Show m 1 I THE mm is 13 A TIT TAT our oar opponent across the block is hippy even through the dark cloud of public censure ce which arose owing to the proposal of the ilia party administration to tax students attending atten aing cling in in Pro provo voit it imagines imagine i it sees a ray or of light it says THE ENQUIRER has baw tt aglae edca one question in favor of democratic arguments so far as aa it is concerned con cerneil and I 1 that hat is 13 that the llie consumer paya pay the tax this assertion aaser sas tion was first made to detract attention from the nuin main question that of taxing students and hence we wa did not at first notice it but aa the assertion is 13 being repeated with such evident glee we have thought best tu reply to it there are two kinds of tariffs bev aed a protective and a free trade tariff the former is imposed on such class of imports as can be made in this country for example nails calicoes cali coes and tin tinplate plate tha free trade tariff or the tariff for revenue only which is the same thing is 13 levied on goods the like of which cannot be produced in america for example coffea tea and sao sago when a protective tariff is levied oar people begin making the article themselves because it gives thema them a chance to joepete with the cheap labor of foreign countries conn tries soon the market demand can ba supplied at home then when alop the foro foreigner igner wants to sell in our market be has to leduca his price the amount of the tariff in order to gt get beyond our ports and compete with home production A free trade tariff however ho waver does not build up any home industries but leaves the consumer wholly at a t the mercy of the foreigner england taxes tea and coffee and last year the english people paid in 12 duties on these staples something 0 like fifty million dollars the foreigners foro do not have to pay this frea trade duty doty because they know their sales are sure people must hayo bato tea and coffee no matter what the ux tx the ze that in the case of vach bach articles artices the consumer pays the tariff tax and hence they have put sugar tea coffee and all staple articles which cannot be produced in the united states on the free list democrats true to their free trado trade proclivities objected to having the tariff on sugar removed haying thus shown the between the two systems of tariff y t are the better prepared prepare 4 to ff abe license icente h propose sheeting from all in provo prova who board five or more students the reader can readily see that it is eim ilar to a freo free trade tariff it creates no class of competition which is free from the license and to which th the 0 students can go for relief but like the free trade dut duty y it leaves the consumer to pay the tax or quit boarding in provo if a mau man will drink taxed coffee he must pay the duty levied provo democrats democrat s belle belie ve re m i a a license for revenue only the same as nationally all democrat believe in a tariff for revenue only when it comes home and we have a practical illustration ff of how taxation I 1 works everybody can gaea it |