The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-20

i''", VIM 10 sounu DemOCrat ana
therefore believes in the principles upon
which this government ought to be ad-
mlnlstered, this is the man whom we
shall make the President of the United
States. And they did it. What is the
resultP Why, Mr.. Blaine himself-a man
by no means given to making concessions
that could injure his heart-said in the
very first speech he delivered, il
my recollection is right, after coming
from Europe and landing on our
shores, that the United States was the
most prosperous people on the face OF the
globe and more prosperous than they had
ever been before. [Cheers and laughter.
They fill up column after column TO show
the prosperity OF the United States,
although Grover Cleveland has been
President for three and a half years.
[Cheers.l Where is the Union soldier
who has been deprived OF his pension
under the administration OF Cleveland?
A voice, None. ] Nearly twice :as much
money has been awarded pensioners by
bills signed by Grover Cleveland, or by
allowances by the commissioner OF PEN
sions-that noble soldier, Gen. Black
than was given by all his predecessors put
together. [Cheers.1 What rebel soldier
has been pensioned? II he could be found
Barnum would buy him for them for
show. Laughter and cheers Where is
the rebel debt that has been paid? No
man can speak about such a thing without
insulting the understanding of every man
TO whom he speaks; for there is your con-
stitution, in language as plain us can be,
which forbids not only for the federal
government paying such debts, but pre-
vents those people from paying the debts
themselves. tCheers.
"Now you expect me, perhaps, to say
something about that novel subject called
the tariff. Laughter You look like in
telligcnt men, and, therefore, YOU may
have heard something about the tariff.
Laughter. Perhaps there are some here
who wonder what kind OF thing that tar
| III can be, for never was a greater diverg-
encc OF opinion than those in regard to il.
To hear Republican talk about II one
would think that 1t was some newly in
vented machine by which every man,
woman and child in the country was to be
made as rich rs John Jacob As oii
Laughter. On the other hand, 10 Hear
some Of the opponents Of il, you would
think that 1t was an imp OF Satan that was
here 10 destroy the country and rum il.
II is nsither one nor the other. II is no
angel Ol light, sent by bcnciiccnt proyi-
dcnce to rescue all from suffering and
want nor, bad as think it To be, is Il the
devil himself in the shape Of a bill OF
Congress let me see II can,
in few plain words, demonstrate
it, II cannot in that way
cannot at all. for | cannot talk any
other language than plain, good honest
English. lChccrs.l What is the tariff
/ IL is a tax. Some say how can II be- a tax
when no officer Of the United States ever
calls or asks for my share of the tariff taxi
| have not in my pocket or in my drawer
any receipts fora tariff tax Yes, youhavc.
| You have your merchants receipt for the
cloth out ut which your clothes were made,
aud IN the price you paid for that clothing
/ is concealed this tariff tax. IL is rs sim
| pie as two and two make four. There is q
tax concealed in the price paid for even
nay bandana handkerChieis. Laughter
and cheers. Ii were a schOolmasier aud
| had boy ten years old whom ! could not
I teach this ihingin fifteen minutes would
send him back to his father and tell him
there was no use TO attempt 20 educate
I that idiot. Laughter. A man called
an importer buys his goods abroad. lie
/ brings those gOodsio us. He is compelled
/ by law lo take them to the custom house,
| and they count up the tariff tax and say:
| Pay this tariff or you shan't have one yard,
one pound one ounce oi these goods. The
/ importer pays the tax. IL may be - per
/ cent, IL may be- 10 per cent. In many
eases 10 is 100 per cent upon the amount
/ hc paid Tor these goods when he bought
/ them. Ia many eases Il doubles the cost
OF the goods TO him. lie brought them
here 10 sell. When be- has paid this ariil
/ tax ho sells them 10 the wholesale mcr-
chant IN New York, Philadelphia or lios-
! ton. When lac sells Il 10 the merchant he
must pay IN the price the amount Of the
tariff tax tha, hC las paid, because II he
don't hc would lose the money, he could
not carry on his business OF an importer
| tWcnty-iour hous u hc was not allowed 10
put In the price Of those goods the tax he
has paid Ia the government lie does 10.
The wholesale merchant sells the goods to
thc retail merchant, nay here In the city
oi indianapolis. lie, too, must keep that
tariff tax IN the price and add his own
profit aud thus you, who finally buy thc
goods iUr your own uses or those OF your
family, pay the whole tax, with the mct-
chants ianilI and with the interest that has
accrued upon Il. lChccrs oh, says
some learned Republican, that's not ~.
The foreigner pays the tax
"Docs hc2 N the foreigner pays the iaN
wouldn't IL be- % good thing 10 abolish all
taxes In the United States except mri1
taxes and make theiofcisucrH pay IN all on
expenses How do YOU think We woud
get along with them? Why have tax as
scssors here In Indiana, tax collectors al
that pamphcrnalia when all W. have got
10 DO Is 10 lcyy q high duty upon th,
gpods that nrc imported into this country
and make the foreigner pay all our Cx
penar-7 qughlcr. llow do you thinh
that would work. What kind OF a irc'
and independent people would you have
u thc expenses were paid 10y the pcopll
who lived In another laul2 NuuIdn'
there be- some fellow iu this foreign cpun
iry who would wake up aud say what d
sauce inr the goose j. sauce ilr the gludcf'
. Laughter Wouldn't some fellow rise VI
/ and say why. these Americans are srlliu.
over here hundreds Of thousands ol bush
cl- Ui wheat every year and an imm ems
. | export ul corn, unuumbcrcd bushels q
Oa's, petroleum enough 10 set fire 10 th
/, | whole continent oi Europe, to Say uOthin
about dynamite. l. u'hicr.l Lel ~ pa
I on Immense tax upon these exports irOf
, the United States and make "a
people II thc United States pay all the 81
!, pCnsos Of our government Pay for ou
I standing armies oi 2OO,0OJ 100000, 500
a O01 or $4,000, aud other expenses, pa
Tor our kings and queens aud little king
I and little queens and little princes ab
(, pripcosscs. IaughicrJ Make these l'c