The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-06-28

beef, pork aud cotton, wheneve" prices
become low? The Government LAS
never entered the y nj tile field of dt-
rect bounty paying private enterpI y
Bounties have been voted from the
tres stry to pay for ser Iic>- rendered,
aud gratuiti=s have been paid a ma
ters of bene sOlence or charity. but the
Government h. never undeT' ken
this policy in order TO make particu-
lar private business profitable 10 tho'e
engaged in it. In prOpOs ng such
policy it is incumbent on the +aritf-
reform dodgers who think in this way
to evade a reductiop.of ariff xes to
explain where they get their authority
for the scheme ana how they expect
to get around the decision of the Su-
preme conrt.-lChicago Tribune, he
publican.
Free Trade, IA Senseiess Howl.
The Republican party seeks to make
it appear that free trade is the only
aim and object of the Democrats, who
are charged with being opposed to
American industry, American labor.
and in fact everything American. As
a foundation for this charge, they refer
to the message of President Cleveland
in whiah he advised reduction of the
tax levied IS duties; the action of
about this desirable change by the in
PRODUCTION of bill known as the Mills
bill, and by the position taken by the
late Democratic National Convention.
That one may know the truth of these
charges. we need only to refer to this
Mills bill and see what 1T proposes 10
do by way of removing the tariff. No
one, perhaps, is better able TO tell just
what this proposed change that is so
badly affecting the nerves of Republi
cans really means than the Cha'rmau q
of the Ways aud Mesns Committee of
the House of Representatives. Read
what he says, and then judge the par
ty that agrees with him:
The majority OF the Committee on
Ways and Means realize and appre
ciaie The condition of sffairs existing
in the country today; and however
deslrous they might be to extend that
all measure of relief to the wage
worker and the great agriculture,
classes of the country, to which they
re so justly entitled, invested capita
| has its claim upon them. They al ?
preciate the fact that during the %. Z,
| twenty five years, under tue present
system of protected industrics, n.
meDse sums of money have been in
vested in the variops menu aiur!ng
industries of the country, aud tina,
4 l.: .aI~
introduce should have due regard for
the capital invested in such m ,uufae
lures that it would be unwise for auy
great political party having the power
| to do SO to at once attempt TO readjust
the conditions of today, which would
| undoubtedly cause serious iOss 10 tht Sc
| who had invested their cani under
q previous condition of affaIfs. keet>
ing these objects in view, we sought,
first, to relieve these manufa cturing
industries by placing on The Iree lisI,
rs far as we possibly could, such arti
cles as are essentially necessary t i,
them to enable them to compete, not
only in their home markets, but in
the markets of the world. Secondly,
in the revision and readjusl ment OF
the various schedules, under the ex.
.ting tariff, to leave ample duties on
al merchandise that could pp. sibly be
| imported from abroad III competition
with our home products, rnd to pro
| tect our home manufacturers end the
labor employed by them and as the
best evidence of our efforts in this di
rection, / can only compare the aver
age rates of duties under the ex isting
/ tariff with what they would be under
this bill if it should become a law,
namely, the average ad vaIorem duties
on dutiable goods under the ex sting
tariff of AZ per cent ad valorem, anu
the aver ,ge under the proposed bill OF
40 per cent ad yaloIem. This shows a
reduction under the present bill eq dal
to77 per cent, ad valorem.
| A rabulated comparison of the diff.
ference between existing duties and
those proposed under the bill now be
| fore the House, would show that the
| proposed reduction on imports is $50,
| 72O, ,447.22, and according to the esti.
mate of Joseph F. Miller, commission .
er of internal revenue, the reductions
of internal revenue under the proposed
bill will be 1924. 442, ,6O7. 90, or a total
reduction of $78, ,i76 ,054 %
Of the $50, ,720 447 % reduction of
duties on imports u0der the proposed
bill, should it become law, $22, 189. :
500 4S are derived from articles placed
upon the free list, leaving the sum of
$3l ,53O, ,941 "a as the gross reduction
made or proposed by the committee,
applicable To all our varied industries;
and yet, sir, the majority of the House
and of the committee are charged
with being free traders!
The estimated amount of money
that will be in the Treasury of the
| United States at the end of the pres
ent fiscal year, ending June 80, 1888,
over and above all liabilities of the
Government, due at that date, lis $780, :
OOO, 900. Since the Secretary of the
Treasury has resumed the purchase of
bonds this month May the amount
offered and purchased daily will not
equal even the surplus of the daily
taxes collected from the people afCer
paying therefrom the daily expenses
of the GoYernment.