THE TARIFF.
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The Washington Union. says. That Mr. Secre
tary Walker, is devo,ing his whole rnergies TO The
Tariff question. and Nr. Walker in a le,tsr to the
editor of the Mississippi ian. employs the follow
ing emphatic language: ":he Tariff. 1t must be rr
duccd to the revenue standard" So say e.
This Tariff of 1912 is too unequal = 'tsc''' too
oppressive on some interest; ''' ~ o'htfs
-'o' ~ '",o''o'' Y ne following extract from ,Lc
p'orer Gf3st wall show our readers i,s work;nos
I "Diriaens rich bm not rare.--Tbe Noshna , nd
jackson manufacturing corporations have o,rb
declared seml.annuaI dividend of ten per cent
and the Appleton and Hamilton n semi.annu,I
dividend OF SIX per cent each. The Fnstern
RaIlroad has declared n seIui.annuaI di,id.nd or
four per cent.


VIII any OF our planters. tell US how mucb
per cent he is making on his investments in land,
negroes and plantation fixtures. Is there one tb,,
Is making his ten per cent every six months. or
ms twenty per cent per annurr. We opine tim,
lew planters clear six per cent on their in,rs,.
mrnt. indeed we are told, that very few mn okes ,s
much as four per cent. Has the Tariff oC 1919
then been benefit to ,heml Let their dimin;,h.
ed and daily diminishing profits answer that oue,.
ton. f''''