The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20
TARIFF TALK.
Words of Wisdom for the people to
think over.

Words of Wisdom for the people to
think over.
To Tax the people heavily for the pur-
pose Of perpetuating this restrictive Re-
publican policy, and then to use the rev.
enue derived from such taxation to sub
sidize corporations engaged in the fol eign
carrying trade, is manifestly so absurd
and unjust that it cannot be defended
upon any rational ground except that Of
generous disposition upon the part of
members of Congress to give away other
peoples money.-Ex-Speaker Carlisle.
This is big country, with big prai-
ries, big mountains, big lakes and rivers.
But the biggest thing in it just now is
the greed of the Sugar Trust. Not salts
fed with some 100000 of profits
within two years and with forcing the
price Of granulated sugar up from six
and half cents per pound to ten, it is
now preparing for still another advance
of prices. To bring this about the Trust
is storing large quantities of sugar IN the
Brooklyn warehouses, where it is to be
held until the scarcity in the market
makes an active demand reason for
higher prices. But public sentiment is
especially are outspoken in their warning
to the Trust that the people viii not
much longer submit to its robperv-
Chicago Advance.
There is no middle ground now on this
question. Once the issue was tariff tor
revenue with incidental protection; now
the issue presented by the Republican
Go
and combines, whether revenue is needed
or not. We have AN enormous surplus of
revenue taken from your pockets and now
in the treasury But there never can be
surplus Of protection in the estimation
of the Carnegies and his kind. Some say
the battle on the tariff was lost by the
Democratic party in the last campaign.
On the contrary, the battle has ust begun
and will be fought out until the right
shall prevail or until we know the worst.
But do not doubt the decision of the
people. The natural rights of man are
involved in this contest and the spirit of
oppression will at last be crushed, the
hand Of the legalized robber will be par
alyzed, iniqutous legislation will be
wiped out and the American people will
stand forth emancipated from the bond
age OF their present cruel, grasping and
odious taskmakers. The cause Of justice
expects every man to do his duty.-Sen-
ator VOORHEES,.
A year ago, when Benjamin Harrison
was a candidate for President, delega-
ton of miners from Illinois visited him
at Indianapolis. They bore banner on
which was inscribed "Protection and
Beetsteak." General Harrison compli
mented them on their understanding Of
the situation. If they wanted beefsteak
they must have protection, he said
Republican party's peculiar kind of pro-
lection. General Harrison was elected as
the miners hoped he would be- "Protec-
ton was saved. But about the beef
steak. The newspapers have lately been
relating the CHASTITY sufferings Of Illinois
miners who have been since May LIST on
strike against their protected employers.
And the other day the papers told how a
horse dropped dead in the mining dis
trict, and before the body was cold the
raw flesh had been literally stripped from
the bones and devoured by the ravenous
multitudes of strikers. Perhaps among
those poor fellows were some of the same
men who paraded the banner before Can
didate Harrison year ago. They made
mistake in the inscription, that was ALL
Instead of Protection and Beefsteak " it
should have been Protection and Horse
flesh boston Globe.
Bondholders and bankers are benef-
Charles of the excessive and oppressive
taxation The Government had no use
for the money. The people can have the
money returned to them by paying the
banks an interest for its use. In view of
this unnatural and uni just condition,
President Cleveland asked Congress to
reduce taxation. He claimed that Con
gress ought not to take from the pockets
Of the people and from the channels of