Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-06-06

Y si.s:ss
been increased. It's average rate
is 50 81 per Cent; whilst tils asyseef.
lage ratS ritz 8ii the same ARTICLES under
eSistiiig Inv is billy 4loS, an in,
crease ovst tl,S present rate OF 25
per cent. and more tllnn 100 per
cent. increasc over the rate of the
year 1916.
NIaAjiho,uring iiiiasitiss are tho
chief heneticiaries of The provisions
of this bill. Other industries and
Interests are practically ignored. It
disregards the great fundamental
doctrines, that all taxation should
he for public purposes. and for pub.
lie purposes alone; thnt the govern.
ment has no rightssto tns oils CLASH
Of men for tho benefit OF another;
that in imposing tariff laws justice
should bc done to all classes and
conditions. In the early days of
tho Republic, before class legisla.
ton Ind bedoiGc tIiS avowed object
OF nny political party, Mr.. Webster
said:
With mo it is a-fundamonthi AZ.
iOm, 1t Is iuterwoven @itti al nv,
opinions, that the great interests of
tho couiitry are united mill insenn.
lmblei that agriculture, coMdiefc6
ant! iialldinGtllres will prosper to,
gelher or languish together, amt
TINT nll legislation is dangerous.
which proposes to benefit ono of
these witliuut loolsiiiG dt conse.
Inences which may full oil the 9th.
crs. All domestic indtiStfS Ia not
confined to manufacturers. Tiie EN-.
ploythents Of agriculture, CSItimorce
and navigation uro all branches Of
tho same industry; thoy all iurnisil
emtloymcnt for American cnpitaf
and Aiiiericnii labor. And when
tho question is, whether new ltitits
shall 10 laid for tho purpose Of Civ.
ing lurtlier encouragement to par
tlculnr manufacturers, every reason.
Inblo tnali must ask himself whethhF
1t CpIl pc done without Injustice to
6tlftf 6rnftles of industry.
LII Training tho tariff laws of this
country for tho last thirty yenrs
tl'at 1HeslioR liaa not been 4skEd.
neither has tho axiom lnid down by
him been acted upon. What is the
result ! Our comnlcfte }ias Been
swept from tte seas ahd our agri.
cultural interests nre crushed to tho
earth hy btirdens which they no
longer cni{ or will bear. There must
ho n change. Tho EBtkfiimens
must itGt Continue to encourage tho
growth Of trtrsta and monopolies by
its la%a. 1t must treat all the In.
dnstfies with jnstice and fnirnSssr
1t must legislate not for Il f9w FL.
vorcd classes; but for the whole
people.
Tho price of mdnufu6tRr6d arti-
clcs must not hc raised by delstroy-
ing competition bS trolnbitory tar.
ills whilst ut the same time the
foreign lab0fer 10 imported herB
free Of duty and brought into com.
petition with tire AniisffGaf work.
ingmai so as to reduce his wages.
Higher prices for ifanufnGttired ar
ticles and lo@cr wages for the worE-
ingnicn have continued long enough
Enact laws that are eItiitnble and
just, and agriculture, c6ifYhferte ana
manufacture, and all the 4afj6Ha
industries Of tIiiS country will ffcur.
ish and prooffer together, and alt
the men engaged iii tlIcHl, whether
they furnish the labor OF the cnpi.
tai, will receive their fair sRafS OF
the results Of their united Efforts.
This much tile government owes to
its people. And if they he true to-
themselves they will y6t obtain it.
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