The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-09-23

law. The territory embraced Dy these
forleitures is 1888 square miles-more
IMAM twice as large b the State Of KEN
lucky. In addition to this the Demo-
cratic House Of Representatives at the
last session passed bills fOrfeiting
3,o43, ,O94 acres which the Senate has not
yet concurred in There are algo on the
calendar OF the House, with favorable
reports from committees, bills forfeit
Ing l3.O672l4 acres more, which will be
passed at the next session. The area
covered BY all those bills is 159 4O8
square miles, and most of it pretty good
land."
The Enquirer then asked Mr.. Carlisle
II he was willing to talk little on
THE TARIFF,
10 which he respon Jed, IaughingIv.
tnat as his train for Winchester was
ABOUT due, 1t hardly seemed worth while
TO enter upon topic which might ex.
haUst life time
But there are two or three questions
that must insist upon. Is there anV
hope of the Democratic party, as a party,
getting consistently and unitedly to
work for revenue refOrm?"
in my opinion there Is a reasonable
prospect that the Democratic party will
become substantially united on that
question. Of course 1t Is not probable
that all the members of the Democratic
party will come to think precisely alike
about 1t, but for practical purposes /
believe that the course of events. in q
reasonably short time, will bring US
substantially together. There are now
only about $l40,0OO,OO0 of the public
debt which the Government has q right
to pay at Its face, and nearly all the
bonds representing this Indebtedness
are held by National Banks. In less than
two years this Indebtedness will be fully
discharged, and'nO other EOnds mature
until 1891, when $250000,000 of four
and half per cents will be payable.
During the interval between the
payment of the three per cents
now outstanding and the ma
turity of the four and Ope.half per cents,
unless the revenue is reduced IT is used
to purchase the Oblig cations Of The gov
eminent at high premium, an enor-
nous surplus must accumulate In the
treasury-such al amount as would par
alyze the business of the country IL
boarded and left out of the channels Of
trade. am very strongly OF the Opin-
Ion, therefore, that when the debt which
Is now payable has been fully discharg-
ed, II not before that time, the people of
the country will demand reduction of
the revenue"
''Ah, yes; but several distinguished
gentlemen, whom will not mention,
want this reduction made on whisky
and tobacco"
HTf will nauar ho On dana rorIJod NJ
Carlisle, with great solemnity. Never,
The reduction will come upon the tariff,
and not upon Internal revenue, for
1t Is plain to my mind that no politi-
Cal party of this country can afford
to take the position that whisky
and tobacco and beer shall be free
while tax remains upon the peoples
clothing and implements Of trade. PeO-
pie won't stand it,"
And to show the nearness of
THIS IMPENDING CHANGE"
Mr.. Carlisle continued, "let me reiterate
point which your paper has already
had the sagactty to call attention to. In
taking up these bonds he by the banks
less than S130,000,000-the Govern
ment has really to pay In money only
10 per cent. of their face Value-the
margin above the circulation allowed
to the banks upon them. So you see
how quickly our surplus revenue will
eat up the only portion of the public
debt that we can take up for many
years, and how soon we shall be forced
to take action upon the millions gather
ing in the Treasury"
At this point, just as the talk was be-
coming most interesting, the ladies en-
tered the room and broke up the game
in row.