| Show SPECIFIC specify IC DUTIES FAVORITE DEVICE OF protection TO CHEAT THE PEOPLE till tho nam c tariq rill 1111 should lie rallied on all ai va valoree valorem katics Iati It itic cs as al wua waa tile malker Tariff for of isto 11 Io iture nasd lloud birtler on caples atiat nac lina e stood the alio tent teat of abue the hon william TM springer in an article in the north american leviev for february points out the merits of tho the walker tariff of 1810 a measure based bascil upon principles that have lave stood tho the test of time ile he quotes the bis fundamental principles of this measure and sho shows avs that they all aro are now good democratic doctrine ile he therefore things that the tha new tariff bul bill should be based upon tile the wilmer tariff he Re quotes statistics to the wonderful gron crowth th of all industries from froin IKO 1830 to lyco IKO this awl and the free tradel trade tariff of 1857 the distinguishing feature of tho walker tariff was that it contained only ad valorem valoree duties dubics mr springer sees clearly the need of adopting this idea in the forthcoming tariff banff bill iio he says saya the tha most important of all tile tho propositions is that all specific duties should I bo be abolished and ad valorem valoree duties substituted in their place that rulo rule was vas adhered to in the walker tariff which does riot not contain ono one item which imposed a I 1 specific duty or a duty levied upon tho the pound or quantity but tho dut was always imposed upon the article according to its value this is tho the distinctive feature of the walker tariff is as compared with all the other tariff laws passed in this country in view of the early revision of the t tariff a riff laws of this country special consideration should lie be given to the fifth proposition laid down by mr walker namely that all specific duties should be abolished and ad valorem valoree duties substituted in their place mr walker in his report to congress in 1 as 04 IJ 3 demonstrated clearly that the operation of specific duties discriminates against the poor and in favor of the rih rich ho he said abat indirect taxes were made specific they would be intolerable thus said lie he if an annual tax fax of 30 v was as assessed on all honz without respect to their actual value making the owner of the humble tenement or cabin pay a tax of za and the om oner ner of a costly mansion a tax of lint but 30 on their respective houses it would differ only in a degree but not in principle from tl alio same OSame unvarying duty on oil cheap as on oa fine articles lie he held that if any discrimination should be made it should lie be the reverse of the specific duty lie ile further said mid the tax upon the actual value is the most equal and can call only tie be accomplished by ad Ta valoree valorem lorein duties sir mr springer then shows that dundei the mckinley McKinle y act woolen out shawls Is imported in 1892 paid an average duty of per cent while champa champagne gme paid but 57 per cent thus he ha says by the device of specific duties as embraced in the mckinley act champagne the greatest cof luxuries pays less than halt half tile the rate according to its value which is imposed upon the cheap woolen shawls which the poor women of the country must wear to protect them from the chilling blasts ot of winter no such rates as these could live have avei been passed in a tariff bul bill which pro vided aided upon its face for ad valorem valoree rates they are only possible by a combination of ad valorem valoree and specific duties or by specific duties alone the actual amount of the tax tas as compared with the value of the article upon which it is placed is ia conce concealed aleL the mckinley act is a combination of such cunningly devised rates to construct a bill of that sand land requires extraordinary skill and utter disregard of all principles of justice and even ov ri of common honesty tho the mckinley act contains words the walker act contained less than i words the injustice and inequalities of the mckinley act are apparent at a glauce glance when the rates ire are to actual importations |
