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&j Nob rash a. Indopondcnt
DECEMBER 21 1905
QUEER TARIFF THEORY
SHAW PROCLAIMS LAW CONTRA
DICTED BY FACTS
Protectionists Juggle Figures to De
. ceive the Public Treasury Head
Declares That Importations In
'.crease Under High Duties
The new tariff theory of the pro
tectionists is that, "paradoxical as it
may appear, Importations Increase un
der a high protective tariff and de
crease under low tariffs for revenue."
Absurdity of Claim
That Is the declaration of Secre
tary Shaw In his speech at Youngs
town, O., and may be taken as the
protection law and gospel until anoth
er new theory can be Invented to
prop up the high tariff wall. But If
the, new theory was true, would not
the trusts and combines, which aim
to control thp home market, be clam
oring for a lower tariff? The pro
tection theory has been that the tariff
rates, on .importations should be so
high that It will be unprofitable to
pay -the duty, and thus foreign pro
ducts are prohibited from entering.
The new gospel, according to Shaw,
declares that high tariff increases Im
portation; Why, therefore, do the
protectionists so persistently refuse
to reduce the ' tariff, which, accord
ing to Shaw, would reduce Importa-
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tions and thus give the trusts and
combines a more complete monopoly
of the home market than they now
have? They might even twist the
screw a bit tighter and press out a
long suffering people a few more mil
lions of extra profits.
Unfair Statement
The attempt of Secretary Shaw to
prove this new theory by the decrease
of Imports after the passage of the
tariff bill of 1904 and the Increase of
Imports under the tariff bill of 1897 Is
based on estimated averages of per
capita imports that do not agree .with
the reports of his department and
throw discredit on his whole argu:
ment, but it Is only fair to state what
he says: ' ; ' ,
'"For the four fiscal years prior to
the, operation of the Wilson-Gorman
law, after giving credit for the cessa
tlon In importations between its en
actment and the date on which it
went into effect, we imported for con
sumption an average of f 12.21; per
capita. During the fiscal ; year of
1891 we imported for consumption
$13.38 per capita, while we Imported
only $9.41 per capita during the year
immediately before the lower rate
went into effect. Still the average
was $12.21 for the four years. Dur
ing the next four years, giving credit
for the great Influx of , goods, Immedi
ately following the operation of the
lower rate, and another influx In an
ticipation of the higher rate, we im
ported only $10.81 -per capita, a lss
of over $1 per capita."
What Statistics Show
Now, the facts as published in
the statistical abstract of the United
States are here given with Shaw's
estimates: .
Imports per
capita . year
ending June 30. , Shaw estimates
1893. . $12.73 McKinley act. . . . .$12.21
1894.. 9.41 McKinley act 12.21
1895. 10.61 Wilson-Gorman act 10.81
1890. 10.81 Wilson-Gorman act 10.81
1896.. 11.02 Wilson-Gorman act 10.81
1898.. 8.05 Dingley act. 10.81
1899.. 9.22 Dingley act.no estimate
1900.. 10.88 Dingley act, no estimate
1901.. 10.58 Dingley act, no estimate
It will be noticed that under the
Wilson-Gorman tariff the amount of
imports was steadily increasing, thus
disproving Mr. Shaw's new theory.
The Wilson-Gorman act was received
by President Cleveland August 15,
1894, and, not having been returned to
congress within the time prescribed
by the constitution, It became a law
without his approval August 28, 1894.
Wher-eas Mr. Shaw says the Wilson
Gorman bill went into July 1, 1894.
He also carefully skips giving any
estimate for the years 1899-1901, when
the present Dingley law was failing
to produce the average revenue that
the Wilson-Gorman act did.
Luxuries Taxed Lightly
Secretary Shaw also intentionally
or unintentionally deceived the peo
ple when he claimed that the rich are
paying the tariff taxes on account of
the Increase in the amount of luxuries
imported. The rich pay but a small
proportion of the tariff tax, for under
the schedules many articles the
cheaper goods pay the highest per
centage of duty, and diamonds, for
instance, are on the free 11-?-. and if
cut and polished only pay 20 per cnt,
and pearls only pay 10 per cent ad
valorem. Only the rich or well to do
buy diamonds and pearls, and Hie
tariff tax they pay is Infinitesimal
compared to what the poor pp.; oa
sugar and other necefuiM-H, which are
taxed under this preseit republican
tariff from f0 to 100 per nnt and
evert higher.
EIGHT REBATE INDICTMENTS
First Prosecution as Result of Moody's
Recommendation Started
Philadelphia, Dec. 15. Eight In
dictments ufultiMt shipper, freight
agent and common carrier, chart-1
HER PHYSICIANS DESPAIRED.
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Pc-ru-na, Used as a Last Resort, Cured Her of
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The Sensational Cure of Mrs.
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Mrs. Ida Caldwell, MW Pearl street,
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ing discriminations and rebates, have
been returned by the federal crand
jury.
This is the first direct result of the
circular letter sent by Attorney Gen
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Attorney J. Whittaker Thorcpson di
recting htm to enforce the Rlkins
law.
The Indictments are igalnst the
Great Northern Hallway ?omputij C.
U Campbell of the Great Northern.
I W, Utke of the Mutual Transit
company, Walter, George. Stuart and
Richard Wood, alleged to have been
granted rebates; Paul J. Diver of the
Mutual Transit company, and the Mu
tual Transit company,,
Immunity has been granted to a
number of principals in the transac
tions who gave testimony before the
grand Jury, among whom waa Pretd
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Peruna Almanac for 1906
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Secretary of the Navy Charles J.
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