The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-19
WAGES NOT AFFECTED.

1t is said. gentlemen, that even IL it does inn
pose enormous burdens on the consumers OF
the country the wages of lab0rers must be
maintained: therefore, high rates of taxation
must be continued. IL / had time | think
could show TO the satisfaction OF every intelli-
gent and candid man within the sound OF my
voice that the wages of labor are no more
affected by the rate of duties upon imported
goods than the yield of corn to the acre on your
farms is affected by 1t tapplausel, and one of the
chief benefits of the system, In the estimation
| Of Mr.. Harrison is the fact that the people do
not know how much they are paying. When
mans money is taken away from him without
his knowledge, some malicious people call It
| stealing. [Applause.l viii not, however,
apply that term to the process by which tue
| government of the United States abstracts this
enormous sum of money from the pockets OF
the people who earn it, and'puts It in the public
treasury or the pockets or some one eise
FULL OF DANGER.
will say that it is the most dangerous form
of taxation that could be devised lcheers be-
cause It makes the people less vigiiant over the
expenditure of the public money and lus them
to sleep while their substance is taken away
| tAppausel. Under an indirect tax law you
would not submit to 1t single day and the
man who went to congress from any single
congressional district of the United States,
| democrat or republican, who failed to cast his
| vote In favor of reformation of such system
of taxation would never see the
man objects to the rate of taxation, whether it
| be by the general government or state or
municipal government necessary TO raise a
| sufficient amount of revenue to defray all proper
| and legitimate expenses of the public admins
| tratIon, but when the tax drummer has taken
| from the people a sufficient amount of their
| earnings to accomplish this purpose he should
| take his hand out of their pockets. CHEERS
THE DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.
That is the democratic doctrine, and the
whole democratic doctrine. lApplausel 1t
comedies the right aud duty of the government
| to raise by taxation in some form or other
Ic,,f T3,,ta ,1T ay
| penses and meet all honest obligations, but it
comedies likewise that the settled policy of the
government is to raise large por-
| imports, but they protest that the people shall
have cheaper clothing and agricultural imple-
ments before they get cheap whisky and cheap
| tobacco. [Cheers.l The republican platform,
on the contrary, declares that they will repeal
the whole internal revenue system rather than
surrender any part of the protective system.
Now, the duty on sugar is part Of the pro-
tective system.
POLICY OF THE ENEMY.
The duty on wcolen and cotton goods, and
upon steel and iron is part of the protective sys-
| TEN, and the true meaning of the republican
platform is that it will repeal the tax on whisky
| and beer, and cigars, and cigarettes, ana che
roots but 1t will repeal no part OF the duty upon
| the articles have mentioned. Are the people
ready to indorse that doctrines [Cries Of mo. y
| Would you rather have cheap clothing and
| cheap agricultural implements than cheap
| your family and yourself should have cheaper
| and better clothing and ag icultural imple-
mentS and medicine and books, and cheaper
and better cooking utensils, and furniture, and
materials to supply your homes than cheaper
whisky, or beer, or tobacco?
HARRIsoN's ASSERTION.
| Mr. Harrison says they will retain the entire
| protective system and do away with the internal
| revenue taxes rather than sacrifice the protec-
tive system or any part of it. 1t IS very adroit,
but the time VIII soon cornSz-4 when The
| Republican party win be compelled to
chose between total repeal of the
| internal revenue tax and reduction oi
| the duties on imported goods He goes further
| does Mr. Harrison, and specifies the oleomar
| garine tax as one which need not be repealed
| than take off the duty on any imported articles
| except articles the ike Of which are mo-
produced here. MIR. Cleveland [cheersl, in hi!
letter of acceptance, puts the case ON this point
| in the strongest possible light.
| NO RELIEF TO THE PEOPLE.
He asks what relief this will afford to the
plain, common people of the land How many
| of you are there gentlemen, who are in the
| habit of purchasing and using in your family
articles of foreign production the like of which
are not produced in this country? Very few Of
| you, yet these are the articles upon
which the republican platform pledges
| that party to take off the tax,
Things which are produced abroad, and which
are also produced here, the tax is to remain on
so that you who use large quantities of these
| articles must continue to pay high prices while
| the only tax to come off of foreign imports is
| the tax on those things which are not produced
| here and are mxuries.
DIBBLE RENoMINATED.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 18.-Samuel
| Dibble (democrat was to-day UNANIMOUSLY
renominated for congress from the First
district