Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-10-25
Tax Reform-Advance!
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It is matter of little moment to the
country whether President Cleveland or
General Harrison shall be chosen Pres
ident In November. 80 far as the char
acter and qualifications of the candi-
dates are involved. Both are admit
ttdly honest and competent; both have
been tried in public trust and made
creditable records. and either would
make a patriotic and faithful Presi-
dent.
Which should be elected? There 10
one supreme issue involved In the con-
test, and both sides have met ir man
fully. Grover Cleveland demand.
the reduction OF war taxes upon the
necessaries Of life and upon tho raw
materials necessary for our Industries
to standard that will furnish SUM-
cient revenue for the government
economics lily administered and in
that reduction he distinctly demands
that the wages OF American labor shall
be fully protected. Benjamin Har-
rison demands that the present tariff
policy of the country shall be made
chiefly on internal taxes and sugar,
and that raw materials shall not be
put upon the free list If any portion OF
our supply is produced At home.
The issue is simply one of tax reform.
and it appeals to every citizen Of every
section and every condition. It 10 an
issue that has been forced upon Con-
,gress by the people; it was forced
upon both parties four years ago and
was given pledges by both which are
yet unfulfilled, and it has wrung from
an unwilling party in the Senate af-
ter long criticism of tariff agitation, o
revised tariff measure to meet the
Mills bill passed by the House.
The issue OF tax reform requires nc
apology, no hesitation; no ambiguous
expression. 1t is an issue that calls.for
an earnest and aggressive advance OF
its supporters. It is the cause OF the
people; the cause Of enlarged industry
the cause of industrial prosperity and
the foe of monopoly and oppression.
The people have groaned under high
war taxes for half generation after
they had ceased to be a necessity,
and to-day they are taxed full $50, 600,
600 annually that the government can
not expend. 1t has now $12O ,OOO, ,Oot
of the peoples money in government
vaults, Withdrawn from the channels
of commerce. industry and trade and
is daily collecting over $500, 900 of un
needed revenue from our overtaxed IN
dustries. Such an iss ue calls for I
bold, defiant advance of all who ar
ready to protest against extortionat'
taxes on the necessaries of life.
Our manufacturers are crippled ant
our American labor i'll paid because o
the extortionate war taxes continued
on the raw materials needed for ou
products. We are to-day taxing con
sumers of woolens, which emhrac,
every man, woman snd child in the
country, over go per cent. on thei
clothing, and yet allow English mills
and English labor to supply nearly
| half our market, while our American
mills aud American labor languish II
idleness, solely because we tax wool
chemicals and dye stuffs to an exten
that forbids competition in our owl
markets.
AS rule, every champion Of higf
war taxes appears before his audiences
clad in English garments. to demant
high taxes for the protection of ou
wooden industries. And why are thes
orators English clad? Why are no
American cloths as good as English
manufacture? Solely because the raw
i materials for good woolen cloths are 81
highly taxed tl.at no American mil
can buy them, and yet professed labo
protectionists mock our workingmel
by demanding that they shall be taxet
into idIeness and denied the right t
supply their own markets with th,
products of their own industry.
And why should every table be
taxed for the SAL upon ii? And VIII.
should every home be taxed for th
lumber in It? And why should ever,
workingman's dinner pail be taxed fol
the tin in it? And why should ever.
bed in the land be taxed double pric
or more for its blankets? And why
should tariff taxes now average owe
AZ cents on everr 90 of foreign good
consumed, when the highest protec
tive tariffs before the war never ex
ceeded So cents on the dollar? Thes
are not protective taxes; they are ex
| tortionate and they have bred mo
nopoIy combines and trusts until band
ed greed rubs every consumer OF tn
nation.
With such an issue and such cause
! there is but one order to be given aloni
the whole line before the whole peopl.
It is-Tax reform, advance?
Notice to Republicans!
4 The Ironton Harrison and Morton Gu
will meet
, i EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, ats O'CIocl
at the Courthouse until further notice. PEI
sons wishing to join this club will find clu
lists in the hands of j. N. Bishop. VIM. Hill
and w. T. Gay. A. S. PRINCE, Chairman.
Go to Payton Martins Livery Stable II
Bugeies, Hacks, and for accommodation
for p;onio oycarS,a~s Nou r;rn ard un<