Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-25
,aF OLD ROMAN TALKS.
rHURMAN rs HEARD At PORT
JVD uURON LAST NIGHT.

,.,,op.ls of His Admirable spesoh-HoW "
was Received by the People of the
=, state-He Lays Down Some sensi-
promises for Campaign Platforms
csyeland's Record-what a Tariff Is.
.,.or August 21.-Judge Thurman and
M Port Huron on the steamer yacht
t g.,stt, this afternoon, amid the hearty
n of the three hundred people who
asa the wharf. The Hon. s. 8. Cox,
w. - ras expected to speak at Port Huron,
\" 10 unable to be present, but speeches
~ ~ made by other OF the congressman
:, are in the party, and speakers from
.;ous parts of Michigan. Three stands
,'rs beep provided and three meetings will
= held at the same time.
ARRIVAL AT ST. CLAIR.
Q, CLAIR, Mich, August 22.--Judge
rnrman and party arrived here at
t,,,lock this morning, after a ride OF over
t..ve hours on the little steamer Pickett.
TsrouUb Lake St. Clair the voyage was
Isrv rough Big waves dashed over the
,o:t va drenching the passengers from head
!" ioot. Thurman seemed to enjoy the
sVrsrisnce and was not at all inconven-
arcad by sea-sickness, as other members
1.-THE party were. In passing Marine City
~ midnight, the dock was illuminated,
"nJ cannon and human voices and steam
~bistes 80 Ike a greeting. At st. Clair
,acEets and Roman candles were set oil,
md neope cheered heartily.
AT PORT HURON.
n1a3O this afternoon the boat landed
a. Port Huron, where Thurman spoke
this afternoon.
AT Pine Grove Park a large crowd at
tspded the ercises of the afternoon. j.
q ONeil introduced Judge Thurman, and
n 90 doing made comparison between
he Grand Old Man" OF England and
THE "oLD ROMAN" OF AMERICA.
@r the applause had subsidized, Judge
SEman spoke as follows:
ladies' and Gentlemen: l know that
people OF Michigan are taking the
kpest inte' est in the questions that are
sBg discussed this year. In the brief time
ia shall speak, l will occupy myself
uanly with one Of these questionss in
Ehich so much is being said through the |
public press
1T is not necessary for me before 1 pro-
aed to speak of the President OF the |
United States and his administration more |
than few words. defy any man, who
bas regard for the truth, to say that |
Grover Cleveland has not made a good |
President, a brave, intelligent, level eaded, |
noble man. He had clean and upright |
and successful administration. In the |
anvass that preceded his election, his |
l. - Ill - Gle
hcase he should succeed. Where is the |
ruin that was to follow his election? Where /
hthe disgrace that was to follow his elect
ion? On the contrary the country has |
been more
0VvET, PEACEABLE AND PROSPEROUS
thaniOr many years. / know tie man well,
auds more upright and wise man do not
believe dwels in the United States.
aHe has noble band of counsellors
around him. and not the least among them
the distinguished citizen of your own
state, Mr.. Dickinson. He knows how to
choose good constitutional advisers.
"Ipresume there is not a person within
the sound of my voice who does not know
What is meant by tariff, and yet it may
aid US to-day if 1 give clear and precise
definition OF what tariff is. 1t is tax
4 RVed by the general government upon
every article OF commerce that comes into
The United States and is intended for sale /
within her borders and which incidentally ,
raises prices, and therefore throws
AFAx OR BURDEN UPON EVERY ARTICLE
Of domestic manufacture OF like nature. ,
With those which pay tariff or tax we
have according to the last ady vices, about
Nl5,O0O,O00 called surplus, revenue,
hat is, a tax collected from the people +
beyond tn necessities of the Government
lying in the Il easury of the United States q
Of no service to any human being, drawing e
no interest, earning no profits, but taken b
from the pockets of the people where it
properly belongs.
"The Democrat party says this is q
"a WRONG CONDITION OF AFFAIRS. 6
The Democratic party says this surplus g
revenue, which is produced in the main by II
tariff tariff taxes ought to be reduced, and y
that taxes should be reduced 80 that this q
surplus will not continue to accumulate q
Our opponents say it is better to let 8
the surplus ccumulate, it is better to take =;
money from the pockets OF the people and :, -
pot it in the vaults OF the treasury; that it is y
better to do that than to touch the tariff - -
""b OF the United States. ---------l
we say, on the contrary, to relieve an ~
oVertaxed people is to reduce taxes. We - =,
say honestly and fairly and wisely is to ~ -
take no more taxes out OF the people than :"
The government actually needs. =,
The issue then is fairly made up. 1t is -
between high taxation on the one hand and =.
reasonable taxation on the other. 1t is r
ostween taking the money OF the people out =,
OIL their own control, or leaving it where it q a.
@lopgs-in the pockets OF the people. y,
u have never witnessed such audacity as ., .,
laS been noticed this year on the part OF ~ =,
he She advocates OF high protective tariff. -
There seems to be :. -
"A SINGULAR DISREGARD OF TRUTH tt
Nat has suddenly afflicted them. We are :. =.
Nd that high tariff makes the country n,
Heher, as if it were possible to make T
country rich by oppressive!y taxing the hi
people. Amt that new way to make at W
man rich, TO run your hand into his pocket
and take out what you find, without any
Just reason whatever? And yet that is q,
Precisely the plan these people tell US to :.
nopt to enrich the country. 20
Again they have the audacity to say al
@s tarT tax is not paid by the consumers &c
u the articles which are taxed. Ii the con- hi
sOners don't pay the fax, would like to til
HnoW who does Do those protectionist OF
stors pay it? Does the manufacturer ia
P tY No, my friends; tariff taxes are ca
PAID by the consumer OF the articles Whlcn ia
are taAed, and Of all domestic articles OF iu
Se ISes kind which are manufactured in the
united States. 1t is curious TACT, and one ia
81 81 The worst things about the tariff tax, ga
.aat while the government gets one dollar DE
resulting from the tax, the domestic manu- in
'"etlrers get five dollars. al
rWell, how does this happen? A man eli
gi Tgated an importer brings goods into the m
united States to be sold. He cannot sell a tl
!srd or a pound until he pays the tarift us
SS@ SH' He pays the tax, therefore, and then Is
oellS o to the wholesale merchants. vi si
course he a,
MUST GET THIS TAX BACK a,
10 the price for which he sells, or he would
'Ose money. He therefore puts tax on -
u 'ue original cost of the goods, and with ps
'uat price added and with thecost OF trans In
pOrtation and his reasonable commercial M
pronts, ne sells those goods to the wholesale 10 10
~ ulerchant; the wholesale merchant sells TO un
'ue retail mprcho nj nd nf courae this tax