West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-10-30

Is llvlng truth which the writer
never completely realized until il
became matter of experience with
him. Whenever You pay $50 for n
suit OF clothes, just remember that
You can buy the same suit in the
city of London for SIS.
Whenever Won arc laying in your
supply Of manufactured articles in
general just remember that the
average rate of duty is 80 per cent.
and see If your views on the tariff
do not undergo rapid change.
Tho Legislative power Of the ma
ton has been grossly abused in
many respects, but i'm no other re-
spect does this abuse bear so heav-
lily on tho great mass Of the people
as in the tariff legislation.
What magnificent benevolencc to
tax thowholc nation TO give bounty
OF SS,0oo.o00 to the sugar manu-.
facturcrs of Louisiana. Kansas and
some other western states Voters
of Preston county, you must help
to pay that tax.
The power to take $4,000. 900
from the pockets of the taxpayers
OF the country and hand it over to
the sugar manufacturers, implies
the power to take any amount what.
ever from the same tax payers and
hand it over to any or all other
manufacturers.
Do the taking of private property
from one man and the delivery Of
the same, without any valuable con-
slderation, to another accord with
your ideas of proper legislation in a
free country? What greater viola
ton of the rights of private prop
erty ever occurred in an absolute
monarchy? Where do you suppose
this abuse Of the power of taxation
will stop, unless you put n stop to
it by the exercise Of your right OF
suffrage?
The annual income Of our gov
ernment is nearly $400, 900, 900 !;
and it has been shown by mathe-
matical computation that only
about one-fifth Of the money un-
necessarily extorted from the peo-
pie by means CT high tariff prices
ever finds it's way into the national
treasury.
To say nothing of the money
which goes into the treasury-and
that is vastly more than is needed
the people Of the United States are
paying not less than 81 600, 900, 600
a year for the luxury of having n
number Of very rich and very AFRO
CANT capitalists to adorn the coun-
try with their wealth. A costly
luxury you will say ; especially 80,
since it is not at all necessary to
have q protective tariff in order to
promote the substantial prosperity
of our manufacturing interests.
And now few words concerning
the coming election and / have
done.
The above remarks are confined
TO a great national issue as the
following will be confined to the
election Of your representative in
the national legislature.
Mr.. Wilson, who has 50 faithfully
and ably represented you, needs no
cncomium from me. The reputa-
ton Of your district for intelligence
has been worthily sustained and
has travelled with the fame Of your
representative from Maine to Texas,
from ocean to ocean, and beyond
the seas. The people Of this ma
tion have with one accord named
him "The scholar in politics" &"
lie is also universally acknowledged
to DO statesman in politics.
lie is Il true and valiant friend
to his people. During his active
career in the halls Of congress ant
on the hustings, he has never stoop
cd 10 take an unfair advantage oi
tho most unchiyalrous opponent.
Let the good people Of his distric
come out on election day, and senC
him back to Washington as his owl
successor; and let it be done will
an overwhelming majority. Tn
nation needs him.
WALTER HOWARD MICHAEL.
The Publisher OF Vur UOrgp