The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-10-13

natlOnal one, anu tarlif Tor revenue only
, is the only one in harmony with sound
economic PRINCIPLES or authorized by the
constitution of the United States. The
party should make plank on this ques-
ton that the average voter may understand
and such as Will prevent the possibility of
being misled by the robbers cry OF protcc-
ton.
With the following plank for 1884, long,
strong and broad enough for the whole
people and one which cannot be twisted
or warped to suit artful dodgers, the Dem
ocratic party will have an opportunity to
make an aggressive fight, force the Repub.
lican party to defend the lndefcnsibe and
finally demonstrate that public office Is
public trus" instead of party plumber"
provided the next congress shall defeat
Sam Randall for speaker and the national
convention nominate representative men
tor standard bearers in the coming poltl-I
cal contest instead Of complying with the
wishes of those who for mere sentiment,
desire the old ticket. The time for that
was 1880, when, If Thos H. Hendricks had
consented to the "old ticket" the peoplel
would have again elected Tllden and
Hendricks. That opportunity has passed,
never to return, and the "old ticket" must
stand aside tor men of today-men of
action, as Mcdonald and Villas, Bayard
and Palmer, Cleveland and Carlisle, Flow.
er and Harrison. Mcclellan and Pendle-
ton, if wrongs ale first TO De rlghted.
PROPOSED DEMOCRATIC TARIFF PLANK FOR
1884
Whereas, TO encourage and build up
agriculture and the mechanical
industry; give to labor and capital steady
employment at remuneratiye rates and to
consumers commodities at reduced prices,
and also to bring people in different parts ,
Of the same country and OF foreign coun- ,
tries IN close communication with each
other, the national barriers to the inter-
change of products and TO communication
are removed or lessened by building tee
graph and telephone lines, bridging
streams and rivers, making canals, con- +
wagon and railroads, tunnelllng t
'ivers and mountains and building vessels !
md ships, with which to navigate canals, {
lvers, lakes and oceans. No free and en-. .
lghtened government will erect or consent a
o the erection of artificial barriers to ?
'bStruct or prevent communication or in. :
exchange of products between its own a
ltlzens and those OF any foreign country a
With whom it holds friendly relation; and, Il
whereas, no honestly administered govern. =
nent has need for money, except to pay O.
IS current expenses, just debts and provide /,
or the public welfare; therefore, the
Democratic party is opposed to taking
rom the people in any one year. either by II
lrect or indirect taxation, more money q
nan Is sufficient to meet the demands for Ii
ayments to be made during the year fer tS
Inch taxes are collected, and to provide Z
'r the payment Of the public debt as 1t 5
ecomes due; opposed to protective tariff
n imports because it IS an artificial barrier
communication and the interchange of
roducts between citizens of our own al,
)untry and those of foreign countries, ;,
18th whom the United States holds friend ~
relations; dries up commerce, bank. i,
lpts manufacturers, impoverishes labor, y,
estroys capital, and increases the cost of -
to consumers, encourages
nuGgling, bribery and perjury, increases
le cost of the civil service, is reward -,
lerd by the government to commit crime ~,
I'd corrupts the government officials to bo
It's purpose Of enrichlng few
7 robbing the many and is in favor of CO
&c immediate, gradual and persistent re- If
lotion OF the existing protective tariff on o,,
lports to a tariff for revenue only, as a.,
ch change will lessen the burdens of
Xation, stimulate commerce, mechanical o.,
I'd agricultural industries, encourage the ~,
vestment Of capital in legitimate busl- on
'ss pursuits, give to labor steady employ 7,
cnt at higher wages than under the OK. oh
ing tariff, benefit producers rs we'll as -,
n5umers, create new markets for the sur ,,o
Us products of the farm, the workshop ~
1t the mine, and dot the oceans with Do
Fps filled with American goods. 81,
JAY EYE SEE. H.,
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