St. Landry democrat., 1888-11-03
THE TARIFF,

The independence of the United
States owes It's birth to Il spirit of resis
lance OF the people of the thirteen colo
nIes To an unjust and oppressive tax
Imposed by the mother country on arti-
Giles OF their daily consunptIon.
| While as a free people, no American
citizen objects to paying a tax proper
! tiOnate to the need of the goverumen;
economically administered, and neces-
| sary to maintain the rank ami dignity
| ot the republic us one of the great pow
eIs of the worid, il true to the principle
| which is the corner stone upon which
our political and social editice rests, M
one can be in favor of being taxed be-
you'd the wants of the government for
the purpose OF protecting the interest of
a favored class, and thereby create aris-
| tocracy of money, which history proves
has always been destructive OF ReDuhli-
can INSTITUTIONS. The present tariff
which the Democratic party is now en-
deayoring to ievIse aud to reduce by
what Is known as the Mills bill, is Moth
lug more or less than a device by which
means money III drawn from the people
to defray the currert expenses of the
government of tie United States.
The people have no objection to this
mode OF raising revenues for the support
of Ieir government, they know that
they have to support it aud they are
wiling to do so but what they object
to, is that they should be made to pay
millions and hundred of millions of
dollars over and above the amount
needed for that purpose, under the pre-
Text OF protecting national industries
aud national produce; but in reality to
enrich Il favor cd class to the detrimeDt
OF the cunsumeis, WHO pay the tax.
The present tariff Is tLs 4nst unjust
ana most ubiquitous tax to which D tree
people have ever submitted. BY it's OPP
Grafton more than one hundred aud
tiiilty-tWu millions Of dollars have been
drawn from the people, over and above
The wants Ut the government and are
now locked up IN the vaults of the Unit
Ell States Treasury; lying there as d So
ducing Temptation to The gleedy schem-
ers and jubbers in and agoapd Congress.
Congress does not know what to do
with thls enormous surplus in the treas
ury, which Is bound to increase, ii the
present rate OF taxation is retained; uu-
til after d while, most all the money Ill
will lind Its way I'D The vaults
OF the treasury aud VS. VIII Aave the
beautiful spectacle OF the geaithjest
government OH earth aud the poorest
people in the world.
This prospective result Of the opera.
ton Ut the prospective tariff of the Re-
pubiIeaps has stricken tho American
mind with dismay. Grover Cleveland,
our patl ioiic, has SOUNDED the alarm and
everywhere, particularly in the West
among the farmers, the labOring and
men, the consumers Of all cias- |
IN are railying under the flag OF the old
party, that has always stood for the
rights OF the masses against the greed !
Of the money power. To day the inter-
est OF the Western and Southern farmers
are identical; the protection they need |
is not To be taxed over ani above the
wants of the government. Tue South |
aud West prefer to have poor govern
Dent and rich yeomaury. United by
.lle the ties OF colnuian interest, by |
heir ballots, they will re-elect Grover
and that staunch old Jack
.onian Democrat. Allen G.. Thurman,
President and Vicn-Ptesident, 30 mote
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