The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-09-27
THE FREE TRADE CRY.

a Misleading Howl Raised by the Repub
licIns to Confuse the Minds Of Voters u
the Real Issue.
The Republican papers are making dcs
peratc effort to confuse the minds of voter.
as 10 the real issue before the country
They charge that President Cleveland arr
the Democratic party stand for free trade
and they are trying 10 make it appear tina
IL Democratic triumph will involve the dc
struction Of the protective tariff. In thi.
they are not dealing honestly or fairly witt
their readers. They are willfully misstat
Ing the issuc. They arc trying to put tn.
Democratic party in IL false position. In |,
word, they are lying.
The question Of free trade Is not bcfo,
the country. Nobody is proposing the abo
lition Of the protective tariff Neither the
President. nor any Senator or Represents
tive, nor the Democratic National conycn
ton, nor any Democratic State convention
has proposed any thing Of the kind A.
President Cleveland said in his message
1.-THE question Of free trade or protection Il.
abcolutely irrelevant"
The policy of the Democratic party Is do
iinci IN the Presidents message. and i'm Tho
Mills tariff bill now pending in Congress
Ill" pubic revenues arc redundant. There
Is an enormous surplus in the treasury. anC
II j. increasing every day. 1t Is tho fruit o,
unnecessary taxation. The existence O.
this surplus is recognized by all rs menace
to the prosperity of the Nation. The Dem
ocrats say that the unnecessary taxation
which feeds this surplus shall cease. The
Republican party say, that ii shall continue,
and that, II 1t becomes necessary TO repeal
any part ef il. the tax Oh whisky shall be
taken OIL and the taxes on food, on cloth
Ing. on shelter. on medicines. on fuel and or
tools shall remain rs at present, or be in.
creased In word. says the Indianapoi.
:c,ititcl. the Republican programme is high
CT taxes. the Democratic programme il
lower taxes The Republican policy mean.
heavier burdens on the farmers. the wage
workers, On all who earn their bread in the
sweat Of their broEs. The Democratic
policy means tightening of their burdens,
Let LIS glance al the Mills bill 1t in.
crease, the free list BY the addition Of rcl.
tam faG materials which arc extensively
used IN our manufactures, and which are
now, Tor the ilo3t part, controlled by mo
Eopolies, Tie proposed free list include.
the important articles Of WOOL salt anC
lumber. except logs Oh which export duties
are imposed al tho place Of shipment to the
United states. On tic same list are also
haN. hcap and sulpAatcs of iron and cop
per. timed plates. potash and soda coal Ia,
and the numerous preparations thcrefroln.
whlh include the anllinc dyes, other dye.
sta!Is, tannln. sulphur and the important
vegetable and mineral oils, all noa-dutiab. q
GRADE materials which have been advanced
III value or condition by refining or grind.
ing. except so.aa that are specifically Gnu.
ilerated. Ill cart rs and clays. the ores Of cop
PEI s..->. ::-e-.cl, with quicksilver, brick ycy
etablcs, weed pulp. feathers and paintings
IN q. and water colors, and all building and
monumental stones. with professional
productions of statuary or sculptor; also
iron or steel cotton ties and the regulus OF
copper aud anticlony.
!. the production Of these raw materials
unsh.lcd labor is almost exclusively en-.
pioyci. Ii Is susceptible Of demonstration
that this labor has never been benefited to
the extent Of penny BY the duty on these
products. The only persons it has PRO
tested have occn the employers, many Oh
waoil have a,aaSscd great fortunes. Re.
hitting the taxes Oh such articles as wool,
lumber. salt, etc, will be Il great boon &c
The manufacturing interests Of tho cou,n
try; VIII increase tho demand for labor,
and, therefore. its remuneration; viii
cheaper Tho cost CT living TO the masses,
aad VIII Eci3 every body but 4 few dczcn
nilicnalres. for whose exclusive bencfi,
these ts...es arc novv maintained. II il
natural that they should object: it /.
strange that any one else in the land should
Go SO.
The following table shows the more i'm.
portant OF the tax reductions proposed By
the Mills bill: