The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-11

the name of trusts, Instead of con-
splracles. We believe these trusts are
! the natural offspring of a market
al ti6cially restricted. An inordinate
high tariff, besides furnishing tempta-
tons for their existence, enlarges the
Limit within which they may OPP rate
against the people and thus increases
the extent of their power for wrong
doing. With an unalterable hatred for
SUCH schemes, | count the checking of
their baleful operations among the coed
results promised by revenue reform.
While we cannot avoid partisan mis-
representation, our position upon the
question If revenue. reform should be
30 plain Y stated as ID admit of no mis-
understanding. We have entered upon
NO CRUSADE OF FREE TRADE.
The r-form We inaugurate is pred
icated upon the utmost care for es-
tablished industries and enterprises,
a jealous regard for the interests of
American labor, and a sincere desire to
relieve the country from the injustice
and danger OF condition which
threatens evil to all the people of the
land. We are dealing with no imaqin
airy danger. lis existence has been
repeatedly confessed, by ali poll
teal parties and pledges of
remedy have been mae by all
sides. When yet in legislative
body, where, under the Constitution,
all remedial measures applicable to
this subject must originate, the Demo-
cratic majority were attempting with
extreme moderation TO redeem their
pledge common to both parties they
were met by determined op osition and
obstruction and the minority refusing
to co operate in the House of Repre-
sentatlves, or propo9e another remedy,
have remitted the redemption of their
party pledge 10 the doubtful power of
the Senate. The people will hardly be
decei ed by their abandonment of the
field of legislative action to meet in
political convention and f!ppantly de-
clare IN their party platform that our
conservative and careful effort to re-
lieve tn situation is destructive to the
American system o. protection. Nor
will the people be mislead to the preju-
dice contained in the absurd allegation
that we serve in the interests of
Europe, while they will support
the interests of America They
promise in their platform to thus sup
port the interests of our country by
removing the internal revenue tax
from tobacco am spurious liquors for
the arts and mechanical purposes.
They declare also that there should be
such revision eff our tariff laws as
shall tend to check the importation of
such articles as are produced here.
Thus, in proposing to increase the du-
ties upon such articles to nearly or
quite prohibitory point, they confess
themselves willing to travel backward
in the road Of civilization and TO de-
priTe our people of the markets for
their goods, which can only be gained
by semblance, at least, of an inter
change of business, while they abandon
our consumers to
THE UNREsTRAINED OPPRESSION
of domestic trusts and combinations,
which are in the same platform, per
functorily condemned. They propose
further, to release entirely from import
duties all articles of foreign production
Except luxurles) the like of which can
not be produced in this country. The
plain people OF the land and the pc 0r
who scarcely ever use articles of any
description produced exclusively abroad
and not already free, will find it diff
cult to discover where their interests
are regarded in this proposition n. They
need, in their HON es, cheaper domestic
necessiti es and these seem to be en-
tirely unprovided for in this pro-
posed scheme to serve the country.
Small compensation for this neglected
need is found in the further purpose
therein announced and covered by the
declaration thai if, after the changes
already mentioned, there still remains
larger revenue than is requisite for
the wants of the government, the entire
internal taxation should be repealed
rather than surrender any part of your
protective system"
OUR PEOPLE ASK RELIEF
From the undue and unnecessary bur
den of taxation now resting upon them
They are offered free tobacco and free
whisky. They ask for bread and til ey
are given a stone. The implication in
this party declaration that desperate
measures are justified or necessar Y
to save from obstruction or
surrender WQdG Is G0rmeU our
protective system, should confuse no
one. The existence of such q system
is entirely consistent with the reguls-
ton of the extent to which it should be
applied and the correction of its abuse
OF course, in country IS great as this
with such wonderful variety of in
terests, often leading in entirely differ
emit directions, it is impossible to set
upon perfect tariff plan; but, in &C
complishing the reform we have en-
tered upon, the necessity OF which is so
obvious, believe we should not be
content with reduction of revenue in
yolving the prohibition of importations
and the removal of the internal tax
upon whisky. It can be better and
more safely done within the lines of
granting actual relief to the people in
their means of living, and at the same
time giving an impetus to our domestic
enterprises and furthering our national
welfare.
Ii Misrepresentation of our pur-
roses and motives are TO gain credence
and defeat our present effort. in this
direction. there seems to be no reason
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