Richland beacon., 1888-09-15

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And so on with everything else. Why
don't they do it: And yet they do tax
a man. or did lax him and do yet pretty
highly sometimes. on the medicine that
he is oh! gcd 10 take. remember one
OF the most satisfactory votes that | cast
when in the Senate of the nitcd States
was to abolish the tax ON quinine, SO
tha. man with the fever and ague could
have his qunine without being robbed
of his means Of subsistence. applause. }
CHEERS GREET THE E,NpANN,.
The principal, The general fact is that
thi, taX- here the speaker was inter
ruptcl by cheering and applause, which
followed his producing bandanna hand
kcrchef. Well. gentlemen, this is a
good, honest handkerchief, ana | could
have bought it good deal cheaper if it
had not been for the tariff tax. Vireat
laughter aud prolonged cheering.
In his annual message to Congress in
lNS.-3, President Arthur said:
recommend an enlargement of the
! free list so as to include within it the
numerous articles which yield an incOu.
siderable revenue; simpliiicaton of the
complex aud inconsistent schedule OF
duties upon certain manufactures, par
tculsrly those of cotton. IRON and steel,
and substantial reduction of the duties
upon those and upon sugar, molasses,
wool aud WOODEN goods.
''Wcll, that Is precisely what the
Democrats are striving To do That is
precisely what the Mills bill, as it is
called. attempts to do, and yet these
N h,. Ia M,
the benefits and tie ruin that the nemo-
Gratis are bringing on the country tell
yea that this thing, which Ire ,ident
Arthur recommended ouly so lately, is
nothing in the world but free trade.
They are more afraid of free trade than
they are OF ra'tlesnakcs. q aughtcr and
applause. They are terribly alarmed
! lest they shOuld be bitten by free trade.
/ Ohenewed laughter. Now, so far from
this being free trade, the most striking
thing about the Mills bill is that it is the
most moderate reduction of tariff duties
that has ever been attempted in this
country.
president Garfield sad in the House
of Representatives on March 10, 1871:
81 was surprised at a remark Of the
distinguished gentleman from Michigan
i do not know who that distinguished
/ gentleman was, but he was Michigan.
der. lie asserted that there is no item
in the whole Tariff bill that can stand
alone on its merits, but that all must be
taken in lump In order to stand; that
coal must take salt by the han d, au
they, too, must take something else by
the hand; and thus all interests unite
before they can make stand before the
country. tn remark be true, il
strikes a blow at the whole tariff system
a blow am not wiling to strike. am
unwilling to admit that bad taxes must
be tied TO good ones, and thus he kept
atoat thlnk it is unwisc to continue
this duty on coal, and am, therefore,
in favor of its repeal
"This Mich gander came from a lum-
Der country expect. and he was in favor
of log rolling laughter log rolling
on the largest kind of a scale; that the
man who wanted protection on one arti.
Gle should log roll with the man who
wanted protection on another, and thus
by all combining together and making
one grand syndicate or pool, force their
measures through the Congress OF the
I "A.
said: If this remark be true, it strikes
blow at the whole tariff system, and
blow am not willing to strike. / am
unwilling to admit that bad taxes must
be tied to good ones, and thus be kept
a1oat.'
| SUDDEN LOVE FOR THE LABORISG MAN.
"Now, my friends, there is ano:het
| Tn vl-l lTl | sh fn .D
tentiOn. They say all at once--I say
all at once for it is very late doc.
trine these advocates of protection are
all at once seized with wonderful soil.
citudc for the laboring man of the coun-
try; and they want a high protective
tart ], not t. benefit the capitalist, not
to heneit the monopolist, not to benefit
the manufacturer, according to their
statement, but to benefit the laborina
man. He is the man they seek to pro.
tee. And how are they going to pro
tect him. Why, they say that a high
pro ective tariff will better his condition,
give him more wages-higher wages.
! / would like to know how this can be.
would like to kaow how taxing a Ia
boring man on everything from the
crown of his head to the sole of his feet
il going to enrich him. daughter and
applause Yet this is exactly what this
tariff tax docs IL taxes him on his hat
that he wears: on the cap that put on
my head to keep it warm. (Applausd
and laughter.) 1t taxes him on his
shirt, on his necktie, on his under
clothes, OH his coat, on his vest, an his
breeches, on his stockings, on his boots,
on everything. (Renewed cheering 1t
raises the price and taxes him until the
poor man can hardly make enough
money, even if he gets few cents more
wages day, to support himself and his
little family, if he has one. And yet
they say that this is for the benefit Of
the laboring man. My friends, that is
very bald faced misstatement, if there
ever was any in the world. But there Is
another thing about it. How IS he to
get these high wages. Why, he is to
get them because his employer, the capi-
talst or monopolist, will make more
money, and therefore can afford to pay
his employees or hired men higher wages
than he paid them before. Iagree that
he could. / agree that it increases his
profits. Iagree that he might, having
these increased profits, pay his laboring
men more than they were paid before.
But does he do It. That is the question.
tApplause and cries of "No! No") Did
you ever know him to do it, (Cries Of
NO. Norb
'.The tariff has been raised again and
again, it was immensely raised by the
law of 1851 or '62, forget which Of
those years it was. 1t was raised in a