The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-12-02
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Many Articles Arc Addoti "a tn. Ero1
5s LIST. Among Them Coat, Iron. .$
Wool ansi Lumber Sugar
s bounty Reduced. +. y. 4
s5;55. @s.. GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC.
s WASHINGTON, Nov. 2e AZ terS weeks
of preparation, involving an exhaustive
study of the subject from democratic
point Of view, the tariff bill is at last
completed and has been given to the
public.
Mr.. Wilson, the chairman Of the COM
mittee, has prepared the following
statement, which was given out with
the bill:
The democratic members of the committee
On ways aud means have felt as none others
could feel the momentous responsibility
resting upon them and the SURPRISING
magnitude, d1nculty and delicacy Of the
duty assigned them Of framing tarin
bill for nation Of 7UO00.0O0 people.
The bill they were called 6n to reform Is q
vast and labyrin THAN system Of class taxation
the elimination Of eighty years control OF the
taxing power by 3 few great interests, gather
tollgatherers It was carefully framed to
prevent as long as possible what tts
author called ''any monkeying with the
tariff, ''b by which he meant any successful effort
Of the people to undo or to lessen the boun.
ties which its benefciaries were permitted
to write therein in their own words and their
own figures It transferred to the free hst
proper and fruitful revenue articles, where
most OF the taxes paid by the people were re-
cetved BY their government, and greatly In
creased the rates Of those articles where all or
most of the taxes petd By the people went into
private Golfers. And 1t was burthened about
by many defenses, chief among which are .
swept and garnished treasury and swollen
and colossal scale of permanent expenditure
Such are the conditions that confronted US
1T the threshold of the work. The committee
hMs welcomed information and counsel from
every trustworthy source, and while 1t does not
expect its bill to escape just criticism in all of
its details its does present 1t to the country as
the result of months Of patient, anxious toll
and OF an honest desire to discharge it's duty.
purged of all tint Of local and personal favortt-
Ism or prejudice
(, Main Features Of the Measure.
It's main features are two First the adop
ton whenever It seemed practicable OF ad
valorem instead OF specific duties: secondly,
the freeing from taxes of those great materials
OF industry that lie at the baois Of production.
Specific rates OF duty are objectionable for
these reasons: They freQuentl conceal rate
OF taxation too enormous to be submit
ted 20 If expressed in ad valorem
terms. as the duty Of cents on 100
pounds on salt In bulk. which amounts
70 over 81 per cent on q common neces.
sary of life They always bear heavily on the
common article used by the masses and lightly
on the expensive article consumed by the rich,
as a tax Of $50 on all houses would be little or
nothing on the great mansion and very high on
the humble home
Contrary to common belief specific duties
lead to greater frauds in administration, for
counting and weighing at the custom house
are done by the cheapest and most easily
corrupted labor, while ad valorem rates
are assessed by the best paid and most
responsible appraisers. The ad yalorem
tally the fair system because it is a tax upon
the actual value OF the article, and was de.
clared by Mr.. Clay himself to be in theory and
according to every sound principle OF justice
entitled to the preference, and vindicate6 Ivy
long trial
Large Free List.
The boldest innovation of the bill Is Its large
free list Of raw materials. Taxes upon
production are double wrongs. They gather
finished product They hurt labor by
narrowing the market for what it pro
duces Coal and iron arc the FONDA
tons OF modern industry Material prog.
ress is measured by the amount OF their
consumption. No other country can supply
them as abundantly or cheaply as we can. No
possible competition can interfere with our
own producers few miles in the interior OF
the country. Remoteness from the sources
Of supply is in itself enough disadvan-
tase to any section OF the country,
without further burdens in tariff taxes,
Untaxed ores, COAL lumber, wool and
other f1bers must immensely stimulate pro-
duction in certain parts OF our country. The
thin edge OF American manufactures has
entered every country With release from
taxes upon their materials there is no
limit to the growth of foreign trade
This will more than compensate the
home producers of raw material, who, tar
III or NO tariff; control All the interior OF the
country, for any unprecedented loss OF markets
anywhere along the seaboard It's incalculable
advantage to labor is apparent In every great
line Of manufactures we can produce in six
mouths 10 nine months enough for our home
market We can get rid of our surplus
only by foreign trade. AS long rs We
have taxes ON the materials Of industry
we capnot build up that raeee Hence,
the other alternative OF / .trusts to keen
workinSmsn can SEQ sThether his interest il
with . system that rspresses production aud
RODS MIN OF enploynent or with system that
gives M sussl and healthy play ~ production
ana carbohydrates him from trusts and like COM
= n4ationR OF capital
Important Changes.
AS 70 the dstails OF shs bill. I viii briedy ro-
snpi suints the salient changes Of tho sesera.
scheduIeA In the chemical sehedale Ve have
transferred 70 she free list quito number Of
ar ticles used In manufacturers, tho most i1npor
tent Of which u sulphsric aoid. ono OF the
OF I'll chemical industry
Tie duty oh castor Oh il reduced from q
sents 10 IS cents Ser staloo, and the duty on
anseed Oil. which wa secretly raised to u
cents hy the conference COMMITTEES on tho No
kinley bill after each house. had openly voted
1cr lower duty, we put ct Is cents y gallon
Pig lead being reduced from to l cent .
pound lead paints are coTrespOndingiJ reduced.
The Mckinley bill increased the duty on
opium prepared tor smoking to Il: q pound In
the vain hope Of lessenin8 Its importation.
The custom house ofhcers on tho Pacific coast
declare that this increase of duty has simply
placed in the hands OF smugglers the bringing
In OF opium to the Decentralization Of tho GUS
toms service and the loss Of over half million
The duty proposed Is believed to DO
and will put the traffic under gov.
control and supervision
In the pottery schedule substantial reduc-
Nons are made Plain white ware is dropped