Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-09
The MEANING or 1T.

the country - the advocates OF
O high protective tariff aud for
collecting all the revenue that
the highest rates will bring
" hat has Gene oyertae dreams
OF these Republican leader iIat
they shOuii reconstruct them
selves aAG their platform on an
cc-rc--c 3ues.t5u 80 vi1i IL
the face Of tAeir previous decis-
ratiogs. in y tiae of profound
rcaCe, aud with ire public treas
ury diled to overlooking by the
excess OF ono hundred millions
III dollars beyond the necessi
ties Of the government
IL means anything to obtain
20 yer. 4 means y higher re-
gard for the manufacturing IN
Jerests OF the country than for
the agricultural interests. 1t
means a combination between
the leaders Of the party aud the
iron mCucajs, the mill owners
and the vast manufacturing in
yestmonts in tie country, to
keep NJ high prices at the tx
pcnse cf the producers of the
raw material and the consumers
throughout the hand. II means
an alliance and On understanding
with the pools, the trusts, and
thesyndieates created underand
by our system of ta!iT taxation
Ihc position Of the Republicans
on this point is an attempt to
corner the home market 1t is
an effort not only to foster the
mOnopolies we already have but
TO create more. shall this poll
cy succeed shall exir3ya
gance be n virtue Does taxa
ton create WEALTH. Shall the
cunning demand tor free tchac.
co, free whisky, free alcohol, de
celyc the people who, however
willing they may be 10 have free
tobacco and free liquor vet pre-
fer cheaper goods, cheaper hats.
cheaper clothes. cheaper ueces
sarics Of life! faxes collected
on tobacco and whisky go
straight to the government
Taxes collected on imports are
divided and the capitalist gets
the lion share not the govern
ment. IL il any wonder then
that the protectl0nists arc will
ing to sacraGce all moral con
siderafi0us and appeal 10 the
pTej1dices CT the G~utlinkiag on
the whisky question whilst Oh.
securing the great issue I'M
dcrlying the national prosperity
and, the hap. mess of the PEG
Pile. Artfui as is tho lan
guaSe Of their appeal TO the
country and splendid az the
structure may seem to be such
platform OF principles as the
Republicans have thus put forth
- inherently wrong aud oaght
not 10 succeed aud will not il
our people viii do taoir duty.
Is 1T RGACrIoNARY!
u il a rgactionary position
without Justification. Some.
times we hear /; said there is no
difference Between the two lead.
5Es parties. There ia a die.
renee aa:l always has beea ba,
tue dissimiiarity is now too great
for such Il thilg to be said an,
more. Nobody can be made 10
believe that "a better condition
OF Things can grow out of taxa.
ton than that prosperity will
come without it. Yet We ARE
now told by a great political or.
2snizatIon that we must protect
for the sake of protection, aud
levy taxes In excess of the needs
Of the government to afford a
home market for home mann.
faeturers, and keep up the pro.
tective duties to the highest
STANDARD to get the country IN.
To better cOnGjiion. Some peo.
pie may think this is the wav To
accomplish il bnt as Liucoln
once said, the fellow that he.
lieves IN that sort ofthing is the
fellow tibet will believe in that
sort of a thing No unpreiu
diced man will believe In II. No
enc will say that there is
any necessity 70 maintain the
high duties Imposed By the war
or the wJr debt. The real bur.
dens Of the war have in LARGE
measure abated hut the exae
tons at our custom houses do
not recognize the fact. The re.
yised tariff OF 1883 raised som.
duties aud by Intentionally con.
fusing classiiiealions maintained
some Of the other duties it.pre
teaded 10 reduce. Tine aver
ages are nearly the same. On
numeroas-artieles it is prohibi.
tory so as To enable the home
monopoly to get It's own price.
The four thousand articles az
tariH taxation, of imports COY
cred by this system, a system
denounced by the Democratic
platform 50 far back as IS7G As
being a master piece OF oppres.
sion a monster piece ofiuinstice.
inequality and false p~retense
are certainly taxed up to this
time on the same principles as
then. The protectionists do no,
claim, so Tar as | know, that \
reduction of more than four per
cent was tia rasrIs of 81