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Show !A TAX COMPARISON. THE "REFORM" MILLS BILL AND THE M'KINLEY BILL Einiire of the "Kufnrmnr" Who Tulka About McKlnley "Tuxes" Tlilnci Thiit h Are "Tiixiul" Jiore in Ilia Mill. I'.ill Than In the Mckinley llill. V: The "reform" demaKoRue stands lx- I fore an Hs.seinbla'e of farmers and, with contorted features, holds up the ".Mc-Kinley ".Mc-Kinley tases" on cotton clotli 11s convincing con-vincing proof of hw lm,Hy our tariff needs "reiormiii:,'." "Plain unbleached cotton cloth, not exceeding fifty threads to the siprnv iticli, vahvil at l cents a j ard, bears a 'lax' equivalent to ai per eent.," 1il shouts, 'if valued alxive 0) c;;tits it pays a Ua:;' of 3.) p"rcent." i Then lin proceeds to figure up the nv.m- j berof yards of this cloth used byawork- I Insman's fa'iit'yia a single year, coin- I put'.s the t-i:;vs 011 it, and ends with an j Hiipeal to ti:e vW rs present to send "re- form.Ts" only to congress, so that this terrible "l 1 .11: lerini;" of the poor may '! be briiiuflit to a speedy end. In all prob ibility there will be many ff.aoli'-! the "lvioniier's" auilience w!io j have not ha 1 time to look into tiie nrit- I ter, niid m;i su .;i Clin;,' that one with I thf hi.,-a .h'MmIih titlj of "reformer" ii could deceive, ,es home determined I to vote next time for 'he "ref. inn'' can- I ilidate. V;:t if tlicie p-rsoiis would I foiujiare th; "taxes" of the McUinloy I bill on 'otton clo!a wiiU those which 1 k the "reformer" tried to 1 vyon the sumo cla.-s of good wlr-a he w is in ceifvul of the house of repiv:H'ut,'iVes u c. ,;i;,V of years ago, with the privilege i: i' : a-iii a-iii a tarilf bill to suit his own ssveet, v'i!, they would probaoly bu a lililo Bur.r..'d to liuil how tlieir c!.jneiit "reioriiier" dealt with thee very items. C'ci:'r:rnrr the "ta.vs" of the .McKinley bid and of ;!,. Mills they would find thein to be as fulkiwi: "Tiixch" "7:ics" iu I.l-Viel! by 'l!l'l'nr,l"V .-" Kc.tey. Mills Kill. Cnltdn rlna c"t ex- i t r I ;:IU. I'l rO'lit. cpeiliiis' im; Li ial ::L iul u.U I I'.iv ii..;:e in ..e ,.. ,1. i,-; liiu v.al'i nll'.l llll-i... llll-i... . X.'r' h'ru :.-.), .lu.!, -el. .1-1, ..ir.ili.-L 1 ::!,.t. it or 1 rlitl. il, n;sl ,i! . 'il at 11 1 I ii"V I.1.. ; er ( 'j;.,;.'- j ;..::.! St 40 V:.!;:c I ;u everll'-'J. 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Iter si'l:::-o vn-.i...' a V;:i;:td at over li.V'. . k r :-.!)!! ,;v yav.l 35 i) oft h iH-r Miiuro yard 3 40 ' VahiCil at nvcr Ik-, per mpiart? yard 40 I)y(d,rilnn'd. f tainod, jiaiitlrd and printi'ii, and valued at not over 1:.V. ikt sinni'o yard 33 40 Valued at over I-c.pcr squuru yurd 40 So when he pictures) the grinding "taxes" upon cordage, his auditors ought to have copies of the two bills with them so they could make the following fol-lowing comparison: Manila rallies snd enriliiKe, nnttirreii. ., 13 25 Hemp eahles luulcnrd- nee, unlarred 19 25 Oilier cullies and cord- nirc, unlarred U 25 liimliai: twine of istle, Tanii.ien liljer, sisal (fnirt or sunn (J 15 Iliiiiling twine of nrn- nila 3 25 Also when hetalksabout "taxed'' gunpowder gun-powder tho two bills should be agaiu compared: tiiinimwdcr and all e;ilosivo subsiiiarea used fur mir.iiiK, l)Iait artillery or siorU iiHt purposes: Valued at 20 cpnts or less, per pouuil.a...., 31 37 Valued abovo 3) coma or less, per pound.... 7 ? The "reformer's" listeners should also noto that numlx'rless items in the two bills show similar results, as for instance: in-stance: .Silo leather 10 15 Hunts and shoes of leather 25 30 l'lush fur liiiikinn hats 10 15 Oil or essence of bay rum 25 44 Oil of tiny leaves 25 .V Iodoform, 41 iii Chloroform 21 4S In order that the "reformer'' may not bo ablo to deny these figures and to charge them to the "depraved garbling propensity of the hirelings of monopoly" a convenient offhand expression with which he often brushes weighty facta . aside inform him that they are given on the authority of that well known "reformer," "re-former," Mr. J. Alexander Lindquist, of the Reform club. We do not vouch for their accuracy, bnt from the "reformer's" "reform-er's" stiindpoint they aro absolutely unassailable. un-assailable. We have by no means exhausted ex-hausted the list. In the metal schedule alone thero ure forty similar instances and many tnoro in other schedules. We do not adduce these comparisons as evidence evi-dence either for or against either measure. meas-ure. They are simply produced to show the insincerity of the "reformer" when he talks about "taies." |