The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-18

that the poor man and his wife and child
Zen wear, on his implements of industry,
on his lumber or TO make but triiling re-.
ducuon on that and thereby make tho
burden OF taxation fall principally upon
him. \ voico-l say no. And | say
no. Its hard enough that taxes have TO
be collected by means of tariff, for we do
not Intend TO abolish all custom.houscs
and all tariff duties, We know it is very
easy way to collect taxes, and that il has
been followed 80 long aud so many indus.
tries have grown up that it would be not
! only bad policy, but injustice, TO abolish
J 1t at once We know that, and therefore
when they say we are free traders they
| mako an accusation against us that has no
| foundation in fact Applause Yet we
/ do not shut our eyes 10 the fact that
| the mode of collecting revenue by a tariff
- oppressive 10 the poor people OF the
| land. When taxes are collected for your
county OF Allen, or for your municipality
/ OF Fort Wayne, IL is levied upon your
/ property. You know exactly what YOU
have TO list and give TO the assessor, and
exactly the amount OF taxes YOU have to
| pay but when the tax comes in this in.
sidious shape OF tariff duty, how do
| YOU pay iH No man comes TO YOU
clothed in authority from the United States
asking Tor tax list, or demanding 30 much
money. Not one Of You have tax re-
ccipt from collector OF customs unless ho
happens to have imported goods into the
United states, You do not pay II that
way. You pay IL In the increased price
that you give for everything that has pail
n dutv and for n multitude of Other
huNn moi I,tN. a
price Of VI hich has been raised hy the do
mestic producer ~ hc has been enabled to
do oit by reason Of the duty paid upon th.
imported article. Applause. The inn
porter brings his goods here for
sale at the custom-housc. The govern.
mcnt says ''Sir, YOU must pay q tax Of 10
or 80, or IL may hc 100 por cent. on the
goods before you sell them here. lie paws
the tax He sells them to the merchant.
and oi course puts IN the tax, for other
wise hecould not carry on business Ms an i'm.
porter n single day. The merchant at New
York sells Il 10 the retail dealer in Fort
Wayne, and the price IL still in il, aud
the duty and the profit oi the importer
aud Of the Wholesale merchant In New
York and Of the retail dealer here Is In II.
There IL the original price, the tax and the
three profits in Il before II gets upon your
back. Applausc.
You don't see IL, my friends. but YOU
feel H. There cannot bc 5000. OOOO UDD ur
SiDO,OOO,OO of tax taken from the people
oi the United States IN that Wuv. and
three ur four times that much taken from
them Tor the benefit oi the protected man.
uiacturug without their feeling a. ItIs|
Just M certain as death II IL not "A tax ON
property, but n Is q tax on ruusumbtiHu
Therefore II II that poor man may chanur
Ia pay Tor more than the richest man in
the land. Applause. lou take "A
good, honest Democrat who has iuI. |
filed the command oi the S,rir. |
tuno and taken unto hlm good .
vito and has family of children aud Is |
compelled tO purchase for them the COM |
mpditica that they must have. In order tn
live, tie tax that he paws may be- four
times as much as that VI u rrtis,y, rich old
bachelor Who ig worth millions ni dollars
aud iA oi no use 80 society 90 anybody.
lbtcnt npplauHc.l Such a system ps this
| cannot possibly pfuylil unlps, thrrr H.
somc humbugging Of thc people; the Re
publican speakers seem to me this wear tu
b. more audacious aud daring IN their rep.
rscntntiuns than ever before. alihuuth
I hal thought that they had gone hruin.
fore iu.t ls lar o. human lulucity could
go. Laughter aud cheers They sav We |
are free imd.u, What 10 ihry moan hv I.
free trader There is such % thing Co., irra I
trade iu this country. We have thirty. .
eight States. uiuo Territories uud iic uIs .
ifi,i ui Columbia, anl between thrm there
is absolute lrrc trade. can rppllrri
when 100 my shoes were made by thr yI.
lu.' cuhhlcr when ull the horse fhuus that
were used were made hy the VILLAGE
blacksmith. II b. not 30 now You rul
your shoes, most Of them, from LINN. iu
tia State oi Massachusetts,. They como
tu Fort Wayne and they Tay nOtIN. Nuu
gvi your horse shoes aud horse shoe nails
from some great factory n The clst and
they ply no tax to thc state IT Indiana
That iH absolute nee updr. We never
have proposed % and don propose ID nov.
aud yet with tho Mills bin, the average /
duties levied hy h nrr over a. per cent, /
and in many uHpcpis are o. % and O. pr /
cent They 49, We are irrr iulHrs aud I
tuu country o. going iu bu ruined hv free
trade u very much like Bret llHur's /
story IT the hclihun th.ucr when
E'I NNr stid W. NurH ruined by Chinese
cheap labor because be- had caught /
Chinese cheating 10 @ little Hmo ui rIuIs
[ Laughter and applause That is simply |
no llsurIIly but II s not amy more
uh.ui than some other II their /
propositions They say that this country /
4 mldu u,i hy these high protective
duties. us 10 10 were possible a. make
people uUh hy taking ont ui th,r|
pockets Wurr money than lhu government /
hls ANY usr iHr They ry u b. i.r iHr /
benefit ul uburug muu, 1s Il q mans cone
d..iYn could br benefited Dos taxing him uu |
everything hr wears Applause. The, |
ay Wu ufr lbr enemies ul thr ghHru |
mon. ~ ury Clay WIS called ihD father I
cot iEu American Wil system. lied. llui /
muNuHIrh Arguments ng ihui, ilr said /
protection was Ip encourage the infant boz. F.
IusIrrs of .hr country. Well. CLAY lived .
hong enough tp say that ho had grown
tY hu man uui it Wus time tu flpn
feeding him with bottle. 10 hig been
luy odd yCTr since that infant hyHmg .
Ol arD, anil think it Is time ipf uIm O. T.
shulIIn ipr himself Applause
At thH conclusion ui Judge Thurman |
speech, q IIDUuug man from Cleveland, |
d.. who bal come with ihr Thurman r.uH. |
climbed into h.s chair, and after suH..H /
lrd 90 iu OusIug cheers lur tuH .pi /
Roman
CJED aNsBD TELEGRAM5.
Blaine hll q large meeting on lho Ola .
TippHuul. battle ground yesterday. hu, |
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