Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-25


FIRST thought Of Democrats IN attempting to
do Something with that money was that It
was not tha money OF the government Ia
any other sense than that the government
Is trustee thereof, under the constitution,
70 espend the same solely for the purposes
pres crlbed In that constitution, and that to
expend 1t for any other titan legitimate pur-
poses, no matter how sugar coated the OBJ
Iset may be, Is as reprehensible as for a
guardian to misuse tho money Of his ward.
j wish could burn into your minds that
THkT Il YOUR MONEY
In another and q sadder sense; money
taken unnecessarily from labor u0stIaeted
from the revenue OF the poorer families OF
America; money that has been earned By
toll; that Is damp with tears OF sorrow !;
that mas marked the margin between the
interest on the mortgage that could or
could not be paid; the representative OF
innumerahle bankruptcies; the monument
OF individual disasters; the grave Of many
family hopes; 10 that sense II is our money
w1ung from us unnecessarily and instinct
with the lite which taken feom us has de-
stroyed our hopes and cur lives. II could
burn II into your minds that every unneces-
sary dollar taken from labor Is a suhstrAe-
ton from the comforts Of home, this can.
vass would end, for no people would toler-
ate this daily draught on their toll and
sweat to sustain an unnecessary and waste
When the 49.h Congress met, the Rspnbli-
can party, with tho exception OF Ave menl-
bors, voted not to take up the 'euhleet of
taxation and number OF Democrats voting
with them, 1t necessarily followed that the
people had to take that question under con-
sideraticn themselves. predicted on the
very day that vote was taken, that the re.
fusal OF the House OF Representatives to
take this matter into consideration was the
highest vote OF coneid aration the House
could give IL, for from that day the people
would take II Into consideration. Has not
this prediction been verified What other
question Is discussed all over America
to-day than this question Of Federal taxa.
ton
THE QUESTION OF THE SURPLUS.
When the 49.h Congress met, there
was surplus OF over S50,00O,0 900, but
the House refused to take up the Morrison
tax reduction bill. The people took up the
question, however, and the vots by which
the House refused to take uptb5 bill proved
70 be the highest vote OF consideration, for
from that day the people refused to listen
to any other question. There was some
excuse for that House, however, for $1g4..
100000 OF per cent bonds were OF that
time ready to be called In and they were
subsequently paid.
When the 50th Congress met, It found the
Unnecessary taxation coming In at the
the magnificent tinsnoiering OF the Rspub-
lican the $25O,000,000 OF Al per cent bonds
were not due until 1891 and the $75, OO0, 600
OF per cent bonds not due until 1907
Every day the surplus taxation was drawn
from the business of the country. 1t was q
condition which the Democratic party
found on coming into power, and for which
u was not responsible. The only thing to
do was to buy bonds at high premium, or
leave the money In the treasury, constant
temptation to waste It or TO steal IT.. But
even this only touched the surplus already
In the treasuryiit did not affect that daily
coming Ia.
WHAT SHALL BE DoNE2
This leaves the question open, what are
you going to do with the constantly incur.
ring surplus2 The only answer Is to reduce
taxation. But howp Our Il publican
friends said by large appropriations for
coast Notifications and otler large expen- |
dltures, all of which were suggested with |
thu idea OF catching votes to naain'ain the |
Republican party In power. When the |
Democratic House undertook to reduce |
taxation It. met with several practical qu4s-
tions. The opponents OF taxation con-
tended that the tariff was question the |
people do not understand. The Demo. |
cratic House concluded TO attempt to re- |
duoe taxation about SSo,0OO, 600; to take
ga 100000 from tobacco. 5,o0c,0 900 by re-
peeilne certain licenses, and then the great
Iarln question was reached. 1t was tried 10
mud some general principle of tax reduce
uon. You cannot make q people richer Nv
'aEinSe than, or gtva tna lahpring men
Tcsk ly restricting Tho n,4lLu, .Jt ta9 prod
'ts O. his labor. Ii We sAA.41J Increase
ehe wsges Of iaQOr, ou can increase ,ha
value OF wages by making the purchasing
power Of the money greater, then so much
is done for labor. And II the prics Of the
may little necessRries Of life Is reduced,
then the value of wages Is made that much
greater. With this view he House made a
perfect bill, and did not bother about any
body's theories. Il was an honest attempt
20 relieve the country from an unfortunate
predlcament and the labor Of the country
from en- unfortunate condition. All OF the
ID moorats, Save three or four, felt that
upon them rested tie responsibility, and
they labored with the patriotism OF men
who felt their responsibility, Gnt decided
that no petIy differences should Interfere
with their duty.
And so they decided that the first thing
was to reduce the tax upon the neeessariea
OF life and the raw materials of manu.ae.
ture. To max necessity eteapsr Won
must bsgin Rt the basis--t6e raw material.
II any one Item In tho cost Of produ .tinn
goes up, tina other elements must come
down, for this ultimate cost must be Kept
wfthtn the purchasing reach OF he people. |
congress found the raw materials and the
necesearies OF life suit 1et 10 taxstion.
These things rhe people are bound 10 hays |
ofthesa things, except cotton, We I'D not |
raise enough for our own use; we had 10 |
import, Should we Import onr goods |
already manufactured, and let NIL the profit |
or manufacture be kept abroad, or should |
We import the raw materials and /
let our home wol kmen get the benefit O. /
the labor Our Republican adyar aries nut
mahogany and other tlle w0uGs on lie ires
list; We though the Il or Of the or man
nome was emitted to ns much favor as the
rloh mah'7, and put lumber on tbs free lits.
me Rspuullcuns put leather on the f.en
list--in one Of the lucid moments that al
some time comes TO all mea-and vat the
lestnsr Industry prOspered, even through
tee great panic that prosfratel so ry1aly IN
dustrtes N 1873. The homa manufacturers
increased their productions, controlled the
nome markets and made large and con-
stantly luereasing eSporlatlaHs. We sent
Bll,0UO,H0 of manufactured leather
goods ebfoad las, year. and So Il GOES
on, these manufactured goods going abroad
ana bringing back FREQ raw materials fer
more manufactures. And, II this Is true OF \
Tree raw hdes, why nor of free wool. I&p.
plause.l VS. nesd 6T0O00,000 pounds 81
wool every year, and VII raise 265 90 600
OF this amonnt, And many Of the Kinds Of
wool We need asnlDC be raised hers md
no ayqdnnt Of LEGISLATION eau tuaEe ia raise
IL, Where shall We ret the otAar 39b Opo O0a
puutds OK wool. Eha!! 10 tIopeft Il mann |
Hotafeo, or import IL free II dpty In ia
raw State and maka II M hereg Whsfs
eau we get this wool VS. say wa must
nave u. Our adyersaries say import tins
ne.sHed prodnct. Last gear we imported |
@fftUgUJ1 ~ t1ulshai products. on Witch !
we're paid $50 0Oe GEO OF duties. Tn,s
@A,uVO,t00 Ia foreign woods. TO MIR with
our american " oil wnni1 hEva given yuort |