Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-12
great tax is paid BY every article that en-.

great tar is paid by every article that en-.
ters into consumption in life. 1t is paid
on sugar, salt, tnware, hoer, raSes, and
every impleme eat of in 1ustry. 1t is paid
on coats, toots, hats, ard blankets 1t is
paid on the furniture in your housee, on
those houses themselves, on the frames,
and the clspSoaris that cover them. All
you wear and eat and use is subject to this
taxation. TIE Democratic party says this
great burden on the people ought TO be re-
duced. The necessaries Of life ought to be
msds cheaper. WorkiDgmen ought to be
able to supply the necessities Of their fra
gsl homes at less expsnse.
The Republican party says man is
never 50 happy as when he is taxed. III
wants to clothe him with all bestitudes,
and let him walk in the visitls glory OF
Sinai you must tax him, tax him in the
morning., tax his ablutions, tax his soap
and towels. tax him Though life, tax him
unnecessarily and then you have him su-
premely happy.
That is the issue betwe,n the parties
You, my friends, are confronted with
the question whether you will maintain this
high system, or reduce it not extrsvagaht-
Tvs Now asked an audience last night If
there was any one who could give me q
Just reason why the farmer should pay q
so psr cent. tax on his every barrel Of salt.
l waited in vain for an answer. Ihavsone
if nothing better is offered. It ia not that
the supply of salt is not abundant. For
God in his goodness has scattered it
about us on all sides, but men have taken
il and
IMPOSED A TAX ON IT;
and it is because Senator Hiscock AMI
Congressman James Belden, already mil
lionaires, own some great salt works at
Syracuse, and they were determined to
ext ,rt from the people other unnecessary
millions to add to their wealth.
Mr.. Fellows then discussed Republican
tariff legislation at lerg h, showing that
its uniform purpose had been to impose
thu heaviest burdens on the con:u ner,
leaving capital untaxed. They have re.
ducei all the taxes on wealth, he said,
but the tariff schedule, the tax en- the pso-
pie, is higher to d'y than at any time dur
ing the war. The highes. average of rates
during those four bloody years was Al Ier
cent, now the aversge is AZ per cent. The
Mills bill prop;se, to reduce it back to AZ,
leaving it still higher taan at any other
time In our country's history. Yet 10
spite of that fact, Republicans were saying
that it is free trsds. Now, I only want to
say that if this is fee trade bill, then
this country has been living for IS years
uuder free trade without knowing it
Because this bi leave, the tariff at q
higher rate than at any tins during these
S5 years. [Chesrr.
Now, farmers of West Virginia, have you
ever stopped to think that under the ple,-
ent tariff you are selling all your products
in the lowest market, while you are bug
ing in the highest market? Take your
quo ationI fnm any commercial paper,
and You ind that the prices for your grain
and cattle are European prices, fixed the
same in New York as in Liverpool or Lon
don, But when you come to buy You
find eve y article that You need is sold to
You at tie European price with an addi-
tional tax on it of from 35 to 100 per cent.
1t is to this condition that the Democratic
party calls your attention, and it promises
You relief. We propose system of cheap
er clothing, enlarged industries, and high
er wages, giving constant employment to
all laborers, preventing loekouts, ard
doing away with strikes.
Col. Fellows closed with an eloquent
prophecy of Democratic triumph at the
pcl's. His add, ess YVES at entively listened
to ard spp!audei to the echo.