The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-05
AN APT ILLUSTRATION.

Governor MCKINLEY seems to be about
the only Republican politician OF any
prominence capable Of campaigning in the
terrible heat Of this summer. He, how
ever, is shifting from place to place at
least undaunted by the intensity of Old
SOILS white rays. One Of his most absurd
points in his political harranguss is his
charge against the Democratic House of
inactivity in repeating the MCKINLEY
tariff law. According to the governor. the
Democrats iu the House ought at once to
repeal the existing tariff law, and OF course
il they get possession of all branches OF the
government they should, in mis- view, i'm
mediately sweep away every protective
tariff schedule from the tariff law and
substitute q revenue tax on tea, coffee and
few other luxuries. If the Democrats
were utterly reckless in legislation they
might pursue such course. They might
do it if they had no regard for the pros
perity Of the country. But being reason
able men, they know that any
radical and immediate revolution would
work much mischief in the bust
ness world. While anxious to
secure tariff reform, which is nothing more
nor less than taxation reform; and while
pledged to reduce tariff taxation to a reve-
nue. basis, it will be done only when it can
be done without serious disaster TO existing
industries. The programme of the Demo
Gratis in the House is in harmony with that
view of the case. They have introduced
separate bills TO repeal some of the most OBJ
ncxious features of the Mckinney law,
and propose a general assault upon the en-
tire bill at the next session Of Congress.
Meantime Governor MCKINLEY need have
no special fears but what the Democrats
viii be active enough il the matter of tax
alton reform.
The governor may go on repeating such
stuff as this: Republicans do not believe
in taxing their own people so long as they
can find other people to tax % Such talk
hurts nobody; no one believes it, but it
pleases the governor immensely. Apropos
this last point Of the governors, circum-
stance is remembered which illustrates who
pays the tariff tax, "other people,n that
Republicans, according TO Governor Nc
KINLEY, ike to tax, or American citizens.
The day following political meeting held
in one Of the prominent towns of Davis
county one Of the speakers dropped into
conversation with a Republican who be-
lieved in the beauties and advantages of a
high tariff and, in common with the rank
and file OF his party, accepted this notion of
Governor McKINLEY's about ''other peo-
ple'' paying American taxes:
What was the price of sugar before the
MCKINLEY law admitted raw or unreined
sugar free of dutyg'' asked the Democrat.
"Oh. don't want any political argu-
ment," said the Republican.
Neither do want any argument" said
his opponent; 81 want to know the price of
sugar before raw sugar was admitted free
by the MCKINLEY bill.''
After some hesitation the Republican
said sugar was about eight dollars per
sack.
what is it worth now, that raw sugar
is admitted freeF'
81 tell you, won't argue politics., said
the Republican.
81 don't want to argue politics either, >,
was the reioinder. II want to know the
price of sugar now that the tariff on raw
sugar 10 taken Of y
Seeing no way out Of the matter the Re-
publican said sugar was worth about Sc
sack now.
well, II sugar was worth IS sack IN
der tariff tax, and now with the tariff
tax taken of raw sugar, it is only Sc a sack
who has been paying that 81 tax per sack
the foreign importer or the American con-
sumers If the former, why didn't the 50
reduction go to the foreign importers ben
eft instead Of the American consumer's?'
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