The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-03-27

manship N tI,a ,lghast ordor Tho memhers
at parliament rroaiye no pay iuI lhHlf serV'
l0es blt boz cabinet mlnlalers-the advisers
OF her majesty, Whn are egnhloip noubprs--
reoelya larga salaries, a. do her Judges aud
otlier olnorra llors 10 MOI a ulgSaIdb GOV
smmsut but II IA NOT wastaiul THO rich
taxpayers have much ~ Ay about thp pub
No expenditure, and they arc careful 70 800
10 IL that they are uelher mlsdreplod nor
eEiraypgHnt
ouR RTkfR, CITY AND COUNTY TAXES
This revenue system, admirable na N 10 for
Great Britain, ~ not snitad " tho United
States our government, while govern
ment Of the people aud Tor the penph, and
sJ,ululHu in fnH eHHrclsn ~ lis pnunlilu'
tional powers, u also government NJ states.
Zach state IL entitled " two senators Ia tho
Federal congress and NJ least 70 ono repre-
sentative, nnd 70 90 many more ~ y u on
utled t0 by Ia pnpulalioui p that lNh lltllp
state 0f Delaware ANA each u tho states TO
Gently admitted into tho uulpn, Win iA
single member IN tho house. has tha sane
numerical strength Ia tho sanllp HAT the
great state of New York baa with lls thlrly'
four memlera Zach state hns also q govern
mpnt Of ila own-n governor, legislature,
a supreme and other couri, Hnd Hll officers
which aro needed TO perform oiiioInl duties ln
independent states Except 70 Ear "a tho
powers of their legislatures aro limited BY
tho Federal constitution they pre bOyeregna.
EAeh las tho power % determine what shall
DO tho quAl lonton of voters and tho manner
Ia which elections shall ha brl.li each hRs tho
pOw6r 10 contract debts fOr Internal im'
proyementa and Tor other purposes
kach has, of COURSE power ~ tax inr tho
support ui W state government Ivy each nu'
thority ID given 10 ~ cities and counties "
levy aud collect taxes Tor tho payment of
their current expenses, .gl ~ freely ID this
authority exercised that IN hnma states tho
state, county and city taxes amount 10 nbAr'
" Q per cent upon all real and personal prop
erty, A large part of tho pcronnl property
escapes taxation and tho fenl estate may DO
underyalued but taxes aro heavy In all the
blatsa, IN some burdenFomo II 10 tho slAta
and county aud city taxes tho indirect taxes
10 which consumers are subject by protective
duties upon Imports were adlpl II might be
nid that there h no olyIlaad nation In tho
world In which the aggregate of taxation 10
70 high ~ In tho United States II might be
aId Hn1 that there ID no other country 10
able 10 bear II
Nov ~ states, counties and cities arc aup
ported by direct taxation upon lands aud pcr'
bonal property, and these taxes aro ~ heavy
n n large part OF tho taxpayers are able 70
bear, tho Federal government mutt ho mnln'
ly supported by duties upon imporlA Taxes
upon incomes have beon rea1ried 10 and might
DO again In periods Of emergency, but 10 diff
ncult was II, and would bo agaln, 10 make
such taxes equal, whore incomes arc 10 uneer'
tain aud are ~ eaally concealed, that u may
DO regarded ~ liked fact that neither In
come taxes nor taxes upon the states will DO
again rcsortcd 10 by the Federal government
II therefore follows that upon import duties
must tho chief rclianeoOf the government for
revenue bo bnsd,
WAY rRKR TRADE ~ IMPOSSIBLE,
Considerable revenue will, NJ heretofore, DO
derived under nn informal revenue system,
from taxes upon domestic manufacturer -.
pccally whisky aud tobacco, but the main
reliance of the government must, ~ has al
ways been tho onso, bc upon q tariff, and m
tho public expenditures are large, aud aro
moro likely 30 bo Increased than diminished,
tho tariff can never bo low one Besides,
tho pcoplo willingly bear taxation upon what
they use, while thoy would rebel against
much higher taxes " directly assessed.
Free trade may ha among the things hoped
Tor, but II IA one that never viii hc realized
by tho people OF tho United StnteA Every
Intelligent man In tho United States knows
this and set there are men In high places,
aud managers Of influential public journals,
who speak of those who favor reform OF tho
tariff as boing free traders or tariff 6moshera
A., therefore, from absolute necessity thoro
must bo tariff, II Is Of the last Importance
that 10 should DO 40 framed ~ not 10 bu un-
necessarily burlonSomo upon consumers nor
At war with useful branches of domestic In
dustry, nor a bar 10 free exchanges with for
eign countries 70 ha, been clearly shown by
the advocates Of tariff reform that tho pres
ont tnrilI is not Of thl character, that 10 Is
unnecessarily hurlcnsumo 10 tho great body
Of tho people, that ltisHt war with many
branches OF domestic Industry that laa bar
10 international trade N was created uH a
war measure, In a grplt national emergency
10 strengthen the crcllt Of tho government,
and 10 secure large roycuuc Tines, objects
having b'on accomplished, itshould long since
have been subject 70 thorough revision 20 40
oommodato II 10 tho changed condition Of tho
country
Tho question, therefore, which Tor years
has demanded, and now imperutycy do
mands the attention Of congress rs not bc-
tween tariff and free trade, but whether tho
tariff should DO mainly Tor protection or
mainly for revenue, IN other words, whothcr,
In the imposition Of dutIoa, revenue should bo
tho object and protection tho incident or
whOlhcr protection should bo the object aud
rcyonuo tho incident, Az my opinion upon
this great point has been fully and frequently
expressed, am not disposed 10 repeat H. l
would only remark IN paalng that as largo
revenues must bo derived from duties upon
imports, 10 viii be very difficult 30 10 modify
tho tariff that II win fail 10 be protective,
proceed, therefore, 70 examine what Mr..
Bano says about tho effects OF tariff lcgisla-
tlon upon the public welfare lIo takos
broadly the position that not only has tho
country been prosperous under protective
tariffs, but that tho rcycrycB 10 which II has
been subject IN It's onward aud upward career
have boon, with a single exception, the lcgit-
imnto consequences Of an abandonment OF tho
protective policy TO prove tho correctness
Of this statement, ho refers 10 the period In
which thoso royerses occurred,
TnE REvERsEs oF 1917
or these roversss have only 10 0ay that II
hnyo read correctly tho financial history OF
that period these royolBB woro not the result
Of tho changes Of tho tariff, but Of the tide Of
speculation which swept over the country
near the close OF tho war and nj lbs tormina-
tlon, diminishing industry and plunging poo
po into dobt These royorsos like those Of
later days, woro Inevitable, and they would
hayo bocn Of equal severity II tho war tariff
had boon continued Tho seeds Of financial
tronblo had boon sowod broadcast before the
tariff was touched aud they bore legitimate
fruits; they were, In fact, but repetition Of
whit occurred at tho close Of the revolution
ary war, when there was no tariff.
THE REyERBEs or 1857.
or these rcycrses and all subsequent ones
eau speak advisodly, because held positions
OF financial responsibility and had personal