Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-02-09
STRIKING ILLUSTRATIONS OF TARIFF
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9Th, and 9th, which we think vii
81 eatIy interest those who ar
watching up the tariff question:
Sir, | have stated that u duty O
nearly 100 per cent. was collected
last yearon woolens imported int
the country. That, it is true, is The
rate as shown'by the consumption
statement, levied on the S37,000,00C
worth Of WOODEN goods actually
brought in.
| have here in my hand two sam
pies of stuffs, dutiable under the
wooden schedule, such rs the work
ing women and shop girls and even
the servant girls in England make
comfortable. cloaks and S; c'lS out
Of, and which hundreds of thOuS-
ands in our own country would be
glad to use for that purpose. I'm
der the tariff Of 1888 these articles
were taxed IS cents pound AND 30
ad valorem. The first Of these
pieces, which sells at less than As
cents a yard, could reach its hum
bic wearers il this country only af-
tey paying duty Of III per cent.
or a tax Of ST on every $40 worth,
under-the tariff Of 1883. But that
duty did not satisfy the greed of
those men who framed the McKin-
ly bill. The IS cents per pound and
80 per cent. ad valorem they raised
to 49s cents a pound and 60 per
cent. ad valorem: and this piece of
goods. dutiable before 1890 at III
per cent. is dutiabie to-day at 253
per cent. [ Applause. ] | hold an
other and cheaper piece in my hand
Under the tariff of 1888 the tax on
this piece, which cost about 90 cents
a yard, was 207 per cent, 81 on ev-
erv dollars worth of it. But the
McKinly bill makes it dutiable at
303 per cent, or 50 tax on 81 worth
of material. So that the poor wo-
man in this country who, by earn
ing so cents a day, is able to bug
81 worth Of this material must
work six days longer to pay the
Mckinley taxes on it. Applause
on the Democratic side. And yet,
Mr.. Chairman, there is a call for
the woolen manufacturers of this
country to meet in New York on
Wednesday next to protest against
a bill which leaves 40 per cent. on
their products. | have here the
call signed by Richard S. Frost,
Thomas Dolin and others, sent with
a postal card by Mr.. North, secre-
tary of the Manufacturers Associa-
ton, in which he invites signatures
to "a protest against the provisions
Of the schedule Of the Wilson tariff
BILL"
When the average duty Of wool
ems is 100 per cent, when the la
borer must work another full day
to pay the taxes on goods purchas-
ed with one days work, these gen.
tlemen are gathering in midwinter
in the greatest city Of the country
TO protest" against any lessening
IF their bounties. The English
who met when famine
was filing thousands Of graves m
Ireland to protest against any less
ening Of the tax on bread, were the
prototypes Of the gentlemen who
will meet in New York the day af-
:er tomorrow. Applause on the
Democratic side.
Now when pneumonia, and con-
and grippe with its hor-
id brood Of attendant diseases are
.areering on every wintry blast,
When millions are lily clad and
thousands are fighting tie cold in
heir nightly slumber because there
5 NO heat in the tax in their blank
is, these manufacturers are to roll
nto New York in there palace cars
nd mock the peoples sufferings
nd threaten US with angry protests
we venture to mitigate or to re-
EVE those sufferings. Loud ap-
lause on the Democratic side.
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Now Mr.. Chairman, IN closing
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