The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-11-08

Whatever We may think Of Mr.. ST.
john vie VS. on the question Of Prohibit
ton. he seems 10 carry very level head
on the question OF the tariff. In the
course Of = recent interview iu BostIn
he said:
"u"r whole tariff systeul IL wrong in
principle, because IL imposes IL. burdens
upon what we consume instead oi upon
what we pusse>s. thus compelling the
poor day-labn,cr 10 carry a. <, eat Eiias-
rial load on the nscrssities o!Iife (which
rich and poor alike are compelled 10
|hsve) A. is carried BY the man who il
worth his millions All financial bur-
deus placed by our Government upon
the people should br measured. not by
their capacity 10 consume, but bv their
ability to pAv. A man who has SO uuU
and no children l. justly entitled 10 pay
ten times the amount OF protection that
should Le paid by the man with only ST.
600 and ten children; but under our
present tariff system the poor man with
ten children carries ten times the load,
or pays ten times more tax. than IL placed
upon his more prosperous and weIl-to- 10
neighbor In other words, the burden
is placed upon the number of children,
and not unon the number Of dollars
possessed =
What remedy would you propose for
this injustice 10 he poor ~
why. | would restore 10 the people
what believe to be God given right
that is. TO trade anywhere IA this wide
world where they can buy the cheapest
without being compelled rs they are, IL
pa, trinnte 10 = favored few.
III onr industries need protection, lei
II be given on such ha-is a. would pro-
tee, the poor aud 10 no injustice to the
rich. To iilustrafe:
III the sugar industry deserves pro-
lection 10 the extent0f 3 cents per pound
direct from the United States Treasury
and let the money to foot the bills b.
raised by a levy npon the taxable wealth
OF the nation. This would give 10 th'
poor, AZ we'll rs 10 the rich, sugar ri
rents less per pound. Then the million
aires IN the United States Senate, wher
they examined theirtax receipts aud dis
covered, ~ they would. that the hurdsn
of protection have been shifted from
the pockets ofthe poor 20 the pockets o
the rich wonld suddenly wake up 10
retaliation that our industries are ~
longer in their infancy. 10 be nursed lik
= sick kitten ~ hot jamb. aud fed ol
esfnip ten for Ali lime TO coase.
\ .Out W.s, II takes 3 pounds Of n
Farmers osss 10 buy IL pounds Of trus
sugar, aud as ponn,ls ~ his corn 10 bu
8 pounds Of trust binding twine. Will
under the influence Of the infsmou
\ Dressed Beet Trust he IL forced to-da
To sell his beef cattle ~ least one-hal
'Icent per pound lrss than the nctus CO.
'los production while thousands "f mi
'lrers. after bring locked ont for months
arc starved in or fofced ~ 20 10 work \
Whatever The bosses are disposed to Civ
,tlem.
: .The politicians crv Of protection
under onr present svstem has fooled n
people for 'he last time. Evcrv hone'
man IL willing that s'i legitimate indu'
tries should be protected. hut iet the prt
lection he fsir aud just Let the burde
-rcst upon what we consnnle. Give III
pror people \ fair chance. and We wi
have mw-r strikes and riots and les
sfarvaiion.
"Am equalization Of The opporiumitis
, Of mankind 10 make = living - what
needed but just what our presen, ., s'cI
: lnrevents'