Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-10-17
BAssETT g. co.
THE SMELL OF MONOPOLY

ma Of r4rin flstsry R~p~.ts It..if-sur-
plus Rsdactisa In 1879 and is9o-Ths
West was for rarlR deduction Then as
Nev-rhs biew at Monopoly Then. and
the Aid It Gsts Now.
Tariff history. like other history. re-
peats Itself, Ia, tho fiscal years 1871
and 1874 \ surplus Of something like
eioo. oo0. 600 had accumulated as the re,
suit OF war dut.es which had not heon
reduoed There was then no party SO
extrayagaut rs 10 mako 1t It's one vital
prlnci nlc that the true way TO make tho
people prosperops ia 70 tar them enor.
inously beyond tho needs Of tho Govern.
mont and then sqaandvr tho surplus
by appropr.at ons Of tho most profligate
eharaotor There was no Tom Reed at
tho helm thon 10 boast that they had
got rid OF the surplus by spending IL
Tho ma ajority OF the Republican party
was At that tiine In favor OF the common
sense view that the. way TO get OF a
surplus Is TO reduce taxation. Then, as
now. there was strong tariff reform
wave swcepIng over the Republican
party In tho West; and nearly all tho
Republican Congressmen from tho West
went TO Washington In 1879 W IN de-
termination to reduce the iar.f.
Mr. Dawes, OF Massachusetts, was
theu In the position now occupied by
Major Mckinley, chairman OF the Ways
and Means Committee OF tho House. Az
. Representative Of Now England he
was opposed to u reduction OF tho tariff,
Now England clamoring at that tine
for the highest possible protection II
II Interesting TO roto that this samo
MI Dawes. now Senator from Massa.
ehusctts. has begun 10 see tho
tahn In different light now
thai New England has ceased
70 reap n benefit in all directions from
the highest form OF projection. and her
have, In fact begun tocry
aloud for free raw maloria r. This same
Mr.. Dawes sa d OF tho Mex niey bill, in
the senate ou August q. that he recog-
nized that change Of sentiment In New
England. a" and that nobody fe,t moro
sensibly than he did the inequalit es
and injust stices Of features OF The ponding
bill" After saying this he voted with
the Democrats to reduce the duty on
iron orc. ~ IS bst, sA
But In 1879 Now England's views on
tariff reform were different from what
they aro to-day, and so Nv Dawes held
dIferent views too mt that limo. All,
though be was chairman az the Ways
and Means Committee no did not suo.
seed in shan,ny suoh n ld,l as be wanted
10, his own dear N,w England, and
henco he III, 10 4 Western lmember the
task of a.fending tho bIll that was CON.
structod an accordanco with Western
ideax
m WAS Mr. Flnto,rhsrs a, M,s-
soorI In dofendlno tho t,ri n sodnction
n n Witch ,ho comr,,,oo hai hrongh,
,n 10 -. no. ~ lan.n.a n. s,.,ssa
co.,r.-, ssit,, ,ho sa,, M ,,,n,,ts ~ ,ha ~.
tec.Ior Marty today He said that tho
.omnI,,.s,. ma.s,ra was ,n,ondad
uara,v ..to A vost some indu.,r,cs q,
tho superabundant protec,lon. which
sme,Is ~ ,nononolv and witch q, was
navar In ,andad ,hey sbould oniov .f,ar
A.. .,.r~ - -
II I,r, MeR,nlo,,s aut,os h,vo that uorv
o.,nrr,hav "sma,i q, morono,v a.
@ "oor .f,nr tho war as 1874 Nj FInkaln'
@ harg snoarIng Tor bis nartv's ways anS
Masns T comm,ttne sa,d ,hat WV" was
nave, ,ntonded that our ,naustr,cs
should enioy war dutiea aftor the war.
Now what do we and tweptv.flyo wears
after tho close OF tho warp Tho
sew mon left In the Ropub-
IIcan marty who talk as Mr.