Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1884 — Reducing the Tariff, [ARTICLE]

Reducing the Tariff,

Indianapolis joarmfl. When the last reduction was made in the tariff, it was thought that the receipts from internal revenue, customs, etc., would be less by about $34,750,000 during the current year, whereas the falling off, estimating the last quarter by the first three, will be but $24,000,000. But there is more in these figures than appears in the total. Tho Recline in custom receipts lor the first three quarters was as follows: $7,500,000, $0,250,000 and $3,000,000 respectively, showing a steady aud marked decrease. Thht is, during the first three months the receipts were $7,500,000 less than under the oldr.it os. During the second three months the falling off was but $5,200,000, while during the three months last,past tho receipts came within $1,000,000 monthly of the old receipts. Hence it will not be long until the nation's receipts will equal those before the reduction in rates was made Free-traders argue from this that taxation is still too high, and that, we shall dispose of our public debt too rapidly. The secret of this steady increase from customs is very simple, too simple to mistify anybody. The gov-

eminent has reduced import duties and tradesmen havefbe«n buying more freely abroad; That id' aIL Under the operation of a reduced tariff, dealers have increased their orders to foreign lirms, and to that amount taken employment from American men and mills, ahd given it to those indSngland, Germany and Franco. The tariff was entirely removed from quinine, and win!' not materially reducing the price, has 'resulted id ihe grc;-. firm of Powers and Vv'c g'..tnia:i t -ctsio. rlbg tho mamifa •ture bi v.-.is drag :j.\nn Fhiladel* pld.vt > d'lu . .i.a. (5 "'. any. lu other word*, •he laborers of Ma'ineim have u ,d«rb : d Amodpan , wo; k.n.'O, just as tU- rii • 1 operand s of England would ui) luraid us were the tar if >wjpt ‘.way. Rairoadt and other c-rporuions, who-esalc dea’ors an 1 m raufa-iurers, do nokengiige in btishicss just tor fan. The tho? a - e .fide to buy eftcapar in Engl nd or clsswme than i.i tho Uuiod sfites they will buy them, to the evident disadvantage of American workingmen. ’Every dol ar sent to England for goods made by English artistes is a dollar taken iron tho industries that era ploy, American meejfkates. The Midi? relit’ed abovp show' that .the redaction in tariff rates has resulted in hcnvl y iiiC!vas»*ti orders for imported g > els. If thistdous not m.ao more Work for ininsatiintje mechanics and cotrcs- I pondingly less for Amerieau workiagmen, it means nothing. And moaning that, the laboring men who,eat American bread and pay taxes will hesitate long before increasing the trouble by indorsing a further*reduction in tariff ratw. m ,