San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-10-25

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court house Monday night and again
at Kyle Tuesday afternoon. Owing
TO tho inclemency OF the weather the
attendance WIS rather small ut this
place, but a good deal Of enthusiasm
was manifested and the Judge was
frequently interrupted by applause.
A good many colorod citizens were
noticeable in the audience. Want of
space precludes more than u brief
mention of the speech, chiefly rela-
tive to tho tariff, which we give be-
low:
The speaker said that for the first
time since the war the country was
agitated by the discussion OF great
economic questionable tariff. That
the question of taxation was now the
absorbing issue between the two
grsat parties of this country. Clevo-
land had said to the American Con
gress, "reduce the taxes of the peo-
pie get rid of this surplus revenue"
and the howl OF the republican party
reverberated throughout the country.
They say, "you will ruin the country
by reducing the taxes of the people
and getting rid of the surplus in the
treasury They cannot dodge the
issue it is an issue as to whether or
not there is virtue enough and integ-
rity enough left in the country to
say to the monopolists, to the syndi-
Gates and monied aristocracy, the in
corporated protected interests that
have made themselves richer than
those of any other country IN the
world and made the poor poorer
every day: "You have got to loosen
this grip you have on the American
people in the form of bonuses upon
the necessaries of life"
The democratic party, as it has
always done, places itself upon the
side of the common people; boldly,
defantly, and ready for the conflict /;
trusting to the justice of it's cause
and to the common interests Of the
citizens of the country, and declares,
in the language of ''Old Hickory"
''By the Eternal, the taxes shall be
reduced!"
Blaine cannot say whether these
pools and combinations are injurious
to the people or beneficial, but that
even though they are injurious there
is no power, public or private to pre-
vent them. Old Thurman, on the
contrary, says these trusts are but
the Legitimate outgrowth of an extor
Tomato tariff, which has destroyed
competition between this and other
countries and invited this disaster.
Let any man-no matter how honest
he may be--set up as % merchant
and then say that nobody else shall
sell the goods be handles within 100
miles OF his store, what would be the
result? Why, he would be million
aire. Let every democrat come up
to the polls and vote for the Mills
bill, and may God Almighty, to COM
pensate lis for the loss of protec-
ton democrat, give us three repub-
Leans to vote with us.
The Mills bill has reduced on an
average on all the products of the
country, five per cent. Some of
them say, ''why are you making such
fuss over a five per cent. reductions"
but 1 tell you, it is beginning; it is
true, we have only reduced it five
per cent. but weknow that when the
people get taste of this reduction
it will wake them up. Quinine,
few years ago, was worth $40 an
ounce, and we concluded to take the
tariff off little and one year after
the reduction half the country rose
up and said, take off all the tariff
on quinine. Who got the benefit of
that reduction? L will tell you.
With quinine at $40 q poor man
could get sick and die and go into
the other world and never taste it.
| wish for the sake of this argument,
every man was pauper so he could
think about it. The poor man, shiv-
ering IN his hut, and burning up with
fever while quinine was $40 an
ounce-he might die but he could
not get relief. Somebody besides
the rich are roaping the benefit and
l thank God the poor are getting it, |
All raw products should be on the |
free list All European governments
except England have protective tar
ifs, but not one of them has dared to |
put raw materials on the dutiable |
list, because if raw material is made |
dutiable it is necessary to increase
the duty on that which is manufac-
tured out of it in order that the home
product may be sold at all, and you
practically destroy commerce in that
article.
Cotton was dutiable and wool free
up to 1924, then wool became duti-
able and cotton became free, and we
are going to make all raw materials
free that enter into the clothing Of
the people, SO that we can manuiac-
ture clothing and the common neccs-
sarios of life at price that the poor
can reach, There is fOrty-seven and
one-tenth per cent. tax on every 500 |
worth Of goods imported into this
that is Sl.47 is the cost OF
every dollars worth Of goods before
it can De czp,-od for sale in this