The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-19
A CALL
TO THOSE WHO FAVOR TARIFF REFORM

TO THOSE WHO FAVOR TARIFF REFORM.
A meeting of citizens, irrespective
Of parties, VIII" agree with the prin.
ciples contained in the following de-
csaration, is hereby called for the pur.
pose of forming a branch Of the
American Tariff Reform League.
Meeting will he held ut the school
house in Bottineau, Saturday evening,
2ssh April, 1883, at 8 o'clock, at
which time the purposes, plans and
details for local organization will be
made known. The following is the
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES:
Taxation for any other than a pub
lie purpose is robbery under the forms
of law.
A protective tariff is Of necessity
and by design discrimination in favor
: OF the few at the expense of the many.
A protective tariff does not confer
equal benefits Or impose equal bur
Gems upon all.
Such industrie: only as are destroy.
ers Of wealth need the fostering care
Of protective tariff.
The periodical dcpressions, with
their concomittants Of discomfort,
waste and suffering are largely due
to a tariff system which attracts cap.
al into special industries, causing
cverproduction and the evils result.
ing therefrom.
The protective tariff has restricted
our commercial development, des-
tToyed our mercantile marine, cur
tailed II exports, provoked retail
atory measures, to the injury Of our
agricultural interests, decreased the
i. profits of capital, reduced the wages
aud limited the employment of labor.
The protective tariff has, through
the unequal distribution Of wealth,
;ostered extravaganza, encouraged
perjury and other crimes, causing the
excessively rich to make such extrav-
. agant expenditure for show as to lead
those desiring to keep up appearances
to their standard, but financially un-
able to do 50, to engage in the many
d~efalcations, embellishments, etc.,
which have been prevailing to such
MI alarming extent.
The protective tariff was established
as a war measure; in time Of peace
all war measures should be abolished.
The few beneiciaries of the protect.
Ne tariff always have pretended it was
adopted for the protection of labor.
.p::ie cheap European labor come in free,
and the TACT is it Expresses labor, by
imposing onerous taxes on what labor
consumes. 49,
Under the plea Of the general
welfare" the protective tariff was
levied for the special welfare of its
benefciaries.
The taxes on imports should be ex-
c!usivcly for revenue. 1.-The increas-
ing and unnecessary surplus should
be released to the people by an amend
nlent to the revenu laws which shall
cheaper the necessaries Of life, and
give tree entrance to such imported
r@ateriuls as by American labor may
=" manufactured into marketable
commodities" T. eretore we demand
tie continued reduction of existing
import duties until the protective eie.
,mapt is eliminated.
W. also demand that only 50 much
tax shall be imposed as will provide
Tor the economical administration of
the government.
We also demand that all duties on
imports shall be levied on luxuries
exclusively, and that necessaries OF
the laboring man be admitted free.
We also demand the admission OF
all raw materials free, that the Ameri.
can manufacturers may be thereby
enabled to compete with nations like
wise favored.