Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-08

| low would have tb enlarge not only bis
appetite but also his capacity, and then
provide himself with weeIbarrow at
tachment to carry around.
THE ABDOMINAL EXTENSION.
Laughter. There may be some farm
ers gullIible enough to be deceived by
.'home market" fake. but whenever
7 rue ar OF one Of them am reminded OF
the nc dream OF the Chicago GUNNER.
He dreamed that he went to hell IA
strange place for man from Chicago
TO 90 toll and when he got there the
devil said to him, "Young man, l have
had nv eve on you for some time, but
was not looking for you just at this
particular time. Laughter. And con-
sequently 1 have not got things ready
to entertain you as warmly as would
like. daughter. So you can knock
around awhile and see the sights, and
after a bit may be able to
| join you and point out some OBJECTS
of particular interest" and the drum
mer very promptly adopted the slggss-
ton.
He went around and saw the sinners
In various shapes and conditions,
and finally he got to place
where they had lot OF them
hung up by the heels and being smoked
as YOU have seen hams, shoulders and
middlipgs In q country smOkehouse.
His curiosity was excited, and be said
TO the devil, "Who are these fellows,
and what have you got them hung up
that way for?" The devil said to him.
"Sir, that is lot OF farmers who In
their lifetime believed that they could
be benefited by high protective tarlH,
and it has been our experience that
such fellows are too green to burn and
so we hung them up to dry. Laugh
ter.
Mr.. Chairman, think, for once In his
life, the devil was right. Laughter
Ny time will not permit me, sir, to
discuss the details OF the present Dill.
1t does not provide as full measure OF
| tariff reform as some of us would ike;
but we recognize the very grave diff
culties and responsibilities under which
| the Democratic members OF the ways
and Means Committee have been called
to labor and we have tried TO assist
them somewhat, by various amendments
| offered, as far as could be done in the
| Committee of the Whole; aud when 1t is
| finally presented TO the House, trust
that it will command the loyal airport
! Of every Democrat in this House.
1t is good long step in the
right direction, and it cannot be
taken too soon. 1t has many admirable
features, chief among which, in add
ton to it's enlarged free list, is its pro-
vision for ad valorem duties. One OF
| the most obnoxious features or the
! Mckinley bill was its system OF
specific duties or imposition OF
so much tax per yard or per pound,
without any reference TO tue
VALUE OF THE ARTICLE TAXED.
That system is just as bad as IL a
State or county were to undertake TO
tax lands at 50 much per acre instead OF
according to their valne. The plain re-
suit of that would be that one acre OF
| land In the country not worth over $40
or $40 would be taxed as much as an
acre in the city worth over 100000.
! To illustrate the effect of snch specihc
duties under the Mckinley bill, take
! for instance, broadcloth, with speclnc
duty of a. cents per pound and ad va
! lcrem duty OF so per cent, and cotton
warp reversible, with specific duty OF
| SO cents per pound and al valorem duty
of 40 per cent. Now, figure out the
! percentage upon the broadcloth worth
! S3.6O and the cotton warp worth 40
cents, and you will find that the broad
| 81 rnto
cent, and the the cotton warp at l99
| per cent!
| So on throughout all Its ubiquitous
schedules, runs the vicious principle OF
low percentage upon articles used by
the rich and high percentage upon ar
ticles used by the poor. Yes, sir, we
! find that the Republican politicians and
their protectionst pets, and their news
paper organs throughout the country,
are violently and vlciously assailing
the Wilson bill upon the express
ground that it has go largely
provided for Gd UaIorem, in
the place Of specific duties.
But no man should be surprised Ut
such assaults. The whole policy OF the
| Republican party for more than quar-
ter Of a century Of its domination has
had the direct effect OF making the ricA
richer and the poor poorer, until 1t has
resulted in widespread want, misery,
suffering and restitution. Mr.. Chair
man. IL our free institutions are to be
preserved, If this is to remain govern
ment "of the people, By the people and
for the people," that Republican policy
must be reversed!
1t should be the highest object OF the
law to treat all classes alike, but II DIS
| ordinations are made anywhere, let
their benefits fall upon those who need
them most. You have got to stop taxing
the many for the benefit Of the few. All
history teaches that bounties Of that
kind put nothing in the hand OF toll.
Instead Of paterualistic system that
has to establish soup houses, we want a
Democratic system that will establish
Justice: and sooner or later ii has got
to come, and woe be unto the man, or
set of men, or faction, that stands 10
| the way Of its coming. The world is
growing restless under the accu-
mutations of continued wrongs
and sins against justice; and
the mighty spirit Of Democracy is NOV
ing in all the earth, and the nineteenth
century may be ushered out by mighty
upheavals, as it was ushered in. In
this favored land all wrongs may be
rlghted at the ballot box II representa-
. tives will only be true TO their trust.
! Let us be true to ours all along the line.
1t has become quite common to en-
ploy the epithet ''demagogue" towards
anv man who stands up here or else