Democratic messenger., 1888-09-22

Eugene Halc.--Salt. I believe thi
article should go upon the free list
that the monopoly which has obtain
cd heretofore for the Onandaga Sal
Works $50 ought TO cease.
Senator MOrrill.-lt is mistake Of th,
friends of a sound tariff to insist upoI
the extreme rates imposed during th'
war-lS70.
James q. Blainc.--During the entir,
war. when we were seeking every
thing on the earth. ont Of which taxa
tion could be wrung. II never enicrct
into the conception Of congress tt
tax brcad.stuifs--ncver ~s# Neither
bread stuifs nor lumber ever becam,
the subject Of one penny Of taxation
-lsGS. Undoubtedly the inequali
ties in the wages Of English and
American operatives are more than
equali.ed by the greater efficiency oI
the latter and their longer hours oi
labOr-lSSl.
Gen. John 4. LOgan.-when a gen
ilcman stands upon the floor and tells
me that this high, this extraordinarily
high tariff is for the protection of the
laboring man. I tell him that ia
not UndeTstdnd hon he ran possibly
substantiatf 1ch Meory.-April lS
1870.
Justice Nliller.-ot the United States
Supreme Court.-To lay with one
hand the power Of the government
on the property Of the citizen, and
with the other 10 bcsiow II upon favor.
ed individuals to aid private enter.
priscs and build up private fortunes,
is none the less robbery because il
is done under the forms Of law and is
called taxation.
Levi Il. MOrtOn.-"Mr. MOrton's re.
cord as Free Trader offsets his cable.
gram rs protcctiOnist. itdny
Erem,ng Jo"r"nl usepublican), Jan. .,
1885. When Mr.. Townshcnd, Of llli-
nois. moved to pass the bill to place
salt and other articles on the FREE
LIST, April ), 1880, Mr.. Levi =. Nor
ton voted ave.
James A. Garfield.-l am for protcc.
tion which leads 10 ultimate Free
Trade. April |, 1870. For nearly
two years the wholesale price oi
American salt in Toronto, Canada
was dollar lower per barrel than
the same salt was selling for on the
New York side of the lake. +AH Ger
tainly, gentlemen will not want a
duty continued that enables that
thing To be donc.-May IL, 1882.
Benjamin Harrison The erection
OF the Tariff Commission was con.
fcssion that the tariff needs revision.
II the report cones in, IL should be
promptly acted upon.-Novcmbcr 2S
1882.
Huge McCuilOch,-Sccretary Of the
Treasury umlcr Presidents Lincoln
and Ar,hur.-Thc existing duties up
on raw materials which are to be
used in manufacture should he re-
m0ved.-Annual Report, 1884. Mr.
Cleveland has marked out a cours,
which can safely be followcd.-Dec
1897.
President Grant.-Many duties now
collected $50 might he RENTED. ~s'
| would mention those articles whicl
enter into manufactures of all sorts
$50 These duties not only come from
the consumers al home. but act as ,
protection TO foreign manufacturers
Annual Message, December.
John Shcrman.--Such excessive pro
lection not only ceases to diversity
production, hut forces labor into pro
tcctcd employmcnis.-ls72. The tariff
ought to he carefully revised with ,
view to correcting any inequalities ~
incongruiiicS that have grown out %
the change of values since the passag,
Of the act OF 1881. January, 1883.
VIM. lcI<inley.-The free list nigh
bc enlarged without affecting injurious
~ single American interest --isSa
Warner Millcr.-The sooner we hav,
that tariff revision the better il will
hc for all industries. -iSS2.
President Arthur.-A total abolition
Of excise taxes would almost inevita
bly, provca serious. IL not an insuI
mountable obstacle To thorough rC
vision of the tariff and to any consid
cradle reduction In import duties
The present tariff system is, In man
respects, unjust. II makes uncqus
distributions, both Of its burdens an,
its benefits Annual Message. 1873:
Henry l.. Dawcs.--Thc duty must
levied on the raw material or on III
manufactured article Ify0u levy
an the raw material, you discriminat
against American labor.
VIM. ID. Kelley.-Let the RAW ma,criu
(wooD come in. Let us make blanket
that will drive out English blankets
July 2s, 1896,
VIM. Is. AllisOn.-I will say with n
gard To the duty on wool and WOODEN
that regard II not as an intentions
fraud, but as operating as though
were fraud upon the great body I
the people of the L. S.-March 2
1870.
Oliver T.. MOrtOn.-The country G,
poets large reduction. the counir