The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-20
THE TARIFF REPORT.
A STRONG DOCUMENT AGAINST
PROTECTION,
The Ways and Means Committee De-
clare the Existing Tariff Bx-
treme Glass of Taxation.
A JUST AND RATIONAL SYSTEM roRoI-
BLY, ADVOCATED,
Immediate Tariff Reform is Necessary for the
Protection Of the People Of tao
United States,


Ing is the majority report OF the ways
and means committee. The American peo-
pie after a full and the most thorough
debate ever given by any people to the
fiscal policy, have deliberately and
rightly decided that the existing tariG
is wrong In principle and grevousy un-
Just in operation. They have decided. as
free men must always decide, that the
power OF taxation has not lawful or con-
stltutional exercise except for providing
revenue for the support Of the govern
ment. Every departure from this prln-
ciple is departure from the fundamental
principles of free institutions and nevitn-
bly, works out gross inequality in the eitI-
zenship OF the country.
For more than thirty years we have
levied the largest part of our Fedora!
taxes in violation Of this vital truth, until
we have reached in the existing tarin
an extreme and voluminous system OF
class taxation to which history may be
challenged to furnish any parallel. So
many private enterprises have been taken
into partnership with the government,
80 many private interests now share IN
the rich prerogattve OF taxing I0,Oo0 900
of people That any attempt TO dissolve
this Illegal union ia necessarily encount-
cred by the opposition that rallies behind
the intolerance of monopoly, The power
of concentrated wealth. the inertia OF
fixed habits and honest errors of q gem
Grafton Of false touching,
The bill On which the committee has
expended much padent and anxious labor
is not offered as a complete RESPONSE 10
the mandate of the American people.
1t no more processes to be purged of all
protection than to be free OF an error IN
its complex and manifold details. How
ever we may deny the existence of any
legislative pledge or of the right OF any
congress TO make such pledge for the
continuance of duties that carry with
them more or less Acknowledgement of
protection, we must recognize that great
interests do exist whose existence and
prosperity Is no ,~nrt OF our reform.
either 10 Imperil or TO curtau. We be-
IIeve and we have the warrant Of our
own past experience for believing re-
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more nbundant no TO ali groat manu-.
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