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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
Scaly Schemes of Taxation.

Having made a prot ective tariff for
a deficiency only, the was and means
committee are now engaged in drum
ming up exp dents for nlliug in the
defciencr. Among these expedients
are mentioned, besides tax on incomes,
a tax Oh leyacies, and tax on the net
earnings of corporations. AS the COM
mittee has taken a header from the
dem &c ic Platform, there is no telling
in what vague and muddy waters it is
cropping or where it will bring up. Be-
fore these gentlemen drag the demo-
cratic party into any fur Their economic
dvagations, however, they should com.
mune with themselves soemnly aud
indulge in a brief interval Of serious
prospection. We do not expect that
they will attach any weight o the con-
sideration that they are about to spring
upon the country plan Of taxation
about which the country has not been
olsu ted Evidently they feel that
they know better than the country
VIII It the country wants. Otherwise
they would not have offered it pro
tectlve tariff instead of the cOnstitu-
tiOnal tariff which the voters called for.
There are two considerations, however,
that should prevent Mr.. Wilson and
the southern and western democrats on
his committee from taxing incomes or
legacies or corporations; and these con
siderations are irrespective of the rev.
enue that might be raised by means of
such taxes or any OF them, and ire
spective of the real and financial Incl
dence of such taxes.
Ii the national democratic party is
not resolved TO resign all hope of cleo
toral votes in the eastern states, it can
not afford to show any sympathy with
that policy OF hatred for wealth and for
accumulation, and that hysterical fer
vOr against corporations, which are at
the bottom of all these new schemes OF
taxation. Such schemes may be p
to half-baked populism, but they are an
affront to the thrift and enterprise of
the United States. They would amount
to double taxation. They would be a
proscriptive tax upon the qualities that
m AXE for progress aud raise life above
a hand.to-mouth struggle OF inprovi.
dence and imbeciity. They would be a
fine upon success. Communism, con-
scious or unconscious, is al the root of
them. The democratic party will take
very dangerous step If it advocates
this sort of legislation, some forms of
which have been tried in this common
wealth recently, with no gain to The de-
mocracy. If these taxes were on other
grounds defensible, yet it would not
pay the democrats TO favor them. The
imposition of new TAX or taxes would
be felt a burden. A direct tax is sure
TO be more onerous than an indirect
tax. The indirect tax you pay without
knowing it. The direct tax grinds
every time.-Neto York San.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
Wilson PrOtectiOnist Tariff Scheme.

1t is quite easy at frst reading to see
what the general nature of the measure
lie, and to grasp the essential principle
running through all its varied and COM
plicated schedules. That principle is
industry, through the imposition OF
more or less prOhibiIive or hindering
duties on the i'm portation OF competing
foreign products. In no schedule Of
the proposed democratic tariff Is this
principle conspcuously violated.
Conse quently this bill is not OF the
kind which the democrats were put
into power to pass. AT the last ma
tional election it was SUPP led, from
the platform on which the democrats
asked support, that they stood for the
principle of revenue tariff as opposed
TO that of a protective tariff on which
the republicans founded their claims to
endorsement. When the votes were
all cast and counted, and 1t was found
that the democrats had won great
victory ON their bold and sharply de-
fined Tariff platform, it was further sup.
posed that tariffs for protection would
be ended ia this country, and tariff
established for revenue only. The
high tariff bene6cialias lamented, and
honest tariff reformers rejoiced accord
ingly; except 30 far as the latter re-
! strained their pleasure by the fear that
the democrats might, after all lack the
courage of their al Legged convictions and
fail in the end to perform the great
mission of reform which had been
plainly intrusted to them.
That fear is now justified by the
event. The democrats have brou Int
forward and now propose to try TO pass,
not "A revenue tariff, but protective
tariff, tariff which differs from the
existing law, and from such laws as
the republicans have declared desir-
able, only in percentages. 1t is not
the law which the democrats outlined
in their platform, but just such law
as in that platform they dc AIRED was
fraudulent and unconstitutional; 1t is
not the law which the people Of the
DISCONTINUED West meaLt TO help bring
about, when they put the democrats in
power last year, but just such law az
they intended TO rebuke and reject the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
Tariff Principles.

