Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1884 — Page 8

HON. T. J. WOOD’S SPEECH.

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Commission made tariff schedules reducing the rate of taxation 25 per cent., hut the For-ty-seventh Congress ref used to j adopt them. It made and j adopted independent schedules winch reduced taxation Less than 2 per cent, I call attention of the House to the President’s message to Con- i >ress. He Said (the Clerk will read): “To make a start in the pro-! posed reduction of revenue :rom imports, the Tariff Commission had been created. In good faith it undertook the .vork. In its report to Congress it said: “Early in its deliberations the commission became convinced that a substan- j tial reduction of 'tariff duties , s demanded, not by a mere popular clamor, out by the best conservative opinion of the country. * * * Such a reduction of the existing tariff the commission regards not only as a due recognition of public sentiment ,ind a measure of .justice to consumers, but one conducive ;o the general industrial proslerity, and which, though it nay be temporarily inconvenent, will be ultimately benefi;ial to the special interests af'ected by such a reduction. — Entertaining these views, the commission has sought to present a scheme of tariff duties n which substantial reduction should be the distinguishing nature. The average reduc:ion in rates, including that rom the enlargement of the tee-list and the abolition of lie duties on charges and comnissions, at which the commis;ion has aimed, is not less on lie average than 20 per cent., nid it is the opinion of the ommission that the reduction will reach 25 percent.” * * * * # The chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, in-ex-planation of the bill before he Senate last year, which ifter various amendments beame a law, estimated at $45,>OO,OOO the* reduction of the evenue which would follow iie changes in the tariff proposed thereby. These intentions and calcuations have not been verified. * * * * So the question still presses, what legislation is necessary o relieve the people of unneessary taxes?” The President said, “so the «question still presses what leislation is necessary to relieve he people of unnecessary tax's?” Unnecessary taxes existed to such an extent as to call special reference to it by a Republican President. It exits to-day as strong as ever, nd will this House refuse an xonest reduction? This bill . iduces taxation thirty mili ons. Will my Republican Tends take the good advice £ their President and aid us ‘ > make this moderate reducon? I appeal to them to do >, for the people demand it. — 3 is a reasonable demand, beluse their tax burdens are ancessary. The average duty under the 3W law is about 42 per cent. ; gainst 44 per cent, under the d law, and the gross inequalies of the old law were cared into the new one without r Lange. Under the system of gh taxation of the old law «.e surplus revenue exceeded le hundred millions, ihe ;w act does not materially - >wer this, as you see by the light reduction of the duties, h ue people are not blind to e conduct of Congress, and -' iis pretentious reform will i> >t deceive them. I want to be fair with the ’ i anufactuier, but he sho’d act 1 irly with consumers of manu cactured goods. Ihe manucturer who has a practical pnopoly by high protection w ill not say his monopoly is r ght. I want the Clerk to read v. hat two or three manufactu;rs sav on this subject: Mr. Barnett Whorff, a Skowi *gan manufacturer, says: “I was brought up a Whig id in favor of a protective riff, but it is not so clear to / mind at the present time it a high protective tariff for the best interest of the ontry and majority of the ople thereof. *he iron an d

woolen industries are the most | highly protected of any and are suffering the most to-day. I have used iron to some extent for forty years, but think that my business was never more depressed than now, not by competition with foreign manufacturers, for there is no importation of axes into this State or country of any ain’t; a few may be brought from New Brunswick and a tew from Canada; but the trouble seems to be overproduction or general stagnation in business, so that is difficult for me to form an opinion on the tariff question satisfactory to myself. I think that coal and salt should be on the free-list. It is not so clear to my mind as to lumber. lam in fav~u of a revision of the tariff and think that all the necessaries of life used by the laboring class should be on the freelist, or nearly so.” Two Republican manufacturers of Belfast, Sherman and * hompson by name, step out boldly with these sentiments:

“We do not object to the Morrison bill. Lumber, salt and coal free will benefit more than injure. We are manufacturers and wish to have our manufactures protected, but too much protection is morally wrong and injurious. According to our observations Rep blicans as well as Democrats favor low tariff in this vicinity on necessaries. Rum, tobacco, and such like we wo’d place on the high-list.” The abuses and inequalities of the present tariff mainly arise from the specific duties imposed, and I cite a case in point: In Schedule I a specific duty of 3| cents per square yd. of bleached cotton under 100 threads to the square inch, and a duty of 4i cents to the square yard of the same grade of unbleached or colored goods is charged to the importer, and the specific duty is increasec on the same kind of goods over 100 threads to the square inch. There are more fliar a dozen classes of these good* . low paying similar specific d Lies; but to illustrate the eu .-mityof this tariff, take on< ilass of cotton goods 36 inclie .. i width which costs li cents , or yard to manufacture in Glasgow; the custom, house valuation at New York is 3.4 cento per yard. This makes a duty equal to an ad valorem duty of 148 per cent.

