The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-07-22
PROJECTION, WHAT IT MEANS.

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great credit for concessions made !
that direction during the past WINTER
Let us look at them and see for our
selves. How consoling to the poor
families struggling day by day Tor the
neceSSaries of life, to be old that as
bestos and beiladonna, canary seed ana
buchu leaves are on h free list, whist
clothing is left a duty of 10 to l5O per
cent, and salt rs per cent. How
! cheering To- the poor widow ShlNeflnS
with the cold. to know hat roton bark,
litmusand Jeddo gum are put
free list, while the duty on coal Is 81 ID
per ton! ~
To the mechanic. what JOY 1t must
bring to know that turtles, tea plants
and jalap are at last upon the free list,
whilst everytOol he uses, from achl>el
to a trip hammer, is taxed from 10 to
$50 per cent.
How encouraging to the farmer to
know that are only 10 per
cent. in the new tariff. and Lantee cur
rants are ~, and in addition, bone
dust, sauills and ipecac are free. and
. vet every implement he uses from a
rake to a reaper is doubled in price by
the tariff, and through its influence
freights are so increased that it costs as
much to get Il bushel of wheat to mar
ket as it costs to raise it. This. then,
is the feast of fat things to which we
are invited by this blessed free list.
One hundred new items are on the Dill
of fare. The fact is this who'll system
of special legislation. whether in the
State or in the Nation. Is a fearful evll,
and is sappinG the very life blood OF
public men and public morals-like
the devil fish of Victor Hugo, 1t has a
hundred shiny arms, II every arm
: has a hundred greedy suckers, and 1t
is fast gathering into its hideous grasp
all the power of Legislation, and un-
less we can free ourselves quickly the
liberties of this nation will he IA thing
of the past. and III republican insti-
buttons Twill go ~glimnering into the
r things that were."-LPortland Demo-
cratic Era.
r The position of the Republican
party throughout the country on a
n protective tariff has been clearly in
o dicated this season by the various
e State Conventions. The general
sentiment is decidedly favorable to a
high tariff. This is not only true IN
. the Eastern States. which are sup
posed to be more interested in this
matter than the West, but the resolu-
tons in the Western States show
that the managers and controllers OF
u the party are in the same interest. 4
" high tariff is becoming a portion
of the general Radical platform
throughout the country. But thu:
seeming unanimity is far from real
!, On this question mainly most of the
Western States formerly were de
Y cidedly Democratic. There is NJ
reason to believe that the mass O
the voters in that section have
t, changed their views on this question
'e During the war. and for some year;
N after, many We're content to let thu
l matter lie in allegiance until othe.
questions were settled. They ha,
little to say upon the question, al
though their representatives wer'
VI gong en- maSSe unueT tle Contloi y
, Eastern capitalists and pushing tin
N tariff up from session to session
In the excitement of partisan con
hict the high-tarif1ites quietly oh
tanned control of the party and die
tated its legislation, until now W
of find the statutes encountered b.
~ one of the worst, most onerous, IN
equal, unjust rates of eve
a known to this country. As show
III by a few illustrations cited IN til
g above extract, the rates are fixed l
-, such form that the rich are mad
No. richer and the poor poorer. Upo
most of the luxuries of life the rate
are low; upon most Of the necess:
ries of life, which the poor are con
PEELED to have to live, the rates {
taxation are enormous. This sy'
he tenn Of legislation cannot stand.
wv is so obviously and grossly again:
n the interests OF three-quarters of tt
n people that it must fall, and with
'0 will come down any party which q