The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-07-26

Its own Iarid Commission confess
cd the need of more than 20 per
cent reduction. Its Congress gave
a reduction of less than 1 per cent.
1t processes the protection OF
American manufactures. 1t has
subjected them to an increasing
flood OF manufactured goods and
a hopeless competition with manu-
featuring nations, not one of which
taxes raw materials.
1t Processes to protect all Amer
lean industries. 1t has impover-
ished many to subsidize a few.
1t processes the protection of
American labor. 1t has depleted
the returns Of American agriculture
an industry followed by halt our
people.
1t processes the equality Of all
men before the law. Attempting
to fix the status of colored citizens,
the acts of its Congress were over
set by the decisions Of lis courts.
II accepts anew the duty Of lead
ing in the work Of progress and re
form Its caught criminals are
permitted to escape through CON
trived delays or actual connivance
in the prosecution. Iloneyc0mbcd
with corruption, outbreaking eX-
posures no longer shock lis msral
sense. Its honest members. its
independent journals no longer
maintain a successful contest for
authority in its counsels or Il veto
upon bad nominations.
That change is necessary is prov
cd by ar existing surplus Of more
than 800, 000, 900, which has
yearly been collected from a suf-
ferlng people. Unnecessary tax
alton is unjust taxation. We de-
nounce the Republican party for
having failed to relieve the people
from crushing war taxes, which
have p~aralyzed business; crippled
industry, and deprived labor Of
employment and Of just reward.
The Democracy pledges itself to
purify the admins. ration from cor
ruption, to restore economy, to re-
vive respect for law, and to reduce
taxation to the lowest limit consis-
tent with due regard to the preser-
walton Of the faith Of the nation to
its creditors and pensioners.
Knowing full well, however, that
Legislation affecting the occupations
of the people should be cautious
and conservative in method, not
in advance Of public opinion, but
responsive TO its demands, the
Democratic party is pledged to re
wise the tariff III a spirit Of fairness
To all interests.
But IN making reduction in taxes
it is not proposed to injure any do
nestle industries, but rather to pro-
mote 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
legislation for successful continu-
ance, so that any change of law
must be at every step regardful OF
the labor and capital thus involved.
The process OF reform must be sub
iect III the execution to this plain
dictate OF Justice.
All taxation shall be limited to
the requirements of economical
government. The necessary reduc-
ton in taxation can and must be
effected without depriving Ameri-
can labor OF the ability to compete
successfully withe foreign labor,
and without imposing lower rates
OF duty than Will be ample to cover
any increased cost Of production
which may exist in consequence OF
the higher rate OF wages prevailing
IN this country.
Sufficient revenue to pay all the
expenses OF the federal government
economically administered, iuclud-
ing pensions, interest and principal
Of the public debt, can be got, I'm.
der our present system of taxation,
from custom house taxes on fewer
imported articles, bearing heaviest
on articles OF luxury, and bearing
lightost on articles OF necessity.
We therefore denounce the
abuses of the existing tariff, and,
subject to the preceding limita
tons, we demand that Federal tax
alton shall be exclusively for public
purposes and shall not exceed the
needs OF the government economi
cally administered.
J. The system OF direct taxation
known as the ''internal revenue