Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-02-08

The tariff tax is laid en- foreign good, only
American goods of course ere free. If an
American buys foreign made article which
is ON the dutinblc list NJ may pay tax. #
hc drinks whiskcv he is sure TO- Under the
kcKinlpy bill all the ncccssarics of lifc, like
tea. coffee. and sugar, arc on the free list.
The lxurics are taxed. Now how many
of the farmers of that Western State, while
their mortgage Indebtedness has been grow
ing. have paid copper for any article of
foreign growth or manufacture, and thus
been compelled to pay tax? Not one in
80 And so il is everywhere.
The people as whole do not pay a cop
per toward the support Of the general gov
eminent. The man Of wealth and the man
of fastidious taste will many times buy
foreign dutiahc goods but the plain people
of this country as rule buy American
goods on which there is NO tax It is not
true that our own goods bear higher prices
because of the tariff ON the foreign article.
Every intelligent man knows that the price
of homemade goods arc lower to-day than
they were in 1850 when the protective
tariff came into being. The tendency year
by year since that date has been downward
Abnormal conditions may have, in individ-
ual instances. marked an exception, but the
exception only proves the rule. As a whole
the necessarios of life arc cheaper.
1t follows. then. ii the American people
will board at home and clothe themselves at
home and let rum and tobacco alone. they
are practically exempt from Federal taxa
tion. That the people are heavily taxed l.,
true But it is municipal taxes that they
suffer from. Town, city and county taxa
ton is excessive all over the land. and these
are the taxes the people vote upon them
selves, and for which neither Congress nor
the tariff is responsible.
When this democratic doctor. then pro.
pose, bv his dose of free trade to cure our
political ills, he proves himself quack as q
physician and IA worse one as Il mctaphysi-
clan.
In my own State. the effects Of the vii
son bill will he disastrous. Everything the
farmer produces is reduced in value. Horses.
cattle, hay. oats potatoes eggs corn.
wheat. rye. barley. WOOL pork. lumher-in
short our entire agricultural industry is sub
.iected to ruinouS competition with like
products in Canada whore the women and
cheap farm hands do the labor: where wages
are lower and the scale Of living vastly in
ferior Not only this, our marble granite,
slate and lime industries are disastrOuSlv af-
fected. if not absolutely ruined Canada is
doubly fortunate. Nhe mas Farhaheht al
ottaWa honestly an" Pa'iI"uValIS slIlN lne
to lrSislatc Tor the E"o'' ol her people ana
another at Nashlhgloh leBSIalinS Ill INC
same direction
But the farmer Is MOI alone anrcted' Gun
manufacturers OF WOODEN ana hnit goouH
must throw large NUMBER Oh persons ou'
oil employIneht' nave received many let
ters ana rcmohsirah'eN from poOh employers
ana employees protesting against lhiS mon
Strou' lnlamy ana can confidently ASSURE
the House that tine W"fiLhg'neh "l \erlhon'
ITO not belong TO inc 'as' Oh mon VINO car
be coerced by then employers mo siGnlh-
these responsiveness IheY are reading
thlnklnS' lhtelISchl men, VINO carry thell
sovereignty under ther own mats ana you
might a. wei uhdertaN' 10 coerr' Nlagara
to run the other way as tococrcc a ermonI
Worklngman To act AGAINST tae actaleS Oh
his Judgment. Inc li''hnah' le scotch
man, the NeIshman' amt III" NWede' VINO
work in our mills anu 4uarrleS. know tina
legislation winch close those mlilS ana d'A
NANTES the derrlcks IN those quarrrS Is q
bioN AT thelf wages. ana nave an alopetueI
more intelligent Apprehension oil the chect
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