Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-03

knows this, that the entire Democratic
party knows this; but that the Presi-
dent and his party are in league
with England to deliver over this Nation
to that Empire, to undo the effect of the
Revolution, to make void the results of
the war of 1912, to bind this Nation hand
and foot in an industrial sense, and hand
her over to Great Britain as a thrall
The charge is that Mr.. Cleveland and the
Democratic party do this knowingly and
Of malice prepense.
Those who make these statements,
who raise this cry, of course, do not be-
lieve what they say. Only a fool or a
madman could really be SO misled. But
this is done for the sole purpose OF
throwing the Democratic press and the
speakers of the party off their guard.
1t is done to lead us all away from the
Presidents message, away from the
Mills bill, away from the traditions
of our fathers in the Democratic party.
The party has from the days of Jefferson
been wide awake to the policy of lending
protection to American industries as an
incident to all tariff schedules. The
Mills bill keeps that purpose in mind at
every step. The Presidents message
demands most emphatically that this be
borne in mind in the necessary readjust-
ment of the tariff which he demanded.
To reduce the surplusl That is what the
message calls for! That is what
the Mills bill aims at That is all there
is in it All taxation is burden. Tax
alton is at best an evil. 1t is justified
only on the grounds of necessity. No
fundamental law ever set up any claim
that any government has the right to
levy taxes beyond the necessities of the
Government. Our present tariff sched-
ule imposes an unnecessary amount OF
taxation upon the people. They are pay
ing out of their pockets more money than
the Government has any need for. The
President sees this and demands relief
for the people whose servant he is, for
whose benefit he holds office. Let us
not be called off from this by any cry of
Free Trade. No trade theories, no doc
trines OF the books, no fine spun ideas of
the doctrinaires cut any figure in this
question. 1t is plain, practical, every
day matter. 1t is discussion which the
plainest man can grasp. The present
schedule levies tax OF one cent pound
on salt. That tax may properly
be remitted, for the reason that
the Government will have funds enough
without it. There is tax of 50 thous.
and on lumber. The Government can
do without that. The consumer, every
man in the land will find the burden of
life less by such remission of these un-
necessary taxes. Men may have cheaper
shirts and cheaper coats by the revision
of the tariff. The false Cry of free trade,
ruin to industry, the British Scaramouche,
and all that, is raised by those who make
and sell this salt, this lumber and
these shirts. 1t is the monopolist whom
special legislation is enriching who pays
the greatest statesman" and the army
OF smallest statesmen to raise this false
cry. But the ear Of the people is attuned
to the music. They catch the sound of
the discord in this mendacious cry. They
will vote for cheaper salt, for cheaper
lumber, for cheaper shirts and cheaper
coats. If the government is not in need
of their hard won gains they will gladly
keep their dollars where they will do
most good to their rightful owners.