Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-10-04

There are three separate and distinct djvi-
1ions in our law, either one of which is worth
all the struggle, contention. chickering's. crimi-
nations and determinations, impotence and
restiessness we have passed through.
The first. and by far the most important OF =.
| is the income tax. 1t was fearful stumbling
block in our pathway to success, especially in
the senate. where with s. senators seated, IS
| were necessary for a majority, and we had only
/ A democrats. and could only spare one vote
| and have a majority.
| taxing system of our great government. Our
| laws, administered at the expense of the peo-
prosperity Of every citizen, and each adds to
| the expense very largely in proportion to the
number and the amount It is only just, right
morality that each should bear his just proper
| tionate share of the burden. Under our law
protection of his life and liberty and for the
! protection of his property in proportion to the
| amount of his income.
| Mckinley law giving bounties to sugar pro-
duceIs, which was unjust and discriminating,
benefit OF very few favored citizens engaged
| in that special industry. 1t was odious and OBJ
| taken from the masses engaged in all other
| kinds of employment and bestowed as bountes
| and gratuities to the favored few sugar-pro-
ducing class if the law had remained upon the
| statute books, would have been enormous and
onerous The production of sugar under
the stimulus of this bounty provision
cent. over the previous. and the bonn
ties paid i'd oil increased acc or from
about S9.O0OOOO to over S12 COO The in
| crease in production and the amount of the
| bounties to be paid would have continued dur
ing the existence of the law, and would in the
| aggregate have amounted to hundreds OF mil
lions of dollars reliably estimated for the 1G
years at over 5000. 100000.
The third is the wooden schedule. which has
| always been the stronghold, the tower OF
| refuge, the Gibralter of protection and the pro-
| tectionists. Our tariff law tears down, shas-
| tiers and DESTROYS il.
| We have placed wool upon the free list and
greatly reduced the duties on woolen manu-
| features. reducing them from 9s63 per cent.
| average ad valorem under the Mckinley law
to 4ss2 per cent. net reduction OF
| the consumers or users of WOODEN Elanufac-
| lures an immense sum of money every year
Inmates to over sl4OOOOOOO annually. sum
| worth the entire struggle over the repeal of
the Mckinley law and the enactment OF our
democratic law.
| Our republican friends cry out and rail
| against us and charge that the sugar sched-
| nile is in the interest of the Sugar trust;
that our law has given enormous profits
to the trust. When they make this false
charge they should hide their faces in
in Sackcloth and ashes and weep and repent Of
their own sins and their own gifts from the
| their own laws, which enabled the the Sugar
trust to come into existence and realize i'm
| mense profits. Our law gives nothing to the
Sugar trust.
1t takes away from the trust IS per cent. of
| the profits and emoluments guaranteed to it by
| the Mckinley law. Let republican laws speak
| for themselves The republican tariff law of
| March g. 1888 imposed duties sugars as fol-
| lows: Two cents per hundred weight on sugar
under No. 10 Dutch standard in color. raw SUI
CARS, and "a cents per pound on sugar above
No. 10 and not above No i6 and on sugar above
| IS and not above No. 20 cents per pound and
above No. 80 3is cents per pound.
Thus the sugar refnerS had tho benefit of a
Of cent per on SSaT
| tween 10 and IS: half cent per pound on sugar
below No. 20. This republican law brought the
Sugar RefinerS trust into existence, and en-
! abled it to organize and reap rich harvest of
! profits. 1t was however. the Mckinley law
| that feathered their nests with golden down
and gave them millions upon millions.
President Cleveland. in his message of De-
cember 4. 1893, referred to a reform tariff bill
which had already been prepared and would be
promptly reported to the house and stated
that it was the best that could be secured I'M
Wilson, as chairman of the house ways and
means committee, reported this bill on Deem
Der 10. 1898. with written report. signed by all
the democratic members of the committee.
That bill placed raw sugar on the free list
and continued the bounties to sugar producers
up to 1891. diminishing them annually and then
placed duty of one-fourth of a cent per pound
on imported and refined sugars. This duty
and the bounty were stricken out in the house
and the bill came to the senate with free sugar.
In the senate duty of 40 per cent. ad valorem
was placed upon all sugars and additional
sugars above IS Dutch standard-refined sugars
and an additional one-tenth of cent per
pound on all sugar imported from any country
bounty.
THE NEW LAW AND THE TRUST.
This is the existing law, and gives refiners of
sugar the benefit of one-eighth of a cent in
stead of five-tenths of a cent under the Mckin-
ley law. The president of the Sugar trust, Mr..
emn oath. he testified before the senate inves-
tigating committee that the senate provision.
now the law. took from his trust IS per cent of
what it enjoyed under the Mckinley law.
The democratic party has never denied nor
pretended that the imposition of strictly reve-
nue. taSif duties did afford to the home manu-
facturerS incidental, unavoidable benefit, ad-
vantage or protection.
When we find that the duties We impose
prove to furnish protection only, and not reve-
nue.. then reduce them to the revenue rate
or repeal them entirely.
The democratic party is no friend, alder or
abettor of trusts or combines. In proof of
which. and for the express purpose of de-
formed under the Mckinley law. we placed
in our tariff law itself a warning to all
the most rigid and drastic antitrust, anti
combine and anti monopoly provisions ever en-
acted into law in this country. And there it
stands in our complete REPUTATION of and vim
dication from all false charges.
TO SILVER.
Some friends inquire if we had redeemed the
pledges of the democratic party in regard to
silver. The democratic maintained bimetal-
lism as long as it had power. the perfect equal
ity of gold and silver, with free and unlimited
coinage of each and full legal tender power in
payment of all debts and liabilities. Bimetal-
lism. therefore. is the established democratic
policy which the party by its past history
stands pledged to re-eStabliSh.
As to the.Chicago platform. there is a differ
ence of opinion as to its construction among
democrats. Some think the unconditional re-
peal law. with the promises it contains, is in
strict fulfllment of that platform: others think
not. Whatever may be the divergent views.
the language of the repeal law has at least a
Silvery lining and clearly looks to the reStora-
ton of silver to its perfect equality with gold
The democratic party, in its legislative and
EMMY pledged to carry out the promises in this
repeal law Just quoted The question of the
restoration of silver to its perfect equality with
gold must be settled. and settled fairly and
anyone to show that any of the predictions of
gold monometallistS in regard to the dangers of
tie unlimited coinage of silver has ever been
fulfilled. 1 do not believe there is any serious
convenience about exchange or paying obliga-
tiOnS in foreign countries.
Why has the democratic party survived all
the political upheavaIs which have driven all
other parties which have antagOniZed it out of
existence. except the republican, which passed
its meridian of power and is on the down-hill
grade to the grave of its predecessors? 1t is
proclaimed by Jefferson in his inaugural of
March 4. 1901. the foundation stones of our
dual system of government. are imperiShable
and will endure and have supporting them a
organized, aggressive and patriotic party as
! long as our republican institutions are main
| tanned.
These principles during the past century
have been. and for the coming ages will be- the
monumental landmarks the beacon lights the
cloud by day and the pillar of the fire by night
| for the guidance of the democratic hosts. and
have been and will be maintained in the legiS-
lation and administration of our party when
ever intruSted with power. They will involve
the just policy to be pursued by our party in
every condition which may arise. The demo-
cratic party has always been and will ever con-