Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-15

says tobacco is necessity. Prohibitionist
teach that prohibition is the best. Tht
Republicans propose to release the coun
try from the tax on whisky and tobacco
The Prohibitionists advocate that it IL
detrimental to the interests and happi
ness of the country. Mr.. Blaine, while
riding over the country with his friend
Mr.. Carnagie, who reaps as a reward FOL
the hard labor he is at, and receives as
the profits of one days work from only
one of his iron works, the sum OF 50 600
or 81 ,565 900 for year, and with him he
can take in his castle, and at the same
time think over the pauper labor intro
duced into this country to the detriment
of the workingmen, this Republican
statesman and his leading friends so ar.
IDENTIFY admire. According to their plat
form, whisky will in short time be had
at 20 cents gallon. Their platform does
not propose to relieve the taxes from the
productions, but from whisky and to-
bacco. Will you lick the rod that smites
you? How will you succeed if the Re.
publican party elect their candidates.
High tariff is a tax. The great mono
polists pay no tax. Is tariff tax? Mr..
Williams, in his speech, says it is not a
tax, but license to the foreign coun-
tries to trade with us. I will demon
strate this: lake steel rails. If A builds
railroad, he goes to Europe to buy rails,
where he pays $18 ton. The importer
ships it to New York; the custom duties
are $17 a ton. The railroad pays
that to the Government. The rail-
road issued its bonds, and they charge
an interest of per cent; these bonds
are issued for fifty years. Who pays the
cars, who has his freight brought to him,
his produce shipped, and not the man
who builds the railroad. They do not
pay cent of taxes to the country. The
people pay it, and for fifty years, and if
the bonds are renewed pay it fifty years
more. Every man pays part of that
tax who patronizes the railroad.
A merchant wants blankets and goes
to New York to get them. The importer
pays SIS per cent. duty. The merchant
wants 81 900 worth; the blankets are
bonded at IS per cent. He pays the fac
tory price, the per cent. for import duty
and tax, the merchant adds the cost for
profit, etc. Mr.. Jones
sells his hay without protection; he
wants some blankts, wants the price he
got for his hay to buy his blonkets. What
do they cost? say $40 pair. The blan-
kets come from England. There is the
import duty, wholesale dealers profit, re-.
tail dealers profit, etc. The consumer
pays the duty and everything else. John
Jones may pay for it. No escape from
1t any man can see 1T.
Now, gentlemen, we ask and request a
debate on this question. The Republi-
cans will not have joint discussion up
on this issue, one of so great importance
to this country. 1t is tax, and not a
license. Another question the people
have been legislated against. The
gay Paypl0 GoppI9. pIy nfes He psys sax some .nne
tax on his real estate, &C., not great
deal but not one cent on his bonds, as
they are not taxable. The consumer,
the farmer, the mechanic, and the work
ingmen Of all classes pay the tax, and
these wealthy aristocrats, millionaires,
and bankers are living in
luxury and ease, while you. who are the
taxpayers, live, they care not how.
Factories are corporations. The Fed
CI al 0ONClAuCAO OOllCCto AO pull UdA, AO
land tax, nothing but import duties.
Factories don't wear clothes, don't eat
and have no consciences.
They don't pay as much as one cent
duty. They represent $500, 900
capital, and don't pay as much duty as
Mr.. Isbell, don't pay as much revenue
as Ed. Sharp. The tax has been removed
from the banks. There are about $500
National Banks and 1000 private ones.
How much do they pay? The working
man pays more than all the banks. They
put the burden on the shoulders of the
and consumer. They are
the taxpayers. How the laboring man
is loved by the Republican party! 1t
reminds me of an old darkey that loved
fishing. FIe was out in his canoe on the
river, and had his boy in the
end with the bait, and they were close
by wood yard; pretty soon steamer
came along and the waves rolling pretty
high, the boy negro got up, but the waves
were too strong for the little one, and he
went overheard. The big darkey
threw off his coat and made dive
after the boy, but came up without him,
taking breath he dived again, and this
bliuO Wdo ouCCOSolu1 UIluSlllS Uuc llttlc
fellow to the surface and swan ashore.
The Captain with many of the passengers
gathered around him praising him for his
noble and heroic act, and remarked, "This
is your son, | suppose ?" "No," said he.
'Your grandson?' "No." "Why. why
in the world did you do this heroic act. !"
'Oh," said he, she had the bait" The
leaders love the workingmen
because they have the bait.
The Republicans were in power and
had their own way, when they made
these laws. He said he would read
an article comparing the difference on
the duties put on by the Republicans CIV
further proof of their love to the poor
man. List of items in high tariff sched-
ule:
Otto of rose. FreeICastor Oil: .1eOp. cent
Orange flowers. Free Linseed Oil. so" st
Diamonds. 10 per cent Windowglass97" '
JewelTy. Jew .25 per cent o Hors he nisiiS"
Administer carpets. Spool thread51"
India shawls 4OL per Wool shawls. SO"
................... cent
This looks equal, don't it?
Silk hose so per cent worsted hose73p. cent
Common cloth worth As cents, and so OH
through.
The duty ON some of the articles paid
by the pound weight. The articles rich
people use are light, and those used by
the poor man are heavy.
Grant called it tax, and said it should
be reduced. Sherman, Carl Schurz and