The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1878-10-17

Hnsnt you eould bay thooo uoolA -
the f0ur per csals- ~ tAe Fest yuQ
would have to pay peonlun ~. -
tke bes. ron coeld d would g q IS.
str0y that amonni OF four eests. We'll
supposing this Was dose. what is Tho
interest on So, 900 600 United Status
four per cents? II is 4l3, $50 900, and
you would have stopped that amount
Of interest ON the bonds, aud yOu are
getting SIG, 000. 900 Of the taxes from
the national banks. Can you figure
out where the great gain is there II
seems to me that it is away up between
three and four millions-as the boys
would call it-over the left, and the
people of the United States would be
the losers more than s., 5OO, 600 by that
plan if it were to be carried out.
Now there is good deal said about
the oppression of the national debt
Down in Manuel do not know wheth-
er out here j. is so--the Greenback or
ators try to persuade our people land
we have a considerable number Of
them) that all their taxes aud all Of
their hard times and all the backsets
and hardships that were imposcd up
on the country came from the nation
al debt. Now | would like TO ask any
gentleman of this vast throng Of iu-
teliigeut faces here, | would like to
ask any gentlemen here what il Is in
the national debt or in the taxes raised
to pay its interest that distresses him.
do not ask the question oratoricaily,
ask it for an answer. Ii there is any
gentleman in this vast throug that can
all I Il < s<lt
now, what part of the tax levy of the
United States Government. levied aud
assessed to maintain the public credit,
to gay the interest on the public debt,
and to gradually discharge its princi-
pai-what one OF these taxes Cypress
es you?
yoice-("It is on whisky and tobac-
cor
Now want the gentleman who says
the whisky tax Expresses him, to stand
up and let US look at him. l have
waited for him to arise. We have
raised large sum out OF whisky, but
10 you think it would be good thing
tor the credit Of our country to sacri.
nee its honor aud good name in order
to have whisky cheap! We have rails |
ed good deal out OF tobacco aud ci.
gars, but do you think it would be |
best TO throw away our national hon |
or and our good name to the world |
for the sake of having little cheaper |
tobacco-cheaper cigars?
ask again, what single tax on cny |
article that goes into the necessities |
Of life. in your homes aud houses, and |
your farms, and your domestic econo-
vuh at stn Ia Is hat
presses you?
"rhe tax on Coffee" said the same
gallery god.
In tone of whitening ridiculc, TIE |
orator pointed out that the tax had |
been rcmitted years ago.
Why, is it not live, good, strong
American sense, like that which be- |
comes a great commercial city, to
agree to do business on the basis OF /
the money of the world. The Euro
Dean and the great commercial centers
Of the world call TO rs not to be taken
up with the idea that we are going to
get something for nothing, like chill
dfen riding on brOomstick, believing
they are riding horses. IL Is for you,
representing the commerce of the
great Mississippi Valley; it is for you,
standing as the central point OF trade
Sor several of the commodities of the
world !; it is for you to follow not fol-
les and novelties, but to push boldly
forward, developing your destiuies
ind those of the American peopli.
Gen. Logan then declared the meet
ing adjourned, his voice being inaudi-
Die from the three cheers which arose
spontaneously for Sesator Blame.