Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-09-14


he leeds lumber for his cabin, he needs lum-
Der for his fence, he needs lumber for his
wagon or cart, he needs lumber for his
plough, he needs lumber for almost every
purpose in his daily life.
The history of taxed lumber ought to be
instructive to Mr.. Yost in this matter of
the free list. The tax on it only brought
$1,000, 900 into the U. S. Treasury, while
the Syndicates and Trusts on the north
ern frontier have wrupg from the people
through that import duty over 49,, 900. 900.
And that is fair sample of the workings
of the Tariff tax Mr.. ost is advocating.
Was the work of revision and reduction
of the Tariff made by the Democrats in
the Mills Bill an Inspiration of free
trade from England? In 1882, the de-
mand Of the people for reduction of tax
alton was getting too loud to be ignored,
and President Arthur sent in message to
congress in which he said:
"a substantial reduction of tariff duties is
demanded, not by mere indiscriminate pop
ular clamor, but by the best conservative
opinion of the country, including that which
has in former times been most strenuous for
the preservation of our national industrial de-
fences"
The present Republican candidate for
President, Benz. Harrison, whom Mr..
Yost is supporting. was then member OF
Congress. The Boston Daily Advertiser
sent circular letter to various Senator's
and Representatives while the bill for a
Tariff Commission for revision of the
tariff was pending. On November 2Sth,
1882, Gen. Harrison answered that circu-
lar by letter in which he said:
s'The creation of tbs tariff commission was
a confession that the tariff needs revision. If
the report comes in it should be acted upon.
My opinion is that no time should be lost af-
ter Congress assemblies in bringing forward
these measures, that there should be no time
lost during the holidays by adjournment, and
that the threatened democratic opposition
should be developed and overcome by quiet,
but persistent adherence to the work sugges-
ted"
The "threateped Democratic opp0si-
ton" was demand that there should no
longer be any trifling with the tariff ques-
tion and that the report of the Tariff
Commission should be real, bona file
reduction of taxation and no evasion of it..
That Republican commission did re.
port to the House recommending the
reducing of the Tariff Iaoenty- fue
per cent. That recommendation though
prepared after the Commission had visi-
ted nearly every city of the Union in as
certaining the wants of the people-it Wis
tied Richmond that year-was never adop-
ted. The big corporations. the protected
manufacturers like Carnegie. whose IN
come is 81, 100000 year. and the wealthy
manufactures that had had arisen under
the operations of the High Tariff and that
had obtained master hold upon the Re-
publican party did not intend that it
should be adopted, and it wasn't.
And with this record staring him in the
face; Mr.. Yost. one of the editors of
the Valley Virgiaiam that has in
succession supported Grant, Garfield,
and Blaine for the Presidency, and
Arthur in the Presidency, undertakes
to characterize the Mills Bill with
its free wool, its free salt and its
free lumber, and its reducing of the rats
Of tariff taxes, as free trade movement
inspired for the benefit of England! And
to tell the people that all Tariff Reform
and Reduction of Tariff Taxes in the
Mills Bill is new idea to which the Re-
publican party has been constantly oppos-
ed because it would destroy American in
dustries and render valueless American
products! If the Republican party had
had the courage of great party it would
have broken away from the con.
troll of the millionaires, corporations and
Trusts that control it and taken sides
with the people, but it decided to be their
protecting watchdog and bark loudly
'free trade" at every movement of the
people that assails them. We have little
doubt as to how the people of the Tenth
District will receive Mr.. Yost's curious
explanation of why be wants more taxes
from them.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CANDL
DATES IN VIRGINIA.
We give below a list of the COMPRESSION.
sional candidates now running either by
nomination of one of the political parties
o. as independents:
1st District, fredericksburg Gilmore
k ondalI (Dopo ~ TT RooIu Rrovuo \
(Rep.)
I'd District, (Norfolk).-R. c. Marshall
| (Dem.), Geo. e. Bowden.* (Rep.,) Andrew
Williams, (col.,) lind. Rep,l
Sd District. (Richmond).-Geo D. Wise*
| Dem. y no opposition yet.
4th District. peter sburg).--E. c. .Vena
BILE, (Dem.) No nomination yet by the
Republican party. Malone will probably
| be the nominee.
5th District. (Danville).-P. E. Lester
lDem.,) John D. Blackwell, (Rep.)
9Th District, (Lynchburg).-Paul Ed
munds, (Dem..) Pat Mccall, (Rep.,) s. l.
Hopkins Qnd.)
18th District, Winchester).- &C. T. OFFER.
rall.* j. E. Roller, Qnd.)
sth District, (Alexandria) w. II. F.
Lee.* No opposition yet.
9th District, Ablngdon) j. A. Buchan-
an, (Dem.,) Henry Bowen,* (Rep.)
10th District. H. st. Geo. Tucker
(Dem..) Jacob Yost,# (Rep)
Those marked with an are members of
the present Congress. This being again
Presidential year. at which both parties
may be expected to bring out their
strength, we give the majorties in the
congressional districts as they were at the
last Presidential year. in 1854:
Dem. mag. Rep. maj.
LIST District....... ..... ..... 563