Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-10-12
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The cost of Government must continue TO
2 met 10y n tariff duty collected nj our Custom
Iouses npon imported goods and by an In
,rnnl revenue tax assessed upon spirituous
nj malt liquors, tobacco and olcumargarinc.
suppose II is needless to explain that I'LL these
uties ana assessments are added 70 the price
u the article or articles upon which they are
cNleu. ana thus become a tax on all those who .
'uy these articles for use and consumption
suppose. too il is well understood that the
fleet OF this tariff taxation IS not limited 10
ne consumers OF imported articles. but that
ne duties imposed on such articles permit
corresponding increase in the price Ia he made
lpon domestic productions Of the same kind,
which increase is paid 10y the people rs con
'umers of such productions They are not
mentioned 10 discrcdit the system but by way
u preface To the statement that every million
iollars collected NJ our Custo Houses for
duties OF imported articles and paid into the
public treasury represent many millions more.
men, though never reaching the National
Treasury. are paid 10y our citizens ~ increased
cost OF productions resulting from our tariff"
"There" declared this modern AJAX
Z" there is the evidence" and he pro-
ceeded with his remarks amidst the
suppressed filters OF his auditors, APP
parently Oblivious of the fact that his
quotation from President Cleveland's
letter justified anything but the free
trade charge he had so persistently
made. Although Mr.. Reynolds had
promised the proof from the platform,
it is evident that he had never read
that document, for on Wednesday,
when he called upon the writer for a
copy, the most diligent search failed to
disclose any endorsement of free trade
as principle. He then shifted his
basis of proof to the platform of 1884,
and when it WAS likewise produced, 10,
and. behold! this is what that admira-
BILE state paper says on the subject:
"In making reduction in taxes. it is not pro-
posed to tnlure any domestic industries. but
rather to promote their healthy growth. From
the foundation of this Government, taxes col
lected by the Custom House have been the
chief source of federal revenue. Such they
must be. Moreover, many industries have
come to rely on legislation for a successful
continuance. so that any change OF law must
be at every step regardfnl of the labor and cap
ital thus involved: The process of reform
must be subject in the execution to this plain
dictate of justice.
All taxation shall be limited to the require
ments OF economical government. The neces-
sary reduction in taxation can and must be
affected without depriving American labor of
the ability to compete successfully with foreign
labor, and without imposing lower rates of
DUTY tnan VIII be ample to cover any increased
cost OF production which may exist in conse-
quence OF the higher rate of wages prevailing
in this country"
II Mr.. Reynolds should be no more
fortunate in his citation Of authorities
in court, tine peoples interests would
suffer inevitable defeat with him for a
prosecutor in their behalf.
Soon as Mr.. Reynolds closed his
speech and Mr.. Porter was announced
as the next speaker, large portion OF
the audience arose to leave the hall,
but that gentleman besought them to
remain and hear his "little speech.
His appearance, as he strobe upon the
stage, indicated that he was "loaded
for bear" Assuming the ferocious as
pect he always does when he scents
Democracy from afar, and throwing
himself in the attitude of Furioso, when
he made his memorable proclamation
HE who dare these boots displace
Shall meet BOmbastes face to face"
He proceeded to sail into the Democ-
racy. 1t is astonishing, from his show
ing, how derelict the party has been in
matters of public. service; how penu-
riously the Administration had man.
aged affairs in the interest OF retrench-
ment; how-the mail service and the
land surveys have beer neglected to
save few dollars and add TO that
troublesome surplus in the treas
ury. But the gentleman upset his own
labored argument in almost the same
breath when he declared that this same
Administration had been so profligate
that the surplus did not longer exist!
He then berated the Democratic
offce-holders, from Mr.. Cleveland
down, and asked his audience to COM
pare them with the Republican pap
suckers of the past, who he lauded as
models of purity integrity. Here, too,
his vision failed him. 1t did not take
in the Dorseys, who ran the political
"soap" factory, or the Babcocks, who
managed the national Republican
whisky mill, or the .Blaine's, who "cast
anchors to the windwari" for the Null
ligan Guards, or the Colfaxes, who ac-
copied Credit Mobilier brides, or COM
ing down to the small-fry nearer home,
those who put up schemes for land
frauds, opium smuggling, and various
other forms OF theft and embezzlement.
Mr.. Porter is a gentleman we admire
for some very excellent traits of char
acter, but these only render his bigoted
and hide-bound opinions as a party
man the more contemplate. When
he, or any other man of his mental
calibre, calls man of Mr.. Cleveland's
record a mullet-head," as he did in a
public speech few weeks ago, he only
Injuries himself, and when he assumes
that all the representative men Of his
party are superior in intellect or moral
worth to those Of the opposing party,
he only directs attention to a mind
that is not large enough and heart
that is not generous enough to recog-
nize beneath the individuality of man
kind that innate principle of manhood
which makes the world akin.
THE second political nightmare the
Republicans have experienced within
the past few weeks occurred when
President Cleveland signed the Chinese
exclusion bill. 1t was almost an much
of a shock as was the retaliatory mes
sage which knocked the breath from
the party for at least twenty-four hours,
or until the leaders had recovered from