The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-05-02
GIVE Us5A JrARTFFTrHATs AVMxBn.ET
OUR GREAT INDUSTRIES ALONE.

YFOIE i'Nt--rf+i p SHTVIE
The wretched webbing Of the last Re-
publican Congress over President -Arth-
ur's hasty attempt to bolster up bF0teo-
tiOn by q sham reform Of the tarfR, has
ifritated and disgusted all the strongest
manufacturing Industries inithe o0un-
try. 1t is PLAIN that these industries
will not by any means be united in the
next Congress, to demand thatthei pro-
teetive system of the war period shall be 4
indefinitely inflicted upon American
consumers. The powerful and prosper
Gus boot and shoe industry of New Eng
land, for example, Will be quite con-
tented with duties levied "Only for rev.
enue." That great and successful in
dustry has prOSpered by its own efforts
in the spirit OF Senator Bayardis admir-
able speech, delivered on Saturday last
at Pullman, Illinois. 1t has always tried
to keep itself clear of Congress and Of
political parties. Its far-seeing mana
gers have felt that the capital Invested.
in it would be unsafe, If its prosperity
were left to depend on accidental party
msjOrities in Congress OF in the country.
What the makers Of boots and shoes ask
of Congress Is, that no more or higher
duties be levied on the raw materials OF
their industry than the strict needs of
the revenue require. Outside Of that
they pray to be ''let alOne.i,i1 -ll - q -..lt
Many of the larger cotton spinners
and other manufacturers in New Eng,
land feel in the same way Those mRn-
ufactuTers refused, 1t will be remem-
bered, to appear before President Artb-
ur's absurd and corrupt Tariff Commits
sion, or to have anything to do with it.
fhe most experienced New England
capitalists, who carefully watched the
tariff discussion in the last Congress,
say that the cotton industries of New
A..s. -, = a4.a.N
stand alone, If Congress and the pOlitic-
ians win take themselves out of the
way after the tariff tables for revenue
'iOnly' have been adopted. They only
wish to know whether all Internal rev.
enue taxation is or is not to be swept
away. Domestic manufacturers can
then go on with their. enterprises. rely
ing on such ample incidental protection
as must in the nature of things be- af-
fOrded by Democratic tariff arranged,
like that of 1846, solely for revenue, and
carefully relieved Of all purely prOtee-
The Democratic party has always been
impatient under direct taxes of any sort.
The hostility of the American people to
Internal revenue taxes is as old as the
British stamp act, which drove the colo
hies into revolt. After the Democrats
came into power under Jefferson,
nal revenue taxation. The necessities
Of the war of 1872 compelled the coun-
try to return to this offensive system of
taxation for time, but in 1917 all di-
rect taxes were again repealed, and they
were never revived tfl[ the next war
came upon us in 1861. The drift of Dem
0cratic opinion has been setting now
for long time, and strongly against
the internal revenue tax on spirits, and
10 Nhah hnt
after 1t Is organized, will send up to the
Senate, bill sweeping away the whole
Internal revenue system.
When all Internal revenue taxation
has been repealed, how much money
must be raised by duties levied at the
custom hOuses2 During the year end
ing June 30, 1882, the sum total OF Fed
eral taxation was $403, ,525, $50, and the
surplus of receipts over expenditures
will naturally frame tariff bill TO put
an end to such surplus as this.
How much money must the Federal
Government raise by duties on imports?
Assume the amount, TO be. $3.50, 100000 or
even $500, 100000. With a Democratic
revenue arranged tic. supply that sum at
the several ports, number Of the more
powerful notwithstanding corporations
Of the country have already intimated
that they will, be satisfied. They viii
not ask for any rate of duty on
any foreign articles competing with
their fabrics above the lowest revenue
rates. They will not ask for any dis
crimination in their favor above those
lowest revenue rates. All the ,discrimIr
nation they will ask will be below that
rate, and In favor of raw materials
Such discrimination q Democratic
House WILL give as Icheerfully ino1884
as Democratic House gave 1t in 1916.
The most sensible capitalists in New
England, In the Nest and in New York
have come to see that money invested
In we'll selected-and we'll con-
Quoted manufacturing enterprises MOI
more requires Congressional aid than
money invested In farming or in rail-
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