The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-06-30

mean the enactment. OF the force bin
and the usurpation OF dsspotic
control over elections in all states.
government in the United States is dependent
upon the defeat OF the policy OF legalized force
and fraud, we invite the support Of all citizens
who desire to see the constitution maintained in
its inteerity with the laws pursuant thereto,
whicn have given our country hundred years
Of unexamplsd prosperity; and We pledge the
not only to the defeat Of the force Bill but also
to relentless opposition to the Republican policy
Of proflgate expenditure. which i'll the short
surplus aud emptied an Overlooking treasury,
after pi.ing new burdens of taxation upon the
already over-taxed labor OF the country
Sec 8. We reiterate the oft,repeated doc
trlues OF the Democratic party that the neces-
sity OF the government is The only justification
for taxation, and whenever tax is unnecessary
it Is unjustitiable; that when custom house tax
alton Is levied upon articles OF another kind
produced IN this country the difference between
the cost OF labor here and labor abroad. when
such difference exists, fully measures any pos
sible benefits to labor, and the enormous addi-
tional impositions OF the existing tariff fall
with crushing force upon our farmers and work
ingmen, and for the mere advantage OF the few
whom 1t enriches, exact from labor grossly I'M
just shares OF the expenses OF the government
and. we demand such q revision OF the tariff
ties, tighten the expressions and put them on a
constitutional and equitable basis. But
it it ' is not " PROPOSED opposed to O. injure
any domestic industries, but rather to promote
their healthy growth. From the foundation Of
this government, takes collected at the custom
house have been the chief source OF federal rev.
enue Such they must continue to be. More
over, many industries have come to rely upon
legislation Tor successful continuance. so that
any change of law must be at every step regard
full OF the labor and capital thus Involved. The
process OF reform must be subject in the eXecn-
tion OF this to the plain dictates of justice. We
denounce the Mckinley tariff law enacted by the
Fifty-frst congress as the eliminating atrocity
of class leSislaton; we indorse the efforts made
by the Democrats OF the present congress to
modify it's most oppressive features in the direc-
ton OF free raw materials and cheaper manu-
featured goods that enter into general
consumption; and we promise it's repeal
as one OF the benefcent results that
will follow the action of the people
in entrusting power to the Democraticp rty.
Since the Mckinley tariff went into operation
there have been ten reductions of the wages Of
laboring men to one increase. We deny that
there has been increase OF prosperity to the
country since that tariff act went into opera
ton, and we point to the dizziness and distress,
the wage reductions and strikes in the iron
trade, as the best possibleevidence that no such
prosperity has retulted from the Mckinley act.
We call the attention OF thoughtful Americans
to the fact that after thirty years OF restrictive
taxes against the importation OF foreign wealth,
in exchange for our agricultural surplus, the
homes and farms OF the country have become