The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-04-06

cratic house of representatives and is now the
dread subject OF angry contention in the demo-
An examination of the bill by the democratic
| members of the finance committee of the sem
| ate evidently convinces them that Mr. wilson's
bill and his argument IN support OF the same
| are alike based upon false principles SO coal
| goes back to the tariff list, iron ore 10 the
tariff list and lead to the tarin list leaving Tree
wool alone the only product OF agriculture. TO
support the false theory of the house bill Even
Mr.. Cleveland il disregarded. for in his Madl
son Square garden speech after his nomination
| in 1897 he said: 1--WE believe that the advant-
| age of freer raw material should be accorded
TO our manufacturers. We propose. therefore
TO stimulate our domestic industrial enterprises
| by freeing from duty the imported raw ma
| terials which by the employment OF labor. are
| used in our home manufactures. thus extending
the markets for their sale and permitting an in
/ creased and steady production with an allow
| ance of abundant profits
/ have looked with some degree OF care
| through the bill find no thing but irritation
| and aggravation to the great industries OF the
| country. No interest suffers by il more severe
| ly than agriculture. and labor OF all KINDS
seems TO have been singled out as its
| foremost victim. / have examined il careful
| ly TO find some section paragraph. clause or
| line removing the great burden OF tariff taxes
from the Shoulders of the people about
| which we have heard much for so many
| years from the democratic orators and have
/ read so frequently in democratic newspa-
| pers and platforms but have been unsuc-
| cessful in finding any such provision. 1t
| is true that sugar. an article OF prime neces-
| OF 1890 made free to the people, has been tar
| flied at from l TO 40 cents per pound. every
cent of which will be paid by the consumers
pensation for this added burden OF upward of
SO, O0J 900, and because OF IT, they lowered the
tariff on tobacco and have extended the bonded
period for the warehousing of whisky and Civ
en- to the distillers eight years in which TO pay
/ the tax. They have restored the tariff on coal,
but then in fairness they should be credited
| with having taken the tarin on or dla-
| monds They reason that the manufac-
turers are few, forgetting that the work.
are many They lG 9Ss no aIs s
| oDlivlous to the fact that the ulturist Is
| everywhere. Their blows are directed against
| the welfare of the masses Of the people. but
from them the country will yet hear, for this Is
| still government of the people and the popu-
| lar will has already marked them for political
\ overthrow. / 90 not believe that the true inter
ests OF the south, nor Of any other section of
| the country, lie in the direction OF free trade,
nor OF the revenue tariff legislation proposed
/ by this congress.
| The present position and action of the demo
| cratic leaders on internal taxes is peculiarly
| an anomalous one They are so determined TO
/ break down the protective system that they
| are willing to resort to internal taxes, which
| have been opposed not only by every demo-
| cratic national administration preceding the
present one from JacksOn's to Buchanans
i but also, a matter OF principle, by every
/ other administration. federal anti-tederal,
whis or republican In our history; Inc
| has been the financial exigencies OF actual
| war. Laws imposing internal taxes have
always been repealed as rapidly as such ext
/ gencies disappeared and have never before
| been seriously proposed In times OF profound
! peace. Some of the same democratic leaders
| who, during and subsequent TO the war, stood
| in congress speaking and voting against in
| tsrnal taxes and an income tax,are found today
| heartily favoring them They were unwilling
| 10 adopt these methods OF taxation when IL was
/ necessary 10 preserve the government and
| the flag, but they are willing TO adopt them
| now as a means OF breaking down the patri-
| otto principle of protection under which the
north aud the northwest as well as the south.
/ have enjoyed such unparalleled prosperity and
| have attained such marvellous development
| II would be interesting to the student OF po-
| litical history to examine the various acts and
| resolves OF CONGRESS touching internal taxes,
| beginning in 1861 and including the years dur
| ing and shortly after the war; and 10 note the
| position OF the leaders OF the democratic party
| thereon. l have time to refer TO but one such
| iaw-the internal revenue act which was APP
| proved by President Lincoln July l. 1901 IL
| passed the house April y the vote being yeas,
| no. nays 81, every democrat present and vot-
| ing responding in the negative Among
! the democrats who then condemned In
| teTnal revenue taxation were John W.
| Chauler James Brooks and Fernando Wood.
| of New York: Charles A Eldridge, OF
! Wisconsin; Benjamin J. Harris, of Maryland:
| Daniel Marcy. of New Hampshire: John Law,
| James F. Mcdowell and Daniel W. voorhees,,
| OF Indiana: Anthony l. Knapp, John T. Stuart
| ana William R Morrison, of illinois; John l.
