THE NEW TARIFF

Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8455, 15 June 1896, Page 2

THE NEW TARIFF

I"! all that can be desired—from a Government point of view. It is also all wrong and ill-advised—from an Opposition point of view; and it will be generally conceded that the man lias not yet beta born that cati construct a tariff which will not ppyokq. ridicule from the common or garden qbsgryer. However,something had to bedouei auij. it was only to be after tlie provincial tour of the Coninnssipnen, that it. would be something funny. But it wag really touching to follow the said (,'on> raissioners oij their round, and watch the sublime self-sacrifices offered by the ''sue.' ccssiye suggestors." One man would, come along and say that lie Was "running a factory" (we will say) for the tiuuini of gitrrisli, and wliilo not wishing anything out of the way, would suggest a duty of 350 per cent, ml vat on tinned fish of all kinds..' It is only natural that this should be. followed by another patriot who had a large stock of secoiid:-liand..eotliii.piates, and iu the mire love of his country, atid for thesake of tiro revenue, he Would think it desirable thai a tax of, say, seven shillings an ounce shouldbe put on all this class oHmports. Aiivthini apparently for their, country's' good: -while* one of the main sources «f revenue last yearwas derived from the duty paidotithe: largefind eveMticreiismgahipmeuts bfVaiiity Fair Oigarettes,, w iicli. have steadily made their. > way jut» public favour, v ;■?':■*;