The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-24
MYSTERIES or THE TARIFF.



A. oryan of protection which would
enact a prohibirsry tariff and yet col
let revenues therefrom suficient 10
nav the pension account has Discovered
4 new sensation In its precious Ding.ey
bill- Section - 10 the puzzler and the
daxxier this time Secretary Gage has
turned section - inside out. examined
4 10 the point Of neuralgia. and handed
II along TO that famous trick artist. At
torney-General McKenna- with the re-
auess hat he exercise upon IL all bis
skill at pr~stidigitation-
IL is hoped that after the attorney
general has made a few passes In the
air and waved his magic wand an anx-
ious world may know what section z
means. Al present il is several shades
darker than the Eleusinian mysteries
.-rn an previous laws the section corre-
su-ouaEnr TO section - Of rt1e new law. amer
providing for the ten percent clscrini AZ
/ trr duty on goods imported In vesseis coy
nvf-x the United States flag. provided tnst
.thi= ttscrfrrfnarlnE duty shall NOT apply 20
Goods. wares or merchandise whicn sn@4i
L = .-nporved In vessels not OF the Cniteo
States entitled az the strne OF suen I'M
po-ration ~ treaty or act OF congress 70 e
4 entered IN ports OF the = 80 - - :, - -
Il ravrrent OF the same duties as snAli the q
be rayahIe on goods. etc. imported IN
vessels OF the Ulfred states The new "A
/ ounirs acts OF congress ard substitutes
| convention so as 70 make II re4o not eA-
empr by treaty or convention
1T Il n pursuance Of an act OF congress
(secrton 41-sD that presidents In the past
have By PROCLAMATION exempted the Yes e :
OF ruany countries from tntSciscrimin2nns
duty The question Row before me a.,
torrey-general Is whether the OMISSION Oh
the word act OF congress does not rep~a
sexrkcr - II II does. Il VIII strike 9
tremendous blow at al foreign lines nov
| exempt by presidential proclamation anc
co-fne the exeu ptior strictly 10 tns
vessels OF countries with which We have
treaties grazing such exenptions-
The list of these countries includes
such irst-class powers as Germany and
Austria, but does not include Fra-c'
and England and the British colonies
One Of these colonies. il will De rernem
bcred. is likely 10 be seriously affected
bv another Dingiey mystery. namely
the clause which Is supposed 10 discriTn
mate against goods -oming through
Canada The clause has raised a tire
. mendous hulIabaloo in the New In
land states. which have found that IN
cOnpefition Of the Canadian Pacin
with United States traascontinenta
lines Is q good thing for them and o.
this point also the assistance OF Nc
Keuua. the great unraveler. has bee
invoked The very trainers Of the tarli
Oh profess ignorance OF the origin G
the clause which IS said to have bee
s-eaked in BY some few persons WI
had influence with the senate comm
tee on finance
lis fearful and wonderful piece c
legislation. to be sure but alter q
there is nothing % remarkable aoot
il as the profound logic o. that SAN
o--an of protection. which proposes
have the foreigners pay our pensior
through the fundamentally OF IA
IL. The American consumer of the 10
!, eirner's goods would Like more igt
upon this sbstruse subject--Chicas
(. Journal