Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-15

Is certain, the Democratic PARTY in Con.
gress will never agree to any measure
which proposes 10 prevent the accumula.
ton Of q surplus 10 the treasury
DY INCREASING THE TAXES
upon the necessaIies Of life and a. this is
one Of the prominent featurts Of the bill
now under consideration in the Senate, it
isnot difficult to predict what it's fate will
be. When we reduce the revenue we pro.
pose to reduce taxation also, and we do not
propose to remove taxe3 from Injuries and
leave them on the food, clothing, building
materials, medicines, tools of trade aud
other articles absolutely necessary to the
people.
But l do not intend to discuss the tariff
question before the audience, except, per-
hspe, in a very general way. The neces-
sity for q reduction Of the %revenuein order
to prevent the accumulation of large
amounts of money in the Treasury, and
tie necessity for n reduction OF taxes in
order to diminish the burden upon toe Ieo-
pie, are both recogniz dby the Democratic
party; and in the measure which passed
the House of representatives during the
present session, an honest sffort ives made
to accomplish both Of these results. The
Senate committee, however, in Re p)rting 8
substitute for the HOUSE bill, attaches no
importance whatever to
Il QUESTION OF TAXATION
upon the people, except 30 fer as 1t pre-
duc.s a surplus and prevents competition
in our markets. 1t is not and does not
profess to be a bi | for tie relief Of tie
masses of the people, who pay toe taxes.
II is not, and it does rot profess 10 be, a
bill to give the people cheaper 81 thing,
or cheaper machinery, or tools, and iDple.
ments for use in their business. IL is true
that the rates of duty or ZONE commOdi-
ties are reduced, hut with the exception of
sugar, which is almat purely a revenue
ar Ia, the reductions are Uncomfortable,
and do not equal the incresseL On neaily
all the schedules, which embrace the
articles of necessity in common uss amorg
the pecp.e, svsrige rate of duty increased.
Metals, wood and woodecware, tobacco,
provision, wines aud liquors, cotton man
ufactures, flax, hemp and iute, wool
and manufactures OF wool, silk and
silk goods, tooks, papers, etc
and sundries, eleven schedules out Of four
teen, embraced in the tariff are all ircreas-
ed, and these schedule, except tobacco,
wines and liquors, and silks, contain
mainly articles Of absolute necessity.
The trainers of the hill CAIN that it
max Q, a reduction of $50, $50, 437 in tire
revenue derived from tariff taxes, ard it
may interest you to krow how this result
is reached. Whenever q doty is reduced,
it is claimed that the revenue is reduced,
and whenever a duty i3 increased it is also
CLAIMED that the revenue is reduced. For
instance, it is a aimed that a reduction OF
rsysnue to the amount of 1851, 169 81
will result from the increase o. duties
made by the bill in the schedules to which
have referred and that a reduction OF S547 =
9S4 90 will result On account Of reduced
duties on chemical products, earthenwa7e,
the .l.sswaIe. The only other reduction
claimed il ST, 759, 1888 90 on sugar, and
TIL; ia said to result from reduced duties.
From this settlement it will be seen that
of the totsl amour. Of reduction claimed
that is 1886, 800 437. 76-the sun Of $27,-
75s, 1888 95 il on the single article of sugar,
leaving Only $a,1 100 653 81 on all other ar
ticles; and of this u, 56l, 769.61, or nearly
the whols anoant, ia claimed on account
Of increases OF duties. 1t is scarcely
necessary for mo to say to this INTEL CANT
audience that increases Of duties, while
they may diminish the revenue by
PROHIBITING EXPECTATIONS
csnrot possibly reduce the taxes or the
charges upon the people. On the con-
trary, they necessarily increase the taxes,
whether they reduce the revenue or not.
If they do not prohibit or check importa'
tions, then, of course, the imported article
article must pay tie increase OF duty, and
it is added to the price and falls upon the
domestic Consumer at last, If, on the
other hand, the Increase of duty DOS IN
fsct prohibit or check importationa, the
people must either do without the article
or purchase it from the domestic pro iucer
at an enhanced price and ply the tax to
him inste id of the government. or course
il the increase Of duty did lot enable tie
domestic producer to increase the price OF
his article it would be of no benefit what
ever 10 him. What is needed now il ju-
dicious and substantial reduction Of the
revenue, not by an increase of taxation,
bat by O reGuCiio ion Ct taxation upon the
recessaries of life, and upon the
materials used in cur industries. This
would be of far greater advantage to our
manufacturers aud to the laboreIs who
work in their establishment 3 than all the
increases of duties proposed in the reform
tariff bill. and besides it would afford a
much needed measure of relief ID the great
BODY of consumers, who at last pay for
sll the materials and all the labor u'ed ii
our mining, manufacturing and mechani-
cal industries With CHEAPER materials
aud ctelpsr macbiCe:y there woald be no
ne ,essity or excuse for cheaper lator.
With wider markets for our produces there
would bs no necessity or excuse for locs-
outs and suspension of work and labor
would have constant emp l)yment at fair
wages. Capital would realize o steady
and uniform p-oft, and the consumer
would not be subject to the extortions CT
trusts and monopcl CO.
The crowd of listeners contained prob
ably Is, 900 persons independent OF the
business mems procession. The member
of persons in line is estimated at 2O,OOO.
A substantial platform on the so .treasury
steps con,airei invited guests, and it was
scrseuusly decorated with flags and stream
ers. A large portrait Of Pre- ident Cleve-
land and another of A. G Thurman were
suspended on the two large pillars OF the
building facing the people.
NEW EVIDENCE