The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-12-29

In addition 10 these so-called raw Materials
We have released from tariff duties certain
important articles and manufactures which We
nave shown our capacity 70 produce cheaper
thah any other country, such rs pig copper
ana the more important AGRICULTURAL
implements. Any article or manufac.
lure which can sustain the competition Of
like foreign articles In other markets. can Dc.
~ such competition In the home market. and
Is not protected by the duty. but by its own in.
trinsic superior cheapness and quality The
only effect ~ a duty on such articles Is 10 en-.
able those who mike them 10 charge higher
prices 10 the citizens OF their own country
imam they charge 10 foreigners. and this has
hcen VIGOROUSLY the case with both copper
ana many agricultural implements. In
adjusting duties upon what may be
called the finished product. we have tried
TO impose such rates AZ will not destroy or dis.
tress any OF our home industries on the one
hand. nor on the other secure TO them an OBJ
prcssive monopoly OF the home market For
this rule we have the recognized authority
both OF well known and leading tarin reformers
and OF those who In days past were considered
moderate protectionists.
IL Is neither necessary nor practicable In
TINS report to specify the particular reductions
We have made upon the long list Of articles
that still remain In the dutiab.e list The Ia
tlcs winch have been prepared for use OF mem
iers OF the house and heretofore outlined. give
Information as To these changes.
Recognizing that the American farmer has
been through many years the patient vicsim
or The protective system: that he has been in.
duced 10 support it under the delusive pror.ise
that 10y Immense sacrifices he was buying for
hlHsnlf q home market. and that promised
nome market is further from him today than
ever before. we have aimed TO secure for him
such relaxation OF burdens as will permit him
TO enjoy more OF the fruits OF his own hard and
fulfhfuI lnHaF In m. farpr.ru 80 ,I- .~.-
tyr we have given untaxed agricultural
implements and binding Irvine and untaxcd
cotton ties. for additional reason in the latter
case that cotton is the largest export croD OF
The country sold abroad IN competition with
the cheap lagor OF India and OF Egypt be-
llcvlns that II was sum lent for the private
tlX-gathercr to follow the farmer in the mar
krt~ of has own country and not 10 pursue him
INTO all the markets % ths world. As cotton
aging can be used tut onse. ". have thought
u but just 10 extend the DRAWBACK system to
su~h tagging made OF jute. but this when
used upon our cxporte / cotton. a privilege
which tn exporter OF wheat can
airea Is now enjoy eoapi~ b with the further
advantage that the same bags mag Ice used for
sue cssive expectation OF grain.
III average rate OF duties ,evied under the
existing law upon the duiiaD bic goods imported
la lSe. was ts7i rrr cent. Had the duties
proposed in the pres mt bill been levied upon
hiht YEAR AuppE tstSiOl o. uhttaDie eOOl0. the
average rate. including those we hase ,rans-
I rrci 10 the free last. would have been 3t3i
per cent. but so many of the rates OF The pres
cni law are really peohibitsry. it is impossible
Ia say what its real rate ef taxation il. yet it
- safe 10 afnrm that IL is much
higher than any irpor: tables will
dis lose. IL must he understood. however.
that The rates aoove mentioned car only be
called closely approximate, and not mathemat.
ie,iiy accurate. bur they illustrate the extent OF
the reductions proposed by the present hsll.
and the relief Which II viii give To the tax
payer. ana espe tally 10 the iaborcrs Of this
country. Taking the ts oortations of Isx.. the
latest which were accessible 10 the committee
when its Ia les were prepared. the new rates
would operate u re .uction of hearty onethirio OF
the duties collected under ;ketarir. but ID $ great
reduction In taxes actually pail 10 the govern.
mont Is no measure of the liehtenin, of bur
den 10 the tar payers II the country. That
reduction may lie estimated at several times
more than the reduction Of tax -.
Such = reform OF tariff must quicken everv
industry. must open a iIrger field for the en-
ployment OF labor. must sc ure more working
DAYS at stcadier wages. "A larger return in the
comforts AMI goods o. life for its labor:
while that great body OF our people much
larger. rs Mr. Edwar Atkinson has clearly
proved. than all engaged Ia industries liatle to
foreign com petition. who produce our great
surplus crops AMI produ t. agricultural and
mcchani.al Tor foreign markets. will derive
two-foid benefit first. Ia Increasing the mum.
Der OF article, for viii h they may proftaAly
ex han.e their produ,ts: and. secondly. in
diminishing tn government me imposed up
on them when they return with those crops TO
their own country.
II may he said that We are not justified In
making such q lar-e reduction Ia revenue AZ .
time when government receipts and expendi-
lures can no longer he balanced. and when
some new sources OF temporary revenue must
toe sough, for. We have been comp led 10 re-
tain some articles upon the dutitlle list and
to leave some duties higher than we
because of The pres mt necessi-
OF the treasury. hut we have not
that any Temporary shrlnkage OF
should deter US from carrying out as
faithfully and as ers4tually a. " could the
Instructions given hy the American people
when this congress was put into power. Our
cxpcrien. e and that o, other countries has
that decrease Of tariff duties INN .di-
ltely operates such an enlargement OF com
OF production and con sumption as rap
10 make UP amy apparent loss Of revenue
ty those produ, tions.