The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-08

dom for themselves and their children
from the doom of perpetual servltude
and Al open door TO their advancement
beyond the limits of a laboring class.
Others of our citizens whose comforts
and expenditures are measured by
moderate salaries and fixed incomes
will insist upon the fairness and Justice
of cheapening the cost of necessarics
tor themselves and their families.
TARIFF REVISION STRONGLY URGED.
When to the seliishness of the bene-
ficiaries OF unjust discrimination under
our laws there shall be added the dis
content OF those who suffer from such
discrimination, w will realize the fact
that the beueliccnt purposes of our
government, dependent upon the
patriotism and "contentIncnt of Il
people, are endangered. Communism
is u hateful thing and IL menace TO
peace and organized government, but
the communism Of combined wealth
and capital, tho Outgr0wth of over
weaving cupidity and ~scllishneas, which
insidiously undermiuGs the justice and
integrity Of free institutions, is not less
dangerous than the communism OF
oppressed poverty and toll which, eX-
asperated by injustice and discomfort,
attacks with wild disorder the citadel
of rule. lie Knocks tue people who
proposes that the government shall
protect the rich and that they in turn
will care for the laboring poor. ANY
intermediary between the people and
their government, or the least delega-
ton of the care and protection the
government owes to the humblest ciui-
zen in the land, makes the best OF free
institutions a gli;tering delusion and
the pretended boon of American citi-
zenship a shameless Imposture.
A Just and sensible revision of our
tariff laws should be made tor the re-
liet of those of our countrymen who
suffer under the present conditions.
Such a revision should receive the
support of all who love that justice
and equality due to American citizen
ship; of all who realize that in this
justice and equality our government
finds its strength and its power TO pro-
tect the citizen and his property; of all
who believe that the contented cOmpe-
teuce and comfort of the many accords
better with the spirit of our institutions
than colossal fortunes unfairly gather
ed in the hands of a few; of all who
appreciate that the forbearance and
fraternity among our people, which
recognize the value of every American
interest are the surest guaranty of our
national progress, and of all who de-
sire to see the products of American
skill and ingenuity in every market of
the world with a resulting restoration
OF American commerce.
The necessity of the reduction of our
revenue is SO apparent as to be gene
rally conceded. But the means by
which this end shall be accomplished
aud the sum of direct benefit which
controversy of the utmost importance.
There should be nc scheme accepted as
satisfactory by which the burdens of
the people are only partly removed.
Extravagant appropriations of public
money, with all their demoralizing
consequences, should not be tolerated,
either as a means of relieving the treas
ury of its surplus or as furnishing pre-
texts for reaching a proper reduction
in tariff rates. Existing evils and in
justice should be honestly recognized,
boldly met, and effectively relnedied.
There should be no cessation of the
struggle until a plan is perfected-fair
and conservative-toward existing in.
dustries. but which will reduce the cost
to consumers of the necessaries of lite
while il provides for u manufacturers
the advantages OF free raw materials
and permits no injury to the Interests
of American labor. The cause fol
which The battle is waged is comprised
within lines clearly and distinctly de.
fined. 1t should never be compromised
1t is the peoples cause.