The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-11-25

its revenue upon internal taxation, exclusive
ly; and the five hundred millions necessary
for its existence would necessarily be levied
upon the properly, real and personal, and
licenses imposed upon the trades and oc-
equations of the people of the several States.
This would be free trade. and would ine-
vitality lead to Capitalization.
But there are many articles of import
largely consumed, yet Produced here in
limited quantities, the duties on which me-
cessarily yield large revenue, on some
of them revenue purely. on others revenue
largely, with nlodicum of Incidental bepe-
fit to the American producers. For orr pres
ent purpose it is only necessary to mention,
as one of the principal and most important
of these revenue duties that of sugar. Thus,
very little sugar being produced here, and
the consumption being very great, duty of
one and half, or two cents per ponnd
on it, did, and would again, yield to the
Federal Treasury an amount of revenue,
anywhere from forty to eighty millions
of dollars; though the sugar growers in
Louisiana, Flroida, Texas. the West and the
East, would certainly derive an Incidental
benefit from it of probably six or seven mil
lions amongs, them.
Thus-we are not exact as to the proper
tions-the sugar duty, wi,ile it would pu, a
dollar in the pockets of the sugar grower,
would put 10 or II dollars in the Treasury;
who would Pay this tax, would derive, with
in a fraction, the full benefit of their taxes,
which would go to the maintenance of the
Government. .
On the other hand, the duties on iron,
he. hu r.
tected articles, where they put dollar in
the Federal Treasury, put twelve dollars in
the pockets of the limited class who produce
them.
Now, to sum up: The sugar tariff is a re-
venue tariff, and the States advocates it as
one of the leading features of any revenue
tariff framed in accordance with the pledges
of the Democratic party to abolish un;us.
and oppressive taxation; ali taxation, in
short, except for revenue; ana for this rca-
son the States would advocate this duty
were it published IN Yazoo City or in Maine
or Vermont
The duties on iron, coal, wool ane. other
protected articles, the States opposes, as
outrageous, obnoxious and Oppressive, be
cause, while furnishing an insign.hca sum
to the revenue OF the government, they an
American people, for tas: excl usivc benefit
of small class of favored plu.o2r:.ts, ,t,..
enormous sum of billion Of dollars or
not less than thirteen dollars per c apita Of
every man, woman and child in the United
States.
A revenue Of sixty millions from t:,;: du!s
ON sugar, and say forty n,illcas from ;.,t.
duties ON tea and coffee, would u1@au i:,ss
one hundred millions Of revenue, plus, r,rs-
siDly, ten millions of incidental ,orots:>ti IN,
levied upon, and taken on; of the l,,.:l<.:s
of the American people
On the other hand, forty millions Of .c.-
cnue derived by the government icou Tie
duties on iron, coal and wo,i, ulc::,s jE5t
forty millions of protection for the cca!,
iron and wool barons, taken fro:, the earn
ings of the people for the cn::ch>1=nt Of ;.ri-
vate Individuals.
Thus, the difference hctwc@n Il t1si;t
framed, for revenue, ana fra II 81 ia =
cor lance with ,isNinlcyis:n, is ;is' .,i,::
DEIoc2ArIc GI.@Irf FOL: H:.vt.!ij.
Government revenu-. SIs,o, 90, ooc
Incidental protection 10000, 900