Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-08


"In addition to this, Whatever benefit might
come to the consumer by the free sugar clause
| OF the bill is overbaIanced many fold by the
! largely increased cost of wooden goods and OF
all other necessaries Of life The repeal of the
sugar tax was simply intended to reconcile the
consumer to the stin greater taxes laid upon
| him Heretofore the persistent claim OF the
protectionfSt has been that tariff taxes were
Tot paid by the consumer. This claim is now
| abandoned The advoca tes of the Mckinley
law concede the tax upon sugar to have been
paid by the consumer Else why take so much
credit to themselves for removing it: Is there
not danger that the consumer may inquire, IL
removing the tariff tax upon sugar lessons its
cost why would not the same blessed results
follow reduction of tariff taxes upon all OF the
other necesSarieS of life:
1.-THE democratic house OF representatives. OF
the present congress has passed bill removing
the increased duties imposed by the Mckinley
bill upon tin plate and providing that within
few years it shall go upon the free list 1t has
also passed the free wool and cheap clothing
bill by which wool is admitted free of duty and
large reduction sought to be effected IN the
tariff upon wooden goods Of all descriptions 1t
has also removed the tariff upon binding twire.
But for the hostility Of republican senate
these measures so just, SO beneficial to the peo-
pie would now be upon our statute books Our
present tariff laws need careful revision Their
glaring inconsls tencieS should be corrected Il
IS TO the interest OF manufacturer and con-
sumner alike that in the main raw material be
admitted free OF duty. Working the raw ma
terial into the finished product would give en-
pioyment to our skilled workmen- The reduc-
ton of tariff taxes to the minimum upon the
necessaries of life is important all of our peo-
pie: it would prove of ineSt:mable value to the
millions who earn their bread by daily toll
Ny fellow citizens, to you the tariff is the
all-important question. The question is not
how much of your earnings shall be given to the
support of the government, but how much shall
under the forms of law be seized by the favored
the protected-claSseS.
When the tariff bill of 1851 increasing the
average Of tariff taxes from 10 to 35 per cent,
was under consideration Mr.. Morrill,, the repub-
lican author OF the bill, said: 1t was not de-
signed as permanent system, but only as a
temporary measure AS already shown this
war tax. instead OF being reduced when the war
had closed, was by successive republican con-
crosses increased to average Of AZ per cent.
The republican party responded to the demand of
the people for reduced taxation by the passage
Of the Mckinley tariff bill of 1890 thus heavily in
creasing war taxes upon the people twenty-five
years after the war had closed Are your inter-
ests safe in the hands of party controlled by
the protected mCnopolists Of this country: This
is the important question for your determine
ton at the polls The democratic party wages
no warfare on any business interest. 1t favors
no legislation hostile to the true interests of
any business enterprise. We believe that the
burdens of taxation should be equally distribut.
ed. We oppose all legislation that enriches the
few by taxing the many.
''The contest upon which we have now entered
is Of deep significance TO the American peo-
pie. Shall high tariff, continually increasing
with the demands of the protected classes. be
the settled policy of our government, shall
there be relief to the people from the burdens
of unjust taxation:
Another issue of great moment in the pend
ing contest is the force bill. The magnitude OF
this issue cannot be overstated. 1t may mean
the control OF the election Of representatives in
congress by the bayonet. The republican party,
by it's acts the Fifty-first congress and by its
platform in its late national convention, stands
pledged to the passage of the force bill That
it will pass this bill WHEN it has the power no
sane man can doubt. To all of the people-all
who desire the peace and prosperity Of our
common country-this question is important.
To the people of the southern states it is of
transcendent importance Shall they still have
peace and the protection Of the law, or shall
the horrors with which they are n1enaced find
their counterpart only in those of the darkest
hours Of the reconstruction period?
IT am heartily in accord with the democratic
party in its efforts to repeal the obnoxious pro-
visions of the compulsory school law, enacted
by republican legislature in this state
lit is passing strange that legislation go hos
tile to the spirit Of our free institutions should
ever have found its way to our statute books.
The right of the parent to exercise reasonable
control over the education Of his child should
not be abridged. The democratic party of Illi-
nois stand pledged to the repeal Of law which
has. Justly, given oifenSe to so many OF the best
citizens in state.
s.Fel1ow Citizens: 1 firmly believe that your
interes the interests of all the people of these
United States, are bound up in the success OF
the party that came in with jefferson in the
very infancy of our republic: the party which
for more than half century Of existence has
stood at the helm Of state, the party which in
all periods of our history has been the bulwdrk
of our constitution and the faithful guardian of
the rights of all the people; the party under
whose broad banner the men of all nationalities
have been welcomed TO share with this Cod
given heritage; the party which, from the be-
ginning, has been the foe of prescription,
whether On account of birthplace or religion
the party which knows privileged classes,
but which demands equal and exact justice for
all: the party which, under Jefferson purchased
the great valley of the Mississippi and extended
our domain 20 the gulf and to the ocean; the
party which, uryder Madison, bore our flag to
victory in second struggle with Great Brit
ain, and which, under his immediate successor,
established firmly for all time the rights of the
American nation by the declaration and main
tenance of the Monroe doctrine: the party
which, in the early morning and in the noon of
this century. gloried in the leadership of Jack
and of Douglas. the undaunted foes Of spe-
cial privileges and of unjust taxation
Under the matchless leadership of the man
who gave you an honest admins tration Of the
government; who wrestcd from the grasp of
those who had robbed you of your heritage s0-
900, 900 acres and restored it to the public do
main: whose principle in action is: a public
office is public truSt'-lnder his leadership the
democratic party confidently submits the mo-
mentous questions at issue. AMI will abide by
the determination of the final arblters at the
polls