Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-10-11

have given mp all hope of the chance of
hnding o Democratic defaleation or re-
miBRnesB,
Now 10 the second iegue. When the
President came TO look last winter at the
condition OF tho country he felt It TO DO
bio duty-as 1t wes without regard to per
sonal consequences without possible
political advantnges-to sound the note
OF warning. With a trumpet blast he
called attention in his last message, not to
atheory of free trade and protection, bat
TO conditional condition which ID o
menace to the public, which tends to
fraud and corruption and to impoyeriah
the people.
CONDITION, NOT A THEORY.
Grover Cleveland told you that the
dangerous surplus In this trt asury sbould
be left where ii belongs, ia the pockets
OF the people. Who Is there that iIn-
puRns his honesty and intelligence in 90
doingf Who will undertake to say that
tho surplus ought not to be reduced?
Koae. And yet when an honest Dsmo.
cratic House of Representatives addressed
themselves to this duty, and after months
OF laoof and careful toll over this i'm
mensa and complicated question Of taxa
uon, tiny Brought in q measure and asked
the heplblieans to help to take off the
bowed ba3k OF labor some portion of this
burden, what whs the answer? They
answered that 1t was o subject too sacred
70 be Touched by Democratic hands; that
the tariff was right and should not be al
tered, and finally told us there was NO
surplus.
"What did ths Democratic House do 2
They did not taxa the tax Of whisky, ns
they thought thai commodity about as
well able TO pay the expenses OF the gov
eminent ss well ~ any other, hut pur-
suing the policy Of the President, they
said there are neoessayies from which tho
taxe5 must be taken, They are the ones
we will deal with. And SO they said that
Of all things men strive for, food, cloth.
ing and shelter are the thee greatest. OF
all the articles Of clothing what so abso-
lutely necessary in our country as wool /?
TAX TAKEN FROM Wool.
"The ways and means committee said to
the manufacturers We aye going to
take of the tax on wool, in order that
you may supply the poor little more
cheaply.' Who is hurt by FREQ wool I?
Does II hurt the workirgman 20 got his
woolen shirt or his clothes moro ehoaply {?
And yet these Republican speakers make
the cry that the poor workiugman will be
hurt by 1t. Little they know about the
workipgman.
"fhere is Gloss in this county who
believe that the people are not capable Of
understanding this tax question, and that
the men who hove put money into their
own pockets are the only onts who know
what burdens should be placed about the
neck5 of the people. / hate class dis
tinotion and il is time 1t were done away
with. We're going to understand 1t. We
are going to understand that tariff is tax
and we're going TO know how much of il
is necessary for the carrying on Of the
government and we're not going to levy
cent more. Free wool wont make thu
difference of II cents year TO any wool
grower.
WHO ARE THE WOOL GROWERS
"Who are these wool-growers They
don't wake up in the morning 10 listen to
the bleat of their sheep. They transact
their business on Wall street and buy Ut
tracts OF land in the west bigger thar
the State of Delaware and hire one bog
and two dogs to Thousand head Of sheep.
Whose wages are going to be lowered by
| taking the tax off lumber? When you
take your little savings out OF bank, when
you come to build q house, you'll find il
this Mills bill becomes law, you con do II
about $500 cheaper. Is that going to lower
anybody's labor?
INCREASE OF TAXATION,
And yet tho Republicans would in.
crease the tax on lumber, as their bill
does by classification, to put more money
into the Golfers OF and vindicate the lum-
Der trusts. Why, Mr.. Blaine aid Is
years pgo that the tariff which was put
on lumber was crime.
General Grant when he was President
recommended taking portion Of tho tax
of of wool in order that the price of
clothing might be lowered. Judge Folger
recommended only six years ago that tho
tax should be taken off OF wool. The
manufacturers all agree that some reduc-
tions should be made, bnt each manu-
facturer ssys you mnst not come my way,
some other fellows way, and 80 seeing
the selfish motives OF the manufacturers
the people had TO step in and take G
hnnd, and from this time forward they
will see that they have some say in the
taxation which shall beimposed on them. !"
Addresses were also made by Congress-
man Benton McMillsn of Tennessee, ex.
Governor Leon Albeit of New Jeraey and
others.
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