The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-10
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New York journal.
When Mr.. Henry o. i.
serted that the customs Mn
mother of trusts, tie paris.
tion were STAGGERED Tor
they soon rallied with Ii. ,...''l
great original trust, tAe sta,;'..
Mr.. Havemeyer's own sum {
Independent of the tarir.
1t may be worth while "a ".
with a proper understands, D
"tarfff" the principle lait az.
Havemeyer is absolutely cor,s.'
ject to no exceptions whate,s, b
take was In limiting the ~. h
toms" tariffs. All that n
make his rule OF univcrasi ssssY
to leave out that oualiiicatios
A tariff is a schedule q a..
on the transportation OF roos. 4
place to another. Goods com,s!
interior point abroad to an nv.
in the United States are au ls' b
tariffs, q railroad freight ts,;c 4,
point of origin to the foreiss
ocean freight tariff from tHs'sSJ
port to the American port "
customs tariff at the Amer,,s.
entry, and a railroad freight n!
that point to their destinsi,,s
produced and consumed il n.
are subject to one tariff r,llrs,
tariff from the point Of produris]
OF consumption.
Now there is no differences ~
tween one OF these tariffs IA !
Each is a charge on the tranlnss]
goods from point to point. ~ 2
escape taxation under any q. ,
to which its competitors AZ =
has an advantage that is l,kely \
control of the market. MOI !,
trusts have the benefit OF An n
The Standard Oil trust depesa
exclusively upon the protectio,
American railroad tariff, and /, N
ample. 1t has arrangements Vii
principal railroads in the COUNT, n
1t receives special fayors that al
to its competitors. 1t is allowed !,
up its agencies at low rates nd NJ
are compelled to pay high ft,s
alliance between the trust and n
roads extends not merely 10 n. \
discrimination, but to the point n
the entire power of the traar1
system of the country to crush "a
pendent trading in oil. As Ii. N
Oil trust has no foreign como,,S]
fear 1t does not need customs ~
or 1t would most assuredly set h !
it wants to do is to suppress con,
at home, and 1t does that thvI
railroad tariff system.
~
The Sugar trust has both cw.rJ
freight tariff protection. It h,s N
eign and domestic competition to n
il is shielded against both. ID Y
protection amounts to at Least
cent on the cost of refnlnf n
road protection is whatever Il i,
keep independent American n
from selling goods away from hcrs|
years ago the country was dIyi,d
districts. each with Its freight n
arranged that it would be suppl
clusively from some particular IN
finery.
All the evils of trusts coma fw|
possession of special priyileges II
standing in the open and depest1
success on nothing but the adyu11
production on a large scale wouA
If it attempted extoEhj
petition would promptly spring Il
he evil would correct itself. Bull
that has the power to throttle d
ton by discriminating customs VI
-ariffs is a very different sort q :
~
TO make the trusts harmless u
hing to do is to take away tlit
privileges.
Deprive them of customs tiflf
Ion by putting all articles corut
trusts on the free list.
Deprive them of freight tifid /
ion by having the railroads coutnl
he government, and operated n
postal service, on equal terms to a
Samuel E. VI