Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-03
TARIFF.

Much hsaii on tue tariff question.
here only i.s general featured ca, ID,
glanced A. Governments arc l...,d
amoa g mcn TO secure 10 the IuaIyl.uu
tAo uGlt 10 live, tue right to 10 .fec.
.Lu risut peacefully to p9sftss t,..
wAica 10 ls-lu fact, the right % pgt.
tdo hnppino.s. 10 secure these D.c..
iEsa ~ ,Ls individual, and tho pcae.
anu good order % society 10 the whol,
mission Of yenmeat Beyond ths
itcannot righuully or safely 10. Gov.
eTnment 10 not organized to ongsae
either directly or indirectly in private
ch'erIrisgs, be they ever 70 udyau.
'hgccua OF pguitcw0rthy. Tie f,na5n
that IL 10 nos organised Tor that PURPOSE
Is because it would b, an unjust anl
dangerous thing TO ~. Such
O thing would mean the building
zap u one part Of the community a,
the expense u the other For be- Be-
REMEMBERED that government 10 not
pi0uucrj Whatever means 10 Las
u takes ny s0iuu process II taxation
ifom tue people; aui whenever 10 gives
part Oi what Is collects Tor the foster.
ing OF some pfya,o enterprise, 10 giyrr
what u has taken from tue whole 10 "A
favored lew, anu builds them up tthe
expense 0i tue community. rhia m1tg
directly toucHca the bounty sysgum,
advocated by Republicans. But tub
same thiug u done when the govern.
mcnt system OF taxation is so adjusted
that what 10 called "pio,uuuuuD /,
given ~ favored Industries, add tue
amount OF tax placed upon imported
articles which como in competition
with the protected" prolucis i5guagtc
uot by tue utcrssitIcs Of tue govern,
mcnt economically Administered. bus
by the tmIuut needed TO 'k,cp out
compelling goode. Il would uqugo a
cfudulity which beIlevuth oil tAiugs q.
think that these favored iuuustrir,
would not combine Into trusts, curupt
logIel lures 20 gu, mote blunu,i
and protection, until they could cau.rul
the markets and fleece ,hc people To- tho
very last dollar they could nich fgom
them. This is not fancy, It 10 facij
demonstrated by the experience OF tho
last quarter VI O. century ia thttB
United States. These men Wh0aulu.
uuHtrius arc protected ana b0unty.'td
40 these things IN all good C1utciutva,
too, iur the good Of the country puuyl
$50 easy IL 70 Tor mcu who ride Goo
high,a. Greet % fortunes wave tu Iur.
Hua4c themselves thnt this wuTld Wau
made for CWH!
Tower muut 30 % necessity 90 protect
I the Individual Hul tutltty; Tor tulsIG
I exist; aul iu order that it may exist
anu be- efficient ~ las The fihhL 10 tax
I tnr people TO the amount ntctssuTy'tI
meet itH lust expenses. 10 Las not tho
/ right 10 tAko one dollar more under any
pfeiext whatsoever. And since tuu
/ pTgtcut System VI taxation u by means
OF an imDOst tax ON imported article
/ the Democratic purity says tue tnriu
| schedules should DO 80 adjusted a. 10
meet the necessities Of Inc govern.
/ ment hut no more. that the taIid
| Gu imp1rls should be imt placed on
| luXufies, that those best able---th0sU
| who buy luxutius--shOuld bear tho
I burden OF taxation, uuu that after that
| such incidental protection should 10
/ Owen 10 new Industries rs VIII tend 10
encourage new enterprises but not
/ foster m0nOpolirs or crehte trusts.
IL said that because tho Demo-
cratic Party promises to bfiug tho
tariii laws down 10 their Just bases,
that industries IN our land are paraly zed
and financial ruin threatens tho ma
ton. We DOM believe 1t. We believe
on the contrary that the county has
reached that point In Its experience
where 10 discOvoIs tho truth that tho
boosted prosperity o, the land was
largely artificial, resting on an Insecure
foundation; that the bubble OF seeming
prosperity pulled itto existence by
Republican policy has bufst and We
stand In tho midst Of "A nations Imam.
clal distress a. consequences.
But suppose the present financial
disiress 10 DO caused wholly or Ia port
hy tie prospect OF a change in tho
tariff legislation Of the country.
What Of ilg Shall the nation
refuse 10 change rs bad policy
Tor gOnd anu just one because Of a
temporary Inconvenience Shall We
mug tho dulusi0n that We can continue
doing cvll aud have good come Of ~
Tho result OF Republican vicious iegis'
lati5n and naturalization IL uesliurd
10 overlnke the country sooner or later
aud tho longer tho inevitable DISASTER
d. put Ch the moro terrible VIII II be-,
Since then il 10 better ~ endure n lilllo
evll than great one, let us hrlvely
meet now whatever OF trouble We have
10 meet, anu overcome II. - VIII ever
bH an Evil 90 have the induhlrial sya-
tenn % tuu country disturbed by poll
tics, therefore let ne remove as TAR as
Igssihlu tho cause ui dlttutUancu 10y
layoring not the Democratic doctrine
alone but what may 10 called tho
American doCtring-vi2. ciyogce the
rOgtrHmcnt aud its plWcrs from tic
laiust,ipl world by clpnnirg it &,
Clusiyelv 10 the n.hlo occupation OF
protecting the peace and gaoi Drderot
society nui tlo life aud luery n Iho
Individual; nying the pcop.u under
such guarantee Of protection 70 Work
Uut their own industrial ami financial
galyafkou