The daily gazette., 1882-08-18
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
FOR SHERIFF,
PURNAL j. LYNCH.
MIR. Bayard and the Match TAX.

The morning organ, in iTs desperate effort
to make political capitol out of Senator
Bayard's position in relation to the tax on
matches, fairly overreaches itself when il
attempts to prove the soundness of its own
position, by publishing MIR. Bayard's recent
utterances on the question.
The speech the morning organ now pub
fishes was delivered by Mr.. Bayard in the
Senate on July 18th, when the "sham Tax
"Reduction bill'' was up for consideration.
In addition to exposing the utter absurdity
of the main provisions of this bill Ga portion
of the speech the morning organ is not likely
to publish) Mr. Bayard argued at consider
able length to show that other reductions
could be made with more real benefit to the
people and less detriment to the Government
than by the abolition of the tax on matches.
Mr. Bayard showed that the collection of
this tax cost the government practically
nothing, that it produced revenue
of three and half millions of dollars, and
that this sum is distributed so evenly among
the entire people that no person or class of
persons feels it as a burden that bears
heavily upon the family treasury or in
NlNoStS bhc tbob VI llfllS W any DtiCGpilDlC
extent
All this is true but while it does not, in
our opinion, warrant the continuance of the
match tax, it shows the utter absurdity of
the Republican papers in attempting to
justify the outrageous jobbery and corrup
tion Of their party in Congress by assailng
Mr.. Bayard for favoring the continuance of
the match tax at least until the revenue
producing machinery of the government is
more equitably adjusted, and burdens far
more unjust and onerous than the match
tax removed from the people.
1t is urged, and with much force and
Justice, that the existence of the match tax
operates to maintain monopoly in the
manufacture of matches. Monopolies are
subyersiye to the best interests of
the people and should be opposed
and resisted in every lawful manner
But why should the Republican papers ex-
pend all their energies in attacking one little
monopoly, when so many giant corporations
which draw millions of dollars from the
people annually and grind the poor laboring
man to the verge of starvation, are fawned
upon and supported by these sam,
papers and maintained by Rcpub
lican legislation in the States as well as il
the Congress Of the United States. Wher
is the Republican journal that raised it,
voice against the many railroad monopolie
of the country, or had a word of sympath
for the freight handlers OF New York
who struggled yainly against tn
millions of Vanderbilt and hi
New York Central railroad corporation in
futile effort to obtain meagre increase O
the miserable pittance they were receiving
for their daily toll. The Republican part
itself is one of the most gigantic monopc
lies that ever existed, and has never eyi
denced the slightest desire to legislate i
favor of the working classes against tn
interests of the monied corporations of tn
country.
Taking the match tax for a text ever
Republican paper is now joining in flert
hue and cry for its abolition, ON the groun
that it is unwise and burdensome and shoul
be removed. In this opinion we hearth
concur, but if the Republica
party had the interests of the dea
people SO much at heart. why did nC
its representatives in Congress repeal til
tax, as they had ample power to do durn
the recent session of Congress. They wer
in the majority in both houses, and the vol
OF every Democratic member in OF
position could not have prevente
them from passing the measure
But instead of relieving the people in an
degree they preferred to aid Robeson an
his robber crew in stealing millions from til
public treasury, and now endeavor to dt
tract the attention of the people from thei
Congressional rascality by raising a gref
outcry over an item of taxation whia
they failed to remove though in their pow,
to do so.
And SO the match tax remains, and if Il
people deem it an oppressive burden |
them reflect that the last Republican Go
gress refused to remove it and stole the
money instead of relieving their grievo
burdens. This is the whole situation in
nutshell, and the Republican party cam
escape its just responsibility in the matte
-
THE STALwART MACHINE is in motto
again in Sussex county, and the postmast
at Millsboro, against whom nothing w
urged save that he would not submit to Il
mandates Of the "Rng," has to make roo
for one of IIarrington's camp-follower
This is one of the means by which Sussex
to be made ssolid' for Curry and Il
ticket.
-~+-%
SEcoR RoBEsoN is now engaged in a de
perate fight for a denomination in his iii
trict and reelection to Congress.
Robeson gets hack to Congress, vii
Keifer in the chair and his robber crew
support him, the close of the next sessio