Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-08-25
4 TALK ON TARIFF.
The Effect OF Protection Policy in
Raising Revenue.
History OF National Finances Undrr
the Two Last Laws-Protection Al
ways Amply supplies the Treas
ury-AI-o Affords IndiNid-
uaI Prosperity.

There Is a question I want TO ask IL is
this: The Dlngley bill is designed for
= revenue producer. and also TO encourage
home manufactures by discouraging for
eign importstlons. II the tariff encourage
home production Of any given article. won't
a. thereby naturally check foreign importa-
tlon TO such an extent that il Will not pro-
duce an increased revenue? In other
words. how can the bill at the same time
increase home production and decrease for
eign importauons without being failure
as a revenue producer SUBSCRIBER.
Subsequent TO the persistent clamor
CT Grover Cleveland. who originated the
campaign cry of "a surplus in the treas
ury" in 1889, when he was defeated by
the people, the republicans framed the
Mckinley tariff in 1890 primarily to
reduce the revenue" IL did reduce the
revenue, the total receipts under the Nc
kinley law up to the end of August.
1894, being S1,375 ,573.6S5. as against to-
tai expenditures amounting TO 81 ,421.-
u92,355 during the same period, thus
leaving the expenditures S45, 5ls.67O in
excess of the revenue. Every dollar of
this deficiency was directly due TO the
republican policy of giving free sugar
To the American people, the amount of
duty paid upon our imports of sugar
having averaged So. 900 a year du-t
AhE TIC tAd'Al itliN "a Aiit hNhAiltN tar
ifT. In addition 10 reducing the rev
enue, the Mckinley tariff afforded
greater protection to American labor
and industries than any other tariff law
that has ever been placed upon our stat
utes; and il also gave our people high
er wages and plenty of work until its
active and efficient operation was
checked by the advent of the demo-
cratic administration with its project
TO throw our markets open TO the
cheap labor products of Europe and the
orient.
Just as the Mckinley tariff afforded
protection to American interests, so
will the Dingley tariff; and the latter
will also provide more revenue than the
act of 1890, because the deplorable CON
dition of our national finances, since the
advent of democracy in 1898. compels n
tariff upon sugar and will restore to the
revenue the $4,000. 900 that were di-
rectly given to the people by the McKin-
ley law of 1890. The object of the Ding
ley bill is Ito provide revenue for the
government" just as the object of the
Mckinley bill was Ito reduce the rev
enue." And who has ever heard of a
republican tariff that failed TO accom-
plish the objects for which it was
formed?
While "A republican tariff encourages
the home manufactures and enables rs
To supply the home market with goods
that the masses of the people use need
and consume, the fact that we do this
creates prosperity among ourselves
through the greater circulation of
money here. And our people. being
prosperous, can then afford TO buy of
such articles as are "of voluntary use.
Injuries, etc During democratic
hard times we cannot afford such
things, and, consequently, our customs
receipts fall off. This has been strik-
ingly illustrated under the past and
present tariffs. In the 1893 fiscal wear.
when prosperous under protection. we
brought from abroad foreign articles of
voluntary use and IuNuries" worth
$iOs,4f7,655, paying almost 500. 600. 900
ofduty thereon. But i'm 500. under dem
ocracy and disaster. we imported only
t. the extent of $50, PSI. PIG. paying Gus
toms duties thereon to the amount OF
S+4,454,s51 Here was a loss of up
wards of S15,5OO.OOO ia revenue in only
one class of our imports under the free
''''''' i'iilAi'' llldA - tllIttllN lTdCtaDle
TO The Impeachment of our people.
free trade tariff, or a tariff for
revenue, which is the same thing. in
creases the volume or amount of our i'm
ports from foreign countries. but de-
crease our revenue coIlectibIe thereon
by lessening the average duties. or the
charge that foreigners pay for entering
our markets. The protective tariff
checks the volume of our imports from
abroad, but increases our revenue by
charging the foreigner a larger amount
OF duties for the privilege of selling in
our markets. Sometimes "A free trade
tariff utterly fails IN its purpose TO in
crease our imports because il impovcr-
ishes our people to such an extent that
we are unable TO buy even the cheapest
of shoddy goods that John Bull and
German Bill can offer us. of this nature
was the latest "perfidy and dishonor''
product of democracy. which will be SUI
perseded by the Dingiey bill to provide
revenue and afford protection
JOHN BULL GETS THE NEWS.