The Forrest City times., 1888-10-13
-----=-a-. POLITICAL TOPICS
A0iy Discussed From q Demo.
 cratic Standpoint
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 ," o's '''ei'gent d'elsiea at the ballot i.,. .s
 '@e ions run honesty is thc best ro,lcs h,
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 e'efy-day lie. When an bono,.
 V"nsu'ueney finds ont that tru.,e., l"Ja.
 "''hholdins Q pift 4, ;Na lrulb In o,,,as ,.
 SNe pafts sdfania.e by deeclyipg ,ho r.o' ~
 " aej U reject bis Nho'e testlmon~ h.
 plai truth Is that the !ur,rs Nlo sr. ,o
 deeide at lhe ballot-bo arc them, .lv.. ot,cn
 ,"'ense ruslau', and justify the politician
 U, ms hsrepresentsllons and cohccalneut
 o' art or the truth We are bstpy in tle
 o'hei that there is class of voters who
 noiu the balance of power, who love eountrv
 ,nore man party, and we look 10 them far 1,
 Iast bonest anl ralriotc decision. Tbav
 ohiy necd to be Info med as to the far,s ia
 ItJeet and rcpudlate the whole misstatrment
 VIC nave many and fore.bla jlnstrat,ons Il |,
 the present canvass. Republican ora,or, and
 ,ci uo'ic n journals tel the people that the
 'slliI taxes are paid by the impor.ers Of fnr.
 eh tood-, and would have theif tonhllng
 utaets believe that a protective tariH con,s
 ., iofeitncrs t0 support our government
 lHel tell the truth when wheY say that i'm
 Ht ,oHtitrs pay ibe duty. but they pufposely and
 sale merchant wren he purchase, tba cnois
 siS back 10 ihc importer the dutv ,gitb fn 7. tefest and all incidental cOsts-eosts of trans. po'huon, msurance and prOdls. That inc 'eta dealer reimburses the wholesale mcr. ennhs all mat he has paid, with his profits a.,u 'i u, anu That the consumer of the pro oIuet settics hll lhc b Us. with the addition rf thd ren', eifrS hire and profits oi hls merchant. frank and m1niy an1 honest statement of Inc whole ruth would dissi pate tHc fa SC Inn. We,sloa !e'i Gpoa tae Hisids Oi hearers and
 II farmers, mechanics and ware-workers e"uiu nave Inc account sepsratei, and after with the profits Of the merchant, a bll was IIe.ehted Tor the tarif taxes, they would comprehend ihs magnitude ot tue deception lracueel upol them in withholding srhe whole truth" A rea,iz ng sense Of the truth would cause a rebellion in lcss ,ban ,fnats days. '"''
 1T, after an oralor had spoken eloouently of lie Den its of having full treasury for inc uisuositiol or congress be would tell tue producers or wealth that million of dollars per day was taxed out of their pockets into lhe federal treasury, and two millions more per day were handed over to capitalists to enable them 10 pay generous wages to their employees, a betrayed people would make
 Rome hoyLh "lhe whole truth and noth- Ing but tbe truth" would soon dispose of the proieetlon robbery by the unanimous verdict o' sll engaged in ro1uctlye industry II the 0iltie an, alter stating the truth that Amer lean woikingmen receive better wages than those in tbe Old World, would say that 1t was because there was greater demand for labor heTe than there and smaller supply of the article he would explode the theory that heavy taxation made its victims prosperous. II the honest common people were informed that Inc taxes they pay on the necessaries of life WAS direct draft upon wages, dis count to the full extent of the duties paid, Rome would hoap harder than ever Again, if another orator had told the truth that heavy dut,es upon foreign manufactures enabled those who were engaged In the same industries here io pay better wages to their employes, had proceeded to tell the "whoe truth that the wages Of labor are no higher In lroteeied industries than in those which are not protected, and that no Instance can De found where an increased duty ever caused an increase Of wages, such truth would make the people free. When the re- puulACdus stN Tuls tuil GFesiueht 1itVelanu q urges reduction of tarN taxes, and placing raw materials on Inc free list, they ought 10 be honest enough to tell the whole truth" that the same recommend tiOn was made by Presidents llayes and Arthur, by Seereta- ries Folgcr and McCulloch; that the national convention which nom uatel Mr. Blaine four ears ago pledged the party to correct the in- pqusl ty of the tariff and reduce taxation to the economic needs of the governments; that President Cleveland had adopted in thls re- speet the policy Of the republican party, and that fin orler to get up an issue that party had been dfiyen to the necessity Of proclaim ing that the present unjust and iniqultous tariff must le maintained, and that If the revenues must be reduced to correspond to the governments necessities the tax should be removed from whisky. Whenever the moral sense becomes bluntcd by concealing a part of the truth 1t is an easy matter to take another step and testify 10 thst which they know to be pos lively false. How dcs- peratc cause that must be which, to secure a favorable popular verdict, It's friends must resort 10 preyarcation, concealnent and falsehood
 Because the president has recommended a reduction of taxation, he is charged with be- Ing free trader, when, in the same recom- he urges congress to so adjust the tariff schedue as 10 promote the inter- es,s of American manufacturers, and that free trade is imprac.icable and impossible.
 They testify to the people that the Mills bill is a free trade measure, when Il provides for the payment of higher duties than any tariff law ever enacted except the existing one, and that 1t moiiles that onlY 10 the ex- tent of per cent, when their own party had declared in favor Of a reduction Of at least 20 per cent.
 1hei dec are that the proposed reduction of taxes would necessarily reGuee the wages of operators in ro'ected manufacturing in dustr.es without dmin ishlng the cost Of liv- ing, when they know that the statement is false. By expressing ihe whole truth party leaders expect 10 mslead the laborIng masses, but those who are to rend'r tho verdict at the polls, distrustug the spacious and partial testimony, arc reading and studying the issues for themselves [ nevcr before. In the school of exper encc they have aseertalned that there Is som thing wrong. Thef arc learning that whoever may bc benefited oy protection. it's shield is not over them. .-C@s- cHaaa Ehqnirr.