Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-07-18

exist. 1t calls on congress to remove
the burdens under which American
shipping has been depressed. 1t i'm
posed and has continued those burdens.
1t Processes the policy of reserving the
public lands for small holdings by ac-
tual settlers. 1t has given away the
peoples heritage till now a few rail-
roads and non-residents, aliens. indi-
vidual and corporate, possesses a larger
than that of all our farms between the
two seas. Itprofesses preference for
free institutions; it organized and tried
to legalize control of the state cleo
tions by federal troops. 1t professed a
desire TO elevate labor. 1t has subject
ed American workingmen to the COM
petition Of e0nvict and imported con-
tract labor. 1t processes gratitude to
all who were disabled or died in war,
leaving widows and orphans. 1t left to
democratic house of representatives
the iirst effort TO equalize both boun-
ties and pensions. 1t processes a pledge
to correct the IRE; u arities of
OUR TARIFF
it created and has continued it. Its
Its own tariff commission confessed the
need OF more than 20 per cent reduction
If congress gave reduction of less than
4 per cent, it processes protection of
American manufacturers. 1t has sub
Jected them to an increasing flood of
manufactured goods and a hopeless
competition with manufacturing ma
tions, not one of which taxes raw ma
terials; it processes to protect all Amer
ican Industries; it has impoverished
many to subsidize few; it processes
the protection of American labor; it
depleted the returns of American agri-
culture, an industry followed by half
ouf people; it processes the equality of
all men before law. Attempting to fix
the status of colored citizens. the acts
OF Its congress were overSet by the de-
cisions of its courts. 1t accepts anew
the duty of Leading in the work of pro-
gress and REFORM It's caught criminals
are permitted to escape through con-
trived delays or actual connivance in
the prosecution: honeYcombed corrup-
ton, outbreaking exposures no longer
shock its morality; dishonest members,
its independent journals no longer
maintain successful contest for au-
thOrity i'll its counsels or veto to its
nominations. That change is neces-
sary is proved by an existing surplus of
more than 500, ,O0O, 900 which has wear
ly been collected from suffering peo-
pie. Unnecessary taxation is unjust
taxation. We denounce the republican
party for having failed TO relieve the
people from crushing,
WAR TAXES
which have paralyZed business, crippled
industry and depressed labor of en-
ployment and of Just reward The de-
mocracy pledges itself to purify the ad-
ministration from corruption, to restore
economy, to revive respect for law and
to reduce taxation TO the lowest limit
consistent with due regard to the pre-
servatiOn of the faith of the nation to
creditors and pensioners, knowing full
well how rare that legislation. affecting
the occupation of the people should be,
cautious,and conservative in its method
and not i'll advance of public opinion,
but in response to its demand. The
democratic party is pledged to revive
the tariff in spirit of fairness to all in
terested.
But in making reductions in taxes it
is not proposed to injure any domestic
industries but rather to promote their
healthy growth. From the foundation
of this government taxes collected at
the custom house have been the chief
source OF federal revenue. Such they
must continue to be. Moreover, MANY
industries have come to rely upon leg
islation for successful continuance, So
that any change of law must be ut ey-
cry step regardful of the
LABOR AND CAPITAL
thus involved; the process of reform
must be subject in the execution of
this plain dictate of justice. All taxa
tion shall be limited to the require
ments of economical governments. The
necessary reduction in taxation can and
must be effected without depriyjne
American labor of the ability to COM
pute successfully with foreign labor and
without imposing lower rates of duty
than will be ample TO cover any in
creased cost of production which NAV
exist in consequence of the higher rate
of wages prevailing in tIis country.
Sufficient revenue to pay all the expen-
ses of the federal government; eeonom-
ically administered, including pensions.
interest and principal of the public
debt, can be got under our present sys-
tenn Of taxation from custom house tax
es on fewer imported articles, bearing
heaviest on articles of luxury and bear
ing lightest on articles of necessity.
We, therefore, denounce the abuses of
the existing tariff; and subject to the
preceding limitations, we demand that
federal taxation shall be exclusively for
public purposes and shall not exceed
the needs OF the government economi-
cally admistered. The system of di
rect taxation known as
THE INTERNAL REVENUE
is war tax ard so long as the law con-
tinues the money derived therefrom
should be devoted to the relief of the
people for removing burdens Of the war
and be made fund To defray tire ex-
pense Of the care and comfort of wor-
thy soldiers disabled in the line of du-
ty in the wars Of the republic and fol-
the payment of such pensions as con-
gress may from time to time grant /,
such soldiers, like fund for the sailors
having been already provided, and any
surplus should be paid into the treasn.
~. We favor an amendments of the
continental policy based upon more in