The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-03

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:. Revenue tax on spirits.
). Revenue tax on tobacco.
I. What Is a tariff 1t is a tax levied
% on all imported goods intended to be
USED by its people. Al New York
u there is tariff of about S3 Ia pel
At cent. added to the value of the goods.
IS This is evidently paid by the consumer
Ihe price paid for domestic manufae.
lures is regulated by the price of the
same line OF imported goods. The duty
on foreign goods amounts to $3.50. 900. :.
d OOO annually. This goes into the Fed
h eral Treasury. The domestic manufsc.
lures consumed amount to 1882, zoo. =
OOO, Tor which You pay protection of
e about SIS, 900, 600. There is a law of
, nature that provides for return of
I water from the gulf to be distributed
by evaporation all over the country.
out there Is no such law In commerce.
When you pay your merchant an added
dollar Tor protection on a hat, that dol
, lar hnds ITS way to the Eastern manu-
Iacturer,. and is then sunk as capitsl.
Inc tarlH added to the price of spirits
anu tobacco takes the same course.
: one-third Of the taxes paid by the
I people to the government 20 to pro.
tect the capital invested in manufac-
lures. 1t is all paid by the consumers.
The wealth of the nation has carefully
provided that none of the burdens OF
government shall fall on it. The
whole support of the government falls
on the shoulders of the toiling masses.
The railroad and bank stocks of the
country are owned in the East. and
iegislatlou for the past fifteen years has
been iot the benefit OF Eastern capital
lists, though no law can be found in
the book of inspiration for robbing the
iaoorer OF the results of his toll.
Durng the war we had an income
tax, and the returns for 1868 show that
OF the Al, 600, 600 people in the United
States only 25O,00 people had an IN
come, and this aggregated $3.50, 000,-
| oOu. 1t seems to me it would have
been the fairest way to continue this
tax; but it was the first one to be re-
pealed, while the tax on the consumer
is continued. Does it not look natural
! that So, 900, 900, 900 of railroad proper
ty should help to support the govern
ment Z When all that class of prop- |
erty was imperiled in the North last |
summer did it protect itself? No: you |
and l helped to pay the taxes that
transported the armies to protect it.
property Is the most helpless of all |
created or inYented things. Man and
all the animals have means of defense
and protection. Property has none,
and government is established almost
solely to protect it. Ought not prop
erty then to bear the financial burdens
of the government ~.--'- ..-
You have paid 81, 800 ZOO, 900 of in
terest on these bonds, and have not re-
duced the principal one cent. All this
vast line of industries in the Southern
ana western States, possessing tie
lnest climate and SOL in ihe world, is
iaDorlng ior me:e living, while the
eastern bankers, being in bleak and
mountainous regions, inhabit palaces.
The remedy for this is in removing the
cause of the congestion. Remove the
tariff that protects" capital invested
In manufactures and the congestion
will be at an end. Lower the tariff to
revenue standard and more foreign
goods will come in, creating greater
FeFHY'jtn- pf0duCUs a0foan, ana You VIII
buy for less and sell for more than you
do now.
The history of tariffs and their re-
suits were briefly recapitulated as over
whelming proof of the position taken,
and the speaker went on to show that
labor had been frustrated to enrich the
Eastern capitalist,
Sprague, Of Rhode Island, says that
million of dollars is the greatest
coward in the world - two nil,
lions. That is tn When ever
the wealth of the Us into the
possession ~cf few individuals, it
Will kence to intrigue for the
I0SeftGfow of your republican govern
ment. A fee government must have
its wealth, as nearly as possible,
equally distributed among all the peo-
pie. 1t is not the kind Of money that
produces q particular effect, but the
laws which take it from you. Make
the laws right and the evils will cure
themselves. Applause.
A comparison of the NatIoral Green
back platform and the Texas Demo
cratic platform showed them to be
substantially the same, both demand
ing the payment of the debts as rap
idly as possible, and in the manner
which the bonds themselves distinctly
designate.
Don't hope for any help from the
Republican party. 1t was that party
which enacted every law. that has
brought upon US the financial distress
of to-day. Governor Davis says the
best thing for Texas IL to break down
the Democratic party, and he looked
upon the movement began at Waco as
step in that direction; but he de-
clares himself opposed to the Green
back theories. The colored people in
Leon county held a convention At
which they endorsed the Greenback
movement, because it antagonized the
Democratic party, but they denounced
TIE Greenback platform. The whole
Republican party belongs to and is
owned by the bondholders, aud you
will get no relief from them. Ap-
plause. The Democratic party has
always stood on the side OF labor. In
creased applause Who srrayed them
selves against the alien and sedition
lawsl Thomas Jefferson and your
Democratic grandfathers OF 1898.
Tremendous applause.
As Mr.. Mills cited an incident to
prove that the Democratic party had
always been the laboTer's friend, his
eloguence increased until no newspa-
per report can possibly do it Justice
His reference to the heroes of the re-
volution aud the DemOcrstic leaders of
dnte-beltum days, to the power of the
country under their influence AMI TO
the almost OmnipOtence Of the starry
fiag, were received with the most en-
thusiaslic applause. The speaker
drew a vivid and 10 the Republican
party dfsgraceful comparison be-
tween the power Of the flag then. He
told of Martin KOsta and Commodore
Ingrabam, and tears filed nearly eyery
eye in the house. Ho told OF FL Paso,
and the murder Of the Texas State
troops, and q blush OF indignation
mantled every cheek and brow. He
showed that the flag had lost It's power
because the bon1bOlders would allow
no war that might depreciate their
bonds.
Mr.. Mills depicted the evils OF Grant
isu and the danger Of another four
years Of Republican, misrule, terminat-
ing eventually in Il heiiditsry mon
archy, bcc-use the money power de-
sires It. lie p''inted out the benefits
10 follow the success OF the Democrat