The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-09-26

articles manufactured or produced in the
district. That is for every ten cents of
profit from protection, the people of this |
district as a whole, pay 80 cents for the
benefit of Pennsylvania and New Eng
land manufacturers So far then as this |
district alone Is concerned, we have
been acting on the principle OF selling
the whole hide for sixpence and buy
ing the tail back for a shilling, and seem
to think we have been making money
by 80 dong. Let it not be understood,
however, that am for free trade or for
removing the duties on the articles in
which this district is Interested. No
such thing. We must have o revenue,
and In levying it I believe in favoring
home manufactures and products against
all outside interests For other reasons,
stated in my speech, am in favor o
exactly the principle laid down in the
platform adopted by the Democratic
State Convention of last year and this.
And should like to have any one point
out IN what particular the principle there
laid down is not sound. BIT it is wise
to look below the surface of these ques-
tions and see where our true interests
lie.
have not vet come to believe, as
heard Member of Congress once say,
that the people were always ready blind
iy to pay dollar to the government if
they could see ten cents come back to
them
Again, I ask what is the evidence that
the prosperity Of the country and the
wages Of labor come from the present
tari' We had the same tariff from
1873 TO 1878. Or would Gen. Dawes
refer to: the recent widely extended s,ri.
kers as proof that ours was the most
contented and "happy class of skilled
lahorers' to be found on the earth p
Or is the fact that wages have not in
creased in proportion to cost Of living
-made more costly BY the high taxes
on manv articles of necessity-ln the
United States since the war, proof of
this happy state2 Why revise the tariff
at all if its effect is as henefi:ent as is
here claimed for it2 What is wanted of
Commission if all that he true p
Something besides Mr.. Frye's speech so
freely circulated is however, needed to
enli ehten US on this great question:
But notwithstanding this it is evident to
all that our tariff dors need thorough re-
vision. And proof think is abundant
enough to establish the fact that tariff
higher than necessary to place product
on plane of fair competition lnures.
beyond that limit, to the benefit of car
ital and not to labor, and goes to build
up monopolies
/ DEFICIENCIES.
Republican journals attempt to make
the people believe that the extraordinary
appropriations made by this Congress
we're required 10 make up deficiencies
caused bv short appropriations by the
previous Democratic Congresses. This is
not true Every dollar Commissioner
Benily asked for for pensions was al,
lowed without a dissenting vote, and
Mr.. Sherman few years ago charged
in speech at SteubenVille that the Dem,
ocrats appropriated more than was asked
for; hut this Chairman Atkins deniei in
the House. Some part of the de6cien
cies no doubt, occurred leei,inattly
through unforeseen expenditures under
the law, but others ought never to have
occurred; and as rule, no matter what
the appropriations may be expenditures,
unless better curbed than they have
been, will run beyond appropriations
Were the Star Route deficiencies of the
last Congress legitimate deficiencies p
And vet the same crV was raised, "the
Democrats they said we're choking off
the mail service remember how
more than one Republican became des
perate over the unwlllingness of the
House to meet this demand for extra
appropriations. Bnt Judge Wylie in
his recent charge to the jury in the Star
Route trials SAID:
"By the act OF March 8, 1879, Con.
gress appropriated $500 for the main
tenance of the Star-Route SERVICE.
That appropriation was for the fiscal
year of 1880. The appropriation was
all asked hy the Department. The re-
cords of the Treasury and Post-office
Departments showed that for three pre-
vious years there was an unexpended
balance of nearly 81, 100000 to the cred.
it of the Post-office Department. There
was in evidence statement showing
that the Postmaster-General on Decem-
ber s, 1879, had asked for the reappro-
priation of S2,000,0e0 to meet deficieE-
cies in appropriation for the Star Route
service. This was a statement calcIla.
ted to arrest the attention of Congress,
for it showed that iu live months after
the beginning of the fiscal year there
was a deficiency of S2,000.000 That
was fact to alarm the country"
Furthermore it is certain that there
will he large deficiencies at the end of
this year One Republican Senator put
it as high as S25 5.000,0 900.
Gen. Dawes gives the aggregate ap
preparations for the current year as
S265 923 065. Blu. surely these figures
are not from official sources. The true
aggregate is S295, ,24S 943, and this does
not include the Sl1,000,000 Geneva
award. / could give the items but it
would take too much space The in
crease over last year is S7S 554, ,565 in
stead of S43,045 ,005 as given in Gen.
Dawes table The items making up
this difference can also he easily given
In another place Gen. Dawes says the
increase was about SIC. 900, 900 Whence
the difference in these amounts2 / call
special attention to this discrepancy In
figures because a difference OF S35 000,-
/ 600 is a large difference The actual in
crease over last year, however, is as I
have given it, S7S554, ,565. And yet
Gen. Dawes says that ''instead of ex-
travagance there was remarkable free
dom from it." Well, il this is freedom
from extravaganza, then what would
real Republican extravaganza be?
i Ihave given in my speech some OF
the ways in which these appropriations
go.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL
Gen. Dawes justifies the River and
Harbor Bill on the ground that sit will
nromota Tho ipterests of commerce. -