If you calculate Scottish money worth nearly double our own, it would make the duty over 80 per cent, ad valorem. Out of twelve kinds of cotton goods imported the tariff is more than 112 per cent, on seven, and one class in the dozen is as low as 71 per cent The specific duties on these articles average 111 per cent ad valorem according to the value of American money. This enormous tariff is levied upon a class of goods c instantly needed and chiefly used by the poor classes of our people, while silk, broadcloth and velvets do not pay an average of half as much duty. The manufacturers in Glasgow buy our cotton, which is raised, gathered, ginned, and prepared for the market by thousands of laboring people, and manufacture it into all kinds of cotton fabrics, send them to American markets, and compel the thousands of laboring people to pay this enormous duty, as it is charged to them in the price of the article, though it is directly paid by the importer. Does tnis tariff benefit labor? England buys our wool in large quanties,and imports it free ot duty. Her manufacturers pay no Government tax on this raw material. This wool is commingled with finer grades of wool produced in other countries and manufactured into woolen and part woolen fabrics of all kinds, and shipped to the American ports, where a duty ol 65 per cent, is paid, and then it enters the American markets, and the laboring people who guarded, fed and sheared the sheep, washed the wool, and prepared it for the market, as well as those who raised the grain, buy their clothing with 65 percent, bounty added, *6,50 for every $lO paid for woolen or part woolen clothing.— Does this tariff benefit labor? England and other countries buy our raw materials, import them free of duty. They are

manufactured into goods of all kinds and shippea to the American markets, and our Government collects high duties upon the goods made from the raw materials our people have sold, and compels the very producers of them and their workmen to pay these high duties when they purchase the goods. Does this benefit labor? This high bounty comes out of the wages of labor and out of the pockets of the producer. svery person in this land uses cotton goods; and whom does this tariff benefit? 'i he manufacturer of New England only. Why? ‘lie duty is so high as to partially prohibit the import of this class c f cotton goods. During the war the duty on these grades of cotton goods was 35 per cent, ad valorem. Then one half of all that our people consumed was imported.

Under Ihe present hig.i specific J duty only one-fifth of ali we consume is imported, vet the import fixes the price for the home manufacturer and the consumer pays it. Why should this enormous duty of 111 per cent, be levied upon this class of goods, when the labor cost in Scotland is only 15 per cent, and in the United States only 25 percent, of the cost of the manufactured article? To build u - home mono oly. That is the answer. In tnis Instance there is just enough of the imported article to establish the price of this class of goods manufactured in the United States. The mills of iNew England manufacture foui-fifths of the entire amount consumer! in this country, aud pocket 111 per cent., the average duty, lor every yard sold to our people The nome manufacturer will not undersell the importer because he wants ihe benefit of 'he duty which the importer pays to the Government. if he did undersell the importer, then there would be no imports at ah of tnis class of cotton goods, glint there is imported ouefifth of the entire, amount consumed by the people, on which the average duly of 111 percent, is paid. This duty is added to the celling p.lce, far the importer must have the duty paitl back when he sells the article. This, then, fixes the price of j one-fifth of the cotion goods cons * sumed. Will the other four-fifths manufactured here sell for a less price than the one fUth? Certainly not. The home manufacturer sells the our fifths, his owu manufacture, at the same price as the imported eue fifth is sold, and tuk 8 the benefit of the Siiatneful duty. Can my publican friend3give an excuse for their vote in the Fortyseventh Congress In favor of this shameful nufv? Did they not know that vote maintained a home monop oly that unjustly lakes money from t'. e s'-ant wage-, of labor aud extorts unwilling tribute from the consumers ail over this country?

