Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-09-22

benefit of tho farmer by any means.
One of these poor farmers owned 1879 600
sheep, and his demand was acceded to
United appeals went up all over the
land and blankets. stockings and All
other wooden articles went up In price
IN order that ths sheep farmer can get
Few more cents for his wool. Now you
have q tax 30 to so per cent. higher than
II has been up to this time. Had You
demanded it, Did you have a chance2
You couldn't quit working long enough
to see them laughter You couldn
afford to 80 TO Washington and pay
$50 day at a hotel. You had to re-
main home working from daylight TO
sunset, and don't even know where to get
the bread to put in your mouths.
Working day in and day out, making
wealth to turn into the pockets Of the
monopolist. They say the laboring man
cannot understand the Mckinley bill.
You must understand 1t. This Is a bust.
ness matter. You have right TO know
what there is upon these 1880 pages. up
on which 1900 different articles are
made to pay duty to the wealthy bene-
heiaries Of the system. Who ever read
or who knows what there Is on itY 1t Is
taking the life out OF you The com mon
people can't understand It they say a
law the common people cannot uader-
stand is not a ct law 10 be upon the
pages of the statute book.
They have stified free debate which has
existed for 100 years in the House. The
minority has no rights. You wouldn't
have decided a dog fight without giving
them better chance and of the 1870
n
How about tinT' I'll tell YOU about
tin in minute. The bill was railroaded
through, debate choked off and 4 900 ar.
ticles taxed while 200 amendments could
not be considered, and you had no chance
at all unless you do as the sturdy repre-.
sentative from Texas did-kick the doors
down. I'll hurry on, and show how an
teauated the scheme really Is. When
they want to get large sum Of money
they place the tax upon the things in
universal use. Men who live by taxa
ton do not care TO tax velvet and other
things that are used by herlch, because
as class they are comparatively small
They seek for those things that are IN
universal use. They will say, ooh. the
tax is only few cents But then YOU
must remember that the extraction OF
man. woman and child In this broad land
Of ours means a great deal in the agge-
gate. They tax your stockings, and
every thing worn By women, chill
dren and men, whenever thew can.
They tax the blankets that are to
protect you from the chilling cold this
winter. Thank God the bill has not
passed yet and we have still six DAYS
hat ba mi
tax upon blankets is placed at LOG per
cent. blanket that must be bought by
every man who keeps family. Blanket
manufacturers were doing well enough,
but these great shepherds Of 1870, 900
sheep said; "You must pay more for
things we make from raw wool r Every.
thing made from wool becomes higher in
price. Things the rich people consume
were only raised y per cent. Com mon
hats, the kind every workingman wears,
were taxed Ill per cent, while the high
hat the dude wears, only pays 66 per
cent They should give an explanation
10 justify such discrimination, but they
10 not do so. / have asked many in
Congress for an explanation, but they
were as dumb as sheep before shearers
They want TO put tax upon something
everybody uses. When they are looking
for taxes they levy them upon those
things you find in the poorest home in
Wilmington, and those things most used
by the family. Hats are taxed, blankets
are taxed, stockings are taxed and when
your shroud is placed upon YOU,
you pay the last tax Of all
If you want canned goods you pay
from two TO three cents on them ID order
to Gil their Golfers The issue IS not be-
tween ] and 2-10 cents per pound
upon tin plate. but between no duty and
10 cents per pound upon il TO- the
benefit OF few men Who say Pat the
tax on tin plate and we can supply the
country ourselves They have lordly
ways about them, ana think nothing Of
taking money from the pockets OF the
poor man and putting il into their own
pockets. 1t makes or 10 cents differ
ence on a dozen cans Of tomatoes Oh,
they tell you that is a small sum
and they are doing j. TO
foster an unborn American industry.
Senator Vance Of North Carolina, who
has struck so many sturdy blows in be.
half Of the masses Of the people, sunmed
ny the matter in the Senate by telling
these men: If it is big enough TO steal
it is big enough to keep. So il is
These little taxes are placed upon things
Of general and every Gay use. They say
they don't want the tax in the treasury.
They say they have enough without IL.
Then why should they keep it on tin
platter Because some men cut in Pitts
burg say. Give us duty on tin and we
will establish tin IplAte industry. We
will take il up II yon will hold II" And
the Government commands you TO stand
still while these robbers put their hands
in your pockets ~ TO the elbows ! have
said something Of the tax could weary
you futher, but then these men say you
do not understand it. Who is there here
who understands it, or who is there
here who can name few of the 600
articles upon the list as provided by the
Mckinley bill Why do not know that
after three months of hard study
at it down in Washington that
understood il myself, the people
are sot expected to understand it by
these men, but are expected to take tSe
word Of men who ride to Washington in
parlor cars, that the measure is for their
good. No man was ever a slave VINO
would be free. We want the same spirit
that actuat.d our forefathers at Bunker
Hill and inspired there hearts to
throw the tax burdened tea into
Boston Harbor. You have come