The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-01-11


tate tho Tarie-tsfovm QneA
The campaign Of 1892 open. WIN
ihe discussion Of the Allison bill |. : 'H'
Senate. w
No measure was ever introduced y
the Senate Of the United states 20 full
Of iniquity.
II reeks with the communistic spirit
OF the rich. IL Is the boldest attempt
yet made BY organized Plutocracy 70
rob the toiling millions Of America
There is not line in IL devised for
the benefit Of the forgotten man, the
American consumer
When the progress OF invention and
the advance OF mechanical science have
revoIstionized an industry and have re-
duccd the cost Of production immense
ly. as. for instance. in the manufacture
of steel. the Republicans make slight
concession that costs them nothing and
benefits no one. To reduce the tax on
steel rails from Sl7 to $l5.6S neither
lessons the revenue OF the Government
nor reduces taxation nor lessons the
grip OF Carnegie on the Industries OF
America.
Building materials are not reduced;
in many Instances there is an advance.
Pig-iron Is still to be taxed s672, in
ORDER to protect rich capitalists who
have badly located furnaces where II
costs Sl5 to make iron that in properly
located furnaces can be made for ~ or
81.
Wool. now taxed ten cents, is to be
taxed eleven cents, simply as an cx-
cuse TO advance the tax on every artl-
Gle into which wool enters.
The whole bill is a bill Of conspira-
tors lcagued against the welfare OF the
Republic
Popular clamor made il necessary
to seem to yield something to the peo-
! Pile. but financial necessities required
some compact with the robbcr harons
! OF the North and East.
! Fosters fat frying" circular
brought few responses until Allison
substitute for the Mills bill was intro
duccd into the Senate.
That bill was heralded by such jour
mails as the Chicago Tribune as bill
TO reduce taxes. but the manufacturers
and monopolists. the sugar trust and
the steel rail trust. knew better thar
this They were tariff experts, ant
understood the effect OF every line 0
the bill. II was the bond by whica
these highwaymen We're TO be author
lied to pillage the people under tn
ruise OF protection for four year
longer, and when the Republican leud
ers finally committed themselves 4
the bill. fiat flowed freely.
These facts must be driven home I
the minds Of the people 1t Is mat
ter OF profound Importance. which
not to be estimated In dollars and cents
Gigantic us the robbery Is, the use :
which money is put in corrupting tn
very sources OF government is sui
icct Of even more serious interest.
Money has silenced every advocai
OF tariff reform in the Republica
party. senator Allison has sold h
birthright for mess Of pottage. an
we are to be dragged at the wheels !
the triumphal chariots Of the none
power Tie work he i doing he hs
been chosen to do. because once b
stood as the sSon Of the Morning.
pleading for the rights Of his people
but. like Lucifer. he has allen, neye
To rise again.
Let the Democrats now organize
carry on the work begun so well du
ing the past year.
II will not do to rest awhile and wa
for our foes to blundcr upon defca
From this time on we must push tn
fighting. learning from Beauregard ;
Bull Run and Meade Mt Gettysburg
and not give the enemy time for rel
and rccuperation.
The people are with US, our popula
majority being 100000, but to do III
work to which we have set our hant
we need to overwhclm the friends I
, plutocracy at every point.
In the debate in the House, trcmer
dous effect was produced on the publ
mind. which was widencd and decl
ened as the campaign proceeded.
That effect must not grow dim. Den
ocrats she aid organize in every scho'
, district in America. and this organiz'
, ton should be carried down even
blocks Of five.
While the Republicans are quarre
ing over the distribution Of offices. \
: Democrats set themselves 70 the wor
! OF education. and before the next We,
I. clos Is let them put in the hands
: every voter documents exposing u
: infamous character Of the war tariff.
y The National Association Of Demo
cratic clubs. or, to use the old Jcffc
son phrase. Democratic socictic
should be perfected and extended.
Chaunccy 4. Black. York. Pm,
the president Of the National organ
zation. and societies in all sections
0 the country should place thcmselv
n in communication with him. The