Statement or Receipts and Expenditures. Annual statement of receipts and expenditures by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Rensselaer for the year ending April 7th, 1884: CORPORATION FUND. On hand at beginning of the year $ 183 37 Rec’d from public pound 11 00 “ from licenses 338 00 “ from narrowing Van Rensselaer street 300 00 “ from tax collections 1.090 70 Total, $1,923 07 EXPENDED. Paid out on Corporation orders for services of officers, improvements, set. $1,484 75 On hand 438 32 Total. $1,923 07 roadJJfund. On hand at beginning of year $ 146 1 8 Rec’d from County Treasurer 110 80 “ from tax collections 664 05 Total, $ 921 03 EXPENDED. Paid out on Road Fund orders for work on streets, repairing and building bridges and culverts $ 792 04 On hand 128 99 Total, $921 03 SEWER FUNDRec’d on sewer constructed under Ordinance No. 76 $ 185 00 “ on sewer constructed under Ordinance No. 77 102 00 Total, $ 287 00 EXPENDED. Paid out on contracts for construction of sewers, $ 287 00 The Sunday School UnionAt the Sunday school convention last week a permanent Sunday Sdiool Union, for the rimn'y, was organized, with 58 members and a full complement of officers. The latter consists of a president, secretary and a vicepresident for each township. The following is the list: President, Hon. R. S. Dwiggins, of Rensselaer. - Secretary, Miss A. W. ..Osborne, of Rensselaer. Vice-Presidents. TOWNSHIPS. NAMES. Carpenter, Ur. S. C. Maxwell. JordaD, John Lewis. Newton, Lucius Stron r i

Marion, T. J. Farden. 1 UnioD, A. E. Pierson. ■ Hanging Grove, W. E. Moore. Kankakee. J. N. Whbe. Keener, Rev. L. ShorLridge. Barkley, John Henklc, GillatK, D. B. Coppcss. Wheatfieid, John Helmik. Walker, Rev. Thos. Markins Miiroy, J. M. Braddoc. It is expected that every vice-presr dent will look after the interest of the : Sabbath Schools of his township, and report their condition at the next con- : vention, to be held in Remington sometime in October.

THOUSANDS SAT SO. Mi. T. W. Atkins, Girard, Kansas writes: “I never hesitate to recommend your Electric Bitters to my cusi footers, they give entire satisfaction and are rapid sellers.” Electric Bitj ters are the puiest and best medicine i known and will positively cure Kidney and Liver complaints. P uifv the blood and regulate the bow -is.j No family can afford to be without | them. They will save hundreds of I dollars in doctor’s bills every year Sold at fifty cents a bottle by F. > Learning. 3 ' Adminlsiraicr’s Sale sfEeal Mite! NOTICE is hereby given, t at the undersigned Administrator with the Will annexed, or the Estate of Vetal Vermctt, deceased, in accordance with an order of the Jasper Circuit Court, | will, on SATURDAY, MAY ID, A. 0.1884, at the door of the i’ost OiUce. in the Town of Remington, Jasper County, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. ji. and 4 o’clock r. m., ' offer at Public Sale, to the highest bidder, for not less than two-thirds of its appraised value, the following escribed Rea Estate, to-wit: Tne north-west quarter of the north west qaarterof section -seven (71, tow ship twenty-se .en (27) north, of range six ((i) west. Also, commencing at. the south-west corner the north- o»st quarter of the : orth-west quarter of the same section, township and range, and running thence east tifty (59) rods, thence north eighty (80) rods, the ce west fifty (50) rods, thence south eighty (80) rods to the place of beginning, coutai ing in all thirty-nine and ninetyseven hundredth acres. TERMS.—One-third of the purchase money to be paid casti in hand, one-third in nine, and onethird in eighteen months from day of sale, the purchaser to give notes for deferred payment*, drawing six percent, inter st, from date, secured by mortgage on said Real Estate. And should said Real Estate not be sold at said time and place, the same will be sold at any time thereafter, at Private Sale, for not less than its lull appraised value WILLIAM O. ROADIFER. Administrator. Rensselaer, Ind., March 21. 1884.—51 l 23.

R P. BENJAMIN, Having purchased the stand of F*. L. Cotton,’ will keep constantly on hand a full and complete supply of Lumber, Latb, SlpiSis, Windows. Psrs, S sii. Etc., HARD 4 SOFT COAL. My stock has been bought for cash, and I can offer superor inducements to cash buyers. Please call before going elsewhere. Rensselaer Ind., Dec. 7,1883. oWe would most respectfully announce that we now have a e hid lete line in new styles of Parlor and Chamber sets Cottage sets, Walnut and common beds, Mattresses and Springs, Book Cases, Ward robes, Bureaues, Marble and wood top stands and Tables, Easy Chairs Cane-seat and wood chairs, Kitchen furniture, Safes, &c PiCTUBETFRAMIS, Carpets, Floor and Table cloths. Rugs, Ottomans, Foot-rests> Window-shades, Oueensware, Table and Pocket cutlery Plated Spoons, and many Novelties on our f- 5 CENT COUNTER. Undertakingdepartment Our Undertaking Department is complete. We carry the best stock to be found in the county, Metalic, Draped, Walnut and White Caskets, all sizes and prices. Nice stock of Burial Robes. No charge for Hearse. C. 0. SEARS, Opposite Court House.

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