The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-08-06
THEIR KNOWN AND ADMITTED EXIST
ENCE DESTROYS THE ONLY DEFENSE
OF THA! SYSTEM.
published by Authority of the Maryland
Democratic Editors Association.)

published 10y Authority of the Maryland
Democratic Editors ASsociation.)
In the last article it was shown that the
great question as to whether protection
to certain American interests should be
the object or merely the incident OF tar
if taxation, which had been fought out
between the old Wing party and the
Democratic party in the antebellum pc
ROD of our history, with the result OF
general acceptance OF the doctrine OF
tariff for revenue with incidental pro-
lection" by both political parties and the
elimination OF the question from politi-
cal controversy. had been revived again
after the civil: war by the manufacturing
interests OF this country. who. fattened
by the large benefits resulting from the
war tariffs. had become a powerful tao
tor in American politics 1t was shown
that the Republican party. yielding 10
the greed OF these special interests. has
sine the war again asserted the doc
trine abandoned by the Wings alter the
American manufacturing industry had
passed the ''infantile" period. OF making
protection the object OF tariff taxation
and so adjusting the schedules as %
CHECK imports" That this doctrine.
first fully asserted in the platform OF
1888. had been clearly exemplihed in the
Mckinley law of 1890. which. though it
largely increased the rates the law OF
1883. actually diminished the revenues
resulting to the Government 1t was
also stated that the Dins,ey bill, just
enacted into law. is a distinct reassertion
OF the extraordinary principles upon
which the Mckinley law rested with en-
intensified q. ''icatioE to many articles
which enter into general consumption in
this country. 1t is proposed. in this ar
ticle. to point out some of the excuses
and enormities OF the Dingley law
ENORMITY OF THE DINGLEE
LAW
TX q. !.in.ey law. the vicious prin-
q. ~. ..hch i, rested and its oner-
:. IN uon the masses OF the peo-
Pc wee 50 thoroughly discussed and
=. ,>eI in the campaign OF educa
/. "A wish interviewed between the date
0! is Enactment in 1890 and the Ma
tional election OF 1892. when it was so
empE4.ical.y condemned by the Ameri-
can people, that it ought to be sufficient
II ensure the same emphatic, popular
condemnation OF the Dingley law, to
show that it is a substantial e-enactment
OF the burdensome provisions OF the
law OF 1890. But it is really much
worse While it measures quite up to
the standard OF the Mckinley law in all
its provisions and does not surrender
any OF the exactions OF that oppressive
measure, the Dingley law goes quite be-
yond 1t in many OF its details. 1t is
shown by the figures f the Treasury ex-
peTts that the average ad valorem rate
OF the Dingley law is 81 per cent. as
against 4o per cent in the Mckinley
law and SO per cent in the Wilson law.
the Republican sponsors for the Ding
ley Law do not controvert these figures,
but they maintain that the Dingley duty
on raw sugar (while under the Mckin-
ley Law all sugar except the refined ar
ticle was free) partly explains the higher
ad yaloIem average OF the Dingley laH.
The fact that the Wilson law, like all
other Democratic tariff laws, imposed
lair revenue duty upon raw sugar, while
cutting down the Republican ditfelen-
tial on refined, might also be invoked to
show that the real excess OF average OF
the Mckinley law over the wilson law
is not disclosed by the above figures
There are other devices, such i5 small
nominal duties imposed ior s:Ieot IN
certain agricultural products, b. ~;li:h
the average rate OF duty is apparently
lowered
ITS EXCESS OVER THE Mcnl.,-
LEY LAW.
In table made tip by Mr. Evans. the
Treasury expert, and presented i'll the
Senote by Senator White, OF California,
which will be found on pages 1870 to
1876 of the current Congressional Rec
ord the Dlngley rates are shown to eX-
coed those Of the Mckinley law about
90 per cent and downward on about Ieo
articles many OF them OF general use
and consumption. Among these is an
thracite or hard coal. the kind used for
household fuel. upon which duty OF IS
cents a ton is levied This kind of coal
was free in the Mckinley law as it was
also in the Wilson law. and has always
been in Democratic laws. The Demo-
Gratis taxed only soft or bituminous coal.
which is used only in the furnaces Of
railroad locomotives and in the steam
power of the factories OF rich corpora
tons. Other articles in this list upon
which the Mckinley duties are in
creased are camrhor, chalk, chloride of
lime. spirit varnishes, diffes ent kinds of
paint, opium, morphine. different kinds
of chemical acids chlorate Of potash,
chlorate OF soda, soda ash. and a num-
Der of other chemicals OF general use
pumice stone, aSphaltum. different kinds
of glass and glassware. freestone gran
ite. sandstone. scissors and shears and
blades OF the same finished or unhn-