The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-05-27

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Hon. .. n. Walker. ~ Massachusetts,.
4 hig Manufacturer 81 leather ard
boots and Shoes lIr helped % make the
Mckinley tariff hill and i rcgardrd a
one 81 the staunchs>t and strongest
pro,rcsioni,t~- Ills speech ~ March -,
f>3.. i printed in si-page pamphlet
On pag.. 5 o,cu-> the following:
Il have 10 say that yon max >rarsh
the spec.he, that ar. made ~ favor ~
protection from beginning - cni ana
| vnn will not find one per cent. ~ error
where you will find - per cent ~ error
| in the statements that arr made BY
| th,,s in favor ~ free trade - cppcsed
| a. protective tariff
| Ii i evident that Mr.. Walker knows
| what error and logic are and that ne in
| tends 70 sustain the god record ~ hi
| brethren. On page j. shi~ statement:
| 1T i of no consequence 70 the manu-
| facturrr- ~ this country. a. manu-
/ factur-r~. whether We have free trade
or whether we have protection We
| are just n well satisfied with free trade
/ a. we are with protection"
| This will b. news 70 thousands 81
| manufacturers who employ lobbyists
| al Washington and who have said that
the Mills bill would have driven half
| Of them out of the country. But for
| fear ~ being in error he hedges this
statement in the following paragraph.
| thus:
The weli-being OF every citizen 81
| this co.,ntry j. bound MP with the in
tcrest Of the manufacturers in pro
tectivc tariff
On page j. the following.
Vow. /, j. conceded BY every >ratisti-
can o. this country and every other
til. this Is the lowest-taxri country
on the fa-e Of the earth that j. counted
as a civilized nation
Il affirm that there j. No greater evil
drnce 81 civilization Christian civiliza-
zion. taan taxation. and the volume Of
TAXATION per capita expresses it. Show
me the taxes per capita ~ any people
and can determine by that their adj
ya1:c-nert il the sale u civilization"
This Is hari on the United >.atcs-to
be the lowest in civilization because il
i the lowest taxed country. But this
Is truth and logic and there i no escape
for u. He then defines taxation:
What does taxation come 70 in its
last analysis? II comes - taking the
property u the rich and dividing Il pro
rata for the benefit Of every man. WON
m and child in the community. That
Is what taxation comes 70 al last"
This proves that economists-i- = inn
practical book economists out Of con-
gress-are entirely in error for they all
agree that taxation has always rested
most heavily upon the poor. lie then
further elucidates and simplifies his
definition:
i Now. what i taxatione Taxation
l. but the government taking a part 81
the income Of the citizen and spending
II for the citizen To better advantage
than he can himself spend il. That IS
all there is in taxation
i This is unpleasant information for
some OF Is who prefer 10 spend our own
incomes. but there can be no mistake
Mr.. Walker Is well versed in statistics
and canno, be in error in this next
statement:
More than one-third of the income
from all the property east ~ the Missis-
sippi and north Of the Ohio Is taken in
taxation. and beneficently taken-taken
! and returned 70 the citizens pro rata.
rich and poor alike after being taken
GU. Of the boards Of the rich
But think what taxes mn>- b. paid
bv really civilized countries when one
! third of the income IF this lowest taxed
. country j. taken for taxes. and what
, awful blessings we are missing by mol
increasing our taxe- until the govern
ment invests say ninety per cent Of ouI
incomes for n.
ii We now reach page g. where Mr.
: Walker shows the wonderful instinct
! | By which taxation. no matter where LEI
/, | loose returns 10 The same spot
RI 1T makes comparatively little differ
cnce where You lay your taxes Lay
them where SOU will. they will follow
back and ultimately rest on the sans
, persons and in the same spot We ma,
, | n well lay all the taxation Of this gov
n ernment on wool IL we choose. a wei
: Is anywhere else. II will all rest -
| the same spot finally II j. ~ compare
!, lively little Importance where YOU LAY
: taxeS- II may take twenty years for
: them % adjust themselves 70 their fina'
: point II may take thirty or forty
years hut If Won levy taxation any
!. where il seeks out and rests upon tn
= same individuals in the community wlr
will ultimately bear the burdens
!. think the statistics will bear me out il
!. this statement
Let il re remembered that FIRE
j traders make at least 100 times q
many errors a. '-prosectionsts" and tina
!, Mr. Walker j. specialist in his line.
i COST or a FAMILY'S CLOTHING
Nov Much FOR Wool and How Much 70