Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-08-03
4 Few Words on the Tariff.

the legitimate results OF their own poi
icy of protection. This course is III
keeping with the well-known tactics OF
that party which recognizes the truth
OF the saving of one Of its leaders, that
A lie well stuck to is good as the
truth" and ha. adhered to it on all
occasions when wool was to be pulled
over the eyes Of the masses. Demo
Gratis do not favor free trade. The
Mills bill does not favor free trade.
Nobody but Il political crank such
as is sometimes found i'll the Repub-
lican party, favors free trade. But the
Democracy, and every man who has
brains enough to understand the mat
ter and has the success OF free Govern
ment at heart, does deprecate and
condemn protection for projections
sake, policy which tends to build up
class distinction of wealth. a
a monopoly OF all the great business
interests, and to rive: more firmly the
chains OF corporate power upon the
people. The leaven OF the Republican
party today is the Hamiltonian senti-
! ment Of the early days, which favored :.
strong government-a limited mon
archy, in iact-with the better class
for rulers and all the aids to aristo-
cratic class distinction afforded by con-
centrating the wealth and control OF
the business of the country into the
hands OF the few. This was Federal.
ism, which deprecated freedom oi
speech and OF the press and denied
even religious freedom to the colo.
nists when laying the foundations OF
free government. 1t became Wing
gerry with its system Of governmental
control of internal improvements, and
crops out in the Republican party
with Il system which would still more
lengthen the distance between capital
and labor.
A modification Of the tariff is all that
is proposed by the Mills bill or the
Democracy. A reduction from Al to
AZ per cent. on necessaries Of life is
about the extent of its reduction, ex.
cept on n few articles, such as wool
and past experience shows that the
total abolition Of duty on articles OF
universal demand stimulates business
and gives an unprecedented impulse
to trade. The duty on hides, for in.
stance, was repealed by Republican
Congress in 1872, and was followed by
remarkable development of business
in the shoe trade. 1t furnished free
raw materials to the American shoe
manufacturers, and they were enabled
to advance the rates paid for wages
and reduce the prices Of their wares.
Notwithstanding this result, the free
list, except in isolated instances, should
not be extended, for the primary object,
the raising OF revenue, should fall
upon all necessary commodities in as
nearly an equal proportion as possible,
leserving for inessentials, the high
tariff, whether it result in protection
or not, falling as it does upon those
who have the ability to pay.
The Democrats are not to be driven
from their position by even such
adopts at clap-trap as those who, hav-
ing fattensd lifetime at the public
crib, find the world upon which they
have been turned out to browse cold
and 'dreary, and are now moving
heaven and earth to get back into their
old stalls. 1t is, plainly stated, a tariff
for revenue with incidental protection,
and the Republican position is, a tariff
for protection with incidental revenue.
Neither party favors an abolition OF
duty on any article, except in isolated
instances, and both parties have at
times removed the duty from some ar.
ticle Of necessity when u public ext
gency seemed to demand it.
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IT is with profound regret we note
evidences OF serious discomfort in the
Republican ranks all over the Terri.
tory. The knitting of Blaine at North
Yakima, and the bitter resolutions Of
condemnation of its local represent.
atiYes by the Lincoln Club of this city
indicated an internal commotion that
has not been subdued by the Harrison
sedative, although every effort is made
to present an outward appearance oil
calmness and content. Now rupture
appears in another quarter, and an
other wheel-horse has been slaughtered
to make room for the little band at
Yakima which puts up the jobs fol-
Republicans to endorse. The PalOuse
News says: "The fact that John Ar
rasmith has been showed over and r.
]. Smith nominated for Councilman,
should be hint sufficient to the farm
ers OF this county to cut loose from all
old rotten parties and look after their
own affairs awhile. The News does
not have to speak hard things of that
personal friend, Town Smith, or bad
things Of Mr.. Arrasmith, to demon
strats that. The facts are, no man
can put his finger on an act of John
Arrasmith while in the Legislature
that was not good for the settler and
laborer, nor show an omisson to i'm
prove every opportunity to act. He
is dropped by the &. OPP. Tom is bright
and talented, and has labored winter
to procure grab to waste on the
North Palouse river. He claims land
under the Northern Pacific grab, and
his ideas are antagonistic to the bona
tide settler. The 6. o. p. pick him up
and place him with Fem, who opposes
taxing railroads at all. He that hath
eyes: let him mugwump.'
The Oregonian; in commenting
upon find of nine Harrison medals
in the grave of an Indian whose re-