The Globe-republican., 1894-04-06

Great Britain, for certain West Indian colonies
AustroHungary. In these arrangements 1t
has been the aim Of the government to secure
enlarged markets for the produce of agricul-
ture, which. added to their splendid home
market, would permanently secure them from
the occasional depressionS which visit our
agriculturists because Of their surplus prod
ucts.
As the result OF these commercial arrange
mentS. and for the most part due to them. our
trade has shown gratifying increase. The do
nestle exports to Germany and Austro-Hun-
gary had increased in value, up to December,
1892 from az. .OO0O0 to so7 10000. or more than
81 per cent With American countries the
dass iro% to % 'aa' u
crease in the value OF exports to oil
countries with which reciprocal 90. aIrange- s
which sum Is chiefly from wheat, -four, meat
and dairy products, from lumber and the man
ufactures Of iron and steel Our imports with
period. consisting OF articles which We do not
ourselves produce, like sugar. coffee, india rub
bel and crude drugs.
ported to Cuba II, COZ barrels OF -four. During
the lirst half Of the year 1892, under the reci.
procity clause. We exported - the same coun-
try 331 900 barrels For the year ending Au-
gust 81 1891, our total exports to Cuba we're
sll, 10000 For the CORES ponding period end
ing August 81, ls92, our total exports we're Sl9,-
$4,000. under law not yet two years IN opera
tion OF this great increase nearly H.0JJ,OO
were in -four about S20O,UO0 were IN bacon,
pork and other provisions, aud large proper
cultural products. And yet the democratic
leaders in congress seriously propose 10 shut
the door of this splendid opportunity in the
face OF the American farmer.
am not here TO discuss tariff rates or SChed-
ules. These are SubjeciS to change up o. down,
as new conditions require II: but M inSiStcucc
is that these changes must ever ce governei By
the protective principle, and within that pri;l-
ciple rates may be, should be and will %
amended as time. new processes OF manufac-
ture and changed commercial conditions re-
Quire; but they must not fall below rate
which will adequately measure the difference
between the American Scale Of wages ana that
OF competing countries, and must always be IN
favor OF the labor OF our own country an! The
home market for our people. The principle
upon which they were made is not subject to
amendment The tariff policy OF this country
must be protective. That is what We coUtsnd
for-that is what the American people mean TO
have.
The p-etext for the proposed bill is not to
raise more revenue. The declaration OF its
author and the house committee il that ii Will
reduce the revenue The same effort at tarif
reduction has been repeatedly mad IN the past
when We had surpluo revenue in the tre2Jury.
The present law was adequate to meet all tho
expenses Of the government, ami did meet
them for the first two and half years OF its
operation. During no year OF Presidelt Lar
riSons administration did the re eipts fall be-
low the EXPENSES OF the government and when
President Harrison Went out Of power, while
his administration had paid Oh more than I'D
O00,O0J OF the print tiDal and interest OF the ma
tional debt. yes ne turned over TO the admins
tratiOn which succeeded him a SurplUS of up
ward OF t12i. .O20 0OO including the reserve fund,
which under tLe republican policy had never
been encroached upon.
II there is rot enough revenue now it is be-
cause the proposed ch ingc OF poiicy has had
the effect Of diminishing 1t The proposed pol.
icy has not only diStubed domestic trade. but
the import trade The reason the revenues 2rc
less under the present administration is be-
cause importa'ions are less, and the i-nporta:
tiOn3 are less because our people Dui iCSS CT
foreign Eoo1s Just Us they ar1 now buying less
Of domestic goods, also owing 10 their pccu-
mary distress, and al this is because their in
comes and wages have been either cut Oh or
greatly reduced
You cannot have large importations perma.
nently unless the people arc prosperous, and
the more prosperous they are the larger the I'm.
