The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-09-14

diers and sailors, and the widows and orphans OF
those who are dea. and prevention OF the eppli-
cation Of the pension fund 10 the benefit OF those
who have noN9him upon IL; protection against
foreign servile immigration; steadfast adherance
TO civil service reform; the guaranty to negro
citizeus OF all their rights of citizenship; hui
name Indian policy, and economy In all depart
ments OF the government.
Mr.. Cleveland then devotes most OF his letter
to the tariff. or the surplus, he says II Is an
evil carrying others In It's train. such incen
tive TO extravagance, and q general boarding of
money by the people, brought on by the scarcity
of currency caused by the large sum In the treas
ury, which latter makes investors timid and
stops enterprise He declares that all parties are
agreed as To the necessity OF reducing the income
to the needful expenses OF the government and
that unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation;
that when the government EFFORTS more money
from the people than is needed for legitimate ex
penses the creature has rebelled against the crea
tor and the masters are robbed by their servants.
He assumes that IL Is well known that all tariff
taxes are added to the cost of
the things imported and also TO the cost
OF things produced at home and says this in
crease of price is form of taxation as nevita-
BILE and certain as though annually paid into the
hands of taxgatherers. This increase is burden
that ought not TO be tolerated Very heavy bur
dens which are uncomplainingly borne when
necessary, become grievous when not justified by
slightest increase In state and county taxes, they
are expected in some quarters to view with indif-
ference the invidious taxation Of the tariff. The
surplus revenue, he says furnishes the conclusive
proof of too much taxation. The question Is how
to get rid of il.
He then defends the Mills bill as very moder-
ate measure of tax relief, but declares that there
is no hint of free trade In it; that the Democracy
has always looked to the interests of the work
ingmen, and that now no measure is suggested
that will leave those industries which have been
taught to rely on tariff protection without It; but
by letting In raw materials free it is proposed to
enlarge our markets to take in the world and
compete with foreign countries In those markets
from which we are now shut out. He says, in
this connection, that the tariff nurtures trusts
and combinations of that kind, which increase the
cost to the consumer, and tariff reform would
make them impossible.
With reference to the Republican proposition
to take the tax of only such things as can not be
produced in this country, he says most of them
already on the free list and that the existence
of a protective system Is entirely consistent with
the regulation of the extent to which 1t shall 10
applied and the correc ion of its abuses. Our
people, he says, ask relief from burdensome tax
alton ON the neccssaries of life, and they are Of
fered by the Republicans instead-free tobacco
and whisky, and he submits that the relief asked
can be better supplied by tariff reform on the
lines laid down by the Democracy.
In conclusion he says that the difficulty Of APP
plying a remedy to this condition of national tax
alton will never be less and with firm faith in the
intelligence and patriotism of ou- countrymen,
and relying upon the conviction that msrepre-
sentation will not influence them prejudice will
not cloud their understanding, and that menace
will not intimdate Them let us urge the peoples
interest and public duty for the vindication Of
attempt to inaugurate righteous and benefcent
reform.
Nominated by Democrats and Greenbackers
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. 12.-Mel-
bourne H. Ford was nominated yesterday by