The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-10
tOrIsl eoveramentsl power.. s.l.tlns. Ore.,.


wrestling With srm srfed dynSsdes tRro5USssSS
stance Of sovereignty. fntsrfefsnces win In.
| diyidual freedom are CUSTOMARY. and breed
militant and not industrial pattern. Their
mnchinery is organized Tor, repression; has
end end TSat SRfch Ns. sna In %ss sps.s qS
menaEchies and ari.to 81 10 becoming TIE
| hazard OF their democraciee.
THE WEAPON OF MoNARoHtEs
| Taxation OF all sorts, taxation at every turn
| taxation upon incomes, with All the necessats
long been the appropriste and most pspisoh6ss;
men,s have multiplied their functions and ' rro.
icSndsrs d our ds@osrstiS ropablis hd iSs
Houses. oade them remember they were tbs
| PEOPLES servants and stick to an inoYeuslVs
TAT oiciaI class leaders OF the local seSjs1~
parasites. pupils. and servants to every oc,u.
The leaders OF the democracies who ar. an
for the handle % every power whose edge st the,
| have felt, dreadtnR the reaction that has foi.
lowed connscation Of privileged estates per.
ceiye. or think they see. In the taxation Of in-
| Instead OF the settled supremacy here OF msn
| versus the state. there we see survlvals Of an
progress, and the war Of class"the po mt nan
| the unprivileRed-to capture the state in order
r. make rsPtisals upon another class, the rtk.
| Taxation Is even the favorite organ OF NOR.
advanced Europeans who would bottle mi,
the political and corporate structures 81 90,
| ciety those innumerable limitless fountains OF
social beneflcence which here have found their
| widest deepest flow through free lives from ths
| free hearts OF free men So il happens thai
local troubles find a passing phase OF the sec.
nIer progress ,Sn OF democracy in the Old World
| new world OF United states our democfacy
has always been freedom.
| OUR EUROPEAN ADVISERS.
The non igratlng European feels PARENTAL
superiority and duty toward us. Europaan
| professors annource to American professors
who publish and believe IT. the birth Of brand
tton. From the midst Of their armed camps
between the Danube and the Rhine, the prn.
their schemes, the Anarchists with their
bombs. are all instructing the people Of the
tn. docttinss Of democracy. and the principle.
OF taxation. Little squads OF Anarchists,
and Socialists Z, cross the Scssn
Il their preaching can lind ears In the White
An editor residing in Europe. OF Hungarian
birth. In his New York Newspaper advocates
an income tax designed ultimately to nut
upon nine States between Cape Cod and the
| Mississippi II per cent. and upon New York
alone 80 per cent. OF the expenses OF the Fed.
That taxation OF incomes in the nited States
would be sectional. and class taxation is pre-:
ciselg why II commends itsclf to some men Of
sincere, and has one small excuse, that
through our own stupidity and negligence
sSape i to enrich a few Carneeies with texts exits
for scr mons on Triumphant democracy aud the
II McKinleyism is socialism for the benefit
q the rich, Ard income taxing Is socialism
NH oot she 70 Ss hair Of the sos to
| cure his bits. American Democrats will re-
| ject socialism OF both kinds.
| THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOVERNMENTS
chief cost Of our war Of secession Is accruins
| now. not SO much in the pension list as In the
usual war expansions and war .ggIandi1e-
the name OF patriotic necessity, defended in
the ua5Ehteous decisiGns RI cG.5ti o. unrs,
oSstomsry by the people
Yet II all the expense OF the Federal Gov.
OF two hundred and nifty ultimionaires who
| would never knowthe difference. and II all
their fortunes had ben acquired GshoT avis.
there could be no compensatiou for wrecking
our American experiment OF individual Tree
Of OFT the 10 f Federal Government contact with the
contracts. business. or property Of indiVldua"
IN" In the oficisl elias. our fathers saw the
natural magniners OF Goyern men, ana eIi
Of m paey
They gave the Federal taxeatherers no mis: .t,
to d,aT up al things e eSntrsl ssfS Ss e. III III
| takers They eschewed direct taxes 10 pun'
lived the r su Of the Fsdsra! Govsrsmsnt
from taxes levied ut the seaboard upon things
" sssodna srsny SE
ST oysrSppiHg taxation they lett 70 tne Sni
sso al The rs
sources ofreyenue: A. ,,-
Europeanizing this America. the ioyely
no mans while to climb the sea wall o. S our
paradise. Its natural. almost unay3,iiidaeis
s s@a i q sssii While wyson:
st 81 sEs srss
II we owe that which is unique In our AmeE
can freedom 70 that which is pniGIe ~ 1; ID:
| eminent powers. let US now stand fast foI ths
confines q that sovereignty within VINO"
| The PRACTICAL QUESTIONS.
The House bill created a deficiency in the
revenues necessary TOR the GoyeLnment II.
Whies they proee.ded % ddiscSsrss EIat
were the questions which presented t, ,sa',
endeayors and which now confront the Senate
in its insl actlonf
M HSoneteIvs them 10 Pc these .rrsd will best
and soonest end the growing Treasury dens!,,
and so remove a chief hindrance TO the release 80
more be found from which revenue will lie i'm.
mediate. continuous. sufficient. Of ungues-
| u y u
OF strife 10 the courts. OF use and dlstlbuIloa
universal II possible. SO that the burden ms =,
be least feltp Can the revenue thereir9m bs
collected 10 the lump e the sea board ana ma "a.
| most convenient time and way, namely, ".
before consumption In small addition ""'
prlce4 ,u
Can the whole addition 10 the price o. OILS ll.
fairfield article beyond It's price II not taIlure'
being all the tax 90 to the Federal Ireasaag;,
without abatement. stop the growing dInc'
and release the deadlock OF our Industrial o.,
ergiesY would hazard no steps IN ne @ anIiS
| revision OF taxation except secure anu ss Vi.
steps each one justified by the result OF We
previous step. and accompanied every 9hessi
the ontidencs OF the mass Of the peple lhslea
OF by their dread ana fear. II sg EVE ,hs
were needed would surprise ana satlsll W
country BY the conservatism OF our ProGrtss
In revenue reform. This Mckinley hill l1st , sno
country to our opponents BY Its eAtteHe Io"J
lures in one direction. and We shou'd ave.
the opposite extreme.
TAX ON CONSUMPTION
Tax on consumption" Is another cnIi .on
phrase that shuts OFF light 1t puts ullhieis ~ ~
| men aud prevents their seeing how many e,"
siderAtions should have weight 10 chOOs'nk,
t1riff tax and that II tax be a TAX ul ~ !,
-, a.. for raw IL