The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-06-10
Still Good Doctrine.

DuSnt Oh pooaVocS, INV, uV~s luis
enable the farmer to get ten cents
a bushel more than they otherwise
would get? Let them answer the
question now, If 1t Is not true as
to cotton and potatoes how 1t is
rendered so as 20 cotton cloth. Is
there any magic in spinning and weav
ing that will take cotton cloth on.
OF the ordinary rules of trade which
apply to everything else? Theory is
one thing-facts another. II You lei
man make his facts and then build
his theory upon them, he will have
very handsome theory, and one that
is hard TO over throw; but, in all
such cases, the facts will be contra
dicted, and then the theory will so
far get all of course. A case of this
kind occurred in Pit.sburg; a farm
er, who had made a theory that the
duty was paid to the maker as well
as the importer of an al'ticle, took
some cheese to Pittsburg to sell;
not finding a ready sale for cash, and
wanting a pir of shoes for his wife,
he went to a shoemaker and sold
him the cheese, and agreed ito take
pair of shoes for his wife In part
pay; they readily agreed upon the
prices; he ask six cents per pound
fer his cheese and the shoemaker
agreed to give it; the shoemaker ask
ed $3.50 for The shoes and he agreed
to give 1t; but afetr he made the
bargain, his favorite theory came in
to his head; said he to the shoemak
er. | am paying you a duty. of fifty
cents a pair, and | don't like TO do
it. Said the shoemaker, that cant
be possible for | don't make that
much on the shoes; and he told him
how much the material cost and how
much he paid the journeyman; show
] ing that he only made a profit of
about twenty cents. l don't care for
that, said the other, for there is
duty of fifty cents a pair on such
shoes, and if it were not for that /
would get them fifty cents cheaper;
so its the same thing to me. Well,
said the shoemaker, l will tell you
how we can settle it. You pay me
the duty on cheese and | will pay
you the duty on the shoes. Agreed,
said the other; so they got the law
and found the tax on cheese was nine
cents; and he was only to get six
cents; so he lost his cheese alto
gether, and had 10 pay three cents
pound besides and only got fifty
cents taken off the price of the
shoes. Yet still he swore that his
theory was true as to shoes though,
as to cheese he did not believe it work
ed right; but he would get a school
master to state the sum as to cheese
like he did as to shoes and see if it
would come out in the same way; and
if II didn't he'd never sell cheese by
that rule any more and he didn't be-
lieve it was a good rule to sell by,
no way it could be fixed.
Mr.. Chairman, there is in our gov
eminent a peculiar fitness in raising
the whole amount of revenue, which
is needed for use of theD General Gov.
Inv 1trtxv f.,.
ports. To the general government is
given as we have seen, the power
to regulate commerce and our inter-
course with foreign nations; and four
fifths of all the expenses of the Cen
eral Government are for the protec-
ton of commerce, either directly or
indirectly, and the states are forbid
den to exercise any control over 1t.
ALI who participate in tine benefits of
commerce should bear a part of its
burdens. And by duties on imports
these burdens can be more equally
distributed than in any other mode.
The States being prohibited from
laying any of these indirect taxes,
usually lay taxes for the support of
the State Governments upon the ad-
valcrem principle; thus the external
tax supports the Government for our
external intercourse, and the internal
tax support the State Government,
for which have in charge the inter
nal regulations of the States. IT is
manifest, then that whatever tends
to increase the internal wealh of the
several states, increases the subjects
of taxation, and tends to tighten che
State tax of every individual. We
should be very cautious, then, not to
pursue any course by our legislation
that will tend to reduce the value OF
property In any of the states lest we
should drive some OF them indo repu-
diaton.
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