Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-07-05


it should be compared with the
plank in the Prohibition platform
on the same subject. Here they are
in juxtaposition, and they are almost
identical in language, while being
conditional and based on a state of
affairs which in both instances mod
ify the explicit declaration which
they convey:
Rsia,bLcan Platform. Prohibition Platform.
If there shall still re- For the immediate
main a larger reconciliation of the inter-
than is requisite for thelnal revenue system
wants of the Govern whereby our National
ment we favor the en-l Government is deriv-
tire repeal of internalling support from our
taxes rather than thel greatest National vice.
surrender of any part
of our protective sys-
TEN at the joint behest
of the whiskey trusts
and the agents of for
eign manufacturers.
If the Republican platform
pledges the Republican party to free
whiskey, the Prohibition platform
pledges the Prohibition party to free
whiskey.
THERE it tariff on tin plate of !
cent a pound. "That is how your
tariff works-it taxes tin dinner
pals" shouts free-trader. The
tariff on tin plates is 3 free-trader's
tariff, not a protective tariff. Tin
plates are of British manufacture,
and are imported to the amount of
$I7,Oo0,OOO in value annually, yield
ing S5,S00,o0O in revenue. 1t is
purely revenue tariff, such as the
Democrats and free traders demand.
Block tin, the "raw material" for
making tin plates, is imported free
of duty. In this respect also the
tin-plate tariff represents the Demo
cratic and free-trade idea. SO the
dinner-pail "tax" is a tax levied in
accordance with Democratic notions,
not in accordance with Republican
protectionist notions.
How IS IT, Messrs. free-traders:
Is there a more outrageous and ex-
tortionate "trust" combine in this or
any other country, than the hard
coal ring? And, as there is no i'm
port duty or internal tax whatever
on hard coal, how is it possible, on
your own theory of reasoning, for
such robber-monopoly to exist?
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The Prohibition State Convention
in New York, and newspaper or
gan of the Chicago saloon interests,
denounce in equally strong tones
the temperance and morality plank
added to the Republican platform.
Opposed by such opposite extremists,
it must occupy the middle ground
of justice and right.
The producers of duty-free hard
coal, headed by Democratic "Taritf
Reformer" Scott, have advanced the
price of their product 25 cents a
ton, and cut down the wages of
their employees 10 per cent. And
still the howlers about tariff-protect-
ed monopolies" have never a word
to say.
BENJAMIN is a Hebrew name, and
means "son of the right hand" or
fortunate" Levi is also a Hebrew
name, and means "adhesion." Ben
iamin Harrison and Levi p. Morton
were we'll named when they started
in life.
AFTER Mr.. Blaine has finished
touring through Britain for the bene'
fit of his health, he will return home
and tour through this country for
the benefit of the Republican party's
health, which is, however, very good,
thank you.
LEVI p. MORTON, Republican
candidate for Vice President is one
of the three men who sent a ship
load of provisions to Ireland during
the great famine.
II you think that the Democrat:
are so firmly opposed 70 "free
whisky" ask few Of EN- up to the
bar.
DoS'r forget to call at Deller'.
when YOU are looking for dres,
goods, boots and shoes, carpets and
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