The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-01-16

wanted Hut he read little further and found
tho revenue was 10 be reduced by increasing
taxation. Perhaps the title was put on the
bill on the principle enuuclatcd by the simple
minded farmers youth. He went counting .
ncirhhor farmers daughter During the week
be was 'chancd on the subject The next sun.
day he saddled his horse aud started out. =
friend stopped him. calling attention 70 the fs~s
that his saddle was ON wrong side forwaro
-Sh. don't say any thing ! put Il on -
way 80 no one could tell which way Wa T
ing was the boys reply.
The farmer looking over the bill found hls>
tax put on mules beef. cattle and swine. whrH
bologna sausage which contains all three Il .
the free list. There Is high duty on cabbage
20 protect ours from tho paupcr cabbage Of
Europe but saucr kraut comes in free There
Is = big tax on potatoes 20 give the farmer .
higher price for those he raises but when
there Il drought and we don't raise any
We have 70 import potatoes ana pay the big
price this tax imposes. When we raise big
crop nobody brings any In.
But the farmers generally understand now
that good commerce, fair exchange Is prodta
BILE 10 both parties. and that bad commerce
stops itself. John Bull Is no SLOUGH at trade;
Bother Jonathan Is clever enough when II
comes 70 swapping They won't exchange I'M
less II Is good thing for both. The farmers
ara all right. They understand that put ting
tax on things doesn't make them cheaper
APPLAUSE FOR cLEvELAND's NAME.
Hon. Owen Scott called Blainc's rec
iprocity scheme "a gimlct hole bored
through the Mckinley law" His ref
erence 10 Grover Cleveland as the leader
Of the hosts Of tariff reform brought
forth . storm Of applause.
THE TARIFF AND ITS VICTIMS.
Mr.. Edwin Burritt Smith. in respond
ing TO the toast: 1.-The Revision Of the
Tariff by Its Victims" said:
The tarin has been so long with US md 50
Affects every transaction Of our lives that to
many II has become blessing personined- be-
ing capable OF friendships and enmities. They
regard loyalty 10 what Is absurdly called pro-
lection. as others regard loyalty 10 country.
They have not yet denied the right TO
modify the tarin TO meet changed condi-
tions. but they insist that all revision must be
BY its friends. In fact since the Republican
party accomplished It's pubic programme with
reconstruction IL has been ma inly occupied In
distributing spoils and revising the tarin.
The war rendered the heaviest possible tax.
alto n necessary. The internal-reyenue coliec-
tions for single year exceeded s3Dj,OuOOO.
This vast burden. in one way or another. rested
on property. With the close OF the war came
necessity for tax reduction. II would seem
that the two great systems OF taxation which
had grown up together one because 81 the Other
and both because or the war. should have been
reduced together. But such has not been the
history. As the English Barons converted 70
their own private use the public lands placed
in their hands to enable them to perform mil.
itary services after the services were no longer
required. 80 our American tarin barons have
continued 70 levy private taxes on their con.
sumers years after ne repeal q me internal
friends consists in throwing tariii bill into the
secrecy Of q conference committee In the clos
Ing hours o. the session Then by changes ~
-. 7. ~ :, ans
devices /, Il made verv dinscult II not ouite
impossible. for even an expert 10 tell the ex.
tent o. protection allowed II one had the
narulnooa 70 p1o.es' ne = ea.'su ,neo.ssl %
..ssnch revision hss for IL end the removal a.
all National taxes upon property, in favor Of
the heaviest possible. public and private taxa
ton imposed upon consumption- Revision 9!
the tarn ~ its friends means me escape q 81!
aecumuiateo property anu sne entire income y
W. Iicn acvse ae'ua' c1penul.utes n.,o ny
neANaes. possio'o 'a&a.'o. ~ nc ens'to ~.
come o. the poor man VINO opnHea 70 speno
81 rs 49, ~ = w. ~ =. -,vps
no surer eouI'e '.sn ' ~. y, .nss 'sn
1900 ----- --...--. .--s.-..--- -
~ 49, '.~.s nus ~ - ''''
n NE. ~ pIo 49, 49, k.e.'s lcu-so
~ uas aus ~. nou' -. ness - 1910 -nvs
me Veins =, 'no ."s.,' .n''o' -. sP'enu'.
'eaar'sn,P ~ eno MI ny nAs e..en !. $500
cause 70 az p..s 49,. 800. ps.ss 's
u,u eause. ".'' un1el = '''' 's'''
"n'en vi. 'n"csu ~ : e'''n
Mr.. Edward u. Mason spoke OF Ihe
New Political Era as the time when
nan xould vote their convictions mn
:-a----, =. -~~-..~:ar-,.;a
M uene.e ~ r.. y,
Supsiules ana bountics euionei IL
w. Snow thought were the idiOtic at
ta,nnts ~ = defeated cauSe To restore
\. 49, -. 49, Ax,a~;c.v, c,,,,,x..~co
~ 80 -.
wnich restrictive laws han oriven
from it.
THE CAMPAIGN or EDUCATION.
~ ~ ~ r,v;,,cr rae,,<,,,d.d a., tha
.,,-, n-,...s p,--.:~ 49,
todSt. INC holiticai nesoAueon' Vhas
Was Its Cause?' lie said:
The great popular condemnat q the
methods and principles OF the party In power
Is the clear reascn able and only logical result
Of the campaign OF education that for SO many
weary years In season and out Of season. the
self sacrificing missionaries Of tarin reform
have prosecuted in every school district and
voting precinct within the limits OF the Federal
Union. This campaign OF education lifted the