The tariff bill reported by the major
ity of the ways and means committee is
based on three fundamental principles
if, indeed, the bill can be said to have
any principles at all: Free raw mate
rails, ad valorem in the place Of specific
duties, and some form of an income tax.
As matter Of strict fact, there can
hardly be such thing, in the industrial
world, as "raw material" Wool,
for example, is called raw material,
yet the production Of wool is matter
requiring skill, intelligence, labor and
care that are not required in the
production Of many kinds Of man.
uiactured articles. Wool-growing is
an industry, and very important
industry, in country like this. A
similar view might justly be taken of
almost every other article classified as
raw material. The production of raw
material is quite as much entitled TO
protection as the articles into which the
material l. manufactured. The substi-
tuition OF dd valorem for specific duties
is a characteristic democratic step-a
long stride backward. The value of i'm
ported ar icles is fixed thousand miles
or more from the market to which it is
brought. There is every possible op
portunity for under-vau alton, and thu
temptation TO make false invoices il
ever present. Mr.. Manning, secretar,
Of the treasury during Mr.. Cleveland'
first administration, in report h
made to congress on the subject, ex
posed the abuses to which adj Udloren
duties are subject, and recommended
the adoption of specific du les in al
cases where the latter were practicable
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

TESTED by the first principles of po-
litical rectitude and party honor, the
prot ctionist tariff proposed to congress
by Mr.. Wilson and the democratic ma
jority of the committee on ways aud
means is fraud, an tiffany, aud an
insult. AS the years go by, wonder will
increase that democrats could be found
willing to sign their names TO this con-
fessiou of mposlure and false pretences
this acceptance of the tokens of Il de-
grading humlliation.-NeW York Sun,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
Mr. VAN ALIEN has declined the

Mr.. VAN ALIEN has declined the
Italian embassy on the ground that his
acce ptance might be misconstrued in
view of the criticisms which have been
made upon his appointment. He admits
that he made large contribu ion to the
democratic campaign fund, but repeats
his denial that this contribution had
any connection with the appointment
TO Italy. Mr.. Van Aliens letter does
him credit, aud the end OF the episode
leaves him in vastly more enviable
position than it does the president.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

HAVE republicans anything to be
thankful for to-day2 Way, certainly.
Tney can be thankful that the country
has accumulated during the last year 30
large stock OF practical experience
win democracy that the lesson will not
ha forgotten for a generation.-Neto
York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

Ga live animals the proposed duty is
twenty per cent ad yalorem. Under
the existing law, horses are $50 head I;
thirty per cent if valued at $3.50 or
over. Cattle more than one year old,
$40 per head; one year or less, 50 per
ad. Hogs, 81 so per head. Sheep,
one year old or more, $3.50 per head
less than one year old, seventy. five
cents per head.
A comparison OF the above rates will
show tina. the foundations of Mennonite
prosperity are attacked at every point
by the tariff reformers. Her leading
industry is sg iculture, and there is not
an article OF farm products upon VIII oh
the duty is not either very largely re-
duced or wiped out entirely. Had this
bill been framed by committee of the
Dominion parliament, its rates cou d
hardly have been arranged 80 well 10
conserve The interest of the Canadian
farmer or more decisively to the dis
advantage of the Vermont farmer.
While the Vermont farmer is appalled,
a. the blow aimed at his vocation by
his own government, his Canuck COM
petitor is very naturally hilarious over
the prospect of procuring practically
free admission to the American market.
Under the guise Of reciprocity, the Ca
madam has heretofore sought an oppor-
tunity to market his products in the
United S ates. The experience under
one reciprocity treaty satisfied the Yer
mont farmer that if there was any re-
ciprocal advantage in an arrangement
of this kind, he was not in it; and all
subsequent attempts 10 arrange an ex'
change of products free of duty have
come TO naught.
In other schedules a sharp discrimi-
nation against Vermont products is
also made. Vermont's minerals, in par
ticular, are placed at the mercy of for
eign competition. In this section OF
Vermont, disaster to an important
industry turks in the proposed rate
of duty on imported granite. Scotch
granite, even under existing duties, has
Leen close competitor with the Amer.
lean. The pay of granite-cutter in
Scotland for a week is hardly greater
than the daily wages OF his brother in
America. Granite is brought from
Scotland as ballast, and the freight il
merely nominal. 1t probably costs lesi
to land foreign granite al any OF the
leading seaport towns of the UniteG
States than TO freight il from any o
the inland American quarries. Granite
in the rough is on the free list in tn,
bill proposed by Chairman Wilson
The existing duty of forty per cent OF
dressed granite is reduced to twent,
per cent. Tne bare statement of thes,
simple facts and considerations i
enough TO show that the new tariff bill
levels death blow to one of the mos
important branches of Vermont IN
dustry, a branch which, under tn
fostering care of tariffs enacted unde
republican administrations, is now il
mid career of marvellous develop
ment. AT Barre, and at other points i
the state, are some of the finest qual
ries in the world. During the pas
decade large amounts of capital hay
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06
The Tariff and Vermont Products.

