The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-08
PROTECTION EXPENSES.



Mckinley Tarin.
How much may bc collected by the
protected tariff ring ~ Manufacturers,
and how much actually is collected.
are two different questions. one trust
will collect all It's protection, another
trust will collect only onc-half or per-
haps only onc-quartcr. The amount
collected depends upon the number OF
people in the trust, and how thor
oughly they hang together. Very
often member, to make "A fortune ut
once. will break all his agreements,
sell under the trust price and the trust
will be broken and have To reorganizc-
ror example. the sugar trust collects
the whole amount Of its protection.
The salt trust collected the whole
amount until IL broke. Then II re-
formed. and now il is collecting about
90 per cent The WOODEN men have
altogether about twenty private sell
ing agreements or trusts. In some OF
these trusts. they collect all their pro-
lection. and in others only 10 per cent.
The collection Of the protection Is a
matter of organization.
In all the United States there are
about $4,000 protected mill-owncrs,
who are organized into $50 10 400
private trusts. The par value of their
protection before the Mckinley bill
went into effect was $3.50. 100000 year
| ly. That was the amount that these
trusts were authorized by law to coll
lect from the people in taxes annually
If they could. The amount that they
did collect from the people in the year
1890 was very carefully estimated. The
inquiry took many months, and the
lowest possible figure that represented
their actual collection of taxes was
$3.50, 600. 900. The Mckinley bill raised
the par value Of their protection, in
other words. the amount of taxes that
they were authorized to levy upon the
people and compel them to pay year
ly. from $500, 900. 900 TO $1,000. 900 900.
How much they collect. how much
they pocket and how much the people
pay is rs Mr.. frclS says, the business
of nobody but those who collect the
money.
In 1890 the people paid at the custom
house Sa29. 900. 900 in taxes that went
ton. and was returned to them in the
form of services rendered. That same
year they paid 10 $50 trusts $3.50, ,00'
taxes. not one cent OF which was re
turned to them in the form Of any serv
ice whatever The tariff taxes paid by
the people for 1890 exceeded SyU9.o0o.
000 of which one-quarter was for th'
public good. and three-quarters o
which was bald and naked robbery
That the treasury got s-2o 600, 900 wa
fortunate. for the Mckinley bill pu
a stop to such large proportion com
ing into the treasury. While il in
creased the potential tax on the pee
Z pie, il decreased the amount they pal
to the government. and increased tn
amount they paid TO the trusts
For the benefit of four men alone
for example. the Mckinley bill addc
IS to the previous duties on every gu
costing SID. Not cent of this dut
: would go into the treasury, for thi
made the duty on foreign guns 100 pc
: cent. and barred them out. y ma
5 who wanted |. sl2 shotgun had to bu
:, from one Of the four American maker
. anu pay -lc-co inoie IMAM ~ va
: worth. Protection gave him MOI
I. work lie had to work overtime I
c earn this extra SO. But he was Wort
: ing for the gun, and he had TO pa
!. nine days wages for it under prote
|. ton, against SIX days wages withou
i The four gunmaixcrs took from hi
O three days labor, or gave him thrs
q days extra labor, as you like.
e The object Of the Mckinley bill ";
e TO increase the tariff taxes levied upc
, the people, but decrease the amour
they paid TO the treasury, and increa
Ie the amount they paid to the trust
ID All this was done by the manner
N which the taxes were levied. II WI
"a not done through the amount or Il
II percentage.
"a The Mckinley tariff was lower tn;
re- that which it succeeded. 1t might ha
been the lowest OF low tariffs: IL mig
m not have turned any money into {
a. treasury, and yet it might have be-
~ Of even more benefit than it was to I
- trusts, imposing harder burdens
IN taxation upon the people.
- Under the Mckinley bill the pub
H. taxes paid into the treasury fell fro
- s22g, 900. 900 in 1890, to SIT, 100000
- ls92, and for 1894 will probably
IL lower yet. At the same time,
~ amount Of taxes paid to the trusts /
- risen from $3.50, 100000 To $3.50, 900, 0
=, as near as can DO cstimatcd.-N.
J. World.