Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1888-07-20
The Tobacco Tax.

Mills bin then let the Democ ats OF Tue
House Of Representatives pass q simple
resolution repeating the tobacco tax and
The sooner they do it the bvttk they
have the power. and on theft heads the
blame will rest If the tobacco trade is not
relieved of the paralyzing burpen that is
uron IT, II cannot be disguise that tue
people Of the tobacco States Rs getting
res,ive Petition after petition from
nlap,ers aud manufaciureTs gone TO
Congress for relief They haIe seen the
business on which they rely support
r.duced to a state Of prostr1 fsn. not
,,vinp for the actual cost Of foduction
and manufacture. They ave seen
their toll 20 uurewardcd or pay the
.cantiest and most meagre eiurns RI
They have seen this in the fac1ef broken
n omises until patience is y readbare.
Taere are murmurs loud and deep IRON
the rural districts. There are murmurs
loud and deep from the NO factories
Factory hands are without pIoyment
and farm hands are withoutlivlug wages.
Hundreds of thousands r
more or less depcnJs eher
l. ~, eli ~ their
living. They sion and
A,hey attribute hey know
that b a 4so,a \ Mt do MOI
, b,ro surplus i a up in Il tre.sury
j thus cripplng Trade and CO (ncrcc =
Vet this bligfting tobacco "a wa
! tax -rema< twenty odd rs afte
the war.
+ Is it strange that there i idesprca
! discomfort, and will it be str if Dem
j ocrats who have never ~ -
? remain from the polls when s'scsio
u comes which is to decide the 4 Of pa
y ,;os IN November? Sick and re. we
. ~ and worn -smarting az sr disa
% nointments, straitened and smped
d ,beir pecuniary conditions, yill it
'ss strange if party fcalty fails a faltel
l'' The last feather may seem H., but
be "a that which breaks the came back
'dc 1t is simply an outrage Ii i this t
les is kept on a great but langl ishing
re- dustry. 1t is simply prepo1 erous
ma, cause it is not needed. us sim
"a oruol because it wrings fraN the sw
~" and toll of honest labor all &C DIT
~ there is in it. 1t IS SIMPLY tupid I
i" sily because it is alternating ilends.
"'" the Democratic party can atord to
without Virginia and North tarolini
-. ~ tae coming election, then let he tax
'' main. For we tell the replsentat
nc" of the party at Washington lt tber
.ne grave danger that these State may
NC" their moorings and glide lot the
'V"' publican port if affairs remain IS they
'ne' now. We know whereof We
Jus' knew the deep discomfort thai Y
cry and we call on the DEM
ihpl a
n ,thef )
pior- miass q ny ~ are pledEi I
ores, .na vet repeal docs not COM
Of its a are pledges worth that bear fru'
c new " The above is from 'ho Dali V"
vines - = Democratic journal puI she
is and I,ynchburg, Va. 1t sees cry,
serted DANGER 4, if its party continues e
their ooliey of taxing tobacco thefly
,alpits, 'lnct Of its farms, which beaFql'
village the burden of the internal revue
cr, this and sounds the note of dang
Of free farmers Of Southern Marylande u
South. directly benefited by the remoYo
we will nv which is olious, because II
,cing III necessity, yet Mr.. Compton %
" 9th never heard in advocacy OF 'nel
ling to - .b;s tax. The tobacco re
cou, du- Maryland may be in love with
r. n
,c people ocratic doctrine of free 'raae
I've times ors rights" but when he sees y
order to Cor protested friends in c00gI'l
the Dem the;r level best to pauperise nj"
children by an Odious tax ne
dquarter' let them know when voting y
at will again that their actions IN u
man ana were unsatisfactory
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