The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-11

JrDGE JaIIS BEASSoS. our candidate for Con.
gr,$'. made magnificent speech. lie defined his
Is!tsnn Un tho Mtsir slucstt0n In clear, torrible
aud satisfactory Inunncr.-ktgittrr EtiiOridi.
MY position on ihr t.rlT ihcn.' snIh ibr Judge,
~ will TILL you distinctly, 80 there nuy be no
mistake. have no public .rcror'l on the subject.
hut aty 10 you stand sllarrly upon the National
platform adopted by the Democratic party Ut
tht7t0. lie then read ttese principles, rs en,ia.
clatH. In the platform. which wis received with
chCcr. The one principle WIS prominent. The
ryrnuc demands 81 the tiovernmrn, are large and
the tariff must meet the demand, hut II must not
over meet itnnd by Mxtns the people pile up n
Tremendous surplus. Now We have 10 raise two
hun,lhr 10 thrrc hundred million dollars annually
10 support the government AMI 10 mise that is
NIlEInnr proIsr,inn 10 every bnlprh Of industry In
iAc country. III LINN your Representative. can
no' he indifferent or rtctcant 10 the Interests Of
Your city md community: could never strike
'luwn The bn,wnynrInS which work those industries
which 'Nttt up ydur city. Cali ne tree trader II
you can. Tint Is my position lGheerS.l There
must hc clnnscs. 10th parties nre committed 10 1t
mud the ineYuali It's of the tariff must be corrected
and the mode and manner must remain with YOU.
aud stand ready II net your wishes, rs your best
Judgement mny demand.
THIS examination WlS so clear, lOrelblc AMI de-
S!riblc tlMi 1t brought down the crowd with riin,l
Aiirr FoHnl! Df checrs.-EtgiSr HpOH ef Jndye
.BnlHNOns speech.
1t is to beassumcd that the Registers re-
port does Judge Irannon no injustice. Ii
anybody makes Judge Brannon ridiculous
it must be himself. We beg 10 suggest 10
the judge that a tariff on imports is not
the only way OF raising revenue; that it
does not follow that any given amount Of
revenue will afford adequate protection ;
that 4 tariff could easily be laid to rlise
.two or three hundred million dollms
annually and yet not be protective; that q
tariff could be hid to raise that sum and
he in TACT destructive.
Certainly Judge Brannon knows that
the customs revenue can be largely in.
creased by rrdncin: customs duties, as
witness the revenue from wool under the
reduction. lie must know as well that the
rcTenuc ean: be, diminished, by, increasing
the duties, as witness duties that are pro.
hibitory. Ii he understands the subject at
aIIhc does not need 10 be toidtllatthc needs
oi the Government could be supplied, or
a much larger amount realized, by 4 tariff
on such merchandise as VIC do not pro-
ducc in this country, leaving home in
dustres to take their chances in the
wreck, In short, the suggestion that be-
cause We need large revenue we are Ger.
tain to have ample protection, is n cruel
absuraity which intelligent men will re-
sent 1t is also Democratic stock argu'
incnt
With regard to the inequalities OF the
tariff, We call Judge Brannon's attention
to the Morrison bill, the latcst effort OF his
party to lcgislatc on the tariff. That bill
proposed a horizontal reduction OF twenty
percent-docs he think that would have
reduced any inequalities? Doesn't he
know that relatively duties would have
reraincd as they arc now? Suppose thu,
wool in its relation to manufactures o.
wool is too highly protcctcd:-takc tweni,
pcrccn, from each and the same inequality
remains. The editIerence between a dol
lar aud Il half dollar is fifty cents. Take
twenty cents from each and the differ
cncc is still fifty cents. This is the Demo
cratic idea Of removing the inequalities 0
the tariff. 4, r u 4, = r y