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The Beauties Of Protection

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
July
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
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The New York jExprtw present? tlie taxpayers of the country with theee figures, which every one of tbem will do well to examine earefully, in order that he nnv the bitter uuderstiud the sytem of rasoality whicb the Radicáis iosist upon iiiaking him support. Thcy are taken frona oiüeial sources, and are entirely correct : Articlcs. Whole tax. Rec'd by Priv.it? goveruran't b Pig ron f19,620,000 1 .520,000 $ls,cno,liOfl Salt.-, . ' 2,744,000 I ■■■■ 1 1,000 10 ■ Cloaks 20,000,000 20, Total ] .11,000 Here it will be seen thnt the people wlio consume imn, salt, blankets and nloaks liavs paid in bnunties through the protective poliey to the niauufaeturer- of thrso articlea nearly ff!y om millions of dolars in the last year. Tbey have tzn Jlfty-three and a half mtllions in taxes, and onlj two millions peven hundreil and fifty-six tboiipancl dollars of the wholo gum nrs gone into the treasury of t!:e nntion. Tha balance has gone into the poekets of private companies. Tbe poople have paid over fifty mÜlions of dollars in tnxes, within the last year, for the benefit of those cojïaged in four diiïerent branches oí bnsinos. - (he innnufacture of pig-iron, salt, blankets nnd donk. The otber industrial interestg of the country hnve beon reqaircd, throujih the influence of Kadical laws, to pay over fifty millicma to enhance tbe profits of tbepe foir intcrests. And this is what Kadioalisui calis protectiog "home induatry." It is robbing the masses for the benefit of the few. It is taxinor labor for the benefit of capital - adding to tho burdons of the poor and increasing the wonltb of the rich. Wneti the tax-payers come to do their roting this f ii 1 1 , it will be wc'.l for them to undrrstaml how the candidatcs lor Congrees intend to aet in regard to the continuante of this system of anwarranted nnd unjnst tazation, nnd voto agaÍDst those who favor

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Old News
Michigan Argus