Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-10-05

chspce Of getting more next time.
an going TO vote Tor this bill" /
have not looked e the Recerd but per-
haps twenty or thirty Of our side voted
Tor IT.
Now, think, my friends, that was
right II there had not been another
thing but matches that the tax was
taken from, would have voted for it.
Not because you care how much youi
pay for matches-thst Is not il; but
do you know that IL yields 70 this gov.
ernment three millions and half of
revenue yearly? That is not the evil.
Ii is not the amount you pay that con-
stitutes the great mischief underlying
all this and that would lead me TO
have it abolished. 1t has built up at
headquarters Of capitol one Of the
grandest monopolies in all this coun-
try, on which millions of money have
been made. At whose expense and
how2 There is the evil. Before this
stamp duty was placed upon matches
we had our little match factories all
over this country. We had one at
Mansfield. We had one at Bellville.
| think we had three in our county
and one at Ashland. cannot speak
for you. We had cur little match es-
tablishments, employing six, ten,
twenty hands--poor women, feeble
boys; men with poor health-all over
this country. That was the effect of
1t. Who can compute the great ad-
vantage of that to every community,
spread everywhere broadcast-these
little manufacturing establishments
for the employment Of invalids and of
the poor 2 | say break down this
monster Monopoly Take it BY the
throat and let it die an everlasting
death ! Applause. Give US back
once more, all over this land, our lit
tie manufacturing establishments and
multiply them as sands almost of the
sea, in every town. in every county.
Build them up and encourage them
everywhere and tear down this mon.
ster, Monopoly! [applause.1
So with this stamp upon bank
checks. ltis an inconvenience. It is
an annoying thing, 1t is not so much
the amount, although that is some-
thing. You know hundreds of poor
that deposit their little sums at the
bank. At Mansfield, l know, they
have checked out dollar, two dollars,
two dollars and half or three dollars,
and when they check out one dollar
they put in just as much as Mr.. Van.
derbilt would in checking out a mil
lion of dollars. 1t helps the poor, as
against the rich, to reduce and wipe
out this inconvenience to our public
interests.
Now, I cannot go into all the de.
tails of that bill. 1 have given you
this simply as an illustration. think
the tax is one that hampers business;
that it is unjust to the poor; that it
works great Inconvenience and hard
ship and I am for abolishing all of
them as rapidly as the puolic interests
will allow.
l would like to read to you from
the speech of Mr., Kelly, of Pennsyl.
vania, one word; and, as l will not
take much more of your time, l thi4a
shall ask your indulgence while I
do so.
| have said this was grand monop-
ply. But | do not want to be under.
stood on this occasion as attacking
because of its amount. If q
man makes hundred million dollars
in matter and makes it Justly, I
would no more attack that than If he
made a hundred thousand and made it
Justly. But ] have a right to look
and sees how that hundred mil
ions he has made bears upon the
shoulders of poverty and on the labor
ing man.
Now, Mr.. Kelley, who is one Of the
wisest and most experienced Of our
statesmen, in speaking of this very
said this: "The provision Of
The law which requires stamp to be
fixed on each box (of matches) before
it leaves the factory is not arbitrary;
It is necessary to secure the payment
of the tax. 1t has, however, been pro-
luctive of the gravest consequences
by ingeniously imposing burdens on
poverty and bestowing advantage on
,apital. 1t does this under the pretext
If relieving agents of the Treasury
from the annoyance attendant upon
The sale of stamps in petty quantities.
Here you see the poor chance of the
poor man as compared with wealth
md power. Under its terms he who
IAN not purchase more than fifty dol
ars worth of stamps at q single pur-
'hase must pay their full value in
lash, but he who can buy more than
ifty dollars worth may, by giving q
'uitable bond for ultimate paymenh.
laye sixty days credit and disconnt.
+ five per cent, while he who can Aur-
;hase more than five hundred dollars.
worth may have like credit and. tan.
YER cent. discount. A repeal off the,
match tax will abolish this unipsstdis--
elimination"
The poor man comes right to. the.
government ofice-the government.
hat should throw its shield over the,
ich and poor alike--andi he says,