New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-24
rriTTRCS or THE TARIFF.

Arc thc people learning anything from the re-
duction of duties made last year. or was the de-
feat Of the free traders and tarin reformers py
the barter and sale operation so far compete
that the nature and effect OF changes are el-
fectivcy hidden from popular perception! Dem
ocratic friends are straining themselves 10 mike
II forgotten that the tariff was not what they
proposed or wanted. and that all the RELIEF mat
come, Is In spite 81 their legislation and because
of their defeat Not many people forget mat me
Democratic party set out with the purpose III"
pledge explicitly declared in It's national plat
form 4, eliminate protection entirely from inc
tariff. But the act passed by D"mocrauc 'on-
gross. which a Democratic President refused 10
sign because II was full Of ''pcrfidy ana ais
honor" has scarcely single schedule free froin
duties intended 10 be strictly protective, OF
which few samples are here taken al random:
Schedule A. fannie acid 40 per cent; sui
phllric ether. 400 per cent
Schedule B Small bottles. 49, large plate
glass. l22 per cent.
Schedule g. Wire galvanized. 20 TO GS per
cent: boiler plate. thin, 30 per cent; files. small
Ca wood screws. large. ~ per cent
Schedule T. Refined sugar. 43 TO Al per cent
Schedule f. Leaf tobacco not stemmed, ~ to
II? per cent.
schedule q. Barley malt, 40 per cent: rice
clean. - per cent.
Schedule r. Champagne. - TO - per cent
cherry uce. 100 per cent
Schedule l. Cotton prints one quali'y' ~ per
cent: plush ~: underwear. - per cent
Schedule j. Collars AMI cuffs, linen, ''s'a per
cent; lac">. 20 per cent.
Schedule X. Tapestry BRUSSELS. wa per cent
against brussels a. per cent.
Schedule L. SIX vclycis. ~ per cent
Schedule VI. Playing cards. io7 per cent.
Schedule y. Pearl buttons. ~. per cent
That some Of these rates do not in fact pro-
i.ri though expected 10 10y thr persons who bar
tered FOR them. does not alter the fact that In
hundreds ~ cases If which these are mere
samples. Il was distinctly intended 10 CONFER
e-Dr.Ial favor uuon certain producers. while
striking down others Bui. moreover. the very
nature ~ duties Imposed makes great many
protective which wcr- never intended 10 p''
for most ~ ih.m are Specific IN The 'h'Wlc1i
schedule: nearly an hr duties On glassware.
nearly I'll In the iron schedule all In the tobacco
.rh.,lul. most II those l.ft on firm proJnctS
and al on rice. al on spirits. the entire schedule
On cotton. part ~ The duties on linens, part ~
the duties on silks The long schedule on liho-
graphic printing. besides he duties on buttons,
coal. cork. powder. hair cloth. gloves and many
other articles
f. = tAr nature # those duties 10 protect. first
by defeating undrryaluaiious. ana second be-
cause relatively more effective when Industries
and prices are depressed A. this * essentially
a feature - Republican protection. ifs working
needs special notice. Her" j. a duty ~ SIX
ionihs II q cent per pound on steel beams. which
sold here u few years ago af 3 cents. bur under
Erpubllcan protection aud domestic competition
were. reduced iu | - cents In lN.'2. After The
panic ih.y frl 10 | IL cents. In April ~ last
vrlr id' have since been raised - - cents
This duty was. therefore. moi nfh ~ IN" cost
here In 1880. about 20 per cont of the cost be.
fnr, ,lc,cland's election over - per cent Of The
cost here last April AMI 81 per cent ~ The cost N
which beams ar" now selling here. while IN"
rates on The price abroad must. ~ course. be-
much higher II i by III" operation ~ this
sin.l. principle that many important works
are ~ ihl, lime enabled 10 continue in opera
ilon bccausc the specific protective duties i'm
posed though lower IN proportion 10 the cost or
products some years ago. are actually higher in
proportion 10 the selling prices now. here or
Abroad than The duties under the old tarf.