The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-05-31

He virtually denounces the Re-
publican party for "foisting" pro-
tective tariff on the products of the
Louisiana sugar growers "for a DO
litlcal purpose" and finishes up by
declaring that to takeit away would
"deprive them of their means of
Livelihood and give them nothing in
return"
Just so, Mr.. German. That is
precisely what Republicans have
been saying: that when you strike
down a protective tariff you deprive
great many people of their means
of livelihood and give them nothing
in return.
The reason why Louisiana sugar
growres cannot compete with the
sugar producers of Cuba, France
and Germany is because it costs
them more for labor-their labor is
more expensive. But how much
better is the Louisiana sugar planter
than the people engaged in other
occupations? What has Mr.. Cor
man given the wool grower and the
lumberman? The wool grower of
this country cannot compete with
those of Australia for precisely the
same reason that the sugar pIali "a z
of Louisiana cannot compete with
those of Cuba: it costs him more
than 1t does them.
They can juggle with the ques-
ton until the crack of doom. but
they will never succeed in making
anything more out of it than simply
and purley question of wages.
German knows 1t and ne stands
in the breach between the old slave
drivers of the south who want low
wages and who want to sacrifice the
industrial interests of the north to
their old pro-slavery prejudices and
the Democratic dough faces of the
northern states who are utterly
helpless in the grip of the briga-
diers.
Hill seems to be the only Demo
crat with back bone enough to stand
up to his convictions and the Lord
knows what he is thinking about;
but his gaze is turned unblinkingly
to '96 you can bet your bottom
nickle on that.
Mr.. German declares himself in
accord with Hill on the income tax
question but will vote for it, not
because he thinks it is right or even
necessary but because majority of
his Democratic colleagues honestly
differ from him IN this matter.
To-day's Sun publishes an extract
from the Richmond Times which
places the question of the income
tax in remark ably clear light.
The Times says: but are hun
dred dollars any more than hun
dred dollars in the possession of "a
millionaire" Can any reason
founded in principle be adluced
WHY hundred dollars in one mans
hands should pay more taxes than
a hundred dollars in another mans
hands. And if each hundred dol
lars in rich mans hands pays ex-
actly the same tax that each hun
dred dollars in a poor mans hands
pays, can it be said that the rich
man fails to bear fair portion of
of the expense of the Government?
cit can never be just or right
that a man with an income of
81, 999 shall pay no tax. while the
man with an income of 81, 900 shall
pay one. The poor man suffers no
injustice when the rich man pays
the same rate that he pays"
The great Democratic leaders all
have weather eye on the chances
of 1896. Mr.. VOORHEES, probably
thinks that by pairing down the du-
ties in the Wilson bill he will COM
mend himself to the Populists and
the free traders of the old south.
Mr.. German has trimmed his sails
to sweep the whole heavens and to
catch anything from cyclone to a
zephyr. He is high protectionlst.
low protectionist, free trader,
Populist, and hard-shell Demo
crat all rolled into one, while Hill
judiciously stands aloof, hoping
that when his party gets showed
under this fall-away down deep so
that only their ears will be sticking
out, and when it comes to look
around two years from now he will
be the only Democrat in sight and
the party will very naturally turn to
him and beseech him to take the
nomination. W.
Vaccination a Duty.
The State board of health has
issued an address to the people of
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