The Helena independent., 1892-08-03
not proa..bly snohang. abroad yoa. surplus

49, 49, fsN1ssSsy sA'eeA1ssAA1e @sAo0A yuAtsHsRA
II forces ont Of thu pockets Of tho people
and into the treasury of The United Htatse
oaoh year more than ons-fifth, and II traps.
fors from agricultural communities 10 maus
ufaoturinR oentsrs sach yaAr mora than
ous- half Of I'll the money va have In airaa-
lation, thus bringing about that scarcity of
money among ths masses OF tha people
which has created 10 much suffering aud
distress.
III ie 4 low estimate that each individual
In tho United States ID forced by our pres
ont tariff laws TO pay for what hs yearly
oonsumss 3 10 more than he would pay II
there wers no such laws. Georgia has 4
population Of more than 100000. ,rhs
people OF Georgia then are taxed mora
Practically nearly every dollar of this
money is taken out Of our state. n either
goes into ths TREASURY OF the United States,
or y goes to manufacturing csntsrs. II the
tariff were reduced one-haif. NJ least
81. .ooo ooo which now leaves q. yearly would
an annual increase Of circulation In our
state of $5 per capita. With such reduc-
tion Of taxation, and with such An incFassa
OF circulation each yoAr, Ii u not
plain that We would soon cease to
be borrowers Of money! that
own people sufficient amount for all the
purposes Of trade and commsrce2 Under
the democratic low tariff from 1850 TO 1860
agriculture was prosperous. more so than
ever before or since in our history. The
producers were mot then the borrowers
they had money to lend. and oil industries
fourishOd.
"Our party is unalterably pled daed again
high protective tariff laws. We bulisvo
that all taxation Of the people should bs
limited to the necessities Of the government
economically administered.
"Ih9 renubticnn marty f1uRhAd With
many successes. sustained by an army of
ot1ice-holdsrs and enriched by contribu-
tions from those whom Ito unjust laws havs
favored. is now bending its every effort 10
tbs retention OF power.
"Ihs democratic party, encouraged BY
its growth OF the past twenty years. sup
ported by the plain people Of the country
| who are burdened with unjust taxation,
and strong in the conviction that IL IL con-
tending for principles that are founded in
great contest Of November next"
In conclusion the speaker says:
Division IN the national democratic
party in 1860 enabled the republicans BY d
minority vote to secure their first national
triumph. Shall we in 1892 divide our
sary, again in minority. to SNATCH victory
! from defeatr
1.-The country is democratic. or the
| forty-fonr states of the union twenty-six
| now have democratic governors; Of the 332
| representatives in congress 234 are demo-
Gratis. We can elect our candidate for
| president without his receiving single
republican vote. If We stand together suO-
| csss ia certain.
| II feel sure that when the true men Of
Georgia calmly reflect over the conditions
that surround them. and Of the conse--
quences of republican triumph, they will b.
convinced that their best interests dictate.
and their duty TO their families demands,
that in tho coming contest they shall with
voice and vote unitedly support the demo-
cratic nominees, both state and national"