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How The Tariff Reduced The Price O Bunting

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
June
Year
1891
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Public Domain
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Gen. I?. F. Butler, in a apeecb dellver.-(1 in Boston recently, said: All tIm-ourIi the war oi the rebelltan no bunting was made in tliis country. Ii could nol b ■ made; il was mt made. We depended apon Great Brttalm. 'i"ii ■:■(■ was no tariíf on buntlng ÏCept the vcry ordinary lariff of Uiat cSaae oi goode, for another purpose, and we were paylng trom $25 to -''.r for tin' different gradea ol buotilng; and no eoJdiar or sallor tougibri ia tbegreal war ander a yard Ol Anicnk-a.ii buntlnff. AV.-ii, ai the requeel ol the secretary fii ttoe navy, i undertook, wlith gome oí my yodimg frlendfl up In LiOweAl, to haiii ing could be made aere. ïïi' L'ouiud ont Ikiw to make it; sin a ma u over bo EngSaiid to learn; and siai-i-il it wlth 11' Iiioins, aúicl there was e 40 per ceal tarW pul on the biLntidig. Wnal was i b ■ eÉfeci of that? I WOUld not, ii I could have had my ow,n way, had more tlian 10 per Cení put on it. Everybody said: "Oh, General Butler, pul deal o4 tariif on bnntins." I knuv too nrach for 1 1 1 .- 1 : . WÏL-at was the i :'ftvt of that? The tariff was su high that witliin 12 years tbere were 13,000 looms weavUhg buntlng in tlvo United States, and the buntlng now has come down so that Jtbe vt'i'y bost that eau be made on cartli ina.v ! got for sis a ptece, 'nst, -ad oï $80 ii' $85. Aiml so it is with i'vory artlcle. I bear somè peopte say, "Why, the tariff is ahvays aia addition on the prlce." The lab I kiww aibout cotton cloth (for I am not a cotton c'lotli weaver, and Bomebody will correct mo if I am wrong) thii' tarïif was fivc cents a yard on calicó cottons, print cloths as they aiv called; a.ml I cao bny all tho print clotlis in this country for thrce and three-qvK,rter cents, as yon all know. A voxv. - Three cciu.s, three cents, General.

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Ann Arbor Courier