Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-09-22

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once reduced. Every duty viii h
diseriminates in favor OF n,anliiac-
tnrcd article, and against the man
| who made it, is wrong in principle
and ought to be reformed. If high
duties must tie levied. let them lie
paced on Injuries, and such arti
cics as the massive fortunes, now
50 common in this country, delight
TO iniul &c in.
We cannot exact import duties
without extending, in some degree,
protection 70 tie Industries Of the
country. 1t follows snch legislation
as an incidental result. No one
complains Of this, nor will nany
complain if in the adjustment Of
oHr tariff laws, scne industry in its
infancy should he encouraged, and
put upon lis ier;. But when it is
once ~ and able to take care Of
itself in competition with foreign
| producers. il ought to be left to de-
/ pend on the SUI error quality of its
productions rather than protective
duty for its future success. l do
not believe it is wise 10 protect
American shoddy against COMPETE
tin from first class foreign cloths.
10 do 80 woul,. he IN. ust to Amcri
can g nsumcrs: and rs consunlcrs
o; manufactured goods vastly out
number Producers, this would not
be securing '';he greatest good to
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industries have become established,
| they have no riuht 10 ask lie Gov
ernment TO insure them more than
fair remuncrative profii By ilnros-
ing purely protective duties in such
| behalf, and every duty is Of this
character which is levied on pro-
| ductions Of tbs country Chat can
successfully compete in our markets
with like articles from ahrcad.-
| One OF The largest manufacturers Of
cu' nails in this ceuntrv once said
t. ne: "lt' the Government should
repeal the dutv on cut mills, I can
! successfully compete with foreign
manufacturers because Of the char
a".rr Of my mac hiucry." The duty
on cut nails is one ana one-halt cts.
per pound. Can any one g,ea
Reason why this should be CON
'inucd? II the manufacturer can
successfully compete without il. it
is merely an addition to his profit
| by legislative enactment Ii this
duty were removed il woul! reduce
the cost "t houses, and barns. and
fences. and without injury to any
other Industry, promote agTicul' ure.
and the general Improvement OF the
country. Whenever cur manutac-
trrers can afford to supply their
productions to the PEOPLE at low
figures, and cheap figures. and
cheap prices, il Is nnust for the
G"' crrnent to step in and keep up
!he prices by the imposition of un-
needed protective duties. As un-
''"r>land the fariil' plank Of the Re
iubltra' Platform of this State. it
Gives 10 countenance to such abu-
>"~. bnt espressl, declares against
'hcm: ana this - in harmony with
fhc tendency Of the action of the
party in Congress. Duties have
been reduced as rapidly as the real
o. supposed necessities of the
Treasury wouli How. Bat e ex-
pericnce OF this vetr shows that
very large reductions can still be
made; and, | doubt not. Will he st
he next session Of Congress. And
here rl uS bear one thing in mind,
md that is, that in every bill max
in- reductions in duties on mama
| secures, the Democrats east almost
heir entire vote in Congress. and I
| lock for the future TO be like unto
| 'he past.
The other soarce from which tie
! Government derives It's revenue, is
| THE INTERNAL REVENUE SYSTEM.
The adoption Of this system was
! hazardous ex"crimcn, for the par
! ty. Our people l,ad not been t#iu!i-
ilr with the General & ,vernment
lron-h stated visits of he tax
'therer. Whatever they had con
irihu'ei toward the >u, poit OF Il
Government had passed through
he inlirtct lrNirs ot the tariff. eat h
.,cr>"n pli'i his proportion without
know inc here or how. War wae
II "n Us. The Governms NJ need, d
more NJ ney than ANY system Of i'm
port 'l'Iie> could afford. The In
ternal Revenue System WAS dc, sed
,nl adopted. 1t was sharp. ,l.-
orou> system. 1t reached everv-
where, and taxed everything. In
many respects i: was harsh and In
un >i,arial But il was Il necessity.
The life of the nation d,l ended to
great extent on q prompt and
p'"rittl supply OF money. The
| Republican patty did not hesitate
about hat T. dc. II voted ;hc tax,
n">el, universal, eNac5ing rs il was.
and trusted - the ra1tl";i-n Vi the
'.e"rie :"r support. |, did not trust
IN vain. The taxes were paid: ar
mics we're raised, and fed, and cloth
ed: our battles were fought, Victory
MS wen, and peace assured
When PEACE came ard the financial
ner.S>,lIs> ot the Government grew
c>>, ia" party ~ once set to work
firun.H1 the Internal revenue sy,-
ftm Is line at action was ut
ken Ever friend To labor. {
:. mu,ncrd to tighten the burds1
Ct the lahortr, by cutting nu', ii, m
time to time, the various taN.s
which tended to increase the cos; f
food, raiment ana shelter, until now
naldlv An Internal tax remains be
in. upon either; and soon We wi |
have reached tie loint when taxes
upon spirituous and termente''
liquors, tobacco and cigars, will
constitute almo>, the entire reliance
of the Internal system.
The course of the Republican
part. with reference tu the system
Of Internal revenue proves two
things: Fir>,-that when the lite
Of ,h- hatien wa> IN danger, the
party bad the courage to resort 10
, any Guustitutional means 10 meet
he emergency, without stopping to
count the cost thereof to itself
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