The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-10-09
"For Revenue Only"

what the Democrats propose to 9ISact
if the people put them in voSTer.
The solitary purpose of tariff 1e&zsla.
ton. they say, should be to obtain
money. The principle of their sariff
plank is about the same that tl1e old
Yorkshire farmer inculcated in his
diving advice to his son: "Satnf0y,"
said he to the young man. ''get nom
ey get it honestly if you can, but.
Sammy, get money" The Demo
Gratis are even worse than the farIner.
They do not qualify their decIaIR.
ton. They do not say they will fA-
gard the interests Of the f1adO Ae-
turers and workingmen If possible.
They propose to get money from the
custom houses no matter what may
be the consequences. In former times
they were much more guarded In
their demands for revenue tariff.
ThuS IN 1868 their platform favored
tariff for revenue and such equal
taxatlon under the internal revenue
laws as will afford incidental prOtec.
''"n !" u"''ies''c '',a"u'ac'ures' III
1917 '"ey pr"poseu " re'er 'ne ""o'e
4oe''.ou vi '"e '"'i'i " e'e o"'s Go.
S'""a' o's.Fic.S, treating ~ as " local
h'"''er' L" 1910 'hey saio 'hat All
custom mousse taxation shouid oe i"r
revenue only" thus taxing the same
ground they now occupy, out with a
trick of phraseology which made the
issue little less clear than 1T is this
year. Emboldened by the sOlidity
of the South, they threw off at Gin.
cinnati all prstence of regard for the
welfare of the great army of mechan.
les, artisans and operatives who gain
livelihood from protected indus.
tries. and demanded in the fewest
words possible "a tariff for revenue
only" The only is like the "sting-
er" on the end of q whip lash-it
gives snap to the whole phrase.
There is no misunderstanding the
meaning Of it.
The Democratic PARTY cracks this
sentence about the ears of the work.
ingmen, and says in effect: mo
more protection for YOU fellows If we
get in power. You have got to com.
pete with the labor of the old World.
We are going TO adopt a tariff to
raise money and for no other pur.
pose. Ii low duties will produce
more money than high duties we
shall make them low, no matter If
every shop and factory In the cOun.
try has to close its doors. Revenue
only Is what we are after. We don't
care what becomes of you. If you
can't live on lower wages. 60 West
and dig for your bread" Some of
the workingmen who are blindly at
tached to the Democratic party, hug
the delusion that this programme of
a revenue tariff will never be carried
out in practice. 1t was carried out
after the Democrats got in power in
1916. The Whig protective tariff of
1912 was destroyed, and deplorable
consequences followed to the manu-.
featuring industries of the country.
The Southern ideal has always been
high prices for cotton and low prices
for food products and manufactured
articles. Southern statesmen would
like to drive the mechanics of the
East to the prairies of the West to
raise cheap "hog and hominy" for
the cotton States. and at the same
time encourage the importation of
foreign goods by a low schedule of
duties. This was the political econ.
omy of Calhoun, and his followers
believe in 1t to. day rs firmly as did
his admiring contemporaries. Ever
since the Democratic party got its
organization and name, in the days
of General Jackson, Democratic su.
premacy in the Government has pro.