Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-28
Oooo, 600. Now, the people q this csuI
s,Z.,e sosikleA n, Re relieved from $SO

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100, 600 or 10000. GOO or 500 0Oo, Ooo OF
his. Why collect this money when ltoniy
,oes to buy bonds at tremendous premium
r gee, into the hands Of ihs h2nks. It's
,,llection only tends to disturb industry
md keen dcwn enterprise. There is ire
danger which threatens the country. Every
dollar OF ponds which could be taken up,
was Gale in sixteen months ago, and 10"
. big pre- MUM has to be paid.
NV fellow citizens Of Wheeling, Is IL
vice AMI lust system Of taxation which
lakes from you proportion Of your earn
ing, that q Sc retary of the Treasury may
90 ont into the MARKET and stimulate the
pr.mium on United States bOnds? No.
There must be reduction, and the ques-
lion is, shall We reduce the tax on whisky,
and cigars and t1bacco, or on the msia
n :c:s ar es o. life. [Applause].
General Golf says the. abolition OF the
intsrna, revenue will not give you Hes
W .isky; that the States will take care OF
th,t. But some of tbs States will say 10
thu distiller, "Come here andimake sll the
whisky you want to-" The States cannot
r.pulate this matte. Fie, whisky will
Give food to no poor mans family nor Will
4 bring bcps to any wonsn's life. AS q
Democrat ] oppose that sort of thing. l
want to reduce this tsx burden now bear
ing upon the people SO heavily. D.! want
chespr shoes, cheaper tools. che per
clothes and chespr tood, IA voice:
''Cheaper wages and cheaper necsssa-
ries of life.
Now, fellow ciiilsrs, let me talk to you
about this tniff question. General Con
ssys tie tniff il duty, and net tax.
Su opose you are suffering from the tooth
'aehe, ard the doctor says: "Oh, that's
not the .ootchache; lis olly dental IN
,easiress." Can he cure the toothache bJ
changing its name? Every source from
which the government gathers rsyenue is
a tax. could b iGg forth TIE cd fathers
to prove this. They always spoke
OF the tariff as q tax, and II
is a tex, paid by the consumer,
Take john Sherman, Senator Ingalls,,
SENATOR Plumb, Senator Allison, and every
Republican statesman who lived down t0
five years age, 10 the same effect. 1t IS
only tie new issue of Republican states,
men who have sprung mp within the last
five years, who try to befool the Poop e.
Take General Grant: HIS & Oh Rspuol!'
CIR. Take old Andrew Jackson: he's
good Democrat. They both said it was
tax. Why, when thu Government puts
tariff on su gar, and an importation comes
in, the importer is going 10 add 1t to tine
cost, and collect it for toe American peo
pc. Blaine in his speech at Adrian
Michigan, on October 4th, said: II hav;
said I'm opposed to every tax ekeeps INT
tariff tax"
TIE TARIFF IS A TAX.
lam in favor OF the whisky tax, except
free whisky for the arts and for medica
p1rposes, because the tax on whisky max q
whisky dear. If that be so, how docs Il
happen teen that the tax on clothing dos'
not make clio thing dearel?
Now, my friends, let me define the of
fsr,nce between what is known as tarlf
for revenue and q tariff for protection.
will use an illustrate on which Gen. Gcff J:
acquainted With. He he's heard ma uss II
b .fore in soma speaking that We have has
together. Laughter and applause A
few months ego l had OCCASION to investi
gste the effect of the tariff tax On varlou
articles of everyday consumption. l.
Boston there is a great woolen store. III
proprietor of it Is one of the creates
importers of wooden clothes In TIT
whole county. Invent into that store art
asked to be shown some goods. Tbs pro
prietor threw down before ne bolt muc'
like the goods probably that my frien'
Col. Hart has on. Laughter and up
p'a1se He said to NE: "This good
c )st m 81 IS yard in E gland; the gov
e:nment charges me 81 05 10 bring it iat'
chic eoantry. You <uu have IL at Ss 90 1
yard" Charge him $105 a ysld Il
bring it into this country! Does no
the consumer of the goods ply that tax
At 81. O5 yard of cloth, Your government
uubeknown to you my friends, wraps up IL
every suit of clothes you wear as much
tax or more than you pay on your homt
stead in the city of Wheelirg. A hsavi
insidious tax. Itwraps up in the clothing
upon your blck, the blankets upon you
bel, more tax than you pay thu city O
Wheeling for all purposes. Great APP
plsuse. Isn't this mercilsss system Of
taxation? Isn't it q merc!less system tia
takes f,om the woclsn clothing of the la
borer, the clothing of his wife and chill
dren one-.enth of all ths taxatio collect: ID
at our custom holses. Wooden clothing
is nee sssary; you my friend wish to veal
it? Every honest American laborer wants to
wear it to protect him from the chilly blasts
of winter; and yet the Unitet States Gov
ernment reaches ont its hands and takes
one-tenth Of all it's revenue from that
source. A voict: HoS about the Amer
can sheep Ian not so much intereste i
in the American shsep as SIN in the
American men ard women. Tie grand
cd D,mo cratic patty puts American MAJ
hood and American wo nanh nod above
every thing elss. That it desires to pro-
tsc5 to-day and has protected a1d fought
for throughout the whole course of its
exsserca. CCteers In his speech G On. Golf
said the chief products Of West Virginia
were salt, wood, coal, and the like. He
said thsse were what we proposed TO look
after. God forbid, that the chief products
of West Virginia, be salt, lumber aud coal.
It's chief products are West Virginia men
and women. The men and women who
build up and cherish and sustain free
Democratic principles. TGese ara the
richest products of our little mountain
state and it il for them and not the Ameri-
cln sheep that speak today. Great ap-
plauss
TaE TWO TARIFFS.
But, my friends, I was about to explain
10 you the diff ,rencs between tariff for
,svenue and protective tariff. If tie
government were obliged to have all this
money we wo aid pay it without murmur.
The people would bs willing to Fay all
his great amount and even more in order
o meet the necessary expenses of govern
nent; to support orr army and navy, and
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