, 1891. we're valued at only $40.
COG, GOO, q decrease Of over Al per cent
UNI. 1t also appears that the price 0
wool has averaged from 2 to ) cents
pound less since the passage of the Nc
kinley bill than it was when the bill
passed"
1t is true that during the last calenda
year our imports Of raw woods OF a
kinds were greater than in 1890 by so,
6s.sB, 500 pounds, about the rate of in
crease given by Mr.. Springer. This
the fact that seems to puzzle our CORE
spondent. 1t ought not to.
The United States consumes annual
about 6O0, 10000 pounds of raw WOO
We grow about one-half Of this quar
tity, or BOO, 000, 600 pounds, and impoi
all the rest. Some of it, about 100, 600
coo pounds. we have been in the habi
of importing in an unmanufacture'
form, and Of importing the rest in
manufactured form as wooden goods
The trainers Of the Mckinley law sa,
that the great evil they had to remed
was the importation OF woo!cns, whic
not only dispiace American wool just a
really rs do importation OF raw WOO
but also the labor which should receiv
employment making the imported al
ticle here. "If We do not grow WOO
enough for u own nse,' they sale
"then let US import the 4 wool il
stead of the finished product, and S
give work to our w people instead {
to foreigners"
The result has been about as was ex
pected. During the year ending De
cember 81, 1891, Il imports Of mani
features of wool were about $50, 000,M
less than they we're the year before
Here WAS an increase of 60,OtO,t 90
pounds In the demand Of this countr
for raw wool to make similar goods i
this country. Manufacturers
ly went abroad for part of their suppl,
for our own wool growers did not pro
duce enough last year to supply i
The good effect of the tariff in shield
ing our farmers from this world-wid
fall In prices appears in the fact tbs
from January A, 1890, to February
1892, wool fell in the London market
per cent. on sn average, and only 4 l.
per cent. in this country between th
same dates. ii would be equivalent
. fall of 81 cents on . pound
q. wool, worth % cents, as against | Gel
on wool Of the same price in this coul
try-not 2 to 3 cents, as Mr.. Syringe
aavn
Farm Mortgages.
There are few, II any, public question
that have received az much attentio,
and been the subject OF 80 much discu