The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-25
pAuRMAN AF INDIANAPOLIS,

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One OF tho best speeches OF the eau
yasu was made by Senator Thurman
last evening at Indianapolis, lie paid
hiRh tribute TO President Cleveland
and the great work Ae IL doing for the
country, lie spoke Of Cleyeland'a
remarkably industrious habits. Said he
never retired until after midnight, and
never signed q bill until no had read II
carefully, and also read the report on
the bill, lie diseusaed the tariff, paying
particular attention TO the present
theory OF some Of tho extreme prolec-
tioniats that the foreigner, who sells his
wares hero, pays thu tariff, Judge
'rhumana renaTkA0n this phase OF the
discussion me worth printing, We
quote.
~rleIe In altar concealed In theprce
paid for opening my bandana hand
kcrCllloi. theern N wa6 u school
lnAaler and had boy ten years old 10
whom could not teach this thing In
fifteen minutes, would send him back
% his father and tell him II was no nse
10 try 10 educate that idiot. Laughter
: nlan chlled MI importer buys goods
fnad IIa brings those goods 10 the
United States. lie ID compelled by law
40 lakb llifm 10 tlle custom house, and
they count up tho tarlff tax and say,
"Pay this tarlii or you shall not have
one yAid, one pound, ono ounce or these
g00da," The importer pays the tax,
When he has paid this tariif tax heaells
them 10 Wholesale merchants In New
\ orb, Philadelphia or Boston.
The Wholesale merchant sells the
goods 10 the retail merchant, say here
In the city of lndiaDapOlih. lie, too,
must keep that tariff tax IN the price
and add his own profit; and thus you,
who finally buy the goods for your own
uhe or those Of your family,
PAT THE wuoLE TAX
with the merchants' profits and with
The interest that has accrued upon H.
Cheers,
eoht" says No. some learned
Republican, "thats not 80,
Inc foreigner pays the tax"
Does hep II the foreigner pays the tax
would II not be good thing 10 abolish
all taxes In the United States except
tariif taxes aud make the foreigners
pay all our expenses How do you
think We would get along with them 2
Why have tax assessors here In lndl'
ana, tax collectors all that parapher-
MALTA, when all we have got 10 do Ia 10
levy q high duty upon the goods
that are imported into this country
and make tho foreigner pay
all our expenseBY Laughterl
Would not some fellow rise upand say
why those Americans are selling over
here hundreds OF thousands OF bushels
OF wheat every year, and an immense
export OF corn, unnumbered bushels Of
corn, petroleum enough 10 set
FIRE 10 THE WHOLE CONTINENT
OF Europe, 10 say nothing about dyna-
mite, [Laughterl Let us put an Inn
menao tax upon these exp0rts from the
| United States and make the people Of
the United States pay all the expense Of
our government, Pay for our standing
armies OF two, three, five or eight hun.
dred thousand aud other expenses; pay
for our kings aud queens and little
kings and queens and little princes and
princesses, Laughter
Maize these Republican Yankees ply
all OF then aud Lnbn we shall have u
ilourlshin x stat te OF things In the old
country Cheers don't think you
would stan cthat very long; and don't
think tht bln tho end Of the race We
would run we would come out at the
big end . 1.-THE horn. [Laughterl -