The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-03
been reduced more than ssC 0ssA fsso rex
annum. These reductions are as sas.ows.

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ITO this must be added the further ifn-
I posing fast that the bill provides for full
and ample revenue, largely in excess Of
/ the present, with which 10 meet ali the re-
| qniremenss OF the public credit, Sucn q
/ consuumasion as this, So full Of relief 10
the people and OF strength. safety and
| hoaor 10 the government. may welt atone
| for the inrerteesions and shortcomings
/ alleged against the pending measure aad
! Will constitute the rock on which the sefn~
pie OF tariff reform will be huiit and against
which, in the arneliorated future, the gales
/ OF fraud shall not prevail. With such
eenencent and stupendoas result now
| plainly within the reach of the American
| people and almost ready for the,r eager
| enjoyment, envy not the fate of tho
/ party, nor the man, nor the set of men
who shall constitute themselves him
| drance and an obstruction 10 its speedy
falnllmens.
Faults aud imperfections can, OF course.
| be alleged aud pointed out; concessions
| are apparent which have been unwiliingsw
made Ia order so secure its passage: arts
| cies on the free list IS they came from the
| house have been made duliaais under the
| duress Of small minority here, vet.
| deeply as regret the necessity for these
changes, do no. hesitate 90 say that this
| oiil. taken as whole, as il now stands,
| with its combination OF lower taxes ON the
necessarscs of life aud ~ the same sime In
fgssf
| be hailed as a substantial measure OF re-
form and relief by the great producing
masses oi the American people.
Manufacturing interests which years
ago were indeed and ia fact in their in-
fancy and were foslerei while vet in tha
cradle OF their birth are nov colossal task
masters, commanding tribute from every
days labor beneath the sun. hsughtisv
stridiDg the corridors of this capitol aud
issuing their edicts IN the tones OF dicta-
tors.ior or against the enactment of pend
ing measures in the halls Of congress-
Those who own and represent these
swollen aad arrogant interests do not hes-
itate To declare in what terms bill
vitality affecting 7n.o00,eno people will he
permitted 10 become law. and in default
of what provisions for financial profits 10
themselves they viii insure its defeat
The enactment Of the Mckinley bill
was a gigantic crime, not only against
-
the United States, but also against every
individual manufacturer and against all
manufacturing interests. It was not 50
| designed by its authors, but such was Its
| real aud inevitable character. It declared
policy so tiagitious IN principle, 80 rot
ten in morality and so rsvenous In its
exactions on the absolute wants OF life
| that its possible duration was only a qucs-
| tion of time until the next election by the
| people should occur. and yet the vast man.
| uiacturing interests Of tho country were
| tempted and scduced into accepting its de-
| of them selves to its aliuring though evan
| escent and short-lived provisions.
| IF the reward Of labor had ever been
| increased as an incident or consequence
| OF increased tariff duties on foreign inn
| ports. nothing would bs easier or more
| gracious to the advocates and beneticiarics
| of protection than to show that fact. Tho
| very reverse, however, II true. IL can
never be forgotten that the enactment Of
| the Mckinley law In October. 1880, wgs
| followed almost Immediately BY reduc-
| tion Of the wages of ail workers In iron
and steel, beginning At Homestead In
| Psnnsylvania, under Carnegie, resulting
| in bloodshed and Wholesale murder, and
| extending to oil parts Of the country and
| to almost every manufacturing Industry"
Voorhees, defended the I'D valcrem sys-
tenn a. fairer, honestsr and moro easily
| understood than specific duties
On the subject Of the sugar schedule. he
| said:
Absolute free trade I'm sugar Ia an at
traetive thing, but no such thing has ever
| existed for single hour since the orsani-
| xstiop of the government A moderate
| duty has always been imposed on sugar,
| and IL has always been staunch revenue
| support OF the government. In that great
model of Democratic tariff revenue only
| the tariff Of 1876. IL was declared in short
| and simple phrase that sugar of all
| kinds and syrup of the sugar werc
subject to duty tax OF 30 per
| cent. ad valorem. The fact that the
| duty tax on sugar has Injured more TO thu
| benefit of the revenues of the government
| and less TO the profits Of the private parties
| than any other tax known to tariff leglsia-
| ton may be stated as the main reason why
| the Democratic party has never made an
| issue against IT, Every dollar collected
from tariff tax on sugar and paid into the
| treasury relieves some other article OF even
higher necessity in the economy OF hfo
| from the imposition of tariff taxation.
| During the present fiscal year ending Jnns
| 20 there will be paid by the treasury $i2,-
| 700 go as bounty 10 the producers Of sugar.
and every dollar of this vast sum is taxes
| collected from those who plant corn. raise
/ wheat and engage In all the various pur-
| suits of labor. Nearly $50. 0oo. 600 OF bounty
| money has been handed over TO the sugar
makers of the country since the law went
into operation. and each yesr the sum 10
| rapidly increasing. IL was thought when
/ the law was under discussion that the
bounty would not exceed - Oo,G0 psr
| wear, bnt the stimulating influence of such
/ an enormous bounty Was moderated liz
| the law ~ 10 remain unrcpealed the tina
| Is a; hand when il will confer as n mers
| gratusty more than So. .00p. 600 per year On
| a small fraction of our population engaged
F.! in no public service, but IN their own pri-
| vate enterprises.
"In turning TO another snbject on which
/ much ignorance and much maIevoicns
| criticism has been heard. the task il easy.
| in securing sufficient revenue for the
| support of the government with as light a
/ tax a. possible on the necessaries OF
| life, | have at ali times earnestly Ia
vored an increased tar on whisky. [
would TO glad today II the pend
ing bill provided a tax OF sLn0 per
| gallon instead Of 3i.i0, as IL does. Reve-
| nue. should be raised from distilled spirits.
the purchase and consumption os which il
never a necessity of life. and the fact thas
| the so, ,00o. 90 OF surplus accruing under
the ball vas Furnished by the tax cn
whisky is genuine Joy to my mind. Nv
| sincere regret 10 that more money for tbs
| government was not obtained from that
| source. and consequently less from Other
| sources of a different character. I have Nd
hesitation In declaring, upheld n arm by
the secretary Of the treasury and the com.
| missioner OF internal revenue who have
| both recommended every step taken on
:bis subject, that one of the wisesr, safest
most useful and necessary provision in
the pending bill 10 that increasing the tai
on distilled spirits and granting an extern.
| sion OF the time they may remain In bond
/ Rfah taff drsv 49,