Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-10
DEMOCRATS ON THE TARIFF.

CONGRESSMEN on THE QUESTION
OF REDUCING THE REVENUES.
Some weeks ago the Boston alone
sent letters Of inquiry to leading
Democratic Congressman, asking
what action Congress should take
on the tariff question in the com
ing session. Nearly all the replies
favor revision of the present laws,
though they differ as to the means
10y which it should be accomplished.
The following is an abstract Of the
replies
Representative Collins says: "The
attitude of the majority should be to
press some scheme OF reduction to u
vote under the operation of the pre-
vious question, if possible
Representative Bragg writes:
"Beleying myself that Il reduction
Of the tariff is essential to prospect.
ty in business to the country at
large, am in favor of keeping it
constantly to the front until sue.
cess attends the effort, and a rea-
sonable measure of commercial free
dom is Obtained
Representative Lowering writes
from Washington: "SOme measure
OF relief from OnerOus taxes By a
revision of the tariff should be civ.
Ell to the country at the coming
session of Congress. But with a
majority of seventeen in the pres
ent House las shown by its votes
last spring., against any considera-
ton of the subject, | am not much
encouraged to look for any measure
of practical relief on this import
ant question Ey the present Con.
gress. Nor can | see much to
encourage the belief that the Fiji
tieth Congress will do any Better
and will venture the prediction
that if any attempt by it is made to
reduce the surplus revenues, it will
be rather by abolishing the inter.
nal revenue tax on whisky and to-
baccO than by reducing the tax up.
on those articles Of prime necessity
entering into the everyday con
sumption Of the masses Of the peO-
pie
Representative Morrison writes
as follows: "1he attitude of the
majority party in the House this
winter toward The tariff question
should be that attitude which will
best secure such a reduction that
the tariff will yield all the rev
cnue We need, and no more, with
out removing the internal revenue
tax on tobacco and liquors.
Representative Mills says: "The
Democratic party ought to and will
push the fight this winter for the
reduction of the tariff. The people
engaged in this fight are enlisted
for the war"
Representative Warner says: 81
think the majority party should
favor n tariff on all products in the
production of which there is n com
petition between this and other
sufficient to cover the diff
ference in the cost OF production
arising out of the difference in the
under which their pro-
lucton is carried on here and else
where. ! have been pleading with
the leaders OF my party to assume
a more aggressive policy
Representative Hiatt says: 81
saw, soon after the Inauguration Of
President Cleveland, that his poll
cy was going to run in the same
with the Republican poll
ry. They are identical on the fl
narce, on the tariff and on the land
questions. Cleveland's policy is in
to any regulation ofrail-
road freights, and, in a word, is a
simple sub.letting Of Republicanism
10 Democratic colors. With such
policy the great mass of the people |
nave become Disguised, and thou
sands Of Democrats, to my knOwl- F..
,dge, have voted the Republican f.
ticket to manifest their disapprOba- /
ion of Cleveland's suicidal policy" .
Representative Fcran, believes in
/ "jnst, fair, and reasonable reyi- .
zion and modification of the tariff,
,ecping always in view incidental .
as well as revenue