The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-09-25

4 1hN H'Hlbis VI bHt Iiitti1S. TIT h1HHDiieht
party I'm national convention assembled ha
been forced by the manufacturers to rcsoly,
boldly us follows:
"Wc demand that the imposition Of duties
on foreign imports shall bc made NOT r,i
REVENUE ONLY but for the protcctIcn O
manufacturers; that Is to say, that na.iona
| taxation shall not be levied to support tn,
government, but TO support our fellow
citizens. [Great applause.
| TURNING THE TABLES.
What would the east say II We were to re.
solve as follows:
"We demand that direct taxation shall bt
| levied on the accumulated wealth Of tn,
country, not for revenue only. bu
to create fund to support the wheat raiser:
OF the west' lGreat applausel
Would such proposition he any moro
| unfair, any more unreasonable, than Tho
| one for which we are called upon to vote
| III government Is a machine to take tho
money Of A and give 1t 10 b, vii, may it not
with equal justice be used TO take the none,
| Of and give 1t to A! And where is to be
| the limit Of such a system. 1t is simply q
| question whether a or Il has the upper hand
and government becomes In the end, merel,
an engine Of extortion and robbery.
now PROTECTION PLUMBERS Is.
And look at the extent and diversity oil
the ramification of this tariff iniquity.
Mr. Turner, Democrat,) of Kentucky, In
a speech in the house, March I, 1882 said
"llerc II a statement showing few or the
burdens OF the farmer: Under this tariff he rises
| IN the morning. puts on his common flannel shirt
| taxed % per cent. his coat, taxed So per cent
shoes, taxed 30 per cent, and hat, taxed 92 pei
| cent takes the water from bucket taxed IS
| per cent. and washes his face and hands in tin
| bowl taxed 35 per cent. dries them on cheap
cotton towel taxed Is per cent. lie sits down tG
| his humble meal and eats from a plate taxed 90
per cent, with a knife and fork taxed 35 pef
| cent drinks his coffee with sugar taxed GS pet
| cent. seasons his food with salt taxed 80 pc
| cent, pepper, taxed 81 per cent. lie looks
| around on his wife and children all taxed In tho
| same way takes chew of tobacco taxed 1879
| per cent or lights cigar taxed 1ts cent. And,
| sir, even the sunlight from heaven that pours
| into his humble dwelling must come through
| window glass taxed 50 per cent. and yet he
| thinks he lives In the freest government under
heaven. Then he starts to work; puts a
| bride taxed 81 per cent. on his horse and takes
| his horse that has been shod--the nails used I'm
| shocing being taxed 80 per cent driven by A
| hammer taxed 20 per cent and bitches him Ia
| pow taxed A. per cent. with chains taxed 81
| per cent; and after the days labor Is closed,
and his family are all gathered around, he reads
| a chapter from his Bible taxed - per cent and
| kneels to God on all humble carpet taxed 81 per
cent. anu then he rests his wearied limbs on a
sheet taxed As per cent, and covers himself with
| a blanket that has paid loi per cent. Nor do
| these grGsping manufacturers stop here, but
| even the broom with which his good wife sweeps
| the floor Is taxed - per cent, and the cooking
L..
meal are taxed IL per cent. and the soda used to
| Tighten his bread taxed 50 per cent She sits
| down to her sewing with needle taxed Is per
cent, and spool Of thread taxed "a per cent To
make a calico dress taxed IS per cent. or If she
wishes to knit warm socks to protect her hus.
band ard children from the bitter cold, she uses
| yarn taxed l2o per cent: and thus daily and
hourly must the hard earnings Of the laborer 60
to satisfy the manufacturer aud add to his ill.
gotten wealth.
(Thc reading o. this extract was con stantlv
interrupted by laughter and applause.)
MR.. STRAITS RECORD OK THE TARIFF
1t is "A well known fact that Major Strait.
up to the present year, has not professed to
be anything but a firm and consistent sup
porter of this high tariff system.
Take one instance lis a sample:
TRACE CHAINS.
On June 5, 1882, MIR. Turner Democrat.
of Kentucky, introduced bill to place
''trace chains" an article of general use,
upon the free list. The pretenee that so
bulky and heavy an article rs this could not
be made at a profit in the heart Of Pcnnsyl-
yania, unless the Pennsylvania was pro-
tected against the competition of men who
would have to carry their trace chains 5000
miles, was absurd. The bill was defeated. The
vote stood, yeas IS, nays 100; and among the
nays was Major Strait. Politically the vote
was divided as follows.
YEAS. NAYS.
Democrats. .........67 Republicans. .96
Republicans. ) Democrats. ..... $
Grecnbackcrs... , observation-disclosures. 5
Read usters.........
Total. Total. lo9
Dunneli did not vote aud Washburn voted
with Strait.
THE SAME THING IN TIE SENATE.
In the senate We find the same spirit. On
A motion that the tariff on wool should not
exceed 80 per cent. or one-half of the value
Of the article imported tan immense tigure)
both our Minnesota senators, Mcmillan and
Window, voted no.
FREE SALT.
On 4 motion to plac" silt on the free list.
they both voted no. 1t Il absurd to pretend
that you canine; dry the salt out of the salt
water of the springs of western New York at
a profit without you are protected against the
salt made 1900 miles away, but must have a
bounty to the tune of from ) to II cents
per hundred pounds. The fisherman OF
the eastern coast gets back the duty he pays
ON the salt he used In the fisheries, in a re-
bate, but the farmer pays the full duty.
LOWER RATES OK rLASSELs.
Then a motion was made that the duty ON
fiannels and blankets should not exceed &C
| cents on every dollar of value; and again
Minnesota's two senators, representing tho
coolest part of the Union, voted no. Every
! one of these propositions was voted down, In
each case upon close vote, II Ia 26, and 10y
the aid of our senators.
THE Do-SoTHISG COMMISSION.
But we come back to Major Strait.
| In 1SS2 there was great clamor all over
| the land for reduction of the tariff; it cam,
up from men of NIL parties. 1t was too fierce
| to be resisted outright. II was necessary t.
| '.whip the devil round the stump And
| so a cunning scheme was devised To refer
| the subject of tariff revision to commission
TO be appointed by the president To report al
| the next congress. This would staye II oil
| for year or two. 1t was saying in effect te
the people,-''you have elected us and pay
us handsome salaries to legisate for you; il
| is presumed that you picked us out on ac'
| count Of our superior knowledge aud intelli
gence; but we confess that We are pack OF
| ignoramuses, and know nothing about q
| question that has agitated this country ever
since the nation was formed; and We mus
ask the president TO select some outsiders Il
| supply the brains and knowledge We ought
| to have furnished; and you will pay these
| men for their work, aud We will draw oul
| salaries all the same"
| NEW KIND OF FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Fancy parallel case: You are sick, you
call In doctor. ''Doetor," YOU ask, 'arS