The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-01

find many Republicans that are absolute
free traders We are for high tariff
While in the last campaign they sent us
some Democratic speakers, Mr., Gould
of Skowhegan, and John Scott of Bath.
Mr.. Gould spoke first, we fluid no fault
with his remarks. The next speaker
was Mr.. Scott. Ills entire subject was
tariff taxation. Ii | am not mistaken
we were taxed before birth. any way II
was from the cradle to the grave.
Every thing we ate, drank or wore Is
tax, and when we die, the minister
that conducts the services, aud the tomb
stones are tax, and thought some of
them believed that If we went down to
the kennehec river and drank Of its wa
tiers it would be a tax. The air We
breathe i tax. II ma c me Il little
nervous and Just rs 1t closed we asked IL
any one could say few words on the
other side No." was the reply.
Now, what are the facts: What are
we taxed for We are taxed for state.
county and town purposes. and this tax
We vote to pay ourselves, aud do not pay
one cent OF tax to support the |. >.
government. There is no man that can
show we are taxed one cent, llo" do
we get the money to run TIN, govern
ment? SOME Democrat has told US that
foreign countries ply Us one million
uay. which pays the running expenses
of our government. ! hardly think 1t
now. for the secretary says there Is II
loss of one-half II million per month.
Now. there i Il duty, tarii1 or tax To
raise money and who pays ii. Coz. Me
Donald. the Prime minister of Canada.
said he could explain that tax. 80 that
any one could understand it. suppose |
have one hundred bushels OF barley
which | want to get into the Amerlcan
markets ghc duty on barley - 10
cents per bushel, which is 5lo, it don't
add one cent to the price oil the barley,
1t SIMPLY takes the price oi the Amerl-
can markets. Unfortunately. it is Il tax
aud tax on me-.
Now suppose go to Canada, or any
foreign country, to buy ii horse worth
800 in our market. | find the French
man and the horse. The horse Is only
worth to me 800 when get him no ne
There is duty of $40, must pay at
the custom house He knows that.
offer him So and he takes il. come
through and pay the $50 duty, II
makes no difference to me. The duty Is
made to even up the difference in the
two markets, for the reason OF their
cheap labor and our market being the
best in the world. They pay the duty
for the privilege of putting their goods
and chattels into our maj kct, To be
sure we get Il good revenue from tobac-
co, 1um and sale OF public land, and
from these resources we have enough TO
run the government and are not taxed
one cent. If we are it is so indirectly
we don't know it and it can't hurt us
much.
What do you think of the Mckinley
bill: We think it good one. We Will
try to tell you why. 1t gives the libor-
ing man the highest standard of wages
the country has ever known, until thu
calamity fell upon us. All kinds ol
goods and merchandise were never As
cheap is they are to-day. while the
standard of wages has been maintained.
What has done This: y high tariff.
How is that: For instance. there is
duty of lur cents per pou ri on small
wire ills. have paid at the rate OF %
cents per pouad when they first came
into use, they were made IL foreign
countries. This duty has built up II
home industry, which give extra en-
ployIncnt to the extent of chrapening
steel wire one-half, manufactured at
home. None are imported. We could
never buy a suit of clothes rs chraply as
now. 1t has built up home industries
all over the country and chcapened
every thing one-half.
was in IA slaughter-house the other
day. They led in Il noble OK. They
knocked him in the head, where he lay
paralyzcd and trembling. This repre-
sents our country to-day.
SUMNER WlIlrrLE.
Scion, Jan. Il, 1894.