The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-12-07
RELIEF FOR THE PEOPLE
SWEEPING REDUCTION IN THE BUR-
DEN OF TAXATION.

tzed-A LIBERAL Free L'st--Advalorem
instead OF Specific Duties to be Levied.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The tariff
prepared by the Democratic members
Of the ways and means COMMITTEES was
given to the public today. 1t deals en-
tlrely with the customs and admtnis
sIrative branches of he subject. The
internal revenue portion IS left in abev
ance. Chairman Wilson has prepared
the following statement which was
given OUT this morning with the bill:
Inc democratic members of the
commlttee on ways and means have
Ielt, as none Others could feel, the mo
mentous responsibility resting upon
Chem, and the surprising magnitude.
difficulty and delicacy Of the duty as.
signed them. of framing tariff bill for
nation OF seventy million people.
Inc Dill they were to reform is vast
aud labyrinthian system of class taxa.
zion, the elimination Of eighty Years
control of the taxing power by few
great interests, gathering on to their
Train a host of petty toll gatherers. 1t
was carefully framed to prevent, as
long as possible, what its author called
any monkeying with the tariff" by
Wnlcn ne meant any successful effort
or the people to undo or to lesson the
pountles which Its beneliciaries were
permitted to write therein in their own
words and their own figures, 1t trans.
ferred to the free list proper and fruit
1ul revenue articles. where most of the
taxes PAID by the people went into pri
Vate Golfers. And 1t was bolstererl
ABOUT by many defenses, chief among
winch are swept and garnished treas
ury ana swollen and colossal scale of
permanent expenditures. Such are the
conditlons that confronted US at the
threshold of our work.
Ihe committee have welcomed inror.
NATION and counsel from every trust
worthy source and While they do not
expect their bill to escape lust criii.
c1sm In all Of its details, they do pre-.
sent 1T the country as the result Of
months OF patient, anxious toll, and of
an honest desire to discharge their
personal favoritism or prejudice. It's
main features are two: First, the adop
ClOn, whenever it seemed practlca,,lp.
OF Rnvalorum instead Of specific dntirs:
second, the freeing from taxes of th0sh
great materials of industry that lie #
Inc basis Of production.
StACif1C DUTIES OBJECTIONAELE
,Hpeclnc rates of duties are DIRECTION
"ole lor tncse reasons: They Frequently
conceal rate of taxation too ,.n1rm ,,is
10 pe submitted to If expressed in aI
Valorent terms, as the duty Of : cents
on hundred pounds of salt in Dulk, |
"ulcn amounts to over 81 per cent. on |
nmon necessity Of lie. They al |
ways bear heavily on the common arii-
cie used by the masses and lightly oI, |
Cne expensive article consumed Dy the
rIch, as a tax Of $50 on all houses |
would pe little or nothing on the great
!, ,,
ha1iae nenes. and, contrary f. e1.niiilii e41.niiliol,
Seass1- a n"c,nc duties lead to greater
in administration, for counting
and weighing at the custom house are
done by the cheapest and most easily
corrupted labor while advalorem rates
are assessed by the best paid and most
Responsible appraisers. The advalOrpm
system has worked well in practice: IL
essentially the fair system, because il
1B q tax upon the actual value of an ar
t1clc. and was declared by Mr.. CLAY
himself to be in theory and accord to
every sound and principlo of Justice,
enT1tlea 10 the preference and vindica-
ted by long trial
The boldest innovation of the bill is I
It's large free list OF raw materials. ,
Iaxes upon production are double
wrongs. They gather and accumulate I,
On inc consumer of the finished pro-
duct. They hurt labor by narrowing e,
the market for what it produces. Coal ,,
ana Iron are the fOundat Ons of modern
lndustry. Material progress is meas,
urea by the amorut of their conSump
lion. NO other country can supply ,
them az abundantly lnY chpaply as we
can. NO possible &Ompptiti0u can in
terIere with our l6wn producers, Il few :
miles in the anterior Of the country. ,
hemotenesS from Che sources of sup
ply IS III itself enough Disadvantage to y
any section of the country without y
iurther burdens in tariff taxes. Tn /
TAXED ores, coal, lumber, wool and other ;
nDerS must immensely Stimu! lte ,Jro. ,
uuctlon In certain par's Of our cOui- y
try. 1he TIM edge Of American man :
fractures has entered every COuntrv
WIN ieieaSe from taxes upon their
materials there is no limit to the =,
growth of our foreign trade. This viii I
more than compensate to the home :,
producers or raw material, who. tariff
or no tarlH. coltrOl all the interior Of :
Ine country lOr any apprehenued loss .
VI markets anywhere along the sea. y
board. ~' Il
lts lncalculable advantage to labor y
IS apparent. In every great line of =
manufactures we can produce in six
luontns 10 nine months enough for our >
market. Wecan get rid of our surplus
only Dy foreign trade AS long as we !
nave taxes on the materials of industry :
we cannot build up that trade. Hence !
tne other alternative of trusts to keep !
Production to the home market. The =
molhlnR man can see whether his inter.
SsC IS win system that represses pro.
uucti0n and robs him of employment,
or win system that gives natural !,
anu healthy play to production and |
"h;iPaCeS onmh;nP nm from trusts and like
COMBINATIONS of capital.
DETAILS OF TIE BILL.
AS TO details of the bill, | will briefly ""
seGaIaf gecapitulate la, the saliant changes Of i
several schedules. In the chnmic,i :
sfcaeonie' fcne nGs we have transferred to , the '
used In manufactures, the most ino'
portant OF which is Sui phuric acid one
OF the corner stones OF all chemica; in.
austry; The duty on castor oil is re re-.
duced from 85 to 80 cents per gallon
and the duty on iinseed oil wbi Sf'nom, ,,