Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-12-23

or tho staple agricultural products including
meats and provisions we are such large export
ers and must continue TO be such large export
ers that any duties upon them are useless for
protection and iruitless for revenue and gener-
ally can only be imposed for the purpose of de-
luding the farmers into the belief that they are
receiving some consideration and benefit under
the tariff, although the prices Of their prodvri5
are liked In the worlds market in compettiod
with like produced by the cheapest labor Of the
world.
To the farmers of the country we have given
untnSed agricultural implements and binding
twine and untaXed cotton ties for additional
reason in the latter case; that cotton is the
| largest export crop of the country, sold abroad
in competition with the cheap labor OF India and
Egypt, believing that 1t was sufficient for the
private taX-gatEerer to follow the farmer in the
markets OF his own country and not to pursue
him into all the markets of the world. AS cot
ton bagging can be used but once, we have
thought IL but Just to extend the drawback sys.
TEN to such bagging made of jute, but this when
used upon our exported cotton, privilege
which the exporter of wheat can already now
enjoy, coupled with the further advantage that
| the same bags may be used for successive ex-
| portation of grain. In the schedule of spirits
| wine and other beverages the changes made are
| slight and with the view to production of in
| creased revenue from these very proper sources
| of revenue taxation.
| The placing of wool upon the free list hos JUS
| titled very substantial reduction of the duties
| on woolen goods. OF the woolen tariff 1t may
be said as was truly said of the woolen tariff OF
1925 that 1t is the masterpiece of the ultra-re-
strictionists and exhibits all the worst features
| OF the system"
| Although the imports of 1892 show an average
duty OF 95 and 81 hundredths per cent in the
| woolep schedule it cannot be said that woolen
| manufacture has been hourishing industry In
| this country or that the American wool grower
has secured rcmunerative prices Tor his wool.
frn ,ipi,N 1,np 20 ,n
the consumer of woolen goods, revival of the
woolen industry, such as that which followed
| the tarin of 1857 and q Steadier and better
market for the American wool grower. The
present tariff is not only cruelty exhorbitant.
but ii is so adjusted as to bear most heavily
| upon the poorer people.
In the carpet schedule we have not felt II uec
essary TO adopt this sliding scale, because that
branch of our textile industry has long been one
OF the most hourishing of all our manufactures,
has asserted its full control of the home mar
ket and recently has been threat tening to invade
with American products the markets of other
countries. With free carpet wool we have be-
leved that this industry might well stand the re.
ductions reported in the bill without imperillng
its vigorous growth and prosperous existence
The average rate of duties levied under the
existing law upon the dutiable goods imported
| in 1892, was iS 6l per cent Had the duties pro-
posed in the present bill been levied upon that
years Importation of dutiable goods, the aver
| age rate llCluulnB lDOSe we nave lru0S1erreu 10
the free list, would have been 30 81 per cent
II must be understood, however, that the
rates above mentioned can only be called closely
approximate and not mathematically accurate,
but they illustrate the extent of the reductions
proposed by the present bill and the relief
which 1t will give to the taxpayers, and especi-
ally TO the lnborcrs of this country Taking the
importations of 1892, the latest which were ac-
cessibe to the committee when its tables were
prepared, the new rates would operate n reduc.
tion OF nearly oneihird of the duties collected
under the tariff but this great reduction in
taxes actually paid to the government is no
measure of the tightening of burden to the tax
payers of the country That reduction may be
estimated at several times more than the re-
duction of taxes Such reform OF tariff must
quicken every industry and open larger field
tor the employment of labor
We have been compelled to retain some arti-
) cles upon the dutiabe list and to leave some
duties higher than we desired because of the
present necessities OF the treasury, but We have
: not felt that any temporary shrinkage of reve.
! nue. should deter US from carrying out as faith.
fully and as efTectually as we could the instruc-
, tions given by the American people when this
, , congress was put into power.
l A most important change in the bill proposed
from tine present law will be found in the gen
eral substitution of ad valorem for specific
: duties. This must always be the characteristic
OF revenue tariff levied upon 4 large range oi
: articles especially when thoy include the plain
necessarieS of life.
1t is the purpose OF the present bill to repeal
in toto section2 OF the tariff act OF October /
. 1890 commonly but most enormously called its
reciprocity provision That act placed sugar
molusses, coffee, tea and hides on the free list
= = but authorized the president, should he be sat
isted that the government of any other coun
i try producing such articles imposed dutie,
= upon the agricultural or other products of the
United States which he might deem recipro
cally unequal and unreasonable, to suspend tht
y provision under which these articles ware ad
u mitted into this country free This section has
: brought no appreciable advantage to American
exporters, is not in intont.on or effect u provi
Il sion for reciprocity but for retaliation.
: 1t inflicts penalties upon the American people
= by making them pay higher prices for these ar
= tcles II the fiscal necessities of other nations
.. .. compel them to levy duties upon the products o
Il tho United States. which in the opinion OF tn
y president, are recprocaly unequal and unrea
: ! sonable. Under the provisions of this section
presidential proclamationS have been issued i'm
I posing retaliatory duties upon the five abov
:, | mentioned articles. when coming from certain
u | countries. These proclamations have nearl,
led to Ill feeling in the countries thus dlscrimi
= mated against and in the case of several of then
. have led to diplomatic correspondence in whicl
they have claimed with apparent justice tina
!, such Determinations against them were viola
" tions of our solemn treaty obligations.
Under the presidential proclamation we hav
been imposing duties on hides and coffee, tn
9 products OF Colombia introduced into thi
. . country, while like products of other countrie
: have been admitted free No concessions OF an
y kind have been made to the United States as
= consideration for this privilege and 1t woul
', seem impossible for the government under an
u fair construction of its treaty to deny TO Colon
. bia the favors freely accorded to other nations
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