The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-05

heavily who has energy, enterprise and
brains enough to achieve wealth and pru-
dence enough 10 retain IL. These Western
and. Southern Democrats are quite willing
70 smash the protective tariff. bur they
are not willing to levy duties for revenue
only on sugar, tea and coffee. because they
fear the popular cutlery against taxing
articles that hare risen above iuxuries and
have come TO be regarded ~ the necessities
Of tire workingman's breakfast table.
Tae revenue necessary for the support
Of tas national government is nearly $500.
5000, of which less than S2o0. 600 60 can
be raised by internal revenue tax and mis-
ceIl4neous sources, leaving about $780, 0o.-
600 Ito be raised by tariff duties. These
Southern and Western Democrats see
plainly that if protection duties are 70 be
repealed. and yet revenue duties on sugar,
tea and coffee are not to be substituted,
bectuse they would be unpopular, that
they must resort to an income tax to raise
the money. The free trade Democracy
are afraid to rsimpose the $60. 00O, 900 Of
sugar taxes which were repealed by the
Mckinley law: they are afraid to reimpose
the taxes on tea and coffee which the Re-
puhiicans repealed in 1872 and so they are
disposed TO favor an income tax rather
than zee the tariff tax put back on sugar,
tea and coffee.
Furthermore. the imposition of sugar
and coffee duties would abrogate the re-
ciptocity treaties concluded by our great
lamented statesman, James G. Blaine,
ana choke off the expansion of our for
eiga trade with the nations of Central and
Sorth America and the West Indies. Re-
ciprocity is based on free trade in sugar,
kiEiey protective tariff admits into the
United States free Of duty. because they
are non-competitive articles and duties on
them would be revenue rather than pro-
tecEion. The free admission Of these arti-
cles and the consequent enlargement Of
the great American market is the consid-
GRAFTON for which the governments of the
countries TO the south Of Us have admitted
into their markets our products and manu-
facsures on terms more advantageous than
these extended to the products and manu-
fac:ures OF other nations.
The Republican protectionist party took
of the revenue duties on sugar. coffee and
otiFer tropical articles and made the Blaine
reciprocity scheme possible. The Democ.
racy see that this reciprocity policy has
ALREADY achieved . great enlargement of
ous foreign trade; they see that to reim-
pose tariff duties on these tropical prod
ucss would destroy the basis of the reel
procity treaties and force them to immedi.
ate annuiment. This extinction Of an in
creasing American foreign trade would be
unpopular. and this is another reason why
the Democrats OF the West and South IRE
reluctant to reimpose revenue duties on
sugar and coffee ind prefer to raise rev.
enae by means Of On income tax. The
Democrats not only fear to impose q tariff
foG revenue only and place il on tea. sugar
and coffee. the workingman's breakfast
taale. but they fear to repeal the protect
i've duties and expose the wage worker TO
ths unrestricted competition Of the cheap
labor Of the foreign world. For this rea-
soa the ST. LOUIS Republic tho leading
Democratic paper of the West. and the At
laata Constellation. one of the leading DEM
ocrasic papers of the South. both favor an
income tax. The st. Louis Republic says:
so tax viii be levied by Democrats that 10 no,
nssdei for revenue only and every patriotic
p iitocrat ought 10 DO willing to pay tsx on hts
Abnormal income rather than zee the tariff ssx
ptss back on sugar.
The New York World (pem.) favors an
income tax. while the New YORK Sun
vigorously opposes il. and demands that
tie Democratic party shall be honest and
keep. not evade. its promises Of last sum-
mgr 20 enact tariff for revenue only,
Tae SuR denounces an income tax a. So
cialistic. unequal. anti-ismocratic and
contrary to the Chicago platform of 1885,.
The income tax proposition was submitted
Go the committee on resolutions, bat was
not adopted as a plank in the platform.
The income tax would he a bone thrown
&c the hungry dog Of fopulis. party. the
Farmers Alliance and the Socialists.
whose ranaces is taxing the rich and ex-
esiptlng the poor. which is system Of
class legislation and preferred beneilcisrics
OF government denounced by the De-
nocTacy since the days OF Thomas Je;irr-
san.
The Chicago platform deununces the
Mckinley tariff as the eliminating
a:rocity of class legislation" and yet the
Western aad southern Democracy pro-
l,lse 10 enact class legislation in shape OF
an income tax en- incomes above a certain
s.noani. az course the imposition of such
a tax would array the great commercial
AMI mercantile interests Of every class
against the Democratic party a, the East.
The Democracy a, Chicago denounced in
- platform Republican protection as a
robbery. and il cannot consistently declare
stsef in favor OF rohbins persons Of Ger.
tain income for she benefit Of persons hav.
Ing \ less income. Tae Democracy has
BOWED Itself hcarse aaoat the rrepe,na.
eon 81 wsr taxes and We, /: seriously
ehres.ens - restore she income tax. the
ss.ost inqG.sitogial and ,dlous q all our war
fAxes
Tie Democracy ~ tbs coming session y:
Goaxress sili I've divided in opinion into
Democrats sho wiii favor the wip.us Gu,
q; every ycsliee Of unconstitutional PRO.
.eciioa and The Imposition az revenue
only" duties on sugar. eef.ee and tea. ami
unto Democrats sno prefer tax On IN
comes 20 ,ar4G iascs on sussr. coffee an.
sea. In ocsos,er, !Ssa. Congressman Mills.
81 Texas. said IN his speech 81 Msnnear-
els. Il believe "a free trade and an income
sax." I; begins 20 leok IS !. the peraoc-