The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-07-27

which ran hardly fail 10 lie troublesome
to the conference. ] refer to the ad.
justment of tariff taxation on sugar.
Under u party platform, and in &C.
cordance with our declared party pur-
poses, sugar is . legitimate and logical
article Of Ssvenue taxation. Unfor-
tunately, however, incidents have &C.
companied certain stages Of the legis-
lation which will be submitted to the
conference. that have aroused in con-
nection with this subject q
Natural Democratic Animoslty
to the methods and manipulations OF
trusts and combinations. I confess to
sharing in this feeling; and yet 1t seems
to me, we ought. If possible, to suffi-
GENTLY free ourselves from prejudice to
enable us cody to weigh the considera-
tons which, in formulating tariff legis-
~lation, ought to guide our treatment of
sugar as q taxable article.
While no tenderness should be enter
tanned for trusts and while l am de-
cidedly opposed to granting them, I'M
der the guise Of tariff taxation, any
opportunity to further their peculiar
metho Is, I suggest that we ought not
to be driven away from the Democratic
principles and policy which led to the
taxation Of sugar, by the fear, quite
likely exaggerated, that in carrying out
this principle and policy we may in
directly and inordinately encourage a
combination Of sugar refining interests.
l know that in present conditions this is
a delicate su ject, and I appreciate the
depth and strength of the feeling which
its treatment has aroused. I do not
believe we should
Do EVIL That Good May Come,
but it seems to ME that we should not
forget that our aim is the completion Of
the tariff, and in taxing sugar for
proper purposes and within reasonable
bounds whatever else may be said OF
our action, we are in no danger of run
ming counter to Democratic principle.
| With all there is at stake. there must
be in the treatment Of this article some
ground upon which we are all willing
to stand, where federation and concilia
ton may be allowed to solve the prob
lem, without demanding the entire sur
render of fixed and conscientious con
victions.
/ ought not to prolong this letter. l
what / have written 10 unwelcome,
beg you to believe in my good inten
tions.
In the conclusions Of the conference
covering the numerous items which ar
to be considered, the people are no
afraid that their interests will b
neglected. They know that the genera
result, so far as they are concerned viii
be to place home necessaries and com
forts easily within their reach and t
insure better and surer compensation {
those who toll.
We all know that a tariff coverin
all the varied interests and condition
of a country as vast as ours must Q
necessity be largely the result of hor
orrble adjustment and compromises.
Deprecated h Income Tax.
Iexpect very few of us can say whe
our measure is perfected, that all il
features are entirely as we would pr,
tcT. xOu AuOW INV muCu ! ucpAGCdtc
the incorporation in the proposed bi
Of the income tax feature. In matter
of this kind, however, which do not VII
late a fixed and recognized Democrat
doctrine, we are willing to defer to tn
judgment of a majority of u Demo
cratic brethren. l think there is a gel
eral agreement that this is party duty
This is more palpably apparent whel
we realize that the business of the cour
try timidly stands and watches for I'll
result of our efforts to perfect tart
legislation, that a quick and certain r
turn Of prosperity waits upon a vii
adjustment, and that a coniding poop
still trust in u hands their prosperit
and well being.
The Democracy of the land ples
most earnestly for the speedy compl
ton of tariff legislation, which the
representatives have undertaken, b.
they demand not less earnestly that I
/, stress of necessity shall tempt tho
, they trust to the abandonment Of Den
o~cratic principle.
, Yours very truly.
GROVER CLEVELAND.