The Iola register., 1891-02-06
Pefer'd Tariff Policy.

Topeka. .ilnuarT 2I.-Durlng lnc sen
atorial fight the principal argument
used against Judge PETER was that he
was high prOtectiOnist, never having
undergone a complete change of heart
since leaving the republicans and ally
ing himself with the peoples party.
This the Judge has denied frequently
with his pen and upon the stump and
through the columns of his paper, the
Kansas Farmer. he has spoken his opin-
Ions very clearly. In fact, Judge PETER
was never high protectionist:
A reporter of the Star found Judge
PETER Yesterday afternoon at his desk
in the Kansas Farmer office, where he
spent the day working. as if he had
not been elected to the highest Office
within the Gift of the people of the
state. The reporter asked the Judge
for statement of his views upon the
tariff:
Il will take pleasure in giving them
to you" ne replied. and then continued:
.First-The revenue necessary to
carry on the general government must
be raised by taxation. either direct, or
indirect. or both, and for the present
and for some years to come, large part
of such revenues. ought TO be, as they
have ever been since the formation OF
our government. raised from duties or
taxes levied on foreign goods imported
into the country.
"Second-In laying such duties or
taxes. they should be limited chiefly to
such luXuries and such articles as are
used mostly by rich people, as liquors,
fine dress goods. laces. embroiderles.
fancy articles of hand work, costly
works of art, painting, stationery, ex-
pensive firearms, ETC.; as to these the
duties should be as high as they will
bear. so as not to prohibit importation;
as TO all articles, the like of which are
made by our own people in quantities
sufficient to supply the home demand
are used by the masses
of the people. as common wool and cot
ton goods. furniture, farm machinery
and implements. hollow iron ware,
building tools. coarse blankets, shoes,
underwear. and other articles, as long
as they are produced here as good and
as chcaply as similar articles of foreign
make can be delivered to us, should be
no higher than may be required to save
the home market to our own workers
without operating as burden on the
consumer: duties thus laid should be SO
adjusted as TO produce the most revenue
at the least cost to our own people: that
a general average rate of 30 per cent on
dutiable goods is ample for the purposes
above named. and will prove all the pro-
lection needed: that coffee, tea, spices,
sugar. salt. lumber. coal, binding twlne,
fence wire and tin plate should be ad-
mitted free.
"Third-That the protective princi-
pie is right, that it should be made to
apply to consumer and producer alike:
that free trade is sometimes the best
form OF protection, as in the case OF
sugar.
"Fourth-That reciprocity is good
doctrine, and ought to be applied in our
intercourse with all nations, whether oi
the new world or the old.
THAT, in brief" concluded the sena
tor-elect. sis my tariff platform, and il
is the platform upon which l have stood
for twenty years. 1t is the platform
which means the highest protection fol
the poor man. have always held thai
necessaries should be practically free
and that the burdens of the tariff
should be be borne by the consumers o
luxuries. Such a Gevision as will
effect this is demanded by the producing
class, the industrial class o
this country and such a revision
must and will come. The people OF th'
United States are reading more ant
thinking more than ever before. The.
are educating themselves and the NOR,
they study the tariff question the NOR
they see the necessity of revision o
the tariff upon the line l have indi
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