Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-09-30

laws which foster monopoly, build mn
wealth and power at the expense of
labor, make trusts possible, discriminate
against American labor and in favor of
foreign and cheap labor; the laws that
compel the consumer to paw all the
taxes to support the Government, and
pays a bonus unjusti6edly exacted of
about 81 900 900, 900 for favored class.
They offer you this taxing
law, simplifed; the specific duties that
work such fraud on the consumer and
brings such vast wealth to the manufac-
turer are to be repealed, the tariff rates
revised, no favorites to be built up, all
citizens and all capital to be put
on an equality so far as possible, and
simple ad valorem rate adopted, like a
plain one-price mark in figures on the
goods of an honest merchant. The tax
is held on luxuries except cigars, cigar.
cites and cheroots. Thus all industries
are preserved and encouraged, all classes
put on the same level, exact Justice done
each business Of the country, and relief
brought to every mans home. Still it is
proposed to drive the Democrats out of
power and install the Republican party,
which created the laws that are the
source Of all these vices and wrongs.
Republicans promise the country no SUBJ
stantial benefits for a new lease of power.
The people have the war tax that is
gradually destroying the best interests
Of the country and farming it out to the
money power who have grown ar
rogant and aristocratic. The Repub-
licans offer to raise that war tax
till it shall stand guard at every port in
the land, and drive off with one hand all
foreign rivals, and with the other de-
prive the Government of it's needed rev.
enue, while the domestic manufacturer
is allowed to despoil the consumer. They
do not offer any reform, any revision of
the tariff, any free list, or the reduction
of one dollar of the enormous war tax of
two hundred and seventeen millions de-
rived from customs duties. On the con-
trary, they propose to raise the present
tax till imports are checked and revenue
ceases to flow to the Treasury further
restrict the market until the only market
shall be a home n arket, subject to be
controlled by monopolies and trusts,
which seek the ruin of both people and
Government. They offer to give the peo
pie free tobacco. free spirits used in the
arts, free whiskey md abandon all in
ternal revenue. They will not release
necessaries of life from high taxes, but
offer the people in lieu of them free
luxuries.
More plainly stated, they propose a
sovereign remedy which is to meet every
want, silence every objection and cure
every distemper. That remedy is Taxa
ton.
Taxation to raise the wages of opera
tives in protected industries.
Taxation to regulate the price of labor
in unprotected industries.
Taxation on raw material to insure
cheaper products.
Taxation1to increase the products of
factories.
Taxation to reduce the price OF pro-
tected producted.
Taxation to destroy competition.
Taxation to drive away all foreign
rivals.
Taxation to secure home market.
Taxation to prevent pauper labor.
Taxation to fix the price of our surplus
products.
Taxation to protect capital.
Taxation to protect home industries
over 100 years old.
Taxation of the weak to build up the
strong.
Taxation to increase wealth.
Taxation to create monopolies and
trusts.
Taxation, in the language of Ingalls,,
to "make the rich richer and the poor
poorer"
Taxation" in the language of James
P. Fosters confidential circular, "to run
the Republican political campaign"
Here you have two policies as wide
apart as the poles, addressed to the same
jury to decide. The Republican party
has decided to turn back in the race. 1t
tells the country plainly all its past
pledges and policies were snares laid to
entrap the voter. 1t offers its own record
in proof that for twenty years it pledged
the people to reform the tariff and re-
duce the war tax and failed to it, except
on meat food.
Such policy and practice leads to de-
nial of the dearest rights of an American
citizen. Every guaranty OF the Constitu-
ton for the pursuit of wealth and happi-
ness is put in jeopardy. For imposing
taxes on us without our consent by King
George, our fathers rebelled. A tax for
other than public purposes is unjust and
despoils the latter of his rights. This
has been the fruitful source of the most
desperate wars in ancient or modern
times. To lay the mailed hand of power
upon the fruits of labor and bestow
them upon others without pay is slavery
and robbery combined. This was the
charge made against the South when it
took the fruits of toll from it's slaves
without compensation. At this the civil
lied world revolted; the sword was
drawn, and slavery was swept away.
but that was slavery of the body with
care for that body by the
owner. The slavery of the taxing
power differs in degree, and is less merci-
full. This slavery despoils the free born
citizen of his hard earnings and leaves
his body with his progeny to suffer and
die for want of the necessaries OF life in a
land of plenty. No free people have long
endured such wrong and oppression
without revolt. If the people
could see and realize how in
sidiously their liberties are being
stolen from them and how the letters
OF slavery are being slowly but surely
riveted upon their toiling limbs, they
would spring to their feet by millions
and demand of the Republicans to sur
render the remnant of authority they vet
hold, and in default would attack their
lines and drive them from peace and
power. 1t is the same principle
that has stirred the hearts of
men in all ages. who hava