The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-11-02
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a Final Ape. by Coal Blast.

At RIpGk, Ky /
Mn. Enr.E Tie oLe issue
more Il ~ all Il that interest,
us farmers is u I ~ taxation, /
have tried ia a. pa 10 be fair in
the discussion ! tbs matter ans
shall asa youi r.,d,s to consider
a lev homely a .hlne-made facts
The average < rn wooden goods
under the Nick t,ley law wss 9S.55
per cent | aia not speaking, my
friends, Of the cost + an article but
as to what \ u pay the manu-
facturers Of Wue,,n Goods in this
country over aid Ghaye what you
can buy the samc goods for in 9th
er countries, Now j, you had saw
ed 9S So per cem on all your cloth
ing, bedding d. for the past thirty
three years Do you not think il
would add malttial.y to your now
distressed CONDITION
Now just want to point You to
three families, that | haye a know.
edge Of, who have escaped this IS 80
per cent tax aud compare their cen
ditions with hundreds of others. !
refer you to Judge L, Dean, OF
| Blaine, Reed Roberts, OF Two Mile,
land Samuel X Muncey, Of Lick
creek. You are now asking in
your minds hos and why these
three families escaped payment Of
this 1856 per cert They have
been exempt from this tax by the
wisdom, ingenuity and industry OF
the good housewives of each
You will today find the spinning
wheel, reel and he loom a part Of
their household effects and by these
/ good women have their husbands
been saved annually this 1896 pei
cent. on their clothing, bedding &c
and been exalted &c an enyiable pc
sition in their community,
| Had we all been exempted frou
this cursed 9S 50 per cent. tax OF
our clothing DC we would all hav,
been in a more prosperous condi
ton than we now find ourselves.
My friends had we not better dis
pose of these men who demand suCl
exorbitanttribute from our people
Can it be true that there is a lal
by which you can take from a mai
that, which Of right belongs to bin
and give nothing in return, Whe,
you force hin to pay 9S,55per cen
over and above the coat OF hi
, clothing &c to lie given to anothe
do you not do him an injuryH 70
D give nothing in return, 70
plead that you give higher price
! TO American labor, but that is nj
true. You pay no more than 20
D are compelled. Admitting that ii
Q average wages paid in the Unite
l. States is more than any foreign nj
. ton, it is no; on account Of Il
high tariff taxps. II that be trU
why is the wages of England WI
has no tariff greater than that
Germany, France, Spain, and Ital
, who have a high protective tax.
:. high taxes produce high wages j
+ America it ought to do the san
, for France, Spain &c. And is 10
r taxes add to wealth in Englan,
2 the richest people of the world ,wh
not to America. Ny friends, TN
j has been tested in your own con
y munity and proven true. NJ
r farming friends, flee from that pa
a ly that demands tribute from us
e Ivy upon another class. Sue
l. principles are conceived in sin an
are Of the devil planning. Allo
l. not the cry g. Democratic !,ar
times to play npop your bett,
> judgment. " ran introduce the
own witnesses aid prove our cas-
! Place ex.president Harrison on Il
witness stand and hear him testif
He pleaded as his excuse FOR defet
n the "hard times" prevalent over II
g country. What lid Mr.. Charlie
n Foster, Sec'y. o! The treasury, CT
Z, Mr.. Sherman on M Carlisle in
conference for some two montl
before Mr.. Harrison went OF
Why, the treasury of our govern
l. ment was empty AID they we
10 asked as to plans to tide over Il
brecch. These RE facts my friend
= We hud been warned that it won
'r "embarrass the government, r,
N the consumer AMI destroy the farl
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