The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1896-02-27

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90 nOt. There hax never besrs any sscnaba
/ thss the assertion inst IL WAS sutrn6cE
70 get rid u the sl6 6cit ia The svessriry
sas distinctly false prr.ense There
~ ae slr@eis ia The irrasnry. but un me
contrary s.ssrgsrS ~ naorr than s519.-
100000. How IL gOs rbeEe is iinnizreri-
~ 10 tl,is inquiry. Though il has g-~.
4 aaeEtss taeE e1p,rIBea ~ thee col
0narF. IL 81 sufficient thas " is there.
and that IL Is likely 20 increase raslser
Sban diminish.
IBuf here are other reasons whv she
Dingley bin H. not properly a revenue
hill. IL was ovowedly framed TO en-
crease the protection on competitive
articles. Besides. II increases every *
isfing tax except that on he best -gy-
enne commodity imported, namely.
sugar. Senator Jones'. OF Nevada, co.
/ tected 10 IL because there Was no IN
crease IN the duty on sugar. In doing
this. be WAS not looking 10 revenue, but
was solicitous to give further protsc-
! lion TO beet sugar mills. Nevertheless.
sugar gives a large amount OF revenue
I 10 "a small per cent. Of protection, and
this Is one reason why the republican
wish 20 let IL alone. The chief reason.
however, il because they dare not Of
fend the sugar trust. but are also afr III
10 grant il amy additional fayors. I,c-
ing between the people on one side and
the trust ON the other, they prefer 20
let sugar alone.
II was pretended when The Dinghy
bin was first introduced THAT ii would
afford s4O.0OO,0O0 additional reven1e.
The mere The bill II studied the less
probable this proposition appears. II
Is based III part on the theory that Che
imports Of wool viii be ~ great when3it
is taxed as when II IS free. The sane
mistake Is made a 30 woolens, which
are not now free. but upon which 80
per cent. OF the Mckinley rates are 10
he imposed In addition to the rates Of
the Wilson bill. Both these conten-
tions are absurd On an other taxed
commodities the Dingley bill proposes
10 increase the taS Is per cent. and IL
Is an open question whether this will
not check importations to such an eN-
tent as TO reduce rather than raise the
revenue The conclusion ~ several exc
perts who have made estimates IS to
the effect that the increase in revenue
will not amount 70 half, or perhaps Lot
quarter, Of $40, 100000. g.
There are other articles which could
easily be made to Yield considerable
revenue without causing the consumer
to pay any tribute To home producers.
There Is tea, for example, many OF the
dealers In which desire TO see il taxed
10 or Is cents pound. Prior 20 1870
it was taxed 25 cents a pound. In that
wear the tax WINS reduced to IS cents.
In 1872 IL was put on the free list, and
has remained there eper since In 1895
we imported upward Of a5000,9O0
pounds, which, at 70 cents pound,
would have yielded S0,7Oo.ooo III reycn-
ne; at Is cents, $t4,550,O0o. This IS on
the supposition that the tax would not
decrease imports.
As a rule, Il tariff tax will reduce the
volume of imports, but the ten dealers
say that tax of 10 or Is cents on ten
would not have that effect. Thr reason.
they assign for desiring tax IS that Il
would exclude the low-grade and splri-
Gus teas. The average import price ri
tea has decreased from 37.7 cents per
pound in 1879, the year after the tax.
was removed, TO l4.6 cents in the fiscal
year 1898. Consumers, however, have
been accustomed TO paying so TO go
cents a pound for good tea, and think
that when less is asked the article Is
rot good. Hence has grown up the
practice OF giving crockery with tea,
which the dealers say dcmorai;zes the
trade.
This may he true, but IL Is best not
to put too much stress on the fine-spun
theories OF interested parties. The fact
remains that tea is an article ON which
$i0,000,000 or sl5,000,000 of revenue may
be raised without increasing the burden
of consumers seriously, II az all. IL the.
senate wishes to raise revenue, IL can
amend the house bill by taxing com
modify concerning whose revenue-rnlg-
ing properties there ~ no doubt At
all. IL Is a pretty safe guess. however,
that this viii not be done, because 10
would not turn any revenue into the
pockets OF individuals. which - the PEI
euliar Characteristic OF "A tariff for pro
lection. louisville Conrier-Journai.
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silent About sugar.
The republicans desire 20 avoid any
discussion about sugar because the in