The Osceola times., 1888-09-01
OPENING THE CAMPAIGN.
The First Gun Fired by the OLD
Roman at Port Huron, Mich.
The sophistries Of Protected Manuhc'ur-
srs aud Their Republican Allies
Swept Away = Why Laboring
Men should BE Democrats.


authoritative source, was sounded AZ for'
Huron, Mich, on August q, by the Demo
cratic candidate for the Vice Presidency
Ex- Senator Allen G. Thurman. The "olo
Roman" said;
Idefy any man who has any regard Tor the
truth To say that Grover Cleveland has no,
made q good President oil the united
States. [Cheers.l A brave, intelligent
level-headed, noble man, he mas nae
clean, an upright and successinl
Administration. loud cheersl Foui
years ago he was elected. In the canvass
that preceded his election his opponents
predicted all manner Of evils in case nc
should succeed He did succeed, and pray
what has become of thei. predictions
Laughter and applause.l Where is the ruin
that was to follow the election Of Grover
Clevelandg Where is the disgrace that
was to follow his electioni On the con
trary, the country has been more quiet,
more peaceable, more prosperous than II
has been for many years that have gone by
Now, know the man, know him well, and
tell you, my fellow citizens, that more
upright and wise man | do not believe
dwells within the limits Of the United
States-Iloud cheersl-and he has noble
band of councillors around him, and moi
the least among them Is the distinguished
citizen Of your own State, Mr. Dickinson.
tApplause.l Cleveland knows not only
how to govern himself in the limits Of the
constitution, but he knows full well how to
choose good constitutional adTisors
Cheers Having said this much about the
Administration, let me proceed TO that
question to which ! alluded in opening
which is commonly called the tariff ques
tion.
We have, according to the last advices
] have seen, about Sis, 900 in the
NationalTreasury, called surplus revenue
that is, taxes collected from the people be
yond the necessities of the Government
Those ais, 900, coo are lying partly idle In
the vaults of the Treasury of the United
States, Of no service to any human being
drawing no interest, earning no profit, bu'
taken from the pockets OF the people
where they properly belong, and where, il
they were now found, thousands and ter
the people of the United States would
put them to good use and improve theil
condition and prosperity, Applause.l The
Democratic party says that this is q
wrong condition Of affairs-that that money
ought not to be, like the talent Of the men we
are told of in the Scripture, buried in the
ground, that that is a very poor use tc
make of the money of the people; and
therefore, the Democratic party say thai
this surplus revenue, which is produced IL
the main by this tariff tax, ought to be re
dpced; that the tax should be reduced 81
that the surplus will not continue TO accu
mulate. Our opponents, on the othel
hand, say it is better to let the surplus ac
cumulate; 1t is better TO take the money
from the pockets of our people; it is better
TO pile it up in the vaults of tn,
Treasury Department although it doe
no good whatever, but rather doe
great harm; it is better to d,
that than TO touch the tariff laws of tn,
country. We say, on the contrary, that tn,
way to relieve the overtaxed people is 4
reduce the tax; that the way TO treat
people honestly, fairly and wisely is Z
take no more taxes out Of their pocket
than the Government actually needs TO
expenditure. Cries Of Good That
right" and applause.l The issue, then
is clearly made up between US, II is be
tween high taxation on the one hand an,
reasonable taxation on the other. 1t is be
tween taking the money Of the people o
their own control, out Of their own pock
cts, and burying it in the cellars Of tn
Treasury Department, or leaving it wher
it belongs-in the pockets Of the people, t,
be used as their wants, their require
ments, their intelligence and interest di
rect
1t is curious fact and one of tn,
worst things about this tariff tax, tha
while the Government gets 81 resulting
from the tax, domestic manufacturers ge
IS, as it Is best estimated, that never goei
into the Treasury at all. How does thi
happeni A man called an importer bring
goods into the United States to be sold
He can not sell a yard or a pound until h,
pays this tariff tax. He pays il, therefore
and then sells it TO the merchant. o
course he must get this tax back in tn,
price for which he sells or he would los,
money. His business would break up a
once Therefore, be puts the tax on tn,
original cost OF goods and with that pric,
added with the cost Of transportation an,
his reasonable commercial profit he sell
the goods to the merchant The merchan
sells to the retail merchant and, of course
this tax which entered into the price con
tinues in the price and to 1t is added tn,
profits Of the merchant. Then the retail
merchant sells to you and Of course h,
must get in this price, for otherwis,
he would sell for less than he CAV,
for the goods, and no man would con
sent to do that. Therefore, the tax is OIL
when the cloth, for instance, is sold TO yo,
and in the price you pay this retail mer
chant you also pay the whole Of the tariff
tax, the importers profits, the wholesal,
merchants profits, and the retail mer
chants profits, besides the interest OF
their money. 1t is as plain as that twt
and two make four. II was a school
master and boy of ten years could no
understand that after ten minutes teach
ing l would give him up as a hopeless
idiot Laughter That is the fact in re
spect 10 this branch of subject. Now, how
much do you payi The amount of duti
able goods imported into the United State
In 1887 was in value S450, 000, 900 in rounC
numbers. The duties collected on thes,
goods-the tariff tax-was s2l2, ,OO0, 900 ant
fraction. Therefore, in that single yeai
a tax was levied on the people of tn,
United States by the operation of this tariff
law of $2l2, 200, 900 and fraction, whicl
went into the Federal Treasury But that
as have told you, was the least of tn,
burden. The domestic manufactures o
the same kind of commodities amounted
that year to s., 800, 100000, and as the pric,
of those goods was raised by the tariff il
nearly or equal proportions to the price O.
goods that were imported, the amour
which the people paid by reason Of thes,
high prices OF what they had TO buy or haC
to use amounted TO sl,0O0Oo0, 900. Tha
is about five times as much as the tax re.