The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-10-05
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He who does net carefully read the
great speech by which Governor Nc
Kinley yesterday opened the Ohio cam
paign neglects duty and deprives him
self of pleasure. Not since Mr.. Nor
tons time has there been boldsr ar
raignment of policy that is un-Amsri-
can in spirit and prolific of disaster II
practice. or more spirited declarati
of resistance to it. The Governor
speech is as the blast of trumpet that
inspires.
The gentleman whom the Democrats
of Ohio have chosen to lead them is the
author of the tariff plank of the Chicago
Democratic platform. 1t was he who,
as Governor Mckinley reminds the peo
pie, caused these words to be stricken
from the draft of the tariff resolution
first submitted to the National conven-
tion of Democrats
The processes of tariff reform must be
subject to the execution of these plain die
tates of justice.
What were "these plain dictates of
justice" which Mr.. Neal, the Democratic
candidate for the governorship of Ohio,
caused the Democratic convention to
ignore?
One of them is thus defined in the
tariff resolution that Mr.. Neal caused
to be set aside:
When custom-house taxation is levied
upon articles of any kind produced in this
country the difference between the cost of
labor here and labor abroad fully measures
any possible benefits to labor
Another was set forth in these words:
But in making reduction in taxes it is
not proposed to injure any domestic in
dustry.
Another declaration of the original
resolution read thus:
So that every change of law must be at
every step regardful of the labor and capi-
tai involved.
All these considerations of justice, of
the rights of labor and of the rights of
capital were stricken from the Demo
cratic resolution ON tariff revision and
in their place an averment of the intent
of the party to collect tariff for "reve-
nue. only" without even so much as
individual protection" was subsd-
tuted. This averment, if carried into
practice, must result in high tariff
tax on the tea, coffee and sugar that
the people must buy, without shadow
of protection to the labor, wool, grain,
coal, ore or manufactured products
that they must sell in order to find
means for the purchase of tea, coffee
and sugar.
Another declaration of the tariff reso-
luton first offered to the National con-
vention of Democrats reads thus:
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taxes collected at the custom-house have
been the chief sources of Federal revenue.
Such they must continue to be.
This was set aside for Mr.. Meals free
trade plank.
But if "custom- house taxes" which
are tariff duties, are to cease to be the
'chief sources of Federal revenue" as
the resolution first offered to the Demo-
cratic convention truly declared them
to be, then direct taxation, such as OBJ
tains in England, must become our
"chief sources of Federal revenue" "
This means tax on every deposit
made or check drawn upon a bank,
upon every deed or mortgage of land,
upon every horse or carriage owned,
upon all that men DO or own. This, as
Governor Mckinley challenges Mr..
Neal to disprove, is the only possible
outcome of tariff for revenue only"
1t is not likely that Mr. Neal will ac-
cept Governor McKinley's challenge to
take up the present tariff law, schedule
by schedule, and declare which article
in each he would place on the free list.
He hardly will care to tell the wool
growers that he will reduce their fiocks,
the tinplate men that he will close their
mills, the iron men that he will remove
all tariff duties from their products and
take sugar, coffee and tea from the free
| list and subject them to duties that, iu,
deed, would be taxes. Yet he can not
have tariff for revenue only" except by
! such changes from present tariff condi
tions.
Nor DO we think that MIR. Neal will
volunteer reply TO Governor McKin'
! ley's arraigll neut of the rascally pen
sion policy OF the Democratic admins
! tration. But he has TO face an oppo
nent who, Willie model of courtesy il
! debate, is a master of tactics and o.
grand strategy and it will be strange il
he is not compelled to fight upon grount
that he fain would avoid
In 1892 our exports exceeded our i'm
ports by S202, ,Si5,6S6. This fiscal yeal
of 1888 our imports exceeded our ex
ports by S93, ,652, ,9Sl. The difference il
trade is nearly 100000, 900 against us
contrasting one year with the other
Still this is only one very small item o
what the election of Cleveland has cos
the country. Do you want anothe
Democratic victory?
Protection or Free Trade.
The contest in Ohio this year is to re
vive prosperity by declaring anew TO