Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-09


longer. would simply say that sugar,
which Is termed reciprocity, is put upoI
the free list and rot taxed ht sli; but .
power is delegated TO the Pre- ident OF the
United States, whenever aud ~ often as
be may sss fit to bellows that foreign no.
tions, producing certain produots-sugar,
molasses, codse, tea and bides-are not
justly reciprocal to the Omitted States, IN
regard to the duties upon those articles,
upon which no duty iS now laid by law,
ha may rsimpoge duties upon sugar, mo.
lasses, tea, cofss aud hides at q rate
stated in that bill.
CONSOLIDATION OF POWERS DANGEROUS.
What does this mean, fellow citizens 2
1t is q delegation, in the fest place, of
legislative discretion to the President of
the United States; 1t is giving him pow
ers only vested in Congress, and which
they have no power to delegate to him
any more than they have to delegate to
ne in fact, ii would be safer TO delegate
the to me than to him, because it is the
consolidation Of powers that is danger
ous. Mr.. Madison said that the union
OF the three powers, Judicial, executive
aud Legislative, was the very quintessence
| OF tyranny. And In this country they have
| given the President Of the United States
! power TO put hides upon the taz list, lea
aud coffee on the tax list, sugar and
moasses on the tax list, whenever any
marion shall give HIM cause TO believe
that they are not acting Ia what is called
reciprocal juatico towards us. Fellow
citizens, against that, OF course, every
Democrat in the Senate voted. Bat when
MIR. Gray came forward with @ genuine
ofsr of reciprocity [spplsase] agreeing
that we would exchange with the nations
OF this hemisphere freely certain articles
that we produced against others that they
produced, without giving the President
the power TO put his thumb upon the
windPipe Of commerce and business,
every Republican voted against 1t.
ONLY RECIPROCITY OF IsoLATIoN.
Fellow citizens, the policy of that bill,
with the reciprocal amendment in it, is
not reciprocity; it is not reciprocity of
tsade, it is the reciprocity Of ISOLATION.
That bill is made to isolate the people OF
the United States from fair trade, or free
trade, of any kind, on just terms with
other nations. The proof that the tariff
IL made by manufacturers is that they
have no foreign market; they have only
their home market. The only part
of our countrymsn to whom the foreign
markets nov are valuable are the farmers.
the producers OF breRdstufis, of provi-
sions and some miners OF coal, and others
who make large Exports. Therefore,
evory effort which excludes foreign ma
ions from the comfy or trade with us,
simply excludes our farmers more and
more from the only markets for the sur-
Plus that IL left. II l. q blow against
tleir industries.
INFAMOUS TIN PLATE TAX.
Take, for instance, the tax upon tin
plates, an article which mas come into an
inpor.ancs little dreamed Of few short
years ago. BY the discovery of hermeti-
cally sealing, provisions aud fruits the
whole force OF warfare 10 changed. An
army can be moved INTO the middle of a
deHert and be supplied with fresh vege-
tables and fresh meats, keeping olive and
in health this Whole b1ty o. men. Dis
tant sea voyages can be prosecuted by the
same means. The tYuth il that this dis
coyery Of Theoretically sealing in tin cans
mest, vegetables, aud oil manner OF
human food, is most remarkable and
potential discovery. Against that, one
OF the few things left for the poor farmer
in Delaware, for the email ffuit grower
and the truck gGFd ener, whose
crops would peiizh II lie could not in
this way preserve them, this tariff
deals wicked aud deadly blow. And
for what Not to sustain or protect an
existing industry, but to ensble men,
wno have not dollar engaged in the
bu;iness, 90 leara how they shall still
farther tax the greaS mass of their
couutrymen. Why it il shameful and
shocking. Applause They have singled
out the elasses that least ean bear these
burdens. They are striking at the most
commendnbls, the most wholesome, the
most innocent OF cur pugsuits. Know
in2 what / do Of tue farming classes Of
this country, knowing what l do of
the farming clashes OF this, my
own little State, knowing the s1fier-
ing5 they are undergoing now
by q failure Of their crops and
their fruit, say that it makes my very
heart burn with Indignation when think
OF the blow that, so meanly and cruelty,
10 being inf cted upon them. There
may be large canners who mny tell you
it is very little, bsoause, they may tell
you, where they export their tin cans in
large numbers they can get rebate. But
that 10 not the cage WITH the poor farmer,
who cans mis- growing products, and who
must psy the increased price. 1t wont
do to sneer it down and beIittle it. The
increase Of duty By this bill will be more
tAnn ~, OOA, 900 alhually; snd that ia the
Gmden To Le PIT upon that most de-
serving GLASS OF cur countrymen, engaged
IN business in which VS. are oil inter-
entn3, for the ERbe Of health and COM
fort ard, cofsooth, to enable some man,
already sioh, to pat aome Of his unscru-
pm ou4 wealth iato an Industry that
has, 20 tbs day, 10 existence il ire bor-
dara Of the Unrod.
THE uHIEn STATES co.
Then fellow ciGzeus, there ia gross
fGv7ritiam in thil bill. 'nhe governmental
pnwor 81 taxation IA being fsrmed out to
favored people. Tha government IS TAX
ing certain claesss Of man into their CO.
partneeahip. Il ig not the United States
* AmeEica; it j the Unitad 5tales 4 %.
.applEu7Pl; and ITO roembsrs Of that
company ara a mere hlndiol compared 10
the millions that are bound to meet the
composition that their oRn treasury ia
carrying on uader the lava Of the!r coun-
try. Applu1sa