San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-08-02

one spot IN the wnole worlu, on tnt
free list the democrats were charged
with being free traders. Gentlemen
on the other side said: "You must
tax the people on their clothes, their
food, on their employment OF labor
and il you want anything free, take q
drink of free whisky" Laughter
and applause.
He discussed and defended the re
peal Of the duty on lumber. 1t waf
time that the poor people should be
considered in the reduction OF taxa
ton. The taxes had been removed
from incomes, from manufactures
from railroads, from telephone and
telegraph companies and from ex'
press companies, and now the demo.
cratic party came upon the stand and
said that it intended to help the man
in the log hut upon the prairie and
give him free lumber. The duty on
burlaps was $979,000. Every yard
was made abroad and the duty
brought money into the country
which was not needed. 1t was bet
ter that the people who used burlaps
should have the money. The gov
ernment did not need it. 1t was in
juring the prosperity OF the country,
and the democrats proposed to place
burlaps on the free list. For doing
this they were charged with being
free traders. No reduction Of the
tariff commended itself to the judg-
ment of those who made the charge
unless it was coupled with free whis-
ky. Applause and laughter.J
Hemp and jute had been placed on
the free list to the amount Of 1,70O,-
900. Gentlemen on the other side
said that this would ruin the flax and
hemp industry of this country. For
years an attempt had been made to
establish that industry here, but not
withstandlng all the milk that was
given this babe it refused to prosper.
The hemp business was dying; it soon
must disappear, and therefore hemp
had been placed upon the free list.
The duty on opium, which amount
cd to $467, 900, had been removed.
Not an ounce of it was grown IN the
United States, but gentlemen on the
other side did not want opium touch
ed. 1t was the tax on whisky they
wanted reduced, and not on opium,
No industry would be hurt because
cheap medicine was given to the SUI
fering and dying.
Ostrich feathers had been placed
on the free list. Ostriches were not
found on the Western prairies or in
the Northern forests, but our beauti.
full females wanted ostrich feathers,
and they would want some when
Grover Cleveland was inaugurated
on March 4 next. Laughter and
applause.
Returning to the woolen schedule,
Mr.. Mills said that the bill proposed
to reduce the duties on wooleh goods
by taking taxation off the wool that
was not raised by the skilled labor,
and scarcely by any labor at all. 1t
grew on the sheep. The sheep pro-
duced it. He had heard much SYM
patby expressed for the sheep. The
Democratic partys sympathy was for
man, not for sheep. Applause. II
proposed to bring down the price oi
woolen clothing 80 that the poor
people could get it to wear in winter.
The people to-day were compelled to
wear carpet instead of clothing wool,
and now the wool growers and wool
manufacturers came to an agreement
that the duty on wool should be 30
high that no wool and no woolen
goods could be brought in. He sup
posed that the people could afford to
90 naked, but for him and his party
he would say: "Wear good clothes
and vote the Democratic ticket.
Wool had been put upon the free
list not only to cheaper the clothing,
but in order that our workmen might
have the making of the $44, 100000
worth Of woolen goods that were
imported into this country. 1t was
proposed to let all the wool the peo-
pie required come in free and let our
own people make the woolen goods.
This would increase the demand for
labor, and in this increasing the de.
mand for labor, increase the wages.
The great central truth in this bill
was that it was bill to benefit the
condition and increase the wages oi
the laboring people. We are the
greatest manufacturing people in the
world, the greatest agricultural peo'
pie, the most skilled people, the most
intelligent and smartest, and best
locking people in the world laugh
teri, and all we wanted was for oul
government to take its meddliDg
hand out Of our business. All the
people wanted was to have the gov
ernment tell them how much il
needed for its support. and then LEI
their business alone. Let the people
have free raw material in order that
they migt reduce the cost Of the
product, for the cost Of the product
was TO be determined by the stand
ing OF the market. II the people oi
the United States could produce 9
product cheaper than any other peo-
pie they would capture the markets.
The manufacturers Of this country
should have the raw material free. and
thus be placed on the same basis az
manufacturers Of other countries.