San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-05
TARIFF ANTAGONIST.

protection, that is the pauperlzatlon
of American labor and It's protection,
is fairly begun. The platforms at st.
Louis and Chicago are evidences OF
this fact. The democratic and the re-
publican parties are the opponents OF
the principles thus Numerically OPP
posed to each other. The democracy
deny the soft impeachment, and at
firming that they are the movers for
tariff reform repudiate the charges
of free trade principles that are made
against them. The denial is mere
subterfuge. The principle announced
by them is tariff for revenue only; as
large a free list as possible, with the
eXigencies of the government; no abo-
lition of the internal war taxes which
fall exclusively upon our own people;
and protection to American labor If 1t
happen to come in under the condi-
ton of affairs. This one thing must
be considered as the key note of all
their legislation and speeches, the
placing of as many articles as possible
upon the free list. The increase of
the number of these articles until 1t
shall include all, and a tariff be vir-
tually eliminated from the sources of
revenue while American labor is lett
to look after itself, is as much future
consequent of the present democratic
movement for tariff reform, so called,
as was the encroachment of slavery
upon the free territories a necessity
of the situation from 1910 to 1860. 1t
will not do to lose sight of the spirit
and intent and tendency of this so
called tariff reform which has for its
ultimate object the establishment OF
free trade relations with the markets
of all lands, that is the pauperization
of American labor, and its gradual re-
ductiOn in the scale until it is on par
with and then sinks lower than the
old world starvelings, whose only
hope of improved condition for quar-
ter of a century has been through i'm
migration to these shores.
The republican party, the party of
protection, the party which stands
for the rights of American working
men, farmers, producers and manufac-
turers as we'll, takes the exactly OPP
posite view. 1t believes that the la
bOrer is of more value than the mere
money that carries on the work and
service of government. 1t would
arrange it's tariff schedules so as to
protect American labor and labOrers
to the very fullest extent and derive
from the tariff as thus levied the rev.
enues for carrying on the government.
Giving at the same time to the people
the benefits of free importation of all
products that do not interfere with
the prices of American products so as
to lower the wages paid for their pro-
duction. The only exception to this
rule would be the tariff upon luxuries
which, though not produced in this
country, would be taxed for the
revenue they would return,
as such taxation would fall
upon the we'll to do classes who spend
their money for the luxuries of life.
The protection of American labor, as
indispensable to the prosperity of
American workingmen of all classes,
farmers, laborers, manufacturers and
all others-this is the keynote of the
republican policy with as cheap goods
from abroad as is possible, the prOtec-
ton of our own industries considered,
this is the whole of this matter.
The literature of this subject is most
abundant, and all who desire to fully
inform themselves concerning the ar
guments and facts, can secure from
the American protective tariff league
all the documents they want for the
small sum of ten cents. A series of
twelve documents covering the whole
ground will be forwarded to anyone
who will mail ten cents to American
Protective Tariff League, No. % West
23rd St., New York.
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