The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-06-13

uses TAX in its manufactured product and
every consumer in the land. Again | quote
from an unfriendy source, authority for this
statement. The Evening Record of July 10,
lSSS printed a letter from J. Il. Lesson * Co,
the agents for the owners OF The large flax mills
OF North Grafton, Mass, and who also own flax
mills in Scotland. In that letter they state the
disadvantages their industry here Is under, as
compared with their industry in Scotland.
And what are those disadvantages? First, the
duty that Is now placed upon flax. Aud In
that letter they say: 1--WE would earnestly
urge that material be given to us free
from all duty" And of the tve disadvantages
which they specifically enumerate that they are
under, four will be relieved by the provisions
OF the Mills bill. LAppause.]
might 20 further into the provisions OF this
bill ii | did not feel that had already eX-
hausted Sour patience. Let me say briefly that
on the great necessarles OF life, like sugar and
rice and Others the bill makes reduction OF
20 or more per cent; and all the way through
Its provisions, its governing policy and idea
have been. while making but a reduction of
. per cent. in the tari6-frOm Il to ~
per cent.-tO make that reduction so
and needs, and to build up and de
velop the industries OF this country. That
is the democratic programmed as extreme by
any means the republicans have heretofore
advocated aud now abandoned, but all OF 1t
wholly and solely in the interests oil the
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wage earners. In the light OF these facts have
right to say that the democratic party is the
party that to-day really advocates the protec-
tion of American industries, not by throttllng
them, but by enlarging them, eheapenmg what
they require and opening vastly wider fields
for them TO enter. Applause
\ few words Is to the republican party and
have finished. In every vote OF that party IN
congress it has opposed free raw materials, and
in almost every vote a reduction OF taxation on
Z 4fasar esaYna raF FfA Tna- IN =
program from the official announcement OF 1t
in the Chicago platform. First, 1t advocates
lavish expenditures, and proposes schemes to
Use up the surplus that are suggested and de-
vised only for the purpose OF spending IT.: 1t
advocates forts and tOrtlhcatlOn that viii be
useless and out of date before they are half
finished. We believe, as has been said that the
defense of this nation does not rest in millions
upon millions spent uselessly upon tortlilca-
tons bat does rest on the 1900 miles or ocean
before us and the 60000000 sturdy men
and women behind, ready always to successfully
resist any encrOachment on our territory
| There isn't a nation that lives that dares
TO put hostile foot upon our shores. Our OPP
ponentS, however, feeling little mlStrust OF
their ability to use up the surplus, have under
taken to provide plan to stop its accumula-
ton; and that plan Is, free tobacco and Tree
whisky and raising the tariff taxes to prohib-
itOry hight, which good MIR. Long thought that
nobody advocated" / have shown you how
contrary 10 It's own past PROFESSIONS that pro-
gram OF the republican party Is. / have quoted
from Mr.. Long and Mr.. Lodge how bitterly they
were opposed to that program in 1884; and |
would ask YOU, if those gentlemen happen to
stray this way during this campaign, that you
should put to them the question why II is there
has come this change in their opinion.
Two other authorities let me cite from the re-
publican party upon this to show the past and
present opinion of that party upon It's present
policy. These taxes (the tobacco and whisky
taXesl said Mr.. Sherman in 1882 IN the senate
OF the United States, fought to be left as part
of our permanent system of taxation as long as
any other taxes, internal or external, more OPP
pressive remain the statute book. This
tobacco tax, of all others, Is the easiest col
lected, the most certain, g and n tax
which, by the judgment of all nations, is the
best source OF all taxation" And Mr..
Blaine, in his famous Paris message, said
of the whisky tax that 1t had been n
powerful agent in the temperance reform
that to cheaper the price OF whisky Is to
increase its consumption enormously; that
there would be no sense in urging the reform
wrought by high license in many states If the
national government neutralizes the good eff
feet by making whisky within the reach of
everyone at 20 cents a gallon; and finally he
covers the whole question when he says that
the removal of the whisky tax would destroy
high license at once in all the states. Not only
that, but by removing government supervision
over this production, II places the whisky dis
tillery side by side with your church and your
schOOlhOuse. and does it rather than cheaper
TO the people the great necessaries OF life.
The policy of the republican party means
| % Keeping the present burdens of over-taxa-
ton on 60,OOO,0OO consumers: % restricting
and Gripping industries 10y failure TO give
them free raw material; 81 raising taxation to
a prohbitory hight, which Mr.. Long said no.
body advocated; a. wild and willful extrava-
! gance; fifth free tobacco and free whisky and
the destruction of powerful agent in temper.
ance reform; t6l the absolute abandonment of
/ the prior declared policy of the republican
party. And who is benefited by this program?
/ \ few already enormously enriched by the
I taxation of a whole people
1t is not true that the democratic party on
this issue steps forth again as the party OF the
| people, defending the peoples interests, and
! that as Jackson in his struggle for the people
against a selfish monopoly swore by the eter-
/ nal that the peoples will and the peoples in
/ terest should be followed, so we, following in
his footsteps, protesting MS faith, should also
/ swear by the eternal that the people should
/ have the right of governing themselves, that
4 their interests should rule, and that they who
/ pay the taxes, and not the selfish few, should
! gain by the taxes, should determine what the
| taxation should be, and that their money so
/ raised by taxation should not be squandered
| by wild extravaganza? VIII you trust the
/ democratic party in this reform. or will you
| yield your allegiance to the parry which has
| become the humble servant of these people
who have been gathering their millions?
When the quiet, brave, patriotic man, who
/ faithfully and conscientiously has been adj
ministering the affairs of the government for
the people against the selfish demands of
ciamorous interests, leads in this battle, is
he not leading us in the pleasant paths of
democracy, fighting as the peoples champion
and making this in fact a government of the
people by the people and for the people? God
grant him strength in this fight! God grant
that when the battle has been waged and the
victory earned, there may be found no demo-
crat who has been faithless in the cause !!
"a a,d Iouo, continued appIausa