The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-22
very source of taxation, and the people

every source of taxation, and the peopl
also.
We should abolish these schemes, ant
return to the old constitutional FORMS o
selfgovenment The world is governed to,
much, and a meddlesome government, O
what is sometimes called parental one, is
of all others. the most intOlerable. Itmus
tell us what to eat and drink and wear, anC
fix the prices to suit favored classes.
1t declares the religion we must support,
| and what schools we may have In short
it undertakes to be Jack of all trades, "
and is sure to fail in all.
Our rulers will best promote the inter
ests Of the people, by study con6ning them
selves to their own legitimate duties; by
leaving capital to find its most lucrative
course. cpmmOdates then fair price, indus.
try and intelligence their national reward
indleness and folly then national punish
mcnt; by maintaining peace, by defending
person, liberty, and property, and by Obser-
Ylng strict economy in every department
Of State. Let the government do thlS-thc
people will assuredly do the rest.
There Is another matter OF Importance,
especially to the laboring and business men
of the West, which they should not tail to
investigate and pass upon.
The Radical party in Congress, controlled
by sumner Stevens & Co., appear deter
mined to build up the Fast at the expense
OF the West, and by preventing the accu-
mutation of the wealth in the West, dimin-
ish their power and influence insthe coun-
try. 1t they cannot tax and stamp us to
death, If they thus fail in taking our hard
earnings they are determined to beStow
the balance upon the Manufacturers and
speculators Of New England, and the iron
Masters of Pennsylvania. They will do this
under tariff Bureau, and render it plauji-
'ble by calling it protection to home indus
try"
These gentlemen, under the existing
tariff, have been declaring dividends Of
from 20 to 100 per cent, clear of all eXpen'
ses, government tax and all. While you III
your business Of farming, Wool growing,
merchandising &c, think you do well il
you can clear from six to ten per cent. Ii
you do this, it can only be done by strics
attention to business, and strict economy. -
Now, the western men, knowing thata large
revenue must be raised, at least for a mum
ber of years, desired to have the tariff so
adjusted, that, while raising this large rcve
nue., it would equalize as nearly as practi
BILE, the various interests of the country
without itcrensing the burdens upon the
consumer. This demand appeared so rea
sonable tat no one would directly and openly
oppose it. That the wool growing interest
of the country was suffering by the present
class legislation, discriminating in favor of
the manufacturer and against ii, all were
willing to almit.
But when you come to the point Of max
.nr, tI,,, lilo adj Iyo find thp
manufacturer, while cnSenting to very
trihing increase upon WOOL demanding, and
indeed securing, so far as the committee OF
Ways AMI Means was concerned an increase
of the tariff in his own favor, of from 30 tC
100 per cont. They very well know that
the people would not submit to such al
enormous outrage, and this was their par
to defeat the wool grower ami the Westerr
interests, without openly opposing them,
and thus continue to declare their nice lit
tie dividends of 100 per cent Why, gentle
men, suppose the already, high price of all
manufactured articles you consume, be in
creased forty or fifty per cent, how will you
live? The West by its we'll known onter-
prise, industry AMI economy, would soon
grow rich, if let alone. But these eastern
gentlemen, under the pretencc of protecting
"home industry" must have the govern
mcnt intertcred against you in their behalf,
and take from you ten per cent. and add to
their fast increasing pile of one hundred;
and this l suppose is equalizing the balance
Of trade. But where will your balance be, If
this robbery, for it is no less continues
You can never satisfy these cormorants. -
The tariff was adjusted in 1861, again for
Temporary purposes" aswas said, in 1864;
and now, in 1866, changers proposed Let
us take some single article wooden goods for
instance. In 1861 the tariff was twelve per
poun and twenty-five per cent. al rdtOrem.
In 1864, it was increased to twenty-four
cents per pound, and forty per cent dd-
valorem and now 1866, they deman fifty
cents per pound and thirty five per cent ut
uaiorem. And so it goes, you can never
stop their cry. 1t is only to be temporary
during infancy" How long, would like
to know, are they to remain Sin swaddling
clothes, mnling and puking in their nurses
arms" Uncle Sam is the nurse and the
people must loot the bill. Gentlemen what
say you? Hal they MT bette be weaned?
But it is said by the manufacturers, pro
tect our business, build Us up, make, us
rich, and We will return you an hundred
fold. We will then b. able to pay high
wages for labor, h gh prices for wool, and
every thing we need. We will then be the
great fountain from which the whole land
will be nourished and blessed. What
humbuggery DO we iinl that the rich pay
better wages or prices than the men in
moderate circumstances? No, he goes on
the common sense principle of buying for
as little as he can, and selling for as much
as he can. IF you derenl upon his gener-
Gus bounty to work you rich you will surely
die poor.
But it is claimed that although they arc
making large gains and get high prices, that
the wool grower, at least, has no right to
complain, because he now gets more for his
wool than he did five yeas ago, and shares
the benefits with him.
Is this 81? We all know it is not. Why
the proposed tariff woull only increase, by
trife, the duty on wool and on most of
it no increase at ALL And their first object
was to delay this bill AMI prevent its taking
effect until the clip of this year was bought
up, and they succeeded; and finally by stuff
ing the bill with monsrosities, they succeed
ed in defeating it altogether.
You can deal with these fellows at pres
cnt, without their taking the lions share. -
Now take for insta, ce, the article OF nails,
and in order to Sc, how VIC keep pace with
them we will trade. A few years ago, one
pound Of wool would get sixteen pounds Of
nails, now it will get seven. AMI so with
hundreds of other articles that might be
mentioned. While nails are about three
times the old price, wool is nearly the same.
This is protection to 'home industry. Now
if the tariff is not increased on nails Thad.
Stevens will ours us worse than he did the
poor negro in the gallery at the caucus the
other day.
This is unju-t and unfair and must be
changed. BY such proposed tariff of
prohibition, the revenue will be diminished
but the deficiency must be raised. And
how? BY increased taxation on our already
overburdencd and exhausted people. =,