The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-01

GEO. w. fACkSON.
Don't Like the Name. -Frce-Trade."
The Baltimore Sun lie amongst the
papers 10 come 10 the front and apollo
gize Tor the Chicago platform by en-
terlng the argument that a revenue
tax is not free-trade. The Sun says:
ssrhere 10 no free trade where tariff
Or custom-house taxation exists. With
pension list which amounts to as
much or more than the cost OF the
greatest military establishments in
Eurore the government OF the United
States must needs receive a very large
revenue through imposts imposed up
on foreign articles. Every such duty
imposed upon ON article of foreign
manufacture Or production Is to that
extent bounty In favor OF the domes-
Tic manufacturer or producer and q tax
imposed upon the domestic consumer
for bis benefit. It Is Incidental protec-
ton to that extent, and it cannot he
ayoided. Absolute free trade is nm i'm
possibility. The democratic platform,
fbaS's Senator Hale, is the nearest prac-
{f1c2l approxipatiqp 10 Il. How far 1t
Y I'm Y Yl!l q Qhce be seen upon a
mont and the scale OF duties required
TO yield that revenue
The above looks plausible, but is an
uphill argument The United States
has got no more nor less thnnEngland
has, custom house taxes for the sup
port OF the government. or in other
words tariff for revenue only"
and yet England Is deDomlnated the
leading free-trade nation on the face
OF the globe. We do not know
what Englands pension list is nor do
We know how much it takes to sup
port her vast standing arm The cost
OF the latter in all probability exceeds
the amount II costs this country for
! pensions, but to keep up her royal line
of Office holders we are sure costs her
more many times over than it costs
the United States to pay her officials.
And then there are the enormous
bounties paid TO support her foreign
commerce which the United GATES has
not got to pay, but better wouldh be
for her II she had more ship subsidRs
to pay.
All these aggregated, sum up a
much larger amount paid for the sup
port of the government than it costs
the Unitod States. How does free
trade England raise this enormous
amouMt2 By taxation, whether on i'm
portations or not makes no difference
si.e taasos Hre there, but rs matter o.
IS fact we might as well stJ,e that Eng
land has her custom houses. all, hel
revenue collectors as the United States
has But England collects only enough
70 supply the revenue she needs. Sht
ulscrimiDates in the collection OF It,
tne same as the United States
Inc luxuries Of life arc taxed there
as here, many of them to greater OK.
Tent but England stops when she has
enough revenue collected to pay her
immense standing army, her royal of.
nee holders, her ship subsidies and
other expenses OF the Government. In
iaeh England has complete system
Of taxation for revenue onlyn ana
she does not deny, rather glorlcs in be.
ing the leading free.trade nation Of
tie earth.
This is iust what tho Dcnanr. -
Platform provides for 80 United
States. tariff for ..svenue only" The
Sun calls it "lnnldental protection
but it Is nothing OF tie knd, 1t is
simply tax TO meet the expenses OF
the Government BE those expresses
great or small they ARE the Unit of
taxation. and beyond that the Gov
eminent could notGo.
Taking Into consideration the
amount of revenue required TO carry
OF the governments OF England and
tho UEitod States, this latter would lie
put 10 disadvantage, as England
has tho larger expense and wou Id
have TO Gel set tho more taxes for
revenue.
> The offence in the Democratic plat.
form is that IL provides nothing for
protection wEateyer. All our large
aiid small manufacturing interests
may go, SO that enough is raised by
taxing imports to infect the nacessi,
ties Of tic government This Is itlen
teal with the English system. Yet
the Sun isfrankand outspoken, though
1t contrallcts itself. 1t aays:
"The theoretical oavartnaoaa,
lection OF free trade are hot invoi y to
IN the present controversy. The llcmo
~, in acHar,loncc ~ VIII io ,i FiHeiiue on
tattelnaerAtle idea lion All t axatio,,
which Is unnecessary and in excess Of
the reqnHOments OF government. ia
ro6Gerv IL tbc toa I'M u 10 letter than
This is the prser, n, tho..a,,.,,.
ter Anv- roycn,e i, $50 w. ",'oi' mat
reo,,traI IN ca,ry, = ~, S,Ssgss 81 that
-, ~ ,'' soFefhheit
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