Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-15

highest felicities Of "s home MARKET" But
when British cannon broke down her walls
of ~seclusion there were revealed TO the
world the poorest paid lsborers on earth,
with less education, less improvement,
less Of everything that goes to constitute
civilized people than could be found in
any Of the commercial nations Of the world.
The ''home market" is . utopian dream.
1t is an impossibility and q failure. The
spirit of the age, no less han common in
terest, demands the most enlarged COM
mercial relations between the nations Of
the earth. The best condition Of the
highest possible enjoyment attainable by
the workmen of the world requires the
most enlarged commercial freedom, the
right of every man TO sell where he can get
the most for his products and to buy
where he can buy the most with the fruits
Of his toll. This ought to be automatic in
q country Boosting of it's free institutions.
Certainly no greater restrictions should be
imposed than those resulting from the col
lection of sufficient revenue to maintain
the Government, economically admins
tered. And right here is the line On
which the two great political parties OF
this country divide, the Democratic party
contending for a tariff 'tfor revenue only"
while the Republican party insists on .
tariff sufficiently high to give our manu-
facturers, Of every conceivable class Of
goods, practically q monopoly Of the
American market, thus compelling every
consumer in the land to pay them, on q
grand average, from Is to 100 per cent
more for every article of merchandise used
than he would otherwise have to pay. 1t
comes right down to q matter OF dollars
and cents, and herein it interests every
body. The real issue between the parties
to-day is low-priced goods vs. high-priced
goods. It concerns men, women and
children from one end of this country to
the other. The people Of Nevada have as
much interest in the subject as an equal
number in any other part Of the Union. A
Democratic victory in the national contest
next year will mean . saving to the people
Of from Is to 100 per cent in the cost of
pretty much every article Of consumption
without any injury to labor. A Republic
can victory will mean q continuance of the
present high prices for all classes of mer-
chandise without any benefit to labor.
Sharply drawn, this will be the real issue.
Choose ye which Of the PROFESSIONS You
will join. Ohio and other great States
have already taken position in the Demo-
cratic column. There can be no question
as to the result. At every period in the
history Of the Government when the tariff
has been made the paramount issue, the
people have decided in favor OF the Demo-
cratic party. They will do so again in 1884.
We wonder if the people ever stop to
think that the Federal Government is not
run like our State and county govern
ments, by direct taxation according to the
amount of property owned by each indi-
vidual citizen. 1t supports itself in an
entirely different way. No property tax is
collected. The Federal Government is
maintained through the fundamentally
OF a consumption tax. The people are re-
quired to pay on what they eat and drink
and wear, and on what they consume in
the shape Of household goods, hardware,
glassware, tinware, medicines, building
materials. salt, sugar, clothing, blankets,
and, in short, every conceivable article,
implement and thing used in every posi-
ton Of life, and by everybody all through
life, from the cradle to the grave. The
great corporations of the country pay not
n dime on their vast properties toward
the support. of the National Government.
Only the men who wi them pay on what
tu6l COubuLl0s LII Llib ICShIu O6y 0OulQs
who owns S100, 000, 900 Of property and
bonds, and the Nevada miner, who works
for 81 q day, may meet on an equal foot
ing. If any difference, the miner con-
tributes the most to the support of the
Government. He uses picks and shovels
and sledges and drills, on all Of which the
duty is higher than on Jay Gould's fine
wines and diamonds and silks. It is
q rule of Republican Congresses to mark
luxuries low and necessaries high.
The miner also buys wooden shirts, boots,
hats, pants and other clothing, and by
reason Of the wear and tear OF his avoca-
ton, consumes more annually than Jay
Gould does of his purple and fine linen.
1t is a feature Of the tariff law that the
duty on coarse goods uns higher in pro-
portion to value. This is done to protect
the inferior grades Of American fabrics.
So it follows that the average Nevada
miner contributes more annually to the
support of the Federal Government than
Jay Gould or any other millionaire in all
the land. The truth is that the poor pay
comparatively as much as the rich. John
Henry King pays as much as M. D. Foley,
and DIR. Billy Barber as much as John
Macksy. The man who drinks and smokes
many good cigars pays more than either of
them. But the tax on whisky and cigars
is all right. These are luxuries. The poor
can get along without them. But the
high protectionists are clamoring for the
removal of the tax IN whisky and tobacco,
simply that it may be possible to maintain
q higher tariff on the necessaries Of life
without overlooking the Treasury with sur
plus revenue. This too Ia involved in the
coming campaign.
Protection costs the American people
directly $7O0, 600, 900 annually, only $780,
000, 600 Of which goes into the Treasury.
The other $500, 900, 900 goes to the manu-.
featuring m~onopolists. Each man. woman
and child in the land Nevada included)
pays $40 per annum to this mammoth
subsidy, while each average family Of five
persons is required to contribute $50 per