Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-09-28
which they have followed in t past. i

Is the method which would reduce or
remove taxation upon such articles as
we do not lr. duce In this country and
removing the d lty from which uld not
In ure any industry OF our people, OF
leave them without employment 1t
would next reduce or remove il necess ry
the internal venue taxes on To eccO. ! Y
doing this no man. woman or child lose
employment Cr is deprived of means of
support While 1t Is luxury, it must be
remembered that tea flee and many
other arti les have long since been freed
T ON duties and taxation that could not
strictly be ca led necessares.
IL this tax were reno Ell the wives and
families OF .abOrlng men and wage work
ers VIII now pa many dollars per year
taxation on tobacco woJld have ust that
much more to ex EN- in the comforts of
life. Taxation could not he red ced alOn ,
line that would come nearer to the fami-
lie OF poor m III In this country than upon
| tobacco.
The republican party would then reat
ly reduce or remove entir ly,, If thou ght
exped ent the duty on sugar. fXperience
HIS shoan hat with pr tcctve tariff on
sugar this country has as yet leen unable
To successfully manufacture il. 1t Is uni
o sally used by our Ie'pe and tO re-
move the duty and pay slight bounty to
those who are endeavo ing TO devel p the
| industry, would save more than fifty M l.
lions OF dollars annually to the people,
and no man be in ed or robbed OF his
vocation or employment. To reduce the
duty One-half and pay no bounty would
sa more than twenty-eight mill ons per
| year Of taxation.
BY the reduction alb We sugge ted and
a wise revisit n of other duties the sur
| plus revenues can he lessened to the
actual needs Of the government our az
| ricultural and man iacturing industries
protected and fostered. wa es maintained
and our national prosperity in no way
crippled.
DEMOCRATIC METFOp.
The democratic method is to lessen the
surplus by reducing import duties to a
| revenue ba l. only.
An example will best illustrate how a
moderate reduction does not lessen the
government income, but rather increases
| il.
The tariff on wool is graduated from
| lower rates on the finer WOODS. The chief
! imports of wool for many years have con-
| sisted principally of the coarser grades.
and hence the tart received has been Of
the lower rates
Under the higher tariff duties on wool
| prior TO their reduction in
ISIS, and during the two years
1851 and 1ss2, there were i'm
ported into this country of wool of all
grades, 1874 ,73i pounds, upon whic /
the average duty paid was 8. 65 cents per
pound. and the duty received IS 6;3. 4.
During the last two years. under the re-
| duced tariff of 1888, the impOrtations in
| 1885 and 1887 have been %! 3l4, ~ ;
pounds, the average duty pad being los
cents per pound, and the du y received
being Sll,00l,57s.
Thus 10 cut down the surplus the aver
age duty on the grades of wool imp jrted
was reduced from Il. 65 cents to 4. 30 cents
per pound. but with Il result entirely
counter to the oil. ect in view, and instead
of reduc ng the surplus it ad led to it y
an increase of -, $50, 3D. and this Y an
| increase of s. $50, 10, and this by an in
creased importation from foreign wool
growers and by driving a corresponding
number of American wool producers from
their vocat on, as viii be shown e:eafter
Hence TO reduce the import duties of
the government to III h basis as will be
necessary to support government
alone without reference to what may he
the effect upon our industries, will re ui e
| hat most OF he uties now imposed upon
manufactured articles and raw mater a Is
now grown and produced in this country
shall be cut down TO a very low fl. ure.
Otherw Sc the increased imp )rtation
conse luent upon the reduced tariff as in
| the case of wool, woIld tend TO enlarge
the surplus rather than d m!nsh it.
EFFECT OF DEMOCRATIC METHOD.
| The effect of this system would be in a
very few years at most, to either destroy
entirely the manufacturing industries of
| this Cohntry or to reduce the NIL ions now
employed in them to the vel of auper
labor in The old world, reacting and
spreading its contagion upon agric allure
and all other vocatons as well.
One meth is TO lessen the people s
taxes, remove their burdens, build up tie
cities and villages foster manufactures.
| increase competi ion, lower the price o!
purchasable ar icles, proyid employment
III intain wages, create a home market fol
surplus produce, and maintain national
indep ndence
The her would lessen taxation hy
throtting home indus ries. siehcing tn,
mil and factories lowe ing wages, des
troy ng home markets, turning tn bal
ance of trade against us, and making oul
nation but dependency uron the wori,
outside.
Already the democratic parry have
so nded the Vance notes Of the free
trade by striking at some of our creates
industries, the only result of which i
they take effect will be 10 seriously Grip
pie or crush them out. They advocate
free wool. free sa free vege alb es, etc.
articles. the production OF which, witt
the exception OF pauper labor, we are a
well prepared !o- as any na:i II in exist
ence. And Yet with all o our atura
adaptation, with million Of farmers 4
be deprived OF their foe 5 in the II
case and thousand, of laborels OF thei
employment in the other. the democ att
party TO reduce taxation six millions o
dol ars per year advocates this method.
The republican method is protectiv
tariff wisely al us ed and revised a
changing necessities demand. + e latte
one is a policy blind To all the CROWN
ne essties of our d versi ed industlie:
ami deaf to their retiions for nations
protection. A method that only live