The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-08-06

cent on the cheapest quality: ie,ts, upon
which the duty is Io4 per cent on the
better qualities and ga per cent on the
cheapest quality: pulp. paper and books
upon which the duty is POO per cent.
The same table shows that upon 81
other articles. also OF general use. the
duty ranges from IS TO 100 per cent. In
this class are found wooden mannac-
lures. such as shaw,s. ilannes blanket-
dress goods. cloths and ready made
clothing OF better quality than those
above enumerated in the class above 100
per cent: carpets OF different descrip-
tons. felts OF the higher qualities. peck
ct knives of better quality than those
enumerated in the class bearing above
100 per cent duty, glass and glassware
OF better quality than that enumerated
sugar, castor oil, spirit varniSh and many
other things that poor people have to
use.
There is still another large class OF
more than 200 articles upon which the
duties are shown to range liom so to
Is per cent This class embraces all
l:indS OF cotton manufactures and lab
RIGS, refined sugar. upon which the duty
is "A per cent. umbrellas. par&sols. etc.
cutlery, chinawure. porcelain. and other
earthenware bread soda. and many 9th
er useful articles.
Thus it is seen that within these three
classes OF articles. upon which the ad Va
loren equivalent OF the duties levied
ranges from so to above 200 per cent
are included the bulk OF the articles con-
sumed by our people. and especially the
poorer classes and in fact the greater
portion OF the articles embraced in the
entire tariff schedules. Lower and NOM
in4l duties placed upon a number OF in
considerable articles OF which in the ma
ture OF things there are few importa-
tons. serve to bring down the average
of duties. which. - already stated. is
delusive.
HEAVY BURDEN ON THE PEG
PIE.
1t is impossible. OF course in a news
paper article to go into sufficient det'il
to show the exact extent to which the
burdens OF the American peon'e. all of
whom are compelled to cons" the
taxed articles. are increased by the Urge
measure OF increased taxntic1 carried hv
this vicious bill with its excessive aDp'-
cation Of the protection primo: N'e It
has been demonstrated by Senators who
have participated i'll the debate, that the
increased cost OF c2rpcting 4 room OF
ordinary dimensions vii! be $I4 or up
ward. and it has been estimated that the
cost OF living under the new schedule OF
taxation will be increased on an average
OF 80 to 40 per cent. While the average
difference between the rates Of duty
levied by the Wilson law and the Ding
ley law are, as already stated, as 80 to
81 per cent, yet the duties in the latte
being levied upon different and more
onerous principle, its increase OF the
burden OF taxation is really greater than
is revealed by this disparity in figures.
Perhaps the most concise and compre-
hensive summary OF the oppressive char
acter OF the Dingley law is found in the
statement that while it will probably
take from $3.50, 100000 to S4oo,ooo,ooc
from the pockets OF the people who cor
sumo the articles it taxes. it will only
put about $I75. $780, 900 OF that amount
into the public Treasury. TT. difference
will go into the strong boxes OF the MI
mcrous trusts thai haze gro"l up I'M
der the Republc.l ;ariti policy. This IS
the meaning ar. l.act;c-l effect OF such
revision OF the tariff laws as viii tend
to check imports OF such articles as are
produced b. our rcop'e. as wrl!teh by
Mr.. Mckinley in the Republican plat
form.
WHERE TIE TRUSTS COME IN.
IN the carly day q ;hc republic when
the Wing party frs! n.ugurated the
protective policy. they answered the
that would ti.e - many millions Oh;
OF the pockets OF the people tina; did No:
90 into the public Treasury, with tie
statement tia. the na:u-G! competition.
which would soon gro. up between the
competing domestic manufacturers.
would in time operate 10 diminish the
margin kctween the sum e∾ed from
the consumers and that which Went ln,u
the Treasury. This indeed would have
proved measurable. true hAi honest
competition been nal..:alncd among tht
~1,l2c m2r..iac.ure-s. and vas operating
ir that direction when, by the act OF
1892. the Wings pr1c':c:: y 4,aTionet
the protective System. ON the x ounc
tina, the ''niantile period OF CT. doves
tic manufactures had passed.
Alter the civil war, WHEEL the RcpuA-
lean party, espous!ng TIE cause OF the
rich capitalists engaged in manufactures,
revised the protective policy, they re
lied especially upon The &i!evlat.ch o! the
popular burdens to resu.t ..om :cmcotlt
Competition Ana his again WOULD
have proved nca-urably true had ~:
combinations OF capital known =
trusts" been formed throughout the
country ior the express purpose ct st'ti-
ing competition among American man
uiacturcrs These combinations among
the home manufacturers have now be
come general Having allowed the lat
to be cried out OF them 50 literally in
order to procure legislative barriers to
rid them from iorel On competition. the
millionaire manufacturers had no idea
Of throwing away their advantages by
permitting ruiuous Competition among
themselves. So trusts have been formed
in every branch OF manufacturing indus
try to keep I'D AiCes to the domestic
consumer to the full measure OF the tor
eign prices plus the tariff duty. They
Operate more or less openly and with
practical conn;yancc OF the 'nw making
power Their known ald unhl>turhed
existence knocks ont The last defensive
prop from beneath the nro.crtiv@ svS-
tenn and leaves !: 70 be u2int7inei on'v
BY the Corruntivc force OF n'utn"ratic
wealth oided by the vcEd,i'v md the
folly 81 American electors. Sl,ch a Iral1d
and deIreion and rrlino''s oppression
cannot IN the nature Of things, be long