Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — A DISASTROUS TARIFE. [ARTICLE]

A DISASTROUS TARIFE.

The R.T«nui:.U«4royia: Muk.-niri n| tuo Democrats, ■lt is at last possible to set nie be and com rare some of the resn: t s of thr tariff lego-lnlnm -nl-ISU4 v. .tb ... ~ the law it superseded. Titl- " 'Kir- — \\ asliirginii i,uTe7Tu7 ami Aerial ineii ; with COTisixferai;le t liorong -in ,;n, us we believe, with accuiaev in. lev itw' covers a period ol tv. u rs lbs Just I ~ .uuntJ.ii id Hie larr-s' oH.isiib aiTtt-tftc first i-i monthi ot tire, f j irting law. •‘T , o~7T<iiicenffrxrrtTCrt^i.., o- | ,lr.u.a>'l~ll?r | ... . . csTgraSoUr.w -iW'ifiTiiuS ! Im iTs api Lo: sio ihe 'act of I'v'H; ur.il if ~KfijtetH'S to be-kwoly i n mM-alo; ann-iid- - liiCllt. I.J-j_e frce.ti a.Jers assei l.Jiini [s-is-iff- the in Iwiieve. linri "(frr tariff' is a tax" upoi. coiiiiumpvi'uut iXEOyrj i,l in.ported articles, but tilsiy of articles of donpesrie maniifaetiii'e. l.i "flilß bs.a fact, it lippears that the people, of the United Amies are ni<»re„liein..iivv,— taxed tinder the law ol IST .Thai it he \ were under the and."pdj- - orts-' act of ltJJU.—Theaverage e.tDoiiiit "or per cu'pita"“tariff' tilxat totl'TisiTfrdi:i .i:i.k7 in 1«!<4 toin IMIS —;tn increase ol 40 cents—or more than 21 percent. The average rate of (1 nty on all impona tions was higher in 181)5 than in 1894. and the average on dutiable importations was less than four per cent, lower in 1895 than in 1894. Moreover, as the careful analysis of imports belonging to tlHT"several classes clearly shows tlie burdens of "tariff taxation” uc moie ttnetpiatly and inequitablv listribu.ted under the tariff of 1894 than they were under-the iaw of 1890. Despi-te ihc increase of "tariff ta_xa-_ non.” theTiew law tias failed to yieiti ■uflieient revenue for the support oft he --ovei-iinieiit7Tind it is ~ -very hand -that—oue,,.oJ two. tilings .s .ne v i labji; an incvenii.e—of—Taxftioft her 1 'bistK'-'Tf}™ niUVesi.earing bonds. The Situation would not be qtiile so perplexing' ant! mrsfms — avtory, pei lnips, so far as the goiei nnient is concerned, if the tribute which ,rhe law enables the sugar trust to levy wind collect from consumers could be turned into the national treasury. We firmly believe that every honest.— intelligent Than who sbul] carefully study the results of the last year under the tariffof 1890 and the first year under the new tariff and compare them wiil be inesistibly forced to the conclusion that, tile iegisiat.ion'of 1894 has been as disastrous in its effects upioii the country as it was crude, ignorant, incon-., sistent and 'dishonest in its fmining' araf ■ enactment. In the light of a year's experience the act of August 28, l«9i. \vhicli I’resident - C 1 evieiaisd failed furmall.v to appiove, licit wliich he lacked tiie courage to veto, appears worsemuch worst—iii ewery respect thaji it dui when he denounced it as an act of ■ •“party perfidy and party dishonor.” — N. \ . Tribune,