There is hardly Vermont product
that escapes the knife of ths tariff bill
Chairman Wilson proposes for enact.
ment The following list shows the
present and the proposed tariff on the
leading articles of Vermont productions:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

THE heavy snow storm OF last Sunday
completely paralyze the horse cars at ltut.
land, aud travel was not resumed until Mon
day evening.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-12-06

Ex SPEAKER REED makes this char
ac,erstic comment on the presid snPs
message: "That part of the message
VIII ch relates TO the tariff Is most sur
phi sing. 1t asseveratCs that the house
committee IN charge of that subject has
formulated plans and devised methods
of taxation which, as member of the
committee, have never even heard
proposed. 1t is rather unusual SEN
sation to learn of the deeds of the COM
mittee, not in the committee room, but
from the president OF the United
States"
JOHN L. STEVENS, administer to
Hawaii, has published his reply TO the
structures and criticisms on his conduct
and motives contained in PaIamount"
Blounts report on the Hawaiian revolu.
ton. He makes q scOrching arraign-
ment of Mr.. Cleveland's special COM
missioner, points out his prejul Ices
against the revo.utionists and his pre-
possession for the royalis,s. Many of
the commissioners assertions are fl ,tly
denied. The facts, Mr.. Stevens main
tains, are distorted to help the admins
tratiOn's cas3. Mr.. Stevens high char
acter would alone gain credence for all
his statements, but, happily for the
truth, all that he says aud N lin aims is
strongly corroborated by the testimony
of witnesses whose character cannot be
impeachtd. An American administra-
ton could hardly be eng ged in an en-
terprise more thoroughly disgraceful,
more utterly repugnant to the Amer.
lean sense of right and idea of free dom
than this in which President Cleveland
has embarked.
INTEREST in the presidents message
was felt largely in what explanation
the chief executive mi hit make in the
matter of his interference in the affairs
of Hawaii. The president admits that
Minister Willis is instructed to restore
Liliuokalani to her throne, but says
that thus far no information of the ac-
complishment of this end has been re-
ceived. When the minister reports,
the president says he will communicate
the news 10 congress with all documents
relating to the matter. Nothing the
president says mitigates, in the slight.
est degree, the severe criticisms upon
his course in this Hawaiian matter On
the contrary, all the denunciation an
extensively n-American line of action
has received seems to have been fully
merited. The presidents voice is still
for tariff reform along the lines of the
Wilson dark lantern scheme; but inter.
est in what he ha' to say on this sub
ject has been discounted by the publ
cation of the terms of the Wilson bill
and by the fact that the presidents
views on the tariff question are well
known. Outside Of the brief reference
10 the Hawaiian question, the general
public will feel only languiI interest
In the presidents annual deliver2nce.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-08

If you expect to attend the Worlds
fair call at the EXPosIToR Office and
get information as to where to find a
first class room.
Many Physicians use DR.. Wheeler 8
Nerve Vitaiizer for Nervous diseases,
because, with their knowledge of medi-
cine, they knew no better remedy.
Sold by Grant Holden q Bro.
Charles Parker threshed 1000 bushels
of grain, wheat, oats, barley and peas,
on Tuesday for John and Robert
Irving and moved and set three times.
The old j. |. Case Agitator is not dead
yet, even if the paint on her sides is
not as bright as the new ones.
The Union Sunday School of the
Carless district gave picnic in George
Browns woods on Wednesday, Sept.
| 9th. which was attended by about BOG
people. A nice program was carried
out and all enjoyed themselves. The
address by elder 4. III. Parkinson was
we'll received.
The Detroit and Cleveland Steam
Navigation Company's new steamers
City of Alpena and City of Mackinac
are now in commission, making four
trips per week between Detroit, Mack
mac Island, Chicago and way ports.
Fare, Cleveland to Mackinac and
return, including meals and berths,
$1,000; Toledo, Sl4.50; Detroit. $500.
| Low Rates to Chicago. Write for ILL
ustrated Pamphlet. Address A. A.
Schantz, q. u. A., Detroit, Mich. 1868
As we adyancein life the ideal soon
hides behind the real. How few things
came up to our expectations! Most
girls have an ideal husband in view
n kind hearted, Noble man, with figure
of an Apollo and the beauty of an
Adonis, who pays ,the same attention
to his wife that he did before their
troth was blighted. The real husband
| is brusque, matter-Gf-fact, unsentimen
tai, and only remembers that he Is
married when he is obliged to pay the
| household expenses. The ideal house
wife is the woman who keeps her home
| in the most excellent order, and pre-
sides at the table with the grace of q
queen. The real housewife is too often
woman whose face isred and blazed
with cooking over n hot stove, whose
voice is sharp and earnest, and who Ii
| given to gossip. The ideal baby ID
| little fellow with the daintiest tinted
\ cheeks, the curliest hair, the sweetest
little "coo", and with angels wings
| inst sprouting from his shoulders. The
real baby is u young wad OF humanity
with open valves, screaming all the
time. fuZz on his head like ttsistledOwn
anG bears no resemblance to an angel
| And so it is with everything in life
things are seldom what they seem.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-08
ExPOSlTIONS.

