The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-12-12

The DemocI Plan of Reform.
Our Democratic friends are fast be-,
coming party of theorists. When i'll
suits them to be theoretical they hayei
a plan for every thing. To such par
ty it is no trouble to have plans for re.
duclng the tariff. and still not disturb
the relations of trade and labor.
Amongst the Sc tariff theorists, stands
prominently prominent the Philadel
0phia Record. Lot us look at some OF
the Record plans and see how they
will pan out. 1t says that the trade re-
turns for the last fiscal year show
that this country has imported about
$500, 900, 900 pounds of sugar. and the
indications are that during the cur
rent year. we shall import not less
than 1000, oOO. 600 pounds. II says that
upon this import a duty Of one
and a half cents a pound would yield
fiscal revenue of 100000, coo; and
the repeal Of the sugar bounty would
save sl0000,000 more. So much for
the sugar theory. Here are SO, 600
600 to be saved by the government,
but who does it come of OF? Tho fact
in the cucoe now is that we are get
ting sugar practically free, whereas by
tho plan proposed 10y the Record 1t
would make an additional cost on the
average to every family in the land Of
50 per year.
How does that strike the working
people who are getting their sugar
now at i've and six cents a pound
But then, according to the IL ord
theory, 1t makes no difference if every
family in the land does pay an average
oil 50 more year for sugar, SO that
the government only saves $40, 0Ol. 600
to make up the deficiency caused by
opening up the country to the free
trade markets OF England. The work
ing men have got to pay the piper in
the end
But the Record has a theory on COT
foe also. 1t says that during the last
fiscal year there were 6iSSti lS3
pounds of coffee imported into this
country and the next year the amount
promises to run up 10 SJJ,0DJ 0O). OF
course with the reciprocity arrange.
ments made with Brazil and otner
cOilee growing countries, this coffee
all comes in rre5. Upon this, however,
the Record proposes to levy duty OF
one and a half cents pound, which
would yield fiscal revenue of SIC,
100000 TO DO added to tho free.tradu
fund for the benefit OF England VIVA
do the working people who ARE gettin!
their cofeo free OF duty now thiui
OF this democratic theory.
With most extreme heartlessness til
Record goes on and attacks the thr
article of tree importation that is a.
important makeup OF a poor man
table. We allude OF course, TO tea
The Record tells us that during tn
last fiscal wear we imported 90 900, 90
pounds OF tea. 1t thinks that te
could bear tax OF five cents pound
which would yield revenue Of 81
100000 to DO added to the free trad
list for opening our ports to l,n-lisi
manufactures. How will wurliiEgmo
like to have their tea taxed five cent
q pound? On these three articles
sugar. coffee anu tea now admtte,
free to this country, the Record pre-
poses to raise over $4,000, 900, t
enable the government TO let In fire.
wool, free IRON ore, free coal, fire.
lumber, free binding Irvine, free cot
ton. aud everything else SO reduce
in DUTY as to practically broak u
many Of our leading mamulacturin
industries
IN return for the increased prices {
sugar, coffee and tea tho Record pr,
poses that every man, woman al
child III the land shall have plenty
free iron, FREQ ore free wool, and fir,
binding Irvine. We Will leave it +,
the workiugmeu to decide which
best To keep tho table going.
10 those working people who vot,
for this change, We leave them to the
Own reflect ons. The plan PROPOSE
by tie Record embraces the new y
lite cal dispensation to make the re
pic h Apply. We sincerely trust tn
those working people WHO voted I
the change SILL nave no reason TO |
gret the course They chose to pIrs
They were told over aud over VIII
tha emocratic plans were. but tn
resolved ut all risks TO have thel
We hope they are happy.
-