The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1890-10-09

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OTTAWA, KAEsAs, Sept. y, 1880.
Editor BELoIr GAxEfTR: wsis.
ing my turn In . barber shop Of your
city. just before going 70 the opers
house TO address your citizens on
Friday evening. the lsth instant, !
picked up paper which proved %
Be The Western Democrat, the g.
sumed leader Of political reform IN
your midst, and the organ Of the 60
called Peoples Patty"
In the FIRST article which my eyes
rested upon, and which bad no title
TO indicate its character, bat should
have been headed "How We Can
Lie," read the following In regard
70 the tariff, past, present and pros
pective:
The War Taria which oREATLY EUonxx-
TED. yet remains amer twenty-five year OF
peace"
aIt vns raIlroaded through ~ n war meas.
ure known 20 BE Oppressive and unjust, bot
which vas 20 oe repealed ~ son - the
necessity Cor u had passed"
"Many pretended attempts at the retiue-
10, ton o. sasss var iassi hsve esen mads. but
On Isss. %
~The veKI nIey bill Is the nrst updl-.uise.i
meas-Fe for an increase of the tartn. although
An ali 9th he -.
salne Or style they have been known, hsVe
had the same eject"
s'Thus the system OF taxation, Introdneed
as an extreme war measute, has, In an In
tenslned form, Become the settled policy OF
the nation"
This gIittering string Of inexcas-
able falsehOods, this dose Of Demo-
cratic pap with its hidden poison for
the minds Of honest men, was held
up 10 view and analysed ss well ~
could do ID without Official data ut
hand, but In no adequate manner TO
uncover the base imposition Il at
tempted upon the public. II now
occurs TO me that better service can
hardly be done than TO expose to
your readers, In q more formal and
exhaustive manner, the infamy Of
these assumptions aud assertions.
II IL too apparent to every student
Of American history that the war
being wAged against Q protective
tariff now Ii but q new phase Of the
old fight upon the development Of
American industries and American
natural products. This anti-Ameri-
can sentiment has existed In our
country since the government was
first organized, and It's favored
method Of expression has always
been TO ring every possible change
upon the word taxes. hut at no
time has the utter rocklessness Of
this cry been 80 pronounced and
vicious n the present assault upon
our tariff laws denounced rs the
"old war tax system" Yet 30 per-
sistent has this cry been that many
have come 10 believe that our pre-
sent tariff IL the war tariff and tax
so long imposed.
But such claims sre brsZen impu-
dence, dense Ignorance, or down
right dishonesty In whomsOever
makes them. True It Is that We did
have war taxes. Bat they levied
contributions upon every industry
by internal tax laws, and upon
necessities and Iuxuries alike, I'm
import duties.
But the war had hardly closed
when the Republican party began
the work OF lifting these tax burdens
that Democratic treason had put
upon the people In q tax upon hun
dreds Of occupations, articles, animals
aud things, taxed to sustain the war
and pay lite debt, imposed by internal
revenue lava, only four OF which re-
msln-distiIled spirits, fermented
liquors, tobacco aud national banks.
Custom revenues In like msuner
have been cut down as soon and as
fast ~ the changed conditions OF
public obligation and credit would
permit, except when obstrueted by
the Democracy In power.
The Republican party has stood
before the country committed To the
reduction OF war taxes" anu has
been faithful to It's pledges. In
proof Of which I submit the follow
ing recoru and ehS'iense "S I'M
peAcnneh'
lion Of custom duIirs was.
b ,I,, Vs. ~. tsiES- ~
-.
80, q, ~, 100 ,.. ~, .o,.
Zee were added TO Inc free list.
a. 49,, - I.nas,, ~, ,.,rsu,,..
were further reduee1 as follows:
Butia6ie Ilsi. Ii.sS,isi
ro,., nSs=SsIs
By act Of March srd, Isa, tariff du-
H., were again reduced by iroe rxSa
DIiIable list ... ... Is.tss.so
Total ........ s9O.Ss,,7ss
Internal revenue ts5es have ben
publican party since The clos Of
the t Hs6 a. d1 ns End a9 " LAIN ao mn
81, and March d, " iiOa.siI.i@
srd. % - '''.. - SisR.s7s
By act Of July 18th, 20 --............ bb3l5ykil