The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-09-17

Uaughter). If you get little tired, it
may be a little satisfaction to you to
know that somebody else is getting tired
At the same time. | was discussing very
briefly the Walker tariff bill and | said
to you that so Just was this bill that il
1857 all parties concurred in further
reduction of tariff taxes until the avcrag,
rate was nineteen per cent, aud say to
you now that under that tariff bill when
our tariff taxes had reached the minimum
Of 10 per cent. there has never been
period in our history when 1t was easier
for the laborer, for the mechanic, for the
wage Garner, for the farmer, for all
classes and conditions of our people, to
earn living. Never a time when it was
easier for them to support their
families. Why Because the cost
Of the necessaries of life. eve
thing that you are required to buy
for your families all along the pathway
of life from the cradle to the grave,
was at the lowest market price.
And the dollar that you paid went
into the treasury and portion of
it at least to support the government,
and the balance, a very small part, into
the pockets of the protected class of this
country.
Now, fellow citizens, that was the
Walker tariff bill. In 1861 new policy
was adopted. The moral tariff bill was
passed in 1861 and duties derived from
taxation largely increased upon all ar
ticles of import under that bill until the
average rate Of tariff taxes had increased
from 10 to 80 per cent. What did thai
mean? Simply this: that the ,st to tht
consumer, the cost to the people of al
srticles they were compelled to buy
clothing, woolen goods = everything
necessary for themselves and their fami
lies had increased from 10 to 35 per cent
and under suOst quent acts of Congress
Congress dominated 10y the republican
party for need not tell YOU that durin!
all this time from the beginning Ok th
late war to the election of the member
If the forty fourth Congress, the repub
llc4n party had absolute control of al
the departments of the government S,
that in the year 1890 the average o.
, tariff taxes was II per cent. There wa
an earnest demand from the people for
reduction of tariff taxes upon the neces
, sites of life. A republican Congress re
spolded to that demand for the passag
of the Mckinley tariff law. By that Law
tariff taxes were increased-taxed upo
the necessaries Of life-from forty seve
. to sixty, seventy. eighty, and in man,
instances 100 per cent.
You will remember that suggested t
t you in the openi;g Of my remarks tina
= the treasury of the United States wa
a confronted with a deficit and that | al
l tributed it to the passage of the McKir
. ley DILL. Why9 Because, under tina
y bill the high wall of protection wa
: raised so high as TO exclude importation
e to cut off imports, and thereby Of nece'
sity, deprive the government of tn
. United States Of the revenue which it RI
ceived from the tariff Was that in til
e Was that legislation in the i,
# terest of the people? 1t W.
e never intended to be in the int
II est of the people. The object of th'
It bin was in the language of its autho
# to check imp ration What does th;
e mean ? Simp'c this; to erect so high
:. wall-a chi wall of eXclusion-as I
n cut off imports, thereby dcprlving tt
st government of its revenue, and at II
d same time allow the manufacturers to i
: crease to the consumer of the cost of ev
l. ry article that he is compelled to bu
IF (Applause.) They claim great credi
le our republican friends do, when th'
lc tell US they have lowered to the co
| Ep Of
as when they do that they they teach by {
D. object lesson, very important ohje
Of lesson to the people of this cnnntr
c. They have told us year by year, that tt
W consumer, that the people do not pay Il
IF tariff taxes Have not they 2 That
s, what they tell us up in our way, broth
of Murphey They tell us that the CO
ne sumer does not pay the tax, but soT
a how the tariff tax was paid by fo
if eigh governments. Let me illustra
o. that. Out in the State OF Illinois ma
id who firmly believed 10 the doctrine
in the Mckinley tariff bill had broth
at who went to England and present
he him with dozen pair of socks. The
was smooth sailing until he reached t
o custom house at New York and there
is paid tariff tax of 81 25. When
ill presented bis articles 10 his brother
re told him that he paid 81 25 tariff. +
,r- brother thought that that was an outra
he and then he wrote letter to his rCpu
u ieap representative il Congress. in wh'
on be believed implicitly, a man whom
lat had had heard advocate the beauties
lly the Mckinley tariff bill, and stated
of him the facts about the charge on
he socks, tariff tax of S2.25 he had p'
I'D and now he said, in conclusion. to wi
oil. foreign government shall apply to
* back my 81 25. (Applause) know
IN no better way to show the absurdity of
50 proposition that the foreigner pays
lid taxes and expenses OF our governme
in Our high protective friends stand NJ
in dangerous grounds when they und
ION take to teach anything by object lesso
am General Stevenson continued to disc
, the tariff for considerable lengthy
of Ladies and gentlemen, there is anot
re- subject to which l desire now briefly
Der call your attention. | have no apol
be- to offer for the discussion of this qr
ian ton, because it is one in which you II
her a profound interest. | refer to the fC
on bill-legislation which I know is c
i'd, templated and intended by the repu
the can party, if they succeed in CONTROL
BOD all departments of the government at
rot. coming presidential election, q bell