The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-23
His Telling Speech on the
Tariff Question.
SOME COMMON HORSE SENSE
he Shows Plainly How Protection
Benefits" the LabOring
Man.
Thurman's Speech.

iChEIs L AO t1lp bA1OdSA hohO Nv.
Clair was very rough; the big waves
dashed over the boat, drenohing the
passengers from head to foot. Thur
man seemed to enjoy the experience
and was not at all Inconvenience by
seasickness, as other members Of the
party we're. Passing Marine City at
midnight, the dock was illuminated,
and the canon and human voices and
steam whistles spoke their greeting.
At st. Clair rockets and Roman candles
were set OF. There was no speaking IS
the party we're asleep. At Il 80 this at
ternoon they again boarded the boat for
Port Huron, where Thurman will speak
this afternoon.
AT PORT HURON.
PoRT HURON, Mich, August pat
Pine Grove park large crowd awaited
the exercises of the afternoon. J. G..
O'Neil introduced Judge Thurman, and
in so doing made comparison between
the "GTand Old Man" Of England
and the 'Old Roman" of America.
After the applause had subsidized,
JODIE 1hOhMAN
spoke as follows: Ladies and Gentle
men-I know that the people of
Michigan are taking the deepest in
terest in the questions that are being
discussed this year. In the brief time
that 1 shall speak, will occupy myself
mainly with one of these questions in
which so much interest is now taken,
s1, Il, l.
through the public press. 1t is not ne
cessary for me before proceed to speak
of the President of the United States
and his administration, to say more
than few words. l defy any man
who has a regard for the truth to say
that Grover Cleveland has not made q
good Presidential brave, intelligent,
LEvEL-HEADED, NOBLE MAN.
He has had clean and upright and
successful administration In the can
Vass that preceded his election, his OPP
ponents predicted all manner of evil in
case he should succeed. Where is the
ruin that was to follow his election.
Where is the disgrace that was to fol-
low his election? On the
contrary, the country has been
more quiet, peaceabIe and prosper
GUS than for many years.
1 know that well. A more upright and
wise man do not believe dwells in the
United States. He has a noble band of
counselors around him and not the
least among them is the distinguished
citizen of your own State. He knows
how to choose good constitutional
advisers. l presume there is not a
a person within reach of my voice who
does not know what is meant by the
tariff and yet it may aid US to-day, If
l give a clear and precise definition
of what the tariff is. a tariff is tax
. levied upon every article of commerce
that comes into the United States and
that is intended for sale within her
borders, and which incidentally raises
the prices, and, therefore, becomes a
tax or burden on every article of do
mestic manufacture of like nature
with those which pay tariff tax. We
have. according to last advices, about
Sl15, 600, 900 called surplus revenue
pie beyond the necessities of the gov
eminent, lying in the Treasury of the
United States, of no service to any
human being, drawing no interest, earn
ing no profits, but taken.
FROM THE POCKETS OF THE PEOPLE,
Where it properly belongs. The Dem
ocratic party says that this is wrong
condition of affairs; the Democratic
party says this surplus revenue which
is produced in the main by tariff taxes
ought to be reduced, and that the taxes
should be reduced and that this sur
plus will not continue to accumulate.
Our opponents say it is better to let
the surplus accumulate; it is better
TO take the money from the pockets Of
the people and pile it up IN the vaults
OF the Treasury; that it is better 10 do
this than to touch the tariff laws OF the
United States. We say, on the con-
trary, to relieve an overtaxed people is
to reduce their taxes; we say that the
way to treat the people honestly, fairly
and wisely is to take no more taxes out
OF their pockets than the cover ament
actually needs. There is then fairly
made issue between the two parties in
the United States. It is believed
high taxation on the one hand and
reasonable taxation on the other. 1T
is between the taking of the money of
the people out of their own control,
or leaving it where it belongs,
II the pockets of the people
have never witnessed such authority
as l have noticed this year on the part
OF the advocates CT high protective
tariff. There seems to be q singular
disregard Of truth that has suddenly
affected them. We are told that a high
tariff makes the country richer, as if it
were possible to make country rich by
oppressively taxing its people. Isn't
that new way to make man rich;
to run your hsnd into his
pocket and take out what you find with
out any just reason whatever? And
yet that is precisely tie plan these
people tell US to adopt to enrich the
country. Again, they have the au-
dacity to say this tariff tax is not paid
by the consumers of the articles which
it taxes. If the consumers do not pay
the tax. would like to know who does.
Do these protectionist orators pay it?