Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-27


the poor man TO pull in the traces The
proposition is made to this Congress that
certain gentlemen shOldu be allowed 10 eX-
pertinent al public expense and ascertain
whether they may be able 10 produce at Il
profit this prime necessity There Is no
claim that the revenue 10 be derived Will be
necessary for the support of Government.
/ The position is not assumed that any indus
try now I'm existence will be benefited by
the imposition of this burdensome and
unnecessary tax, but the majority of
the Committee on Ways and Means
pretend that u new industry may pOssibl Y
/ be created and set on foot in this country
and another leech is placed on the body
polite
This whole bill is builded upon this same
/ false and iudefensible dOctrine-the doc
| trine that. regardless of the question of
revenue. the masses should be taxed TO in
crease the profits of few persons engaged
| IN manufacturing. who themselves make
| the specious plea that they can not continue
/ their business unless the tariff tax is in
creased and in the opinion Of the great
/ body of the favored few they can not con
/ tiuue their business unless their neighbors
are taxed for their benefit whereby they
may amass great fortunes IN hot haste al
I the expense of the public.
We believe, and with the assurance that
we are right. that there should be some
gauge. some limit. 10 the taxes imposed
upon the people; that where such vast
I sum is necessary annually for the payment
of pensions and the current expenses of the
/ Government, which SUN must IN the main
/ bee collected by an indirect system Of taxa
| tiOn-bv a tariff system the industries of
/ this country will be sufficiently protected
when the rates of duty are high enough Ia
realize this immense amount And thus
the issue is presented.
/ II is not a question of free trade II Is
/ a question whether the people shall be
taxed more in amount than Is necessary tOl
/ this Government. The politician or states
man who wastes his time in charging il
upon us that we are free traders as the
Republicaus busy themselves TO do. is moi
worthy of consideration. Free trade is i'm
practicable under our system OF govern
mcnt: frcer trade may not be
III time permitted 1 would be glad TO e
through the schedules OF his bill and show
where they discriminate in favor of the few
against the many, where the masses, the
great body of consumers, are unnecessarily
and uurcasouably taxed to benefit the man
.ufacturers. the privileged classes, and not
the labOring people, as has been so Often
assumed.
desire also briefly to refer to the enor
nous increase proposed by this bill in the
tax on lamp-chimneys. Mr. Chairman. q
lamp-chimncy is apparently so insignificant
a thing that IL may be presumed that no
body cares what You tax II or how you dc
t. But il happens, in the providences oil
nature. that my district affords peculiar
demonstration of the euOrmity and Unjust
ice of this tax ! represent a homogeneous
and good people but in large part they
live i'm the mountains, and while they earn
all they enjoy. the lack of railroad anc
other facilities for transportation has ne
cessitatcd largely the continuance OF priml
tive methods.
I'm nv whole district, filed as it is with
coal and salt, primcval forests. and all the
elements which are so rapidly producing
wealth I'm the country, II is TACT, ana
frankly admit il. that outside the great re
sort known as the White Sulphur
Springs" there is only one town IN the
whole district lighted by gas. Now, in the
face of this fact what can YOU expect oi me
when You propose by this bill and It's ar
hilary increase Of duties To double the cost
of lanp-chimney To every household in my
mountain district or send its inmates 10
bed i'm the dark.
Large sales and small profits Is 4
maxim i'm comHercial law. and so / pre-
sumo il is calculated by the promoters oil
/ This bill that il is simple thing 10 make
I the school children of West Virginia OF
their parents put away the lights and the
little ones 20 TO sleep with lessons uh-
/ learned TO pay a tax OF cents cach or more
to enrich the Golfers of manufacturers
whose half-paid laborers blow or press the
GLASS Take of your tax from the lght
/ NAT rllides the footsteps of the people in
tbe dark hour. As God Almighty would
naralvzc the arm that would hinder the
sunshine. His own free gift that guides
Them bv dav. so will the people strike
down the party which favors this lniqul-
toms tax. MIR. Chairman, il is gratifying
I IN know that Republicans have arisen on
this floor 10 protest against this enormity;
t But they represent the great agricultural
region of the far West, and 1t Is painful 10
see that they. like their Democratic oreth-
rem. are disregarded in every appeal loI
/ Justice for the people against the Oehehci"'
ries of this Republican bill.
The subjects which nave haileu arr nO'
|exceptional eases in which the people are
TO be imposed upon by TINS Olll. tuVf
simply represent the theory, practical Ell
feet and policy Of the entire OIL WIN . .I..
erence 10 every article consumed by the
peoDle and manufactured by special class
The farmer the artisan and the laOorel
have not had their influence felt here, ou'
the handspring of the Committee on ways
and Means has been touched by every mo
uopoliSt i'm the land, and the simple SusgeS,
ton of what it requires 10 make nm rlcu
has met with response.
ann sorry this debate is SO limited.
would be- clad 10 speak further upon TINS
bill
While YOU. my Republican.brethren. may
emf on debate here-and do not blame You
fol. this cOnrse. for besides the hard raps
II has received from this side | am OF
opiuiou that If one OF two more good he
publicans should rise above party
for the time being and speak ou'
I'm meeting the life OF TINS mons
frosty of a bill would be "of few
DAYS and full of trouble i want 10 say u
Won that there is a forum before which de
bate will not be limited. the forum oil Il'
neople. before which we will strip from TINS
measure the last vestige OF hollowneSS' 1e
ceit. and unmeaningneSs, ana expose us
rottcuneSs and hypocrisy.
IL is 10 this feast we invite YOU
n has been wonderful 10 me to see III
This dav and generation 50 many friends o.
The dear farmers" and "laboring men
stand ND and proclaim their devotion 70
these classes. Has ii dawned upon 1u'
country al last that the men who nave peer
fulfilling the scriptural requirement OF eat
inc their bread in the sweat OF their laS'
have torn asunder their letters, have aWah
ened from their lethargy, and have deter
mined 10 exercise the power they possess
a mower long unexercised, and lett dor
mant. 90,
And the people are not to be deceived ant