The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-27

farmer produces and is compelled TO soil,
are as cheap here as they are IN the pauper
labor countries Of Europe. This is this
testimony OF Republican Senator given
in the United States Senate after per-
sonal visit to Europe. But how Is it with
the things which the farmer Is compelled
to buy! Are they as cheap here - In
Europei No. You are subjected upon
every one Of them. IL they are imported,
to on average tax Of AZ l-10 per cent, and
on the rest the manufacturer has the OPP
portunity to add the same percentage TO
his prices, and in many cases he does it in
the name Of American labor, professedly
In the interest Of American industry and
to promote the good Of the people, because
he says that you must encourage these in
dustries and give employment to as many
laborers as possible.
Why, my farmer friend, II you should be
returning home from the store with wag-
on-load Of goods purchased for the use Of
your family with the proceeds OF the sale
of your crops, and some man met you on
the public highway and declared that he
intended to seize that wagon-lOad OF goods
and burn them on the ground, you might
he likely to protest, and to want to know
the reason. You would be astontshed IL
that man should tell you: II am q great
public benefactor. Intend to do this in
the interests Of American labor and manu-
facturers, because II destroy these goods
which your family must have you will be
compelled to employ more labor to produce
more crops to buy these goods over again,
and the manufacturers who made them
will be required to employ more labor to
produce the goods for you. ] am here,o
says this man, Ito promote the interests
Of American labor and American indus
try. am protectionist." Applausc.l
This Is fair illustration Of the princi-
pie which underlies this system Of taxa
tion. No man objects to arate Of taxation,
whether it be by the general Government,
or State or municipal governments, neces-
sary to raise sufficient amount Of reve-
nue. to defray all proper and legitimate ex-
penses Of public administration but when
the tax drummer has taken from the peo-
pie sufficient amount Of their earnings
to accomplish this purpose he should take
his hand out Of their pockets. lChcers
That is the Democratic doctrine and the
whole Democratic doctrine. Applausc
Free trade! It comedies the right and
duty OF the Government to raise by taxa.
tion, in some form or other, sufficient
amount of money to defray all expenses
and meet all honest obligations, but it con-
cedes likewise that the settled policy Of
the Government is to raise q large por-
tion Of its revenue by duties on i'm
ports; but we protest that the people
shall have cheaper clothing and agricult-
ural implements before they get cheap
whisky and cheap tobacco ICheers.
The Republican platform, on the con-
trary, declares that they will repeal the
whole internal system rather than sur
render any part Of the protective system.
Now, the duty upon sugar IL part OF the
protection system. The high duty upon
woolen goods and cotton goods, and upon
steel and iron is part of the protective
system. The true meaning Of the Repub-
lican platform is that it will repeal the tax
on whisky, beer and cigars, and cigarettes
| and cheroots but it will repeal no part Of
the duty upon the articles | have men,
toned. Are the people ready to indorse
| that platform fCries Of "NO!'l Would
you rather have cheap clothing and cheap
agricultural implements than cheap whisky
and tobacco. Would you rather that your
| family and yourself should have cheaper
and better clothing and agricultural i'm.
| plcments and medicine and books, and
cheaper and better cooking utensils and
| furniture and material to supply your
homes than cheap whisky or beer or to
baccol
Mr. Harrison says they will retain the
entire protection system and do away with
| the internal revenue taxes rather than sac
rifice the protection system or any part OF
it. It Is very adroit, but the time will
come when the Republican party will bt
compelled to choose between the total re
peal of the internal revenue tax and the re
Il k<nA
goes further, does Mr.. Harrison, and speci
fled the oleomargarine tax as one which
need not be repealed. He would rather re
peal the entire tax on whisky than take of
the duty on any imported articles, excep
articles the like of which are not produced
here.
Mr. Cleveland [chcersI in his letter Of
acceptance puts the case on this point IL
the strongest possible light He asks wha
relief this will afford to the plain, common
people Of the land. How many Of you ART
there, gentlemen, who are in the habit O
purchasing and using in your family ar
ticles Of foreign production, the like o
which are not produced in this country
A very few of you. Yet there are the ar
ticles upon which the Republican platform
pledges to take OF the tax-the thing
| which are produced abroad and which ar
also produced here the tax to remain OF
SO that you who use large quantities o
these articles must continue to pay higl
prices, while the only tax to come on for
clgn imports is the tax on these things
which are not produced here and luxuries
/ said l would not make q speech.
have not kept my word very strictly
[Cries of go ahead."l 1t lis true that
did not attempt to make an argument. bu
| ~u,x1S 1S0h
think the people ought to take into consid
Grafton, and which l am sure they vii
take into consideration in this campaign
look forward, gentlemen, to the ides Q
November for the achievement Of one Q
the grandest Democratic victories eve
Witnessed in this country. [Uproariou
cheers and applause.l l know that il tn
intellig gent and honest men OF this cOuntr
will sum up this question Of Federal taxa
tion, unbiased by political prejudice, III
, awei by political power, they will give
Just aud righteous decision, and ClevelAn
Icheersl and Thurman Icheersl win b
elected by majority much larger tina
that which secured the Presidency for U
in's4 Prolonged cheers and applause.l
This Administration. by its prudent an
conservative course, by its honest an
faithful execution Of the law in all parts {
. the country. has removed all the appr
tensions of danger and disaster whic
seemed to prevail in the minds of some ,
our opponents four years ago No man ca
say that the affairs of the people and II
affairs of the Government are not as y
cure in the hands Of the great Nation,
, Democratic party as in the hands OF an
other political party that ever existed
, this country. Loud cheers. This Is o,
.,n S>F
publican friends. [Cheers. We have ,
much interest in its greatness, in its glor!
as they can possibly have, and no matta
, what may befali US as political party, Y
will stand hereafter. as we have stood
the past, through disaster and defea
steadily and firmly by the principles whic
we believe to be right and for the best II
! ~ fho pannla