The Globe-republican., 1894-04-06

business involving alike all our Agricultural,
commercial and manufacturing interests
This was the last tariff legislation preceding
the secession Of tho southern states and brings
this review to period within the recollection
of many Of my hearers 1t will be seen that In
the early days Of the country the tariff was not
only not sectional question, but had among
its frmest supper iers the leading statesmen OF
the south Then this question was as broad as
our country and as national as our fiag. May
We not confidently hope that 1t will be again SO
held in the near future?
Is history worth nothing: Are experience
and its lessons to be forgotten? Are the teach
ings of tho past to count for naught? L. the
national distress the business depression and
the universal poverty OF the people, which have
relentlessly followed the enactment OF every
revenue tariff measure In all our history. to be
lost upon US in the calm consideration OF this
economic subject: Are all these to be discard
ed in the maling up OF our verdict? impiore
you to study them without bias, for they will
steady your judgment in reaching righteous
conclusion
The wilson bill is not like any OF the early
tariff measures but Is one In which the
changed condition Of the country and its mar
velous growth and development are utterly 1g-
nored and forgotten Its promoters forget that
nize nor appreciate the independence and dig
nifty of labor. and cannot understand that the
protective policy under which we have had
such splendid prosperity is not to be deter
mined BY geographical lines The bill is mar
row. sectional and provincial measure, un.
worthy the great party which proposes 1t and
wholly unsui;ed to the needs Of the country.
The Wilson bill turns to the past: away from
the present 1t is for the plantation, not fO-
the farm and the factory. AS it passed the
bouse it had for its foundation principle free
raw material Its authors argued that with
free COAL free iron ore, free lead and free wool
the manufacturers of the United States would
be placed on aneGuality with the manufacturers
of free trade countries, and we therefore could
not only retain our own markets but control
the markets Of the world" Based upon this
argument, which believe to be false. they de.
free we would have steady employing mt for all
the workingmen OF the country at good wages.
And SO in this form the bill passed the demo-
cratic house of representatives and is now the
dread subject OF angry contention In the demo-
cratic senate
An examinat ton Of the bill by the democratic
members of the finance committee OF the SEN
ate evidently conviuceS them that Mr.. Wilson 8
bill and his argument IN support OF the same
arc alike based upon false principles. So coal
goes back 10 tie tariff list, iron ore 10 the
tariff list and lead to the tariff list, leaving free
wool atone, the only product OF agriculture TO
support the false theory OF the house bill Even
Nj. Cleveland is diSregarded, for in his Madt-
son Suulrc garden speech, after his nomination
in lSJ. he said: "W e Ielieve that the advant.
age Of freer raw material should be accorded
10 Our manufacturers. We propose. therefore,
to stimulate our domestic industrial enterprises
by freeing from duty the imported raw ma
;er.als which by the employment OF labor. are
us;CU IN our nome ul1uCldCluTcS, tuuo
the markets FOR their sale and permitting an in
creased and steady production with an allow.
aacc Of abundant profits.
l have looked with some degree OF care
through the bill l find nothing out irritation
ana ag-ravation to the great industries OF the
country. No interest suffers by 1t more severe
/: than agriculture, and labor OF an Einas ;,s
foremost victim l have examined 1t careful
ly TO lind some section, paragraph. clause or
line removing the great burden OF tariff taxes
fr,y, no Sho n neOnle
which we have heard so much for so mGny
years IRON the democratic orators and have
read SO frequently IN bsoI nswspa
cessful in finding any such provision. 1t
is true that sugar. al article OF primo neccs'
sity to every household, and which the law
of 1850 made free to the people, has been tar
iffed at from l to 40 cents per pound. every
cent Of which will be paid by the consumers
of tie United States. But, doubtless. In com
pensas;on for this added burden OF upward OF
$50 OOJ 900, and because Of 1t, they lowered the
tariff on tobacco and have extended the bonded
period for the warehousing OF whisky AID CIV
en- to the distillerj 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 tariff OH OF dlar
monds They reason that the manutac-
turers are few, forgetting that the work.
men ore many. They look to the
interests OF importers, ignoring the farmer, and
opliylou5 to the fact that the agriculturiSt is
everywhere. Their blows are directed .: :ainst
the welfare Of the masses Of tho peopic. but
from them the country will yet hear, for this is
lar lar, wilf f has already marked Them for political
overthrow. DO not believe that the true inter-
ests OF tho south nor OF any other section OF
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'5 to Suca.Inan's,
but also, as q matter Of principle, by every
other administration. federal, anti-teoeral
whiy or republican, in our history. The
only excuse for tho resort to such taxation
has been the financial exigencieS OF actual
war. Laws imposing internal taxes have
always been repealed as rapidly as such exi-
gencies disappeared and nave never before
bsen 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 2gIinS: n-
ternal taxes and an income taS, are found to day
heartily favoring them. They were unwilling
to adopt these methods OF taxation when 1t Was
necessary to preserve tho government and
the flag, but they are willing to adopt them
now as q means OF breaking down the patri-
otic principle Of protection under which the
north and The northwest as we'll as the SOUTH
have enjoyed such unparalleled prosperity and
have attained such marvellous development
It would be interesting to the student Of po-
resolves of con rress touching internal tIxes,
beginning in 1861. and including the years dur
ing and shortly after the war; and to not3 the
position of the leaders OF the democrai iic party
thereon have time to refer to but one such
law-she internal revenue act which was ap-
proved by President Lincoln July 1, 1881 1t
pissed the house April %. the vote being yeas
lIO nays 80, every democrat present and vot-
ing responding in the negative Among
the democrats who then condemned in
ternal revenue taxation were John w.
Chanler, James Brooks and Fernando Wood.
of New York; Charles A Eldri lgc, Of
Wisconsin: Benjamin j. Harris, of Maryland:
Daniel Marcy. Of New Hampshire: joan Law,
James F. Mcdowell and Daniel w. voorhees,,
of Indiana; Anthony l. Knapp John Stuart
ana William R Morrison, Of illinois: John L.
Dawson and Sydenham Ancona, OF Pennsyl
vania; Nehemiah Perry, Of New Jersey, and
Samuel s Cox, Alexander Long and George H
Pendletou, Of Ohio. The negative vote by
states was as follows: Ohio, Il: Illinois. .:
PENNSYLVANIA. 8; New York. D: IndianI4 T. and
New Hampshire, New Jersey. Maryland and
Wisconsin each--all democrats. TIE bill was
passed as amended by the senate on June g.
yeas p: nays. J The negative votes were cast
by Garrett Davis and L W. Powell, OF Ken
lucky. and Thomas A. Hendricks, of InliInA
As Illustrating further the position Of the
democratic par y on internal taxes tho resou-
ton of July 4. 1861, providing for special war
income tax NAV be cited TniS was adopted y
the house by the close vote OF So yeas TO -
mas Every Affirmative vote was cast b. o re-