Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-05
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Tariff Questions.

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ne started with the declaration that who.
eNeradyocated the present tariff fayoreda
larih not for revenue but for surplus and
a tariff for trusts. The cause of the inn
inense surplus in the treasury was that
the people had been taxed beyond reas.
enable demands Commenting ON tbe
surplus MIR. Mcmillan said: 1--WE are
drawing money from commerce and
locking 1t up in the treasury at such
rate that II is only a question of time
when stringency will set in. We are
robblng not only commerce Of its life
blood, but the people of the means of
paying taxes to their government"
Speaking 10 the question of what arti.
cies taxes sould be reduced on, Mr. Nc
MILAN said in view of the fact that we
cannot repeal the internal revenue sys.
tenn we have to determine whether we
VIII reduce the tax on whisky or on
clotilng or on sugar. In other words.
reduce the tax without which men can
I'VE and prosper, or upon that which is
essential 10 their comfort, and it mar
rows itself down to q contest between
the .drunkard's belly and the poor man 4
back. The pending bill proposed to
make reduction of S7s, 600, 900 from
tariff aud internal revenue sources. and
the plain, simple question presented is:
VIII we take this burden off or will we
leave il on? VIII we free commerce by
having II nnshacllled or will we keen Il
hampered? Will we continue to hoard
| mp a surplus or leave the money in the
pockets Of the people where il belongs?
This house stood ready to give relief.
IL was ready and willing TO remove
| the temptation 10 corrupt government.
which he said was always found in full
treasury.
Protection had been the worst enemy
10 our merchant marine and crushed
our seafaring industry, yet the gentle
men proposed 10 pay subsidies out OF
the treasury, or in other words, levy a
tax on those who live inland to make
money for those who engaged in the
carrying trade The claim Of the pro-
teetionists that the duties now existing
were imposed or are kept for the benefit
| Of the laboring man was fallacy. The
| present law taxed the poor man 'sarticles
/ highly and placed low rate on Injuries.
| The committees bill is so framed that
the tax will bear most heavily upon the
lnxnries and those things without which
the people can live rather than upon the
necessaries Of life.
/ Turning his attention TO trusts, Mr..
McAlillen said the delnsion existing fol-
| years that bye and bye home COMPETE
ton will give us the lowest possible
| prices, should be dispelled. While the
government has thrown up tariff walls
without. monopolists have joined hnndl
within for the purpose of putting NJ
| prices and plundering the people through
devices known rs trusts, etc. The steel
rail trust cost the people of this country
last year millions of dollars IL has
closed furnaces that were running; il
has, aided by the tariff, increased by
more than 81 900 the cost of every mile
OF railroad bnilt in the United States
for the last five years; il has thrown men
| ont Of employment and broken up the
means Of livingof thousands Of working
men. The gentlemen Of the minority
are mute MS to the remedy for the evils
which all admit are upon us. He had
however, no apprehension as 10 who vii
he victor in the battleabo TO Ice wageC
between legitimate taxation and that OPP
nressiye taxation which is invoked 10 ait
the trusts and making pooling profitable
The people are aroused and demand q
reduction OF taxes.
During the course Of his speech hC
declared the internal revenue system
against which the gentleman from
Pennsylvania, Mr.. Kelley, inyeighed
had not been inaugurated by the demo
cratic party.
Mr. Kelley admitted the democrati,
rarity had not enacted the law, but de
clarcd il had made it necessary for I'll,
republican party, which remained II
congress during the war, to provide the
sinews for the war, and thus forced that
party 10 resort to internal taxes and al
the hartlships resulting from them.
Mr.. Mcmillan replied that the gentle
man from PENNSYLVANIA not only inau
gurated the internal taxes of which II,
complained, but put tax upon rail
roads and incomes, and the capital anC
,leposit of banks. But these latter hav,
been removed, and those which tn,
gentleman said work hardships haC
been removed. Sixty million dollar
was annually received from interna
taxes II these taxes were removed
where did the gentleman from Penn
sxlyania propose to get the revenue
Did he propose to replace the tax on tei
and coffee2
Mr.. Kelley-No.
Mr.. Mcmillan You have not tn,
courage to do il.
Mr.. Kelley-Have You and you
party the courage TO tax tea and coffee
Mr.. Mcmillan do not propose +
take off internal taxes.
Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, was thu
next speaker. Our tariff on imports
was to-day confessedly protective IL
that IL was levied not for revenue only
but 10 protect American labor. The re
n publican party insisted that the presen
protective system should not be dis
turbed, except so far as it may be neces
sary TO correct its incongruities anC
harmonize its provisions. IL congress
followed the lead OF the president IN In
bold declaration, and secured reduction
by such revision of the tariff as he pro
posed. leaving untouched as he sug
gested the internal revenue system, no
only would the protective system be de
sfroyed but the nation would be out oil
the highway of free trade. As thu
members were free traders or protec
tionists the bill of the committee woulC
he approved or condemned, The pend
inr measure stood without a parable
In the history of American leg
islation, The bill exposed to forelgl
assault many of our principal industries