portatiOns. Nhen homo proSpcrl.j Il retarded
iinportatioas are checked and revenues siiDin-
ish: hence tho strictly revenue tariff cal never
be depended upon in al emergency Inrocta-
tom Erc reduced By the fact tina; the ptrty In
power Is pledged to decrease the duties. These
who otherwise would import goods are infiu
enced not to do so now bcca Sc tho present ad-
ministration Is co-,rnittcl to tic policy OF low
er.ng the duties from y protective 10 revenue
basis Merchants will no: import GooI3 att
60 per cent rate wnen the governments Is
pledged to o ID per C; ut rate. nor can home
manufacturers p-oluce with safety under such
conditions. Importers will wait fOc the lower
duties and while SO waiting importa lions will
with tho inevitable result. which we now see.
of greatly diminished revenues
Tue government requires D lar3e annual In.
come to meet its current expenses. Ihis cor
only be secured by taxation. Some form OF
taxation to provide necessary revenue Il insep
arabic to all governments. 1t must either be
direct or tariff taxation We must either tax
ourselves and our property, our lands and our
Investments, or we must tax the produc,S OF
other nations seeking q market here. the lat
te- method is resortcl to by all nations and has
alx. nts-sv ..v,or
the government was founded. We have both
systems in operation in this cou,frv. The
bulk of our revenue cones from tariff taxes 9 III
the remainder is secured by tiXiny spirits AMI
tobacco, which OF the long list are the only war
taxes remaining.
The advocates Of tariff taxation are divided
into two school,. Eoth schools believe in rlta-
ing public none by tlrii. All oliT differ as
to the kind OF tarii 10 accomplish this pur-
pose. One school. .e dcmocr itc school. advo.
Gates tariff for rev n"e only: the other. The
nue. and :also protection. revenue tarif i1s
no o,hHr aim or pIrpJ;c and dijtlains every
other save revcnua Ap:oicctivc ttrH while
raising all cdca rcvc !uc. IL ever mindful
that the tax imposed shall he upon these
foreign products which will most C1coIri%e
domestic pro luc;ion and rest lnosl iiTAil'
mindful of tho development and prosperity Of
our country The proIcctivc t1rin wh.ic hav-
ing revenue and t"e ncclS OF the treasury IL
ways in view, steidi!y Eeccs in m M ouf own
people. revenue tariff seeks out CT .iclc5 "
prime necessity, often such as we cannot rro-
duce in our own coI2tr :, IN makes thcrl tho
subject Of taxlt.o1. The senate hHs j1st nitro
duced an amendment 10 tho !!il;ol Lii which
Is y striking illuSirL Liiol NJ = rcvcluc tAriI Ii
takes sugar. Al article E.licl enters il:D cvcrI
mans household ani whic fer tic most pcri
we do not prolu c st hom = from tho free list
and places it upon the lutilb.c list
A revclue trrif will raj 20 r3vcauc for n time
at least. but ii ! inIdcQuarc ID encourage, pro-
mote an / protect prolI:tioo II our o IN cou1.
try. Protection SceE5 out tloSo articles OF
foreign produ :tio1 which VIC cll prol ICE 1T
homo All puts \ tariff upon thu N: an /, while
every immortal on of such articles produces
revenue which goes into the treasury. it 1T tie
Imo timo stimulates oar domestic production
and sustains and defends our domestic enter.
Or ,seS. So Ion a. We have to use INC iaxin
power why not usc il in tic interest Of our own
people anil their occup1tIo2Sf What Is the
gain II we do put money into the public
treasury under revenue tariH 2at
thereby discourage domestic enterprise and
destroy the opportunity for capital arl lator
to elrn money? Why tax o fJrsiyn article
which VIC cannot produce rather tlan o;-e
which VIC can? In the former case VIC b IL
no domestic Industry: in the latter our tariff 8
discriu nate against TIE foreign aa in favor
Of the Eo-1o product a tariff lev Cd cxcll-
sivcly for revenue ENCOURAGES forclgl tnpor-
t2tionS-thlt IS what IL IS mlIc Tor,
and when such tar n IS levied On article.
thc h..c OF which wo p:oduce at home, IL dis
courage our own pro iucc:s by dcp:ivinS