The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-07
A coon LAW.
The personal Effects" Clause i'm the
Tariff Should De Strictly Enforced.

American Economist.
The whole truth of the matter is that our
free-trade papers are, as usuai. simply
Voicing the sentiments of Europeans Their
sole object in life, as far as the tariff is
concerned, IS TO have all our goods made
abroad and imported free of duty They
want to see poverty and idleneSs at home,
prosperity and cOntentment abroad. For
weeks past we have quoted from English
papers showing how disastrous the per
scnal effects" clause of the Dingey bill
will be TO British 'shopkeepers'' in every
line of trade. No estimate has been given
of the aggregate loss of this trade in Eng
land. But Figaro, of Paris, has published
a statement that the anticipated loss of
retail trade to the storekeepers of the
French capital will reach the enormous
sum of so 000000 francs a year. solely
through the smaller purchases that Will be
made by Americans when touring in Eu-
rope.
10 an American paper it would at once
suggest itself that the annual loss of 5O,0OO,-
600 francs worth of retail business, in only
one European city, must be an excellent
thing for the retail stores of the United
States. But there are some American $50
called papers that cater to foreign trade
One VIGOROUSLY so-the New York Herald.
Mr.. James Gordon Bennett boasts of the
enormous amount of advertising patronage
that he secures from American stores and
other sources for the New York Herald.
AS Mr.. Bennett is so literally patronized
on this side of the Atlantic, It is just as
well that his patrons here should know
how he misrepresents our American aifairs
to his patrons on the other side OF the
Atlantic through the Paris edition of his
paper from a recent edition of which we
quote the following paragraph:
mulcted to the tune Of $40 on personal
wearing apparel. He did not say much be-
yond asserting that he did not see the
Justice in taxing him for the stuff he took
from this country with him when he went
abroad seven weeks ago Many Engilsh
wardrobes, bought cheaply in London, We're
brought UP to American prices by the
duty"
Cd RI of S170 wearing
apparel that he took with him from this
country when he went abroad seven weeks
earlier, is one of those deliberate false
hoods that the free traders have been pub
fishing for the sole purpose of trying to
fhG Wggb9ut aW Mnowine IL their ao
ton has had quite a contrary effect The
interior press of the country is practically
unanimous as to the need for personal
effects" clause. 1t pleases importers, manu-
facturers, wage earners and our storekeep-
ers Naturally, therefore i is obnoxious to
the French clientage of Mr.. James Gordon
BENEFITS Paris edition OF the New York
Herald
the personal effects clause of the Ding
ley bill is that it did not go far enough,
and that it should include all articles pur-
chased abroad without any limit But there
is another trouble. The law, as it stands,
is not rigidly enough enforced. The GUS
toms house examiners appear to have be-
come scared at the bellowngs of the free
trade press and are, SO. we are informed.
passing the baggage of passengers with
out tnOrOuSH examination, we DellcNo
that they are allowing many passengers
to land more than 800 worth of foreign
goods. A passengers trunk cannot be ex-
amined by merely opening and shutting the
lid nor by the passing of mans hand up
and down its several corners. Whether the
collector of a port, or the appraiser of
port be responsible for the proper exam
ination of passengers effects we do not
know, neither do We care But we do
know that the Dsngley tariff is a good one.
And we do care as to its administration.
Let the law be enforced as the law d.
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