She softly toycd with her pretty IA
As the fire was burning low,
Aud softly said II like a man
With II little get up and go.
And then with deep surprise and pain
glance upon her he bent,
And reaching out for his hat and cane
lie softly got up and went.
Pumpkin pie! Yum, yum.
Send the ExPosiToR to a friend.
T. II. Shaw is on the sick list at
present.
Harvey Tappan has been quite sick
during the past week butts now on the
improve.
Bv using Halls Hair Remover, gray,
faded or discolored hair assumes the
natural color of youth, and grows
luxuriant and strong, pleasing every
body.
Cards are out announcing grand
fair ball and supper at Michaels hall
Yale, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 26.
The best of ballroom music by Law
rence's full concert orchestra of Port
Huron. You may expect good time.
4 Universal Beautifer Harmless,
effective, and agreeable, Ayers Hair
Vigor has taken high rank among
toilet articles. This preparation causes
thin, weak hair to abundant, strong,
and healthy, and restores gray hair to
its original color.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-08
Come Right Along

and pick vOur Fall Suit from our
immense assortment of stylish gar
ments. Autumn won't wait fer you,
neither will the style. You must come
now or be a lonesome relic of summer.
Relies may be interesting as curiosity
in clothing. All the same our Suits,
although not relics, excite curiosity be-
cause they are wonders in cut. style,
material and price. Everybody's won
dering how such goods can be sold at
such figures. That's the secret Of our
success, and our fitness to hold the
first place in the Clothing trade. We
still have small part of the immense
Bankrupt Stock of Clothing, which we
are selling at the following prices:
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-08
PERSONAL NEWS.

Phil Doelle was in Pontiac Visiting
| friends last week.
j. T. Waterman, of Peck, waG in
Yale on Wednesday.
David Barrett, of st. IIelens. visited
| in town the past week.
A. +. Jackson Is home from Detroit
on visit to his family.
Mabel Moore was i'm Rrockway Satur-
day last visiting friends.
John G.. Jones was in Sanilac Centre
and Elmer City Sunday.
Mrs. Tom Holden spent Sunday in
Brown City with friends.
Geo. Eftrick arrived home from Chi
cago Thursday afternoon.
George Martin spent Sunday with
friends at Moore's Corners.
Belle Parish, of Pontiac. is a guest of
Elisha Griswold and family.
a. W. Simmons and wife, of MELVIN,
were in Yale Monday evening.
George A. Horn, of Newark, Conn.
has been i'll Yale the past week.
W. III. Palmer and son Fred came
home from Chicago on Thursday.
III Ellis arrived Tuesday on visit
to her sister Mrs. John Mckinney.
Charley Palmer and George Matzen
were in Petrolia, Ont, last Sunday.
County Clerk Mason and wife were
in Yale calling on friends Tuesday.
4. w. Ferguson and family were in
Almont visiting friends over Sunday.
Mrs. w. A. Holden and children are
in Burnside this week visiting friends.
Charles Presley has been in Chicago
the past week visiting the Worlds
Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Black have been
visiting in Romeo and vicinity this
week.
Jette Shance, of Potterville, is visit
ing friends and relatives in Yale and
vicinity.
Horace Caster, of ThamesfOrd, Ont,
visited James llisey and family during
the past week.
Rudolph Andreae came home from
the Worlds Fair last Saturday and re-
ports fine time.
May Smith, of Berville, is the guest
of her cousin Allie Clark and other
friends this week.
Fred Mathews has secured position
in drug store at West Branch and left
for there last week.
j. l.. Dunlop, of Detroit, was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. Gatfney the
fore part of the week.
Chas. f. Emery took in the races at
Port Huron this week. He also had
business at Port Austin.
..I, 4 4 l.. 4.
Peck after a two weeks visit with her
sister Mrs. Thos. Gaffney.
Mrs. j. +. Umphrey returned home
from Saginaw last Friday. She is
much improved in health.
George II. Jones and family, of
Shabbona, have been the guests of his
father Postmaster Jones this week.
Bertha Beecher left on Thursday
afternoon for her school at Franklin,
y. Y, which she will attend another
year.
Mrs. +. A. Griswold, the Misses
Kate and Hattie Hayes have returned
from their two weeks trip to the
Worlds Fair.
John brennan and daughter Sarah,
of Lynn, were in Yale this week. Miss
brennan has rented her millinery es-
Enlistment in Sanilac Centre and was
looking over the Yale ground with q
view to locating here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bement, Of
Lansing, after pleasant visit with the
family of James Meharg returned
home on Thursday. Lettie Meharg
accompanied them home and will
attend the Lansing schools.
Frank w. VanMeter, wife and
daughter, of Jackson, who have been
visiting with Mrs. Van Meters grand
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Smith,
and other friends for the past week,
returned home last Tuesdav