The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-02

depreciation of the laws whereby the duties on
worsted woolens raised from IS 10 81 per cent
thus adding 10 per cent. to their already enormous
profits derived from the sale OF w0rsted goods 10 you
and such you Yet these same extOrtioners tell
you and have their orsans tell you. that they can
make and sell cheaper goods OF this kind than can
0e made and sold in any other country In the world,
and consequently can defy competition from abroad.
But again: II wooden fabrics are cheap in our mar
kets, why Is Il that during last year fabrics Of this
kind we're imported into this country amounting 70
s0156i,N2, paying over Sd, 100000 rs tariff duties
Tor the privilege OF coming In, and then selling at
such profits as TO make them cost the consumers per-
haps not less than S20 600 0OOf Could this have been
done In markets where the American manufacturer
was placing his commodities at lower rates than the
imported articles could be placed in their own
countries and before paying transportation. the
enormous duties. all Of which we're added 20 the
American selling price, 20 say nothing Of the profits
that were realized? such questions answer them
selves in all intelligent minds by simply being asked
II you suppose, however, that the protected cor
morants content with the huge millions they
already swallowing from day 10 day and from year %
year. and that they desire no more. you are vastly
mistaken. hear II sometimes suggested, and even
by republicans who are honest but msled, that the
re 7ublican party will not only maTauding the
homes and fields of the people. but will turn around,
take the back track toward honesty and OF itself
seek TO atone for its enormous sins by revision OF
the tarihand general reduction OF tariff taxes IL
Is impossible 90 conceive suggestion hope with
less foundation. My republican fellow-citizens OF
Indiana, word with you In all kindness The
people are not the governing power In tho councils
OF your party. The republican party has far dii-
ferent master, and one IL cannot disObey. The pop
ular will is powerless before the dictates Of the
amused, consolidated and concentrated millions in
the hands OF the organized, remOrseless money
power. Organized mOnopoies organized trusts
have seized upon the leaders Of your party their
natural agencies for evil. and you have no more
power 20 escape the widespread and universal lar
ceny OF the present tariff by voting the republican
ticket than you would have to escape the devlhsh II
he had you In his clutches in the depths OF the
The buccaneers Of the money power, of the plutoc-
racy which seeks TO govern by the naked force Of
money. and is now successfully doing so, replenish
"a fhnf rat NJ n
dreds and with thousands OF millions stolen from
the labor Of men, women and children, and then
from corrupt tOuntain-heads they pour back upon
the ballotbox, and into all the precincts OF the cleo
tons, polluting and corruptDg streams composed OF
your own money. Thus the ascendeney OF the re-
publican party depends primarily on amassing
money and the power OF money, in the hands Of the
INSCRIPTIONS, unprincipled, but privileged few who
In turn furnish the means and dictate the policy OF
political debauchery and crime. There here a
condition Of mutual dependency. The leaders OF the
republican party depend on the manufacturing mo-
nOp0lists for corruption funds with which 10 carry
elections. and the manufacturing monopolists on
their part depend on the leaders OF the republican
party for the lagtious legislation wherewth they
obtain such funds, and aggrandize themselves be-
sides. The whole system is filled with wickedness,
and Is putrid with political immortality. 10 will
never be cleansed or reformed within the party
which created IT, The appetite OF avarice increases
by indulgence. Like the hunger OF the gluttOn, or
the thirst of the drunkard II be apreased,
but incessanty cries for more, aud more, and more.
Look Tor moment al the history OF attempted tarit
legislation within the last year. The NAV OF death
was never more vOraciOus than the demands of the
mOuopOists within that time. When the Mills bill
came last fall from the democratic house OF rep
resentatives TO n republican senate, with the mod
crate and conservative tariff reduction OF So 5000,
TO say nothing OF the further reduction Of 81 $4,000
In the internal revenue the finance committee OF the
senate met il with motion TO strike out all after the
enacng clause and insert substitutea bill which
truthfuily described by the democratic minority
OF that committee in these words:
Practically, the substitute offers the people free
whisky and free tobacco, leaving all the expensive
machinery for the collection of the revenue and
forcemen OF the law in full force, while IL increases
taxation upon the actual and Indispensable necessa
ries Of life, and this, too. when there Is large
plus in the treasury, and under existing laws that
suIpus is being increased AZ the OF Si0C 900
per month, thus withdrawing and Withhold ling from
the channels OF trade, AID business of the
country money absolutely necessary 70 their sue
ccssful operations"
When this measure under discussion in the
senate il found that in eleven Of its schedules out
o. the fourteen IL contained the aggregate amount Of
tariff taxation was increased, and especially
the prime necessities Of life. and the cheaper
mOdites among the labOring masses. The schedule
on wool and wo0lens a striking illustration Of
this fact There not single article in IL which
escaped an increased rate OF duty.