The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1888-10-03
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STATE Taxes are burdens or charges i'm
posed by the legislature upon persons or
property to
RAISE MONEY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.
We nave established. we think. bevond
cavil that there can he no Iawfni tax wbinh
is not laid for a public purnose. "A'
If it be said that a benefit results tn the
local public OF a town NV pstahIishinU man
ufactures, the same NAV be said Of any
other business or pursuit which emniovs
capital or labor. The merchant. the me-.
chanic, the inu-keeDer. the banker. the
builder, the steamboat owner are %enuaIIv
promoters of the pubIic cood. and ]eanaiiy
deserving the aid of the Citizens hy forced
contribution. No line can he drawn in
favor of the manufacturer which would not
open the Golfers of the public treasury to
the opportunities of twu-thirds of the busi-
ness men of the city or town,
MORTON AND GARFIELD.
Oliver P, Morton. of Indiana. April m
1872: Now, l wish to saw to the senate that
l am strongly convinced that we shOuld 20
further, and reduce the tariff in material
respects upon MANY other articles, The
country expects a large Reduction. the
country knows that it can be made. the
country has been promised this reduction.
and the dominant party here is responsible
to the country for this reduction, and will
be held responsible If IL n not made,
James A. Garfield, July Is, 1858: Unless
the tariff men take heed, unless they con-
sent to a rational and considerate adjust
ment of the tariff such as only can be made
by the full light that a careful statistical
study of the subject will brine / fear
from them, more thar from any other
source, a reaction which will bring us by
and by into free trade and all its conse-
Quences of evil to the manufacturing inter
ests of the country. | desire to say thai, In
my Judgment, 1t Is not the best mode of de-
Tending a tariff to denounce every man who
l door, - -
our fashion as an enemy of the tariff.
LATE GENERAL LoGANs's VIEWS.
John A. Logan, in the house, April is.
1870: Now, when the gentlemen, who
seems to be the protector to an especial
manner of the great labor interests Of the
protection of the labor of this country, /
ask him: does not every farmer and me-
chanic in this broad land make use of iron
in all kinds of labor? The 1000 O6 men
that nave been freed recently are laborers,
are producers, not manufacturers. They
are moi men OF skilled labor, they evidently
are not the men who are protected. And
then there are the men in the northwest
who produce corn, wheat, oats, pork and
beans, etc. they are producers and con-
sumers, and are not protected; and 1t is
they who pay this large amount of money
into the pockets of the manufacturers Of
this article. And when gentleman stands
upon this floor and tells me that this high,
this extraordinarily high tariff is for the
protection of the iaboring men of this
country who are not skilled labUrers, l tell
them l do not understand how he can pos
sibly substantiate such atheOry,
TARIF COMMISSION REPORT
Report Of the tariff commission, 1882:
The commission became convinced that q
substantial reduction of tariff duties is de-
manded, not by a mere indiscriminate pop
ular clamor, but by the best conservative
| nntoior ~ tI,o nDxr, iroI,A;,- tLn&
which has in former time been most siren
vous for the preservation of our national
Industrial defenses. Such a reduction of
the existing tariff the commission regards
not only as a due recognition of public SEN
timent and measure Of Justice to consumers.
ity, and which though it may be tempor-
fetal to the special interests affected by
such reduction. Excessive duties, or those
acove such standard equalization are posi-
lively Injurious to the interest which thew
are supposed to benefit. And in the me
cbanical and manufacturing Industries. es-
pecially those which have have been long
established, it would seem that the i'm.
provements in machinery and processes
made within the last twenty years, and the
high scale of productiyeuess which has be-
come characteristic Of their establish
ments, would permit our manufacturers to
compete with their foreign rivals under a
substatial reduction Of existing duties.
The average reduction in rates, including
thai from the enlargement of the free list
and the abolition of the duties on charges
and commissions, at which the commits
sion has aimed Is not less on the average
tbau twenty per cent, and II is the opinion
| of the commission that the reduction will
reach tWenty-6ye per cent,
MORE OF MoRRILL's EXPRESSIONS.
Justin s. Morrill,, May 5, 1850: There are
no duties on any article for the simple pur-
pose Of protection alone. The highest
duties in the bill are proposed for the pur-
pose of revenue, The manufacturers might
get along with lower duties, but we REQUIRE
the revenue.
Justin S. Morrill,, July II, 1861: 1 believe
that the duties on most article are put too
high.
Justin s. Morril, June 2, 1854, reporting q
bill: This il Intended Az a war measnre' a
temporary measure. and we must as such
give it our %slpDOrt. In making an esti-
mate of the effect of such a War tariff "a il
now nronosed. IL ia imnortant that we
should bear in mind that as we increase the
tax on anv article we diminish the number
Of those who will he able to consume ii.
WHY this hidden change Of heart The
answer is plaip-anytbjng to he restored to
nOwer-and the issne must he against the
hattie cry Of the democracy. srevenne re-
form il the Tennblicans have to 90 hack
on every platform they have made for a
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