Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-03-18

, der different circumstances. seetned
to be, and probably was,the best for
our country, viz. protection.
/ Having expressed an opposite op-
inion pow,the question often comes,
ARE you going to join the copper
heads 2 / answer, emphatically, no
| The record of the leaders of that
!. party made since 1861, is yet too
green, and fresh, to be matters OF
Free Trade, it rather needs pro
trection.' Not voice in that party,
nor a pen, has, as yet, that I have
heard or seen, been raised in favor
Of Free Trade VS. Protection On
the contrary the platform on which
Seymour ran for President against
Grant covered a revenue tariff with
'.incidental Protection" I stand
with the great Republican party OF
Indiana, which, in Its convention, a
few days since, declared in favor of
q strictly Revenue Tariff! So will,
very soon, every important Repub-
ican convention in the land, for the
Republican party is the party of
progress and reform, the destiny of
the United States is in its hands,
and it must and will be true to the
great interests connected withAmer-
ican labor. s...-
. When we advocate "Free Trade
ws do not oppose broadly, Tariff,
we only oppose the protective feat
ure of a Tariff, and yet if revenue
could be raised cheaper and more
easily some other way, then, with
pleasure; and earnestly, would We
oppose tariff in any and every
shape. But we do not believe there
is any easier mode Of raising reven-
sue for governmental expenses.
.% What does tariff mean ? 1t simply
means tax, when, for Revenue, merely,
% price added to imported goods,
above the cost Of producing the
same, which must be paid, before
they can be sold for consumption, to
the government levying that tax,
which tax is then used to defray the
running expenses of the governmen,
Imposing it. Not only the tax paid
on the goods, but also a profit on
the money necessary to pay it, are
then added to the cost of product
ion, all of which, with subsequent
profits, must be paid by the consum-
er. It is no more nor no less than
a tax which the people, the whole
people, must pay for government.
Against this no man will complain,
because the government gets this
amount, less cost of collection, with
certainty. Yet, whatever that tax
may be the consumer pays it.
Protection, ito American indus
try means different thing alto
gether! To protect American in
dustry,a higher rate of tax is impos-
ed upon certain articles, the compo-
Enent parts Of which, in natures store
house, are abundant and cheap; or
else of a character considered as
luxuries. On such, sometimes, as
now, very heavy tax is imposed !;
and 10 this policy it is that we stand
opposed, with the exception of the
luxury part.
& If the God of nature and wisdom,
has filled His great store house with
plenty for the wants Of his children
why place heavy tax upon it in ia
yor Of few of those children ? Why
not let the benefit be equal? Why
.burthen our Fathers bounties, as
they are stored away for the COM
mon good, with onerous duties or
taxes, for the benefit of class !?
Taxation is always oppressive. It
means just so much hard work, in
one e,for nothing. It is through
a protective tariff the rigid rule Of
master and slave continued, the slave
does the labor, but the master reaps
the reward. If little protection
is SO very good, would not great
deal be much better? It is only for
the result of taxation, peace, order,-
safety, that humanity hears it at all,
and, therefore, any tax, as far as is
possible, should be for the benefit of
all.
4 Now no thinking man will deny
the fact that protection means that
the price of an article shall be aug
mented to the exact amount of the
tax imposed, we mean in cost of its
productien. Benefits, therefore, to
The purchaser or consumer-of such
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