Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-06
OPENING TIE CAMPAIGN.
Tho First Gun Fired By the Old
Roman at Port Huron, Mich
rh@ sophistri>s Of Protected Manafaetar-
srs aad Their Republican AIil~.
sw~pt Away - Why Iaborin<
Men Shonid ne DemScrats.


authoritative source vas sounded az Port
Hurou. Mich on August =, By the Demo
cratic caaat tlte f.r ere yIes Presidency.
Fl senator \ en- o. Thurman TIE "Od
Rom" SAID.
Itefv any Hlaa " has any rerar'i Tor the
truth o. say tre- t-1rcr CIeve.and has ROT
raae good President cf the Ua,tsI
States lCLeersI A brave. Intelligent
IevcI-helacL. n15Ic ran. he has bad
clean. an upr -ht and a successful
AIniu.stratlu tLoal chcersl -Four
years ago he was elected In the canvass
that preceded hls election his opponents
predicted au manner q evils in cas- be-
should sae.i tie I-d succeed. auI pray
vhat las become % their predict.onsi
fIau-bter anil applause ] Where IS the ruin
tlat was 20 follow thc election o. Grover
CIevc.ands Wherc &, tbc disgrace that
was % follow his Clecuaui Ca the con
trary. The country has been more quiet.
more re1ceable. more prosperous than 10
has been Tor many years that have gone by
Vow. know taa nan. know him well, aal
IteI you. my fellow citizens. that q more
mr.. -ht ami wise nan I 20 rot believe
dv within the mits Of the United
States-lioud cheers anil he has noble
bani % councillors around him, and not
The least am Eg them Is the distinguished
citizen q your own state Mr. Dickinson
[AprI1ase Clesclaud knows not only
how o. govern himself in the limits % the
Constitution, bat De knows fall well how 70
ebooee gaoi constitutional at7isors.
IChcersI Having sad tbs much about the
Administrator. let me proceed 20 that
question 70 which I alluded in opening.
which is commonly callcd the tariff ques-
Son-
We have, according % the last adviccs
I have seen, about SlI5Wo000 in the
N4tiouaI1reasurv.c called surplus revenue
that Is, taxes collected from the people be
yond the uecessl ties q the Government.
Those sli5.01ul0 are lying partly iile in
the vaults o. the Treasury OF the United
States, o. no service % any human being.
drawing no Interest, earning no profit, but
taken from the pockets Of the people
where they properly belong. aud where. II
they wcra now found. thousands and ten
OF thousands AMI hun lreds u thousands Of
the people OF the United States would
put them 70 good use and improve their
condition and prosperity Applause I The
Democratic party SAYS that this l. a
wrong cuEditIou % affairs-that that money
ought not % be- ike the talent % the men we
are told OF In the Scripture. buried in the
ground. that that : very poor use 10
make % the uoney % the people, and
therefore, the Democratic party say that
this surplus revenue. which il produced In
the main By this tariff tax, ought 20 b.. re
iuce,i that the tax should be Reduced 50
that the surplus will not continue 10 areu
mulate- Our opponents, on the other
hand. say IL j. better % let the slrpIu, a,.-
cumuiate; il is better % take the money
from the pockets Of our people. it - better
70 pile IL up in the vaults Of the
Treasury Department, although il does
no good whatever, but rather does
great harm, it Is better 10 do
that than 70 touch the tariff laws % the
country We say; Oh the contrary. that the
way to relieve the ovcrtaxed people i %
Reduce the tax, that the way 70 treat a
people honestly, fairly and wisely = 70
take no more taxes out Of their pockets
than the Government actually needs for
expenditure. TCries Of Good That's
right aEd applause The issue. then,
j. clearly made up between u. II i be
reasonable taxation on the other IL i be-
tween taking the money Of the psople q
their own control. out - their own psek
cts, and buryiuE it in the cellars Of the
Treasury Department, CT leaving IL where
il bsLoass-in the pockets Of the people. to
b. used IS their wants, their require
uleurs, tdeIr iutelii genee and interest df-
regf
T. IL n ...rr5+-r. 60. - - -, -
worst thiu-s about this tariff tax. that
while the Government get. Il resulting
from the tax. domestic manufacturers get
q. As il ; best estimated, that never goes
into the Treasury at al How does this
happent \ man called IN importer brings
goods into the United States 10 be sofa
he can not sell yard or a pound until he
pays tbs tariT tax be pays il. therefore
AMI then sells it to the merchant OF
course he must get this tax back in the
price for which be sells or he would lose
money HIS business wouL break I'd 1t
euee- Therefore. BE- puts the tax on the
orl--rll cost 81 goods, and with that price
ad.4ed with the cost % transportation and
his reasonable cammcrciA profit he sells
tie goods % the merchant The merchant
sssis 90 the retail merchant. and, OF course.
tnI' tax wa ca entered into the price con
tiuues In the price and % IL i added the
prpats at the merchant Thea the retail
merchant sells to you aud of course he
uagst get in this price, for otherwise
h. would sell for less than he gave
for the goods. and no man would con
sent 20 90 that Therefore. the tax i on
when the cloth, for instance. Is sold 10 vo1
AMI ia the price you pay this retail mer
chant you also pay the whole Of the tariff
tax tie importers profits. the wholesale
merchants profits, and the retail mer-
chants profits. besides the interest on
their money Il j. As plain as that two
and two make four. II was school
master and n boy Of ten years could rot
understand That after ten minutes teach
ing | would give him up As 4 hopeless
idiot Laughter That is the fact in re
specr % this branch Of subject Now. how
ulUch Do ysG 2ayt The amount q duti-
able goods imported into the United state,
IN i>s7 Vas N value So, 0a0. co n round
numbers. The duties collected on these
guods-the tariff tax-was S3I2,000. 90 AMI
fracti0n- Therefore, IN that single wear
q tax was levied on the people Of the
United States by the operation OF this tariff
law Of s2t1l00.000 aad a fraction which
wert into tie Federal Treasury. But that.
a. have Told sou, was the least Of tue
burden The domestic manufactures OF
the same 4 ud Of ccmmed ties amounted
that year 20 g afy. oD0. 0o0, AMI a. the price
Of those goods was raised By the tariff in
nearly or equal proportions 20 the price Of
goodi that were imported. the amount
which the people paid by reason Of these
high prices Of what they hal % buy or had
10 use amounted 10 q, 90 GO 90 That
Is about i've times a. much - the tax re-
celveu By the Government for the uses Of
the Government In other words, the
whole community was taxed about 81, OO0,-
oo,oO for the benefit Of comparatively a
small portion % the Community And that