Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-08-05

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tariff of 1912, and the present bill, ant
the views and objects Of the two parties
TARIFF COMPROMISE.
= The pro tectionists insist, that there
, should be compromise on the subject o
the tariff One party among US claims
that the people should be taxed for the sake
Of building up particular branches Of in
dustry. Another party proclaims taxation
with such un object 10 be unjust in itself
and unknown 10 our constitution, and as.
serls that taxes should be laid honestly and
bona tide with the intention to raise re-
venue.
This being the state of opinion among
us, we insist that tho proposed tariff bill is
a compromise, and liberal compromise,
offered by the friends of free trade to the
friends of protection.
This bill assumes in the first place that
the government is to be sustained bv taxes
laid exclusively on imports No tax at all
is laid directly on any article of American
manufac'ure. On the contrary, under the
present bill, every such article is in fact
protected by tax on its foreign compel-
tor. Here is plainly an element Of com
promise in favor OF the proiectionists.
But in the second pIacei In the wide
range OF the bill, from 5 per cent. 10 100
per cent, taxation, almost every diScrimi.
nation is directly and cogentIy in favor Of
American manufactures, a tariff upon m
ports being Arrays in so far protection to
/ home manufactures, even If it be a horl.
zontal tariff, One would say this IS
very fair mpromise-especial where
the parties fail to agree upon the funda-
mental principles, constitutional and eco
nomical, on which the compromise is
based.
Yet this tax bill, is denounced on the
ground that compromise is wanted by the
friends Of protection!
This is the burden of Mr.. Websters
charge against the bill, He said. two or
three days ago:
"Mr. President it cannot and ought not
to be concealed that there has been and
there is in all parts Of the country, strong
desire that this tariff subject should be SCI.
tied upon some permanent priRciple or
means of justice, so that 10 should not be |
agitated as often as ne,o election occurs
/ belieUe that honorable and honest men of
both parties, eperylrhere, irish this 10 be
the case. ! may say there have been ex
pectations entertained by others as well
as myself, by leading gentlemen belonging
10 the ranks Of the majority here, who are .
endeavoring to deal with this subject in a
statesmanlike manner, rho desire 10 modi. |
fg and accommodate this great subject or
branch Of our legislation so as to estab.
Iish 1t upon such grounds as it can stand
upon with advantage to the country"
MIR. Evans followed up this declaration
with some remarks, which go to show what
kind of compromise the friends of pro.
lection demand. Mr.. Evans said:
ale concurred fully in the opinion ex-
pressed this morning by the honorable
senator from Massachusetts, that the bin
,odS radically rCroag in principle; that il
was so detective as to render il almost i'm.
possible to build anything upon it. II il
passed at all, therefore, he supposed it
would pass in its present shape He would
60 for no attempts to patch up that which
he thought could not be patched beneficial
ly for the interests of the country. The
bill would have 10 take an entirely neB
shape before he could give it his support"
Here we have the nature of the compro-
mise sought for very clearly stated 1t
must consist 10 "an entire change" of the
presen, bill Il must be The introduction
OF wholly "Hep principle" into the mea.
sure. And 1t is hinied broadly enough
that the principle introduced must be tho
Of specific duties, in place Of ad
Give the proiectionists a duty which
shall have no reference whatever 10 the
value OF the article taxed--whch shall
lax the cheap article just as much as the
costly one-which shall levy the same tax
on the pound Of China silk, which costs
S3, as on the pound Of figured French silk
lace, which costs $30--which laws This
absurd tax, in such manner that the con.
'umer OF such an article can never know
row much no pays in the shape oftaxes--
which thus opens a door to every concei. !
fable abuse of taxation, and which. in ,
act, gives, in its ln,est application in the /
aw Of 1912, more than ono tremendous
ns'apce of such abuse; give the protec.
ionlsts such law as this would be, and !
hen, especially if you will sprinkle over 5
m'afmno'S with a liberal hand, they will
ouchsale TO accept it as a very salisfac. :
cry compromise But until bill is so
ramed, It is too bad, in their view to be d
wen susceptible OF amendment. To at. d
empl to improve such thing as the pre- Il
en' b'll, Is labor thrown away. And the Il
eason urged against such hopeless M. r.
empt is, tOrsoolh nathan ,,, -, =