Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-04
Thankful for Small Fuyors

HIKE - measure of comfort for Il
country still pnchca by he cost of
living ana febciioWe over Ike reduced pur-
chasing power of the dollar in the Fordncy
tariff bill. arowedIy designed to restore the
high protective system OF duties on imports.
This monumental measure. lie, it be known.
contains free list as we'll as ii dutiab.e
list. There may be a thousand commodities
mat are taxed as they enter American ports
but there are some that are admitted with
out lcry-som that will no; visit disaster
upon those infant industries which Repub-
iican statesmen so fondly cherish.
Let few of the articles that are admit
ted duty-frce be listed To recte them will
bring cheer TO the troubled heart and hope
10 saddencd and melancholy souls who
stageer under the burden OF government
taxation. High up on tho free list is the
item OF bird eggs. No duty will be exacted
upon them whether in the original state or
with the shells punctured. Then come
broken bells. y crack in n bell. rendering
1t unfit for the sunday services or the We'd
noSday prayer meeting is all that is neccs-
sary TO relieve it OF the tax. Cancelled
stamps are the list This will bring
three loud cheers from the stamp collector.
that unique beneficiary OF benevolent tar
If system
they are to watt. Fossils those treasures OF
the archaeologist, are likewise free. The
fossil industry in America is sn firmly es-
tabishcd that foreign competition is not TO
he dreaded It seems. Then there are joss
sticks. How could we endure life il our joss
sticks bore a prohibi,ivc duty? Lemon
juice, that diuter OF soda fountain dope"
will have unimpcdcd entry into the Amer
lean market. Sheep dip is another favored
commodity. The hea-bittcn or tick-infcsted
flock is now safe. Unlimited quantities of
dip may come from the four corners OF the
earth. Skeletons may he imported without
number and without interference on the
part of customs officers. The catacombs of
Rome may be cmpted If importers 50 de-
sire, and their millions OF bones transferred
across the Atlantic without entry charge.
What boon,
Natural teeth may come in whether oc-
cupying the original mouth or not False
teeth must pay duty. The false teeth
Industry is still in its infancy. it appears,
and needs protection from tho raids OF
foreign producers, but the real thing is as
free as the wind. Meerschaum also is in
vited to our hospitable shores. The pipe
smoker must be benefited His tobacco is
taxed, if imported. and then taxed several
times more after it gets in hut the nicer
schaum is du,y-frec. which ough, 10 satisfy
him.
There are sundry other articles that may
come in without duty. The list. in fact, is
long one. Bibles and agates, arrowroot
and asbestos, dried blood and bristles. fish
eggs and tshskns. hoofs and kclp. moss and
needles, oakum and altar of roses mother
OF pearl and pulu parchment and shotgun
barrels, spunk and tapioca turtles and zaNer
are all placed on this list by a generous
Ways and Means Committee
Lumber and oil, chemicals and wool. cot
ton and agricultural products. earthcnwarc
and glassware, metals and sugar, silk and
spirits may he taxed hut then these are not
commodities about which tho folks need he
concerned. As long 81" yet our joss sticks.
our bird eggs and our Cancelled stamps
without duty. We should be happy and we
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