Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-07-02

taxation upon the already ovcriaScd labor OF
the country,
Sec 3 rctcratCs the oftrepeated doctrines
Of the democratic party that the necessities OF
the government is the only justification FOR
cuStom-houSe taxation, and that Such taxation,
levied upon articles of any kind necessary is un-
justifahle But in making reduction IN taxes
il is not proposed to iniurc any domestic in
dustries but rather 10 promote heir healthy
growth. From the foundation OF this govern
mont taxes collected at the custom house have
Teen the chief source Vi federal revenue, such
they must continue to be- 1t dtnounc the
Mckinley tariff law enacted by III trty-frst
congress az the eliminating aitocily OF class
legislation: we indorse the efforts made
by the democrats of the jrcsent con
grcss to modify its most oppressive features in
the direction OF free raw materials ana cheaper
manufactured goods that enter in'o General con
sumption; and we promise its repeal as one OF
the heneticcnt results itat VII follow the ac
ton oi the people in in.lusiiIe power 70 the
democratic party, Since the Mckinley tariff
went into operation there have rc,n ten rcduc-
,ions of the wages of labor,ns men TO one in
crease. We deny that there has lien amy In
crease of prosperity to the country Si'ce hat
tarn went into operation. Coninulrs il says;
| "Wc noint &c the dullness and distress which
]
trade as the best possible evidence that no
such prosperity has resulted from The Mckinley
] act We call tho attention Of tnoUghttul Amer
/ leans 10 the fact that after thirty years OF re-
/ strictyc taxes against the importation OF for
/ ern wealth in exchange fer our agricultural
surplus the homes ard farms Of the country
| have become burdcncd witha real estate mort
! gaze debt OF over 25fO,0N000D exclusive Of all
other forms of Indebtedness; that in one OF the
| chief agricultural suites Of the west there ap-
pears Il real estate mortgage debt averaging
SlC5 per capita of the total roprlalion, and that
similar conditions and tendencies are shown 10
exist in the other agricultural exporting States
We dcnouncea policy which fosters no industry
so much as it does that Of he sheriff
Sec a. Trade interchange On the basis OF re-
ciprocal advantages TO The corntry, and par.
ticipating is time -honorcd doctrine OF the
democratic faith, but we d,nouacc the sham re.
ciproctv which iugyes with the pcop'c's desire
for enlarged foreign markes, and frccr eN'
change by pretending to establish closer trade
relations for n country whose tclcs OF cf-
port arc almost exclusively agricultural pro
! ducts with other countries that are also agri
cultural while erecting u CuStom-h0usc barrier
Of prohibitive taMr tlXcs against the rich
est countries of the world, That stand ready to
! taltc our entire surplus of products ana TO ex'
change therefor commodities which are ncces'
sarics and comforts of life among our own peo.
pie.
Sec. 3 We recognize in the trusts and com
binations, which are designed TO enable cap
ital to secure more than its just share OF the
| ioi,t product of capital and labor, the natural
consequence Of The prohibitive taxes which
nrevcnt the free competition which is the life OF
honest trade but We believe their worst evils
can he abated Nv law, and we demand the rigid