The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-07

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6 Sini h were believes, the MAJ Of the
n nau uu.tt up our manufaetprls Who
o,1 an unpardonabIa : had
Ioui1 zee a good rea-on VIZ Si4 be
iand should think s. hpt 10y Log.
euch should be the feeIinyoA os Why
cI'lZens Of the United Stats u any
i B1'a All, bad never ceased to ..a G5est
the loss OF her American - Co1Epiore
She hao struck, IS she fh0,,UUSIiiea
deadly blow in 1912, and dnpT;IIsnta
'ate war she had done her 8 Our
sunder the two sections ueSt to
time she had changed her nc no mat
sna Instead of using forcs h eGnc!
sorted to persecution and oS1 re>
Sne eked out the lions skin N VIE
That of the fox. The United WIN
should remember the vayni 1,a'a
fear the Greeks, even wbsr ~ b.g
ing gifts. He thea went M
argne against the policy Of ms
t!lng the business interests nv I nnH
slant tlnkering with the ,e eG9,
Should no law last longer th, arr N
meeting of the next Con r,r we
should the meeting of CoIp trSs:
cause fear and its adiournn5as-as
cause eng 7ymeDt2 Should notbIr n'
De settled for a time, st iooa.s
Should doubt and mistrnst LAS. iI0Sst;
destroy the waking and sIao "sN
hours Of the people? For enc
was opposed to such a suicidal -. nc
icy. 1t would be madness f., aol-
party to pursue it. 1t was subm;fttnlIt
to every members judgement 70 on
ply the heroic remedy to this hin hi q" y
let 1t linger out sickly existence VI
1t would make business cOnfnoion
and general bankruptcy. It was ' not
based on any sound prineinio.
There had been anoI6oi..'
made for it but no defen:.
Ii was guessed it might reduce Il.
surplus revenue, but nobody ma
tended to speak with csrtatnty
There was no attempt at sn adinst
ment Of the tariff. It sliced recE.
lessly, and it might do iniurE to the
interests and industries. as we'll A
to the revenue. Ii as like the fa>
NOUS bed Of the oil roh9er. Ia
man was too small he was Stretched
out to lis unex raOle le, g'b; If tco
long he was cut down 10 TT. I. was
q thing Of measurement ard p0ts
wise scheme Of reduction. a hCri.
z0ntal reduction offered N remedy.
on the contrary IL made Vt Orse what
was bad before. 1t was paIpabIe
confession Of inability TO handle
the intricate problem at issue
or else rash eagemess to
do what was at once uncallad for.
unwise and unfortunate. It an
peared to he sgi alton only Ter the
sake Of agitation. always N stake
1t was the clear dictate Of common
sense to have waited until tie eject
Of the last tariff bill could have bsep
learned, and thus have saved flom
all passion and turtulency The Pes
lder tial election, a question On
which the public welfare was so
deeply concerned and which. frOs.
'ible, should never be made a purely
1dItIS2D lsBuGs
This 20 per cent reduction wasnOs
10 dangerous for what il did, as for
What it promised. In this respect
here was no room for conjecture.
t was proclaimed to be q firm fnt
Itep toward frea trade. Let
he gentleman consider what free
rs6e, 30 called mesnt. It
meant the change Of Gus whole
chems of collection OF revenue.
The people bad become accustomed
o She i'm port duty, and it had cen
rOved the safest and best method
f taxation. it caused nc friction,
7 ccmpar lively little; al this
would be abolished, and the internal
var Of taxes would be continued;
vas that the wish Of the people:
1he CID confederation relied on d.
ect taxation, and il was a failure.
The fathers OF the @ iv5rnment
ought refuge in a different system,
nd the result was a more perfect
lniOn in order to provide for the
ommOu defence aud general vel
are. The bill bore a captivating
aption, and was doubtless INTENDED
o be captivating. 1t did not abolish
he war taxes, tor if 1t did it would
epesl internal revenue taxes. Ii
hose taxes were abolished thee
you'd be no surplus revenue. and
be administration Of public aft irS
you'd be run properly and well The
urpius revenue for this current
ear will be about $50. 1000. COO. The
louise was invited here to choose
etween a firm first step towards
rec trade, or to waite reform O.
ar:ff until such time as the Demo
ratio party should frame o Oil on
be principles expressed in the Ono
latform. He had no dlth'
ulty in choosing between
he two lines OF public POLICY
I'd he chose for his own people snu
is own country. He did this in Lh5
Ill assurance that fres trade TOalu
ring nothing but disaster ana run,
7hile the principles expressed III VIC
bio declaration would bring pros
srity, happiness and higher OIu:a
( .vllizaticn. Would 1t not -
User to defer the CO.. slder. t!3I ~ "
!, important question until u. ".
3untry had passed through tns t e.
tement OF the president;laa'
,ruggle. and until some ~
,rmation could be secured q
the workings o, the ~
III OF 1888? Then real reIoiL
,aasrre roilgG he adopted WHlOA