Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-08

The Dsmocratio Policy u the rnteress Of
Lsbor--Piain Talk to . sfschanic.


The Bsmocrauc Policy 10 the rntsress Of
Lsbor-Piain Talk TO . Mechanic.
The Now York Herald publishes the
following note "The Herald tells me that
l sm pay Ing good many taxes that ought
not to- Now, drive . plane all day, and
have no time to think OF these thinga I
come homo tired, and don't feel much like
reading . book ~ deep as we'll. But u
you will tell mo how this thing is, perhsps
] can get Il into my head" Tho Herald
followed this note with the anne xed con-
vincing editorial reply:
"Moat csrtsinly we will, aud q very
interesting topic you will find It, II won't
take you long to see that the Republican
policy OF higher taxation makes II harder
for you 10 get the comforts Of life, or that
the Democratic policy Of lower taxes 10 In
country. Well, you are carpenter with .
family, perhaps. To begin, the first cost of
the hOuse you hire Is Increased by tax on
almost everything from tho foundation TO
the iron gutter. That extra cost you pay In
extra rent, don't your The landlord 10 not
| q philan thropist aud wants fair interest for
| his Investment. II bis house costs thous.
| and dollars moro than II would II the
| materials were cheap or, who pays the In
| terest on that thousand dollars? Not the
landlord. That would be an unprofitabls
way to do business. You pay II, OF course.
II comes out Of your wages. 30 you start
with . burden.
SNOW, you want tools to work with.
Well, under the protective system you pay
tax on your saw, plane, chisel, hammer,
ana on the wooden box that holds them.
Everything you use In your trade is taxed,
directly or Indirectly. You must have
decent clothes You can't dress like q
European peasant And In this climate
you need wooden undershirts, for without
these you will get pneumonia Your wife
too and your children use up lot o
flannel In the course OF year. To be thinly
clad means sickness, and that you cam
afford. The undershirt and flannel arr
taxed. You must have iron and tin war;
In tho Kitchen. You pay tax on those ar
| ticles, and on the cooking stove and on th'
dining table, and on the knives aud fork
aud spoons, and on the tableoloth. Yoi
look through taxed pane Of glass, rock
taxed cradle with q baby In II, and whel
no Is sick give him dose OF taxed castor oil
II the little one dies he In placed In tsxe'
| coffin, and the minister oilers you con
ISOLATION from taxed Biblo, Pretty near
ly everything you have either has tax ri
1t or costs more than It should becaus
I | other things are taxed.
SNOW, then, you ask, what is the objec
In squeezing so much money from poe
people? Why, there is no good oh ject, an
tha. Is why we complain. Tho gOvernmeL
= | has its vaults full Of dollars raised partly !
| this way, and It don't know what to d
with them. That is the surplus which III
/ country is talking about. IL IL burden
/ the government and burden to the peop
1 docs no good TO anybody, but deal I
!. | harm TO everybody. Twenty years ag
h | when tho government was In trouble,
: ! needed that money To day It does n,
| need u, but the tax still remains.
Why isn't this tax removed by a redu
? / tion OF the tariff Tbars the question
D | The Democrats say, take II off, The X
Il | publtcans say, Keep 1t on and make
|, | higher You are to choose between Il
two The combines, trusts and monopoli
. | are benefited by higher taxes. How {
y they affect your You have not difiiou
u problem to handle, you see. II you wa
l. | to pay more for the necosssries OF life, Il
,t Republicans will accommodate you, ar
~ you will vote with them In November.
!, on the other hand, you believe that the
/ necessaries OF lie should be supplied to q
poor people OF this country at the cheaPt
e possible rate, you will deposit your vote
,t | Democratic ballot box"