Fair play., 1890-04-26
Frantic Jmbec;Ii.y.
fFrum the i,".,uhi

tArIft taxation tor the prohibition I"
compc,itinn ami the maintenance "'
high prices. The >i-I'I. i doomed
II caunot stand another i'Te>t,(rni!a
calupaieu. The party which -Upp".i'
il is il l,c,,..,.-S and frantic confusion
The biz ii-"lf i nothing !r>- than
frn,ic 10 IL leading provisions pro
visions through which a de- i,niiiB- ai
tempt .a- heun made /" rtcGn"iic iht
farmin. frj.uhiican- of the Wr-i IL
HE continued domination of the
iaci"ry lords and money lenders oi
the Northeast.
To understand clearly Ibis situation
II i necessary 10 ignore for iii" i.,nt
iein. the details Of the Increased
taxation on glassware, crorkerA ware,
barhel wire, clothing, cnrrei, an,i
other Manufactured necc--niic- "i
civilized life. To be rightly under
stood the bill must be considered il,
lis broad outline and ia connection
with sugnr, hides and wool that is. IN
connection with duties On raw mater.
ial produced in rhe West.
Three tiinc- the party managers put
into the bill "a tax on hides to -a'i-t,
the demand of Wcs.crn Republicans
for II -hare in the pr"ce"'!, "i tnritl
/ IL ,s.,
| iniilnidaicd by the Northeast until
finally the hill Ia reported with hI'lcs
again on the free ii-t-tlat is. with
free trade fer the Northeast, which
denies free trade To the West.
The absuriity Of the attempt l."
hold the un:enable position OF free
| trade for manufacturers aud high
taxes on Western consumers appears
again in the wool schedules. When
Western Republicans demand that
foreign competition with Western
wool shall bc prohibited. "a c"npr"-
! mise" j, patched up bciw the manu-
/ facturcr aud the Western Republican,
pniiiIcian under the terms OF which
t the Eastern manufacturer i. ''con
pcnsated' for n slight advance in The
| amt. 0n wool by general advance of
the taxes on every Western consumer
Of woolen goods.
| Buf desperation reaches its climax
! in the treatment of raw su.ars-the
heaviest revenue producing article an
| '.,c hniiable list. Leaving tax on
refined sugar, such rs can be used for
the table. the party managers remove
! hc 500. coo. 600 taxes from raw sugar
! rnd transfer them to other schedule.
as ''protrcIi"n" tor the manufactured
good. used but not produced in tie
West. In addition they pr"pose /"
pension the sugar planters Ms disabled
| veterans who have fallen nnisidr ii g
breast W ork.' in the battles of hig tax
a'ion-giving them a jirect bounty Of
cents II pound on every pound of
sngar they produce.
Political i.IiOcy could go no further
| than this. Not crn' OF the tax on
foreign sugar is mbatcd. 1t i- oDl,
transferred as ''protcctinn' to "thc"
articles, and direct TAX of , cents tor
every pound of American sugars j..
',lpnsrd "n consumers in the 'hone
market"
The result expected from this is an
increase Of revenue from the dntics tu
be levied almost exclusively for the
benefit of the Northeast. Whether
this will follow is very doubtful. The
certain effect of taxes levied again.,
competition, wherever they are high
enough to prevent it. is TO Yield n
diminishing return to the Treasury
aud an increase OF the burdens on the
people through the increased price OF
their neccs.arie- of life. Thus,
through the taxes on the people are
greatly increased by the bill. it is
doubtful whether It viii Weld per
.uanent revenue sufficient to run the
government, pay the military pensions
to orphan infants and ,lccrtpii di-able,.
veterans of the hi gh tax system.
However this may be, the protection
lines have broken nt what was always
I,ns
surely rs sugar goes on the free list,
High Protective taxes will be over
rcmodel.ed on the basis of taxation
which prevailed between 1916 ani
1860. A tariff for prohibition canno,
bc maintained. aud raw sugar was the
only single article of suiiicieu, i'm
revenue character. To have brought
this about the Democrats could have
afforded TO appear temperate, incon
si>tent. In every Democratic inriil
sugar will uere--aril, figure 81, one OF
the leading articles taxed FOR revenue
an.! for revenue only. but "a f,.rra the
i>,ue for .hc nvcrihruw uI higiI-tarif
taxation The Democratic party might
well have ,tf ,r,lel 10 urge Tie Repun
.ican> "u to DO just what they ROW
propose to 10 OF their own notion
put raw sugar on the free lii and in
- ,iuin" strike the revenue feature.
on; oi he tariff, lea, ing il a = stem ,t
laNari"n not ou imports but agait.>r
competilion.
Free trade in sugar and hjlc-: iigl.
tsN"> on wool wnnl!en- ;.nd every
thing r'>r VIII mean OV:l " to-. .fIljiI9
prlI!"CrntIr victories III tie cungrt--