The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-03
The Sugar Bounty.

A direct bounty to q special interest Ia.
Of course. OF the very essence of Govern
ment patsrnAllsm. Hence the system OF
Federal bounties has always been opposed
by the Democratic party. as contrary to It's
vital principle the breath Of It's life. When
Mr.. MCKINLEY had introduced his Tariff
bill into the Fifty-first Congress in the
spring Of 1890. Mr.. MILLS Of Texas spoke
thus of the bounty on sugar:
-why ala they NOT shelter sugar against this dam.
aging ssmpstisioa - they did eshsrsf why did they
bos pas . prohibitory duty forsisn sugar and de-
vsloo the Industry Bu. strange to HAy, they have
pat sugar on the free st And to sooths the ooqussd
AAa Tilted sugar growers thsy propose 10 take
nlnens Of money ont of the pockets of tue people
pay for the privilege Of doinsiL
well the people Of this country who raising
cad sostea and wheat Aad eats and hogs and bssvss
stl al step up shs counter ana sayt we will take
sassE ia sara TOO wass yoa give this bounty
saa wAsn yeu Do. you viii slip assay from 10 than
yoa did from hidss want to you give IT, and "
shs American people DO nos take che hides on yoa I
yin b nistsksa Tea they win pst every Republican
hlas - the tree lisa why not give bounty 30 the
people who barring thsr corn for fuel in Kansas
Thsy nssd ysuE hsiR"
Mr.. MnLss prophecy proved true. Two
years aftsrward the people took the hides
on the Republicans very completely. They
drove them from power. and elected DEM
ocratio President and . Democratic Con-
gress for the express purpose OF getting rid
OF every vestige OF protection. whether by
the bounty OF tariff or bounty directly
paid TO producers. The Democratic party
pledged itself TO do the work Of demolition
completely. and because OF that pledge 1t
was intrusted by the people with the Gov
eminent. Specifically. IL promised to re-
peal the MCKINLEY act. the eliminating
atrocity OF class legislation.
What IL the result 2 What has the Ways
and Means Committee done with this sugar
bounty. described by Mr.. MILLS as a device
OF an injustice and inequality so mon
strous that its inclusion in the MCKINLEY
bill doomed Republieanism to popular con-
domination The Ways and Means Com
mittee proposes to retain the bounty which
steals the money OF the people. gradually
decreasing it until there is no more OF it
after eight years
What will Mr.. MILLS say noW2 The case
Is worse now than when no denounced the
sugar-bounty clause OF the MCKINLEY bill
Bounties and Republieauism are congenerio
hepublicanism Is paternalism. They are a
natural progeny OF its vicious principle.
Protection and bouRties are correlated.
Practically. the two are synonymous. Both
belong to the interference theory Of gov
srnmant. Both are consistent with Repub-
heanism, but both are inconsistent with
Democracy. Each Is a part of the eulmi-
mating atroeity Of class legislation. They
are both robbers Of the many for the benefit
Of the few.
Each therefore violates Democratic prin-
sipls. and neither can be retained in Dem
Ocratic system Of taxation without betray-
ing the Democratic pledge TO the people.
The warning Mr.. MILLS gave TO the Re-
pqbllesls that u thsy passed the sugar