The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-01

that appeared ~ the NfWh'DfhppilAh
That system Of taxation, mlscalled
protection, ID exouaable, possibly on the
sans ground that African slavery was
In the days Of ita existence, We re'
member how statesmen philosopher
politicians, dlylneR, all defended " II
was sustained NJ the North Ra we'll aa
the South, M | well femember with
such huperluman wisdom, that " wah
useleBa for an ordinary man TO attack
IL, Gbed and money stood behind H.
IN they stand behind Protection to-day
Great statesmen on the stump, In the
ante,belum days, haffangued against
abolition 10 q crime, aud even Abraham
Lincoln n on record against abolition,
| remember hearing the defenders or
slavery upon the stump asking how
they would llee 10 have negro equality
and lave "a daughter marry a iWgl0
That cry scared the MASSES for years.
Just like the Protection ory do you
want 70 compete with the pauper labof
OF Europe
Mr. llartzell starts out with the
declaration that every true Republican
ID n tarit ref0rmer. Now what does
reform meanY II means 10 change
from worse 10 better, Does Mr., Hart
lell n can that the Republicans have
been doing bad all this umel that they
have been Increasing taxation and now
NTeROlye 10 do better OF their own free
will. What do they say In their plat
form "rhat We favor the entire
repeal Of Internal taxes rather than sur
render any part OF our protective tya'
tom" What does that meanY Nothing
bat cheap whiakey aud dear clothes,
Have we not done enough for whlakey,
AZ the close OF the war II was taxed
two dollars per gallon, now w cents,
That IN enough for whiakey for some
time. Tho Republicans we're driven 10
gel up that Senate tariff bill under the
lash OF Mr. Cleveland
Whenever they undertake TO tinker
with tho tarlii they get II higher As
tho present senate tarlii bill 10 reduc'
ton measure, aud lacks only one per
cent, Of reducing II ua much a8 the
Mills bill, how does II happen that the
Mills bill assaults the principles Of pro-
lection, while the Senate bill does not
Can Mr., llarl2ell explain thiaY II he
can he 10 bigger man than Blaine.
What does Mr. llart2ell say OF the
the tariff commission OF 1889, all Pro
tecll0nat Republicans, recommending
q reduction OF ll0m ~ 10 20 per cent
Was that towards free tradeY Mr
llarl2ell has evidently not road the tat
| lil history OF HE country very closely
else he would Tot talk about free wool
being free trade, Perhaps he does not
| know that there 10 not Projection
nation In Europe that does not put
wool on the free list, lie perhaps doe,
not know that when our llrBi tarilt w0t
adopted, which was the Joint product
OF George Washington, Thomas Jeilei'
son, Alexander Hamilton and james
Madison, that y ool was put upon the
free list, 10 remained there until 1894
and no one proposed TO disturb II during
all that time,
Mr. Hart2ell claims the Mills bill takes
tariff of wool 10 hurt the North ana
keeps II on sugar 10 help the south
| Now Nh llNrl2ell either talks through
Ignorance or he writes purposely u
deceive our people, Docs he not know
that the Mills 6il makes the biggest
cut on sugar Of any article on the list
le ho 40 ignorant that he does not know
thisY Does he not know that the cut
on sugar is more than on WOOL In fact
almost double aud does he not know
that Texas, to-day, is the greatest wool
growing state In the Union; and iB not
fexas In the South, Mr., Hartzoll
Now, Mr. llart2ell do you not know
also that your Major Mckinley the
man who Is your ideal statesman, voted
~ q member of the Ways and Means
committee, against any reduction OF
the sugar tariilY II you don't know
that you had bettor keep out OF the
newspapers, ~ ordinary laboring men,
who have not half your means OF infor'
nation, know this 10 be the fact,
The Mills bill proposes large reduo'
tion on tin plate, by which over S5,'
100000 can be- saved 10 the American
producer, and yet you call this free
trnde.
The Mills bill puts salt on the free
list. We all need salt, and II is the iit
OF God, aud not Of man, Why should
II not be free The same with lumber,
And now, Mr., llarl2ell, as ] am q
working man and have only Time at
night 60 write, / have 20 hurry along,
II went TO work at q u, M, took Two
hours for dinner aud quit at 4 p. m
without loss OF peY ! could write u
great deM more. but I want 10 show
you something ! think you have for
gotten The duties on imports trom an
average on dutlaDle goods Of 1884 per
cent In 1861 To an average Of 40 ~ per
cent on dutinble goods during the five
years from '6l to '0B incluuye, was stated
by Mr., Morrill,, who presented the bill
30 largely increasing the duties, that II
was demanded by the emergencies OF
the war, and must ceaee upon the
return OF peace. In his own words he
said, II Is n war measure, temporary
measure, and we must give Il our sup.
port. Twentythroe years have elapsed
since peace returned 70 bless our com
mon country, but the war taxes still
remain, aud they are heavier to-day on
an average than they were during the
war.
And now want to c0ll attention 10
o few other very important legislative
acts that the Republican party has
enacted solely IN the interest Of the rich
and against The poor. In fayor of mo.
nopoly and against labor. ! give the
statistics. In 1865 the tax on incomes
brought into the treasury S72,n000O0
Why was that taken OFF, To help the
very rich, Of course. Can you Say diff
ferent, Mr.. Hartzellp
Besides this there were taxes upon
the receipts Of j. Roads, Insurance
Companies taxes upon express oompa.
MES, taxes upon bank capital, bank do.
poslts and bank checks. Congress
lent a willing ear 10 the demands OF
wealthy corporations and individuals
took the burden off, but the war taxes
on clothing and other comforts Of life
we stlll have with us. These taxes
we're given up at time when our In
lawaal Aaasl..ss lakl ~ a.. .wa that. O 0Dn