The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-22

This is the actual need of the government.
| The Democrats have declared that the
Fifty-first Congress was extravagant. We
Republicans used to answer this charge
until the Fifty-second Congress adjourn
ed. That Congress took the labor of de-
fence off our hands, because, after every
| appropriation had been pared all it could
stand, they spent forty million dollars
more than we. So think you will agree
with me that both, parties must admit
that the expenses of this country are
bound to be large and that we must
count on being obliged to raise at least a
million dollars day, or 365 or 400 mil
| lions year. Now, of this sum we can
get $3.50, 900, 900 from the internal revenue
| tax, of which you know nothing here.
1t is collected on beer, whiskey, wine and
other things of which you know nothing.
| Loud laughter and applause Now the
remaining $50 or 200 millions must be
raised by tariff duties. 1t is the plain
necessity of the situation. But the DEM
ocratic leaders declare that these tariff
duties are robbery. When we represent
to them that it cannot be robbery for the
government to raise what it needs for it's
expenses, the Democrats say that OF
course the money must be raised, and
raised by duties, but they object to the
present system of making the levy.
And right here we come to the vital
| question, and the difference between the
| two ideas, the idea of the Mckinley bill
and the Democratic idea. And right
| here we must make a few things clear
and positive.
In the first place, all custom house
duties on articles that are not produced
| in this country, are direct taxes on those
people in this country who buy and use
them. If tea, for example, is dutiable at
ten cents pound at the custom house,
this is added to the cost of the tea, and
you pay the tax when you buy your tea.
Now it is
The Republican Policy
to remit the duties on all such articles
that we do not produce at home and
thus relieve the people of that burden
Our policy in this respect is the direct
reverse Of the English system.
Our next principle is that upon all the
articles which we raise and manufacture
in the United States in quantities suffi-
cient to supply our people, those things
which we produce in Maine and Ohio,
the tariff duties shall be levied. This
applies to raw material as well as manu-
featured goods. / have heard a great
deal in New England about the policy OF
giving to your manufacturers the free
raw material. Now this interests us both
for we in Ohio produce much of what is
called raw material, and you in New Eng
land manufacture. But would it not be
a short-sighted policy for New England
to demand of the coal miner and farmer
of Ohio that coal or wool be thrown open
to foreign competition, while the manu-
featured goods of New England are pro-
tected? Would not the Ohio farmers and
miners demand that protection be like
wise removed from your manufactures,
and then where would your market be?
So the Republican position is that we
should levy, duties upon everything that
we can raise in this country in sufficient
quantities to supply our own market
Now where stands the Democratic par
ty? They are for
A Revenue Tariff.
How will they levy that? Obvi-
ously upon the things which come into
the country, upon everything that
comes into the country. For if they do not
levy upon everything, favoritism would
cratic platform denounces all such dis
elimination. So it would come about
that they would have to put tax on tea,
coffee and sugar. Now how would the
Democrats like that? The policy of the
Republican party has relieved the coun-
try of those taxes, the Mckinley bill hav-
ing saved the people of this country $780,
600, 1000 a year on sugar.
And here let us examine moment
favorite- Democratic argument. Forget
ting that the sugar tariff was revenue
duty-not protection-the Democratic
orator says: when you took the duty
off sugar it went down two cents a pound.
Now take the duty off all other articles,
and of course their prices will also
go down. Now let us apply that argu-
ment and see how it will work. The
tariff on 1OO-pound key of steel nails is
$780, Go into Portland and you can
buy such key of nails for $1.S5. So it
is evident according ito the Democratic
argument that with the duty off nails
the storekeeper would
Give You the Keg of Nails
and throw in fifteen cents with it. Loud
applause and laughter
Governor Mckinley tells good story
Of an Ohio farmer who went to the store
after dollars worth of sugar soon after
the Mckinley bill had become law. As
the grocer began putting up the sugar,
the farmer said: Hold on, don't want
barrel of sugar.
II am only giving you your dollar S
worth" said the grocer
Il never saw so much sugar as that for
a dollar before.o
tsTt's IN account of the McKiu1ev hill -