Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-09

| weary air with the assertion that high tarin
taxation is the very foundation OF prosperity
The Hmid cali it by different names they
gloss it over with various prefenses; they
gloss 1t over with high-s0undinr phrases. but
from nrst 60 last the argumeaf = 70 la.or 4I
| league AYERS thar no one complains; that
high taxes are a -tsource Of prosperity, and
60 popular that the people are greediiy crying
| Mr.. Blaine in his letter to Mr.. Smith. OF
pnl.adslpn.a n -, hoEamner, Issa. neman s,a
| that the surplus may be easily collected and
distributed TO the States
Everything. anything TO increase and to ex-
pend the surplus. Nothing TO prevent its 40
cumulation, and let IT remain in the pockets
of the people.
We hear much vain beating the air on the
subject of the tariff. Let us clear on some
rubbish.
There is no free-trade party, scarcely any
individual free traders in the country There
are no enemies of American labor, no enc
mics of American manufacturers. Wemust
have a tarTr for revenue, and it should be So
laid as to do the most good and the least
harm 10 all Interests.
peting and combining and compromising
selfishness of private interests seeking boun-
ties at the expense of the people
Mr.. Sherman, in his speech before the wool
growers in this city. explained the combfna-
ton between the wool goods manufacturers
and the growers of cheap wool on me eAten-
sive grazing fields of the Southwest. He
might have shown similar combinations, with
equal ease, in almost every case where duty
is laid.
Three rules, and three only are necessary
guides in this branch of reform f1rSt-To
reduce the expenses of the Federal Govern
ment 10 the lowest possible point consistent
with its fair administration Second-To SO adj
Just taxation that every dollar collected from
the people shall go into the pubic treasury.
Thfrd-Thaf in the application of these two
rules care shall be taken as TO time and
changes TO protect existing interests, and the
labor of our country. Can any sane, unselfish
man object to either? Their application Will
complete the work The Supreme Court or
the limited States Ea5d e with hand
the power of the Government on the property
Of the citizen and with the other to bestow 1t
On the favored individuals to aid private enter
prises, 10 build up private fortunes, is none
the less robbery because it is done under the
LOT Ga saW and = eaea =
forms Nor is il taxation There can be no
tax which is not laid for public purpose"
The Democratic party teaches thus:
1.-The Democracy pledges itself TO purify the
administration from corruption, to restore
| economy. to revive respect for law, and to re-
duce taxation to the lowest limit consistent
with due regard to the preservation OF the
faith of the Nation to its creditors and PEN
knowing full well, however, that legisla-
ton 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 revise the tariff in spirit
of fairness TO all interests
But in making reduction in taxes, it is not
proposed to iniure any domestic industries,
but rather to promote their healthy growth
collected at the Custom House have been the
chief source of Federal revenue Such they
dustries have come to rely upon legislation
for successful continuance SO that any
change Of law must be at every step regard
full of the labor and capital thus involved
The process of reform must be subject in its
execution to this plain dictate of Justice.
IAN taxation shall be limited to the require
ments of economical government. The nee
essary reduction in taxation can and must be
effected without depriving American labor Of
eien labor. and without imposing lower rates
of duty than viii be ample to cover any in
creased cost of production which may exist
in consequence OF the higher rate or wages
prevailing in this country.
Sufficient revenue to pay all the expenses
of the Federal Government economically ad-
ministered, including pensions. interest and
principal Of the public debt can be got under
our present system of taxation from Custom
House taxes on fewer imported articles.
bearing heaviest on articles of luxury, and
| bearing hghtest on articles of necessity.
1--WE therefore denounce the abuse 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
economically administered
| / read side by side, in very able newspaper,
| two strong articles. The one asserted that
| the business failures, the scarcity of employ
/ ment, the suffering of laborers were due to
/ the low and falling prices The other asserted
because by reason of home competition, the
| prices of all products fall. Mark the con-
/ siStency OF the two propositions.
In proof of the second, it was averred that
wooden blankets of the same quality and make
under very high protective tariff were sold
at half the price, and at greater pront than
that steel rails which, when the tariff was
low. sold at 500 per ton, sold for $50 per ton
when the duty was raised to $2e per ton. The
argument is that the American manufacturers
can not compete with foreign producers and
make money when the product viii bring
and make money when their produce will
! bring only SIG. The argument is that miners
of iron. miners Of coal, makers of steel. forge
! men, furnacemen, laborers of all kinds are
| better paid. better clothed better fed. their
| families are more comfortable, and capital
| yields a large interest, when the product of
their labor is sold at SIS instead of $l0a- Tell
that to the hungry men in the Hooking Valley
to-day and they will mob you
The Republican party has had absolute
legislative poweffor twenty-four years, with
two short intervals. Their tariff and financial
measures have beencarried according to their
own sweet will.
Banks, even National Banks, are failing.
Merchants are becoming bankrupt, foundries
are closed, factories are silent, miners are
striking, laborers are without employment,
without living wages In The midst OF abun-
are hungry The home market does not keep
up the price of wheat Corn sells at twenty
cents at the farm and eighty cents at Chicago.
] read in one paper the other day, the follow
ing announcement:
"In the Mahoning and Chenango Districts
there are forty-six furnaces, and thirfy-nine
! have stopped making iron. In the Hanging
Rock District there are twenty-eight charcoal
| furnaces, and only eight viii do anything at
all certainly not more than s~SmaH traction
! of their capacity In the Hooking Valley
there are fourteen furnaces: only one, ana
the smallest is running. In the Lake Superior
| region there are thirfy-seven stacks, and only
nine at work and these to be reduced In
Pennsylvania, near PITTSBURGH. eight fnous-
and coal miners are out of employment At
| Johnstown, the Cambria works. employing
| five Thousand men. cut down the wages from
ten to twenty per cent
In ksxp NflyEf he rn
of Rindskof s. Co, well known to Cincinnati
has failed for million In Cincinnan the
| house of Buchanan Co. has failed also.
dun reports the business disasters ten per
cent. greater than last year.
And vet the coal and iron and wooden goods
| interests are protected by enormous duties.
Do you see in this exhibit a good reason Tor,
| continuing the Republican party in powers
! An attempt is made to group together az
| birth, and induce them TO go altogether ~ Ihe
Republican party.
| to band together and to support en- masse the
1 Republican candidate, In the name of ATneri-
can citizenship protest against this WICKED
ness. would not try in this fashion to bring
them to our aid. scout the idea that there
/ lie reason why they should in this fashion go
rom u.s. In 1876, when the immediate an
/ cestors of the present Republican party were
OBTAINING men of foreign birth and OF certain
| RELIGIOUS convictions. seeking to enlarge the
/ term before naturalization passing the COM
mand Put none on guard bo-nlgni e1cePI
Democratic parfy-fhe present. because 1t Is
! one and the same and only Democratic party
| stood firm in welcoming them TO our shores,
! Arm for our liberal naturalization laws, FIRM
| In the equality of naturalized with the ma
/ tiye-born citizen. Its whole history has
proven it to be faithful to the utterances OF
the last platform.
The Democratic party insists that 1t 10 the
/ duty of this Government to protect, with
equal fidelity and vigilance, the rights OF It's
citizens native and naturalized. at home and
abroad and to the end that this protection
may be assured United States papers OF natu-
i rafirafIon issued by courts of competent ju-