| Dawson and Sydenham Ancona- Of Pennsyl-
vania; Nehemiah Perry. OF New Jersey, and
| SaUuel - COX. alcNaIueT LOug IL
] Pendleton, OF Ohio The negative vote by
states was as follows: Ohio, II: Illinois, s.:
| PENNSYLVANIA 9; New York. D; Indiana 4. and
| New Hampshire, New Jersey. Maryland and
! Wisconsin each-all democrats. The bill was
passed as amended by the senate on June g.
| yeas. %: nays. The negative votes were cast
| by Garrett Davis and l. W. Powell, OF Ken
| lucky. and Thomas A Hendricks, Of Indiana
| As illustrating further the position Of the
| democratic party on internal taxes. the resolu-
| ton OF July 4, 1854, providing for special war
| income tax may be cited This was adopted by
| the house by the close vote OF So yeas TO ~
nays Every affirm alive vote was cast oy a re-
| publican and every negative vote, except four.
! by a democrat 1t received the cordial support
| OF William b Allison. George ;. Boutwell,.
Henry l. Dawes, James A Garfield: William
| O Kelley, Elihu.B Washourne. William H.
| Tashburn and William Window. 1t was OPP
| posed by such democratic leaders as Samuel ).
| Cox, George II. Pendleton. Charles Eldrfdge,
William R Morrison, Francis II Herman,
| Samuel ]. Randall and James :. Rollins In
| the senate among its strongest champions we're
John p. Hale. Charles sumner John sherman
and Henry Wilson. and among its ablest oppo
| nents were Charles r Buckalew. Willard Ssuls-
| bury and william A. Richardson These are
fair instances of the attitude OF the democratic
| party at that time
| The system has been condemned by all the
| democratic presidents except Mr.. Cleveland
| and has been repeatedly characterized by dem
| ocratic platforms as unenduraole IN us or
| fensive exactons." Such taxes have been
| constantly denounced as war taxes" and dem
| Qcratic platforms have loudly and DANGEROUSLY
| the close of the war, in time OF peace, they
now propose to reenacL in part this odtous
system of internal revenue taxation which
James Madison and other illustrious states
men pronounced TO be most grievous and un-
American. and only TO be justified in the pres
| ence of a great national emergency
To my mind another hurtful provision OF the
| Wilson bill. entirely unwarranted by experience
| and uujustifabe as matter OF wise lnterna-
| tional policy. is that which repeats section Of
the act OF 1890, commonly known as the rec
| iprocty clause" This, it will be remembered
| was enacted to secure reciprocal trade be-
! tween the United States and countries largely
| producing sugar, molasses. coffee, tea and
hides. and under which this country has opened
| I'D foreign trade prof table 10 the people and
| Of the most promising proportions
| Commercial agreements relating TO recipro-
| cal trade have already been made with the fol-
lowing countries: Brazil, the Dominican Re
public Spain: roF CuOa hs ana arm U5'9 sm HiGe
Great Britain for certain West Indian colonies
and British Guiana; Nicaragua, Honduras and
has been the aim of the government to secure
enlarged markets for the produce OF sgricul-
| ture, which, added to their splendid home
market would permanently secure them from
the occasional depressions which visit our agri-
| culturists because Of their surplus products
As the result OF these commercial arrange
| ments. and for the most part due 10 them. our
! trade has shown gratifying increase The do
| nestle exports 10 Germany and Austro-Hun-
gary had increased in value, up to December,
1872 from s4T 900 o00 to s57, UO000, or more than
q per cent With American countries the
value Of our exports had inc.eased up to that
date from 100000 to so4.0OO.oOO or up
wards of % per cent The total in
| crease in the value OF exports TO all
countries with which reciprocal earrange-
ments nave been made had been ;2J, az, GIL.
| which sum is chiefly from wheat -four, meat
| and dairy products, from lumber and the man
ufactures OF iron and steel Our imports with
| these countries have increased also il the same
1 period consisting OF articles which We do not
ourselves produce. like sugar. coffee, india rub
| Der and crude drugs
|. During the first half OF the year 1891 We ex-
| ported TO Cuba 400 barrels OF -four. During
the first half Of the year ls92 under the rect-
| procity clause. We exported 10 the same eoun-
| Try 49, 90 barrels. For the year ending Au-
| gust 81. 1881. our total exports TO Cuba were
| SlI 700 90 For The respolding period end