The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-07-13
FREE WHISKY.

"The republican party would effect oil
needed reduction of the national revenue
BY repeating the tax on tobacco which y
so annoying to the agriculturlst, and on all
spirits used for the arts and mechanical
purposes, and BY such pevision Of the tariff
laws as viii tend TO check the importation
OF such articles as arc produced BY our
people, the production OF which gives em-
ployment to our labor,a and release from I'm.
port duties those articles OF foreign produe.
tions, (except luxuries,l the like of which
cannot be produced at home. II there
shall still remain larger revenue than Is
requisite for the wants of the government
we favor the entire repeal Of the internal
taxes,rather than the surrender OF any part
OF our protective system at the joint behest
of the whisky trusts and the agents of for
eign manufactures"
The above Is the republican platform
adopted at Chicago touching the tariff aid
surplus questions 1t Is well that II should
be thoroughly analysed by every voter,
and oil It's meaning held up before the pub
Tic. In order to do this, Il Is proper that
our revenue system should be first explain.
ed,in general terms, at least. Nearly all
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ment come from two sources, namely, duties
on imports and internal revenue taxes.
Duties on imports are taxes laid and col
lected upon goods imported into this coun.
(try from foreign country, and internal
revenue taxes are taxes laid upon tobacco
and whisky produced In this country From
these sources there was money enough coll
lected during the fiscal year ended June
3oth, 1883, to pay all the current expenses
of,and just demands against, the government
and then leave surplus Of ninety.seyen
millions besides. The surplus for the year
ended June goth, iSS7,was iifty-iiye millions,
thus producing surplus in the two years
of-one hundred and fifty two millions dol
lars. On all sides, both by republicans and
democrats, it is agreed that something
should be done to prevent this accumulation
of money In the treasury. Such accumn-
lation of money into the treasury, there to
lie idle, Is direct aud needless damage to
the business and labor men OF the country.
Thus far republicans and democrats are
agreed. But antagonistic differences at
once arise when the two parties begin to
suggest way to reduce the surplus. The
democrats would reduce the war taxes on
the necessaries of life, such articles of food
and clothing as the poor as well as the rich
must have to sustain life. The republicans
would remove the tax from tobacco and
whisky alone in order TO make the reduc
tion. The democrats would reduce tariff
taxes and make clothing and food cheap.
The republicans would repeal the tax on
whisky and make that cheap. The demo
Gratis would reduce the tax on the washer-
woman's shawl and the republicans would
| remove the tax from the millionaires whis.
Ky and wine. The republicans utterly re-
fuse 10 remove the tax from a single article
OF clothing but would male whisky free
This then IS the issue The dcmoc rats
offer the country cheap clothing and food
and taxed whisky. The republicans offei
the country highly taxed clothing and fooe
and free whisky. This Is the issue and
there Is no dodging Il.