The Lincoln County herald., 1869-11-18

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| This ha question 10 which the people
Of IL Wsstsro bsemisg materially inter.
esled. We saks,tbs. following from The
Missouri Republican: ...-.
Already those who are the authors Of
and responsible for the montsrous pro.
tsc,ivs tariff oppression which the people
Of this country patirnsly labor usdsr,
like Issacher, the stsosg 90, bexing down
between Two burdens, ore ouHningiy On.
dsavoring to divert the rsisins ne trade
movement ieto something eiss thsa M
trade. "IitiR reform" 10 their nilk
and water dogna, and they give - daily
homiliss about the great need Of reform.
Ing our tariff schedule. 90 -, hewsvsr, u
ieave large share Of its oppression still
on the people, and q largo share Of In
unjust profits still flowing IN their pock.
sts. They would take oif the salt tax,
because the people will not submit 10 Il
longer. They would reduce (not renoss)
the tax On imported iron, eccsuss The
West consumes On immense quantity Of
iron, and is growing alsrmingly rest,ve
under the exorbitant tax it ID made 70
pay on Il. They would remove The tax
on imported ship. builing lnaterials, for
their own benefit; they have protected
American manufacturers ofship. building
materials, ill American chip building
itself has nearly gone out Of existence,
and as they exempted New England Ash.
ermen from the salt tax imposed on
every ybody else. 90 they would, - . sps-
cial favor TO New England ship builders
remove the tax on the materials they 70.
quiro. A reduction Of duties on imported
woolen goods used BY the masses would
end the work, and the adroit reformers
would give to the people their tinkered
schedule Of 'tariif reform" and ask them
to accept 1t with the profound gratitude
which great boon should inspire.
But the people do no such thing.
They demand bread, and they will not
accept stone with . treaehorous and de.
ceptivs crust around u. Itis not "tari8
reform" they are after /; Il 10 free trade
not, indeed, the absolute free trade
which dsprives ~ Of the facile aud simple
method Of collecting . large amount Of
the revenue in the shape Of import duties
received through custom houses-but
. substantial, practical free trade, which
shall erase from The customs schedule oil
taxes levied on the millions Of consuming
masses, for the especial benefit Of few
scores or hundreds Of wealthy manufae-
lures, and which shall consign to the
limbo Of explored humbugs the dogma Of
projection to American manufacturer,
which has been made to mean, simply,
protection to New England mill owners
and wood. d.screw makers, and Syracuse salt
manufactures.
We owo too large debt. and need too
large an annual revenue to pay the inter.
est on il, at present, and the principal Of
il 10 the future, TO abolish our custom.
house, and adopt absolute free trade
that is. to admit all foreign goods abso.
lusely free of duty. Such a thing would DO
manifestly unjust; for We are compelled
to tax the products Of our own industry ;
anu to exempt the products Of forcing
industry while We tax our own, would re-
ally be to protect foreign msnu:acures.
All articles mado at home that arc taxed,
must be taxed when imported from
abroad. If We levy an excise on Amer.
ican iron, or on the materials and pro.
cesscs that enter into the manufacture Of
iron, We must levy . customs duty on
foreign iron fully equal to the sum
of these excises, 90 as to make the
competition fair aud equal; and, indeed,
as nearly all things We make and consume
in this country are taxed, either iu them
selves or in the Ingredients which entel
into them, We ought to tax all equivaleu1
articles coming from abroad to an equa
amount. This would be free trade, sut
equal trade, and totally different thiuf
from the prohibitory tar6 system which
enriches New England, and impoverishe
the West and South, and which th'
Republican party has imposed on th'
country as part and parcel Of ito eiah
years reign. This oppressive and unjus
! : system annually extorts from the peopl
enough money to pay the interest on tn
0 national debt, and to form sinking fun
{ for tho ultimate extinguishment o
Q the principal-for it taxea from 10
= 100 per cent. nearly every article tha
our thirty five millions Of population 60,
drink, wear or in any way use and con
sumo. And this tax does not 60 into th
J. national treasury. Not At oil. Only th
b tax collected from foreign articles goe
. into the pockets Of our own manufatu
% rsrs 10 the shape Of increased price
% added to their goods.
q No half way reduction Of the tariff,
y y no called > "tarif REFORM" will cure tn
u disorder. A thorough aud effeotual on
,, ting down, giving 10 . system Of fsubstal
y y tlal free trade, and leaving only . sti
y tariff on imported foreign luxuries,
% needed to do tho businsss-aud this Y
. believe the temper Of the people d.
> mands.
~ In this connection tho 81. Louis Di
patch remarks:
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