Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28

fion OF the same Dill $40. OO0,OOO are 20 DC
| payers and given to the sugar growers. In
| addition to this, Whatever benefit might
| come to the consumer by the sugar clause
| Of the bills over.balanced many fold Dy the
largely increased cost OF woolen goods ana
| Of all other necessaries OF life.
Result Of the Sugar Bounty.
The repeal OF the sugar tax was simply in
tended to reconcile the consumer to the still
greater taxes laid upon him. Heretofore the
persistent claim of the protectionist has
been that tarin taxes are not paid by the
consumer. This claim is now abandoned.
The advocates Of the Mckinley law concede
the tax upon sugar to have Deen paid by the
consumer. Else, why take SO much credit
to them selves for removing itf Is there not
danger that the consumer may inquire, '1f
its cost, why should not the same blessed
result follow reduction OF tariff taxes upon
all Of the other necessaries Of life?"
My fellow-citizens. To you the tariff 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 1861, increasing the
average of tariff taxes from 10 to 30 per
cent, was under consideration, Mr.. Morrill,,
the Republican author Of the bill, said: at
was not designed as permanent system,
but only as temporary measure" As al
ready shown, this war tax. instead Of being
by successive Republican Congresses in
creased to an average OF AZ per cent
The Republican party responded to the de-
mand Of the people % ,or Tsdqced taxa, taxa
bill Of 1890, thus heavily increasing war
taxes upon the people % years after the war
had closed. Are your interests safe in the
hands of = party controlled by the protected
This
important question for your determination
at the polls. The Democratic party wages
no warfare on any business interest. 1t
favors no legislation hostile to the true in
terests of any business enterprise. We be-
lieve that the burdens Of taxation should
be equally distributed. We oppose all legfs-
lation that enriches the few by taxing the
many.
The contest upon which we have now en-
tered Is of deep significance TO the Ameri-
can people. Shall high tariff, continually
increasing with the demands of the pro-
tected classes, be the settled policy Of our
Government, or shall there be relief to the
people from the burdens of uni just taxa
ton?
A Few Words on the Force Bill.
Another issue of great moment in the
pending contest is the force bill. The mag
nitude of this issue cannot be overstated. It
may mean tho control Of the election OF
Representatives in Congress by the bayonet.
The Republican party. by its action in the
Fifty-frst 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
man can doubt.
To all the people-all who desire the peace
and prosperity Of our common country
this question Is important. To the people
Of the Southern States ir Is one of trans
peace and the protection of the law: or shall
the horrors with which they are menaced
find their counterpart only in those of the
darkest hours Of the re construction period?