The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-04-14
TO the Ardmoreite:

/ Mr. 3Furman seems to have lie
apsoRslheltar6 atQssthsz. AS !
is sachi an eneIny n the people Al
heRie1s 4, and ns Ne is sueha
ldaRoteA hDvens OF thn Pmnple,ssii
seems a little strange that he should
desert the cause at this time, Vhen
by reason let ths expaOtph war the
tariff is likely to be increased.
According to his idea, all the
tarifv laws wels conceived by-sAe
denii@nd executed by Hsn6inions.
With the sole1sohiect onnpm'eSGi1a
and impoverishing the common
people.
Our tariff Will necessarily,he in
Qeased by reAsOu of the expected
war, and il is time that the sub
ject should've RadezstOed for the
reason that if the system be as vii
famous as Mr.. Furman would have
us hafe&ei some other means ,Sf
raising revenue should be adopted.
We will assume that the tariff is
paid altogether by the consumer.
The amaua1e Of. rsvsnue oAllecAedl
on aceunnt OF nbe tariff feT hhe.
year 1895 was $176, ,554, 126. .65; as
we have about seventy-fve million
people the rate is about $a.2O per
head, moderate poll tax, not
quite half as much as the Chicka-
saw permit ta4.e Do, the people
want it repealed and pay the tax
direct is the question. One thing
IN favor Of the tariH - <kat Il IS
paid and no one but the merchant
ever realizes it .RRlssS. told of the
aa bysuRe enteEpcisHgpol liti6an
whose,love for the people over-rides
his better judgment and, frequently
gets him mixed on the real facts.
The hard working man or woman
seeking only the necessaries of life
pays very little if any tariff, whilst
the prosperous man, feeling his
Importance begiRs to put on a.
little dog" and pays the tariff for
them. 1t is the vanity, love for
show, elegance, and style of our
people that pays the tariff, and
collects the revenue of our country;
and it is a very effective way of |
doing it as there is very little |
throwing off.
The tariff on wool is IL cents per |
pounds, We Gai9At say tAst every
body pays some tariff on that score,
the result is that every farmer can
have bis little flock of sheep and |
the sale of wool in the spring will |
tide him over until his crop is har-
vested and prevent the necessity of /
nortgaging. his crop, besides the
sheep property is here and helps
70 pay state and county tax. Re-
peal the tariff. pay tax direct. use
foreign instead of domestic wool,
md the rate Of state and cennty
AK. Is necessarily increase dby Rea-
'On' of the loss of the sheep prop
,rty. The same can be said of.eat-
lie upon which the tariff is So per
lead. OF course the large stock
lwner might still be able to COM
'ete,, but the farmer and small 4
tock raiser would be driven out of
lnSineSS. LdO-n0t know haK It isI
n the country now but when 1 was
boy on the farm almost every fsz-
ner had his flock of sheep. The
anne can be said. of almost every
lass of property effected by the
ariff. 1t increases tha tax bear
ng property and lessons the bur-
en- of other taxes. But. really
oes the consumer pay the tariff
he importing merchant says no
ndIfiemO all of or rlApgeseapprta
tiles are opposed to the tariff.
Who pays for the bagZiag and .
les on-a- baae Of COTTON, the con-
nmer or the produceri Who
ays the ,frsiatt, dsa consumer OF k
roduceri The products of the ;
american farm furnishes the prin- !
lpal portion Of our exports. We
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