The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-23

there we shall remain until Victory awaits
us, loud applauae,l
know that there are those who say s0
long 40 everybody receives some portion
ol tariff taxation, that therefore no lnius'
tlee IL done, | have heard men argue,
"What difference does II make 30 long 40
q tariff bill gives everybody a little pro-
teeil0u, 40 II 10, called, therefore nobody
should complain, II 10 possible, my
friends, that 70 some extent, whatever
beneiiiA are conferred upon one portion
Of o community tOa certain extent, lim'
iied though II may be, II inurea 10 the benz
eill Of others, II 10 possible that II every
man IN this town was taxed -, and that
money WAS 10 be given " one OF your
leading citizens, and he proposed u IN
vest that money In your town, II might 20
"a limited degree and Ia an Indirect mans
ner be Of some benefit 10 portions OF your
peoplej but I do not believe Ia the doe.
lrlne OF "robbing Peter 70 pay Paul.
lApplauael
believe II IL an abuse Of the power Of
taxation 10 take money from one NAME
pocket and place IL Ia another'a, aud
believe \ IL the duty OF the government 10
deal Justly and exactly with the Interests
Of all, not unduly fayOrlng any, ! know
there are some old arguments IN favor OF
this doctrine OF having eyerybody'a Inter
eats represented In tariff bill, and know
that the other side rely upon the fact that
by examining their tariff bill that every
body apparently has gotten some lniereht
ia H., They seek thereby 20 hoodwink aud
deceive the American eople. There are
some tariff dutiea In Mr, MeKlnley'a bill
that viii benefit nobody directly or re'
molely or any other way, Hut deny that
the government ahould leRlhlate for the
purpose Of deoelylng any portion OF the
people, Lot the government Interfere aR
little aa possible with reference 10 the
business Of the people, A tariff bill 10 not
popular simply because everybody has
some share OF II.
l bog your pardon for telling right
here ono Of ihe principal grounds upon
going 10 be, II IN the old story aud you
will pardon mo for repeating Il. There
was lawyer aakelLo defend q client for
stealing a hog-the great American hog II
must bo Of which we have heard 80 much
about Qaughterl, lie says 10 him, "Dld
you steal ltYh "You 20 on and try my
caaeh says the client, "you present the
case 10 the jury.n The Jury was cmpan.
n0llod, the lawyer presented the case they
showed that he had stolen the hog, traced
II 10 his house and his cellar and then
they rested. The lawyer said "What do.
fonae have | got2 II IL clear case
against you.n "Go aud sum up the oAaen
aald the client, lie did 30, and 20 the sur
prise OF the lawyer they rendered a YER
diet OF not guilty. And then tho lawyer
that verdict was brought aboutYn Aud he
ahya, "oloyen out the twelve Of those Jury.
men had piece OF the pork,n 1iaughtor
and applauro.) do not believe that the
American people want TO Justify 4 tariff
measure upon auoh grounds aa those,
believe that tho people do not want u
share In the profits which are virtually
stolen from the consumers OF the country
and placed In the pockets OF favored In
tcreata
Let me call yon attention 10 a few things
which have boon done. Two years ago
everywhere upon the stump the D0mo.
cratic party argued In favor OF placing
moro articles upon the FREQ list do not
propose 10 enter into detail Aa 20 all the
articles of this tariff BILL | want 10 call
your attention to one thing. We argued
IN favor OF placing lumber on the free
list, We said thcro can bo no real objec-
tlon 10 II. II would facilitate building. II
will help every working man. Lumber IN
becoming scarce IN this country We
know Of no reason why the plain people,
the consumers OF the country, the men
who want 10 build little houses, why they
should object 10 having lumber placed on
the FREQ list, Instead, we know OF no rea
son why We should pay tribute TO Gen.
Algor and the other lumber kings OF Mich.
ignn. lApplnuac) The fight wont on,
We presented our arguments. We were
not successful, Tho contest has been kept
up ever since, and point You 10 the fact
that this lato Rcpubll can Congress has
been compelled 70 reduce the tax upon
lumber onc.half. Mr.. Mckinley, your
was opposed oven 10 that re-.
duction, lie wanted TO keep the burden
upon you 10 its full extent (Applause,)
But In spite OF his arguments, the western
Senators would not have II that way and
they insisted that NJ least there must bo q
reduction Of ono.hnlf Ia regard 10 certain
grades, / point you 10 this fact ms the
triumph OF the Democrat party because Il
forcei the issue upon this question and
the representatives reluctantly granted Il
In spite of the efforts Of the distinguished
chairman Of the ways aud means COM
mttoe,
read this afternoon on my way here an |
nrtlclc In the Cleveland Herald, ] think II |
was, In which they argued plainly that the |
tariff was u tax, and stated that some |
boon trying TO take away from the Rcpub- |
lioan congress- tho credit for this reduction, |
They say that Il N great benefit 70 tho |
people 1t IL u reduction In favor ofnll the |
This IN q further argument, |
say that tariff is n tax.
Some 10 or H. years ago they passed an |
lct by which they took OIL the duty from |
hides 40 they might come free into this |
'ountry. This was u measure In the best
interests OF the people and u benefit TO the
people In tho business OF tanning and shoe
making. | say this was done some 10 or
.2 years ago. There was not tanner In
he country that wanted this tariff amend
vi or put back Well, In the last congress,
n the report made, your ncighbor chair
nan OF this committee, sought TO place
,ack the tariff duty ON hides--and yet my
rlonds, because OF the efforts made by
he Democratic representatives, Mr.. Me-
Slnley was beaten, and today hides ie-
main free, the same as they have for the
asst 10 or ~ years.
/ point YOU 20 this fact because he has
,oen the most extreme of all the men In
congress upon this subject. No monopoly
las appealed TO him In vain. No favorito
las asked for his support and not recoiv.
u II.
He has been the champion Of them all.
Three Republican Senators from the west,
rave and true men, stood up In the Som
ITO and voted against this tariff bill be-
auso they believed II was not In the best
interests Of the people. (Applause.)
| do not propose TO detnin you by argu-
ng In reference TO the details Of those
arllr measures. Permit me to say in n
word that the Mckinley bill adds to the
,urdcns upon the people. Go to your
torea to-day and ask them tho prices OF
necessares Of life, and they
viii tell you that they have risen. Pos
IDLY some merchants are taking undue
advantage In great many instances,
,ut this Mckinley bill affords them the
opportunity OF 80 doing. The bill Is one
rnmed in the interests OF monopolists-
n the interests OF q few and not in the in.
erOsts OF the whole.
lotted down this afternoon few OF
lnsses OF the people that neither remote
y, indirectly, In the slightest degree have
my sort Of interest In any OF these tariff
axes, which may mention here: Every
hna no interest, every clerk of |