The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-12-18

cy ana swaddIo IN meditpvnl rags IL victorious
liberty. All our requisite ctaxation may be
made IN easy garment. We have made prison
Of II, plastered stir with obsolete contentious
Free trade accurately describes the inter.
nal commerce OF our States. II applies TO the
commerce, one with another, Of no other great
and sovereign states. 1t does not apply 70 our
trade with foreign nations. No man now living
will ever SEQ free. trade adopted by these
States a In their rc with orDn
tion Of this Government have ever been one
chief source Of Federal revenue, and such they
w BE- oy spoe
choice choice among articles suitable for t.:.at!on Is
homo or imported from ABROAD, for neither the
producer nor the importer finally pays the tax.
The consumer pays II; Tho place Of origin
criterion. The place OF consumption is whore
duties as well as excise are paid ut last; sea-
port taxes and inland taxes are alike in cost OF
collection @ $40 and G-10 per cent), and alike
in this, that although the importer or distiler
advances the tax he reimburses himself In the
price to the consumer, who alone is taxed
" Protection Is also q misnomer 1t I'M
plies superiority elsewhere. That superiority
over any great industry Of ours does not exist
ADULTS elsewhere Such Is not '1 our reputation. @ %
1t implies that amid competition universal,
where the httest survive. We shall perish. But
we shall release ourselves from bad laws and
enter that competition unmanacled, rivals will
be distanced and our primacy established In
the markets and commerce Of the world.
HIGH WAGES TO AMERICAN LABOR
"Now one proud fact attests the substance
Of our prosperity, and is the guaranty rs well
as proof OF our power 70 hold against oil compe
cry thing we choose to dig or fabricate or grow,
| and to command and control for our surplus
We pay 10 labor the highest wages In the world.
Highly paid labor signifies the most efficient la
bor-signfies that high wages are the most
profitable wages-signifies that the high ratio is
earned.
ununited states of Europe as 1t is among the
| products of our industry, including the manu-
factured, would have the pick of foreign mar.
kets, for the reason that our labor, being the
| centage Of labor cost would everywhere sur.
signify isas. t. ,.s1 ,siislen1cs, which :, il ., Su.
cost in the product. Other things being equal,
| 1t is obvious that high wages can never be paid
unless 1t Is profitable to pay them, and II can
wages because the oiiciency Of those who earn
them vindicates its superiority by the reduction
eo and cheaper proauc,
are correlati' terms. Low wages to labor and
o. costlier product are csrrelative terms.
ca,soetes I'i with labor @ upon upon otherwise % equal equal
| competing with the intelligent artisan? The
boo Sp except % that % in truth % our war.taFifi Fif
taxes favor ''pauper labor at the expense of
American labor: Its products are not fenced
We ourselves destroy our own easy power OF
competition, even in our home market. BY tar.
| IN taxes on raw materials we fence in our own
| surplus products, making them cost too much
to compete ut home. and, OF course, too much
| to compete abroad with manufacturers from
untaxed raw materials.
| THE BEST TAXES TO RETAIN.
another proposal is to reduce taxation by
cutting down the tax on whisky tobacco and
beers and removing the duty on sugar.
q r iobacco They so are Wiling to pay pa,
for the luxury, and they nsk no relief. Any
probable reduction Of the tax on whisky would
diminish it. The price Of sugar has fallen to an
| exceedingly cheap rate Our own sugar crop Is
1 80 very small part Of the total amount OF
| sugar we consume that sugar ranks next to
| articles wholly producted abroad, like tea and
coffee, in suitability for taxation on the ground
that its consumption is universal; that the tax
creased price pnid BY the consumers is an un.
considered trife, and that what is taken from
the taxpayers goes into the taxpayers treas
| ury, not into few private bank accounts
THE TAXES TO BE REMrrrED.
The taxes to be first remitted are those which
| prevent or hinder the sale OF our surplus prod
ucts In foreign markets. Their removal will
ter returns, enlarge the steady employment
and increase the annual income of many thou
| sand wage-earners. whose prosperity will diff
| fuse prosperity. These taxes are the duties on
| raw materials, and the most widely injurious oi
them Is the tax upon raw wool.
| II respectfully recommend to Congress- that
States the boon Of untaxed clothing, and In
| order thereto the immediate passage OF an act
| simply nnd solely placing raw wool upon the
| free list.
"Of course repeal OF the duty on row wool
| should be followed by, but need not wait for, Q
compensating adjustment OF the duties on manu-
| factured wOolens, while our manufacturers ore
learning the lesson that with the highest paid
and most efficient labor in the world, with the
tive appliances, they need fear no competition
| from any rivals in the world, In home or for
eign markets, 80 long us they can buy theil
woods free Of every kind. but the common
daily clothing OF the American people need moi
be taxed.
| FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
"The total ordinary revenues Of the Govern
ment for the year were $3.50 439, ,727, an increase
over the previous year Of s12, ,0aO. The total
ordinary expenditures were &a7, ,034, 1s1, de
crease from the previous year Of si7,74s,Ts
| the present fiscal year were $94. .9i5, 500
| and the expenditures $108, 36s9. The
| amount Of customs revenues received during
the fiscal year 1885 were 1892 905 Gs3, On increase
OF I'll ,433,OS4 over the previous year. From in
| ternal revenue taxes the receipts were S118,
8O5, $50 IN increase OF Sa,S07.210.
The total Indebtedness of the United State.
November ], 1885, less cash In the treasury, wa,
1885,, ,s!79a7, showing o reduction during tht
| treasury ut that date was e52, 783, 199. The me-
interest reduction was &32lpS8A.