The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-09-26

agree with them. The people, by a ire
mendous majority. had tried and con-
demned the Mckinney highway robber,
their verdict was Death, and congress
should have guillotined it at once, in
stead Of torturing 1t TO death. Devil
fish though it was. every republican in
congress pleaded for it and succeeded
in prolonging its criminal existence.
The democrats. however, finally sue
ceeded in sending il to the morgue. i
confess that the democratic tariff law
could have been made still better, but
the fact that it is a vast Improvement
upon the Mckinley bill must be accept
ed as a splendid triumph for tariff re-
form.
The extent of this reform is shown in
the various schedules; there are lis
groups Of articles upon which the tax
reduction is 100 per cent; there are
seven groups of articles upon which
the tax is reduced from 20 to 100 per
cent; there are ITO groups of articles
upon which the tax is reduced from 50
to IS per cent; there are 1858 groups
OF articles upon which the tax is re-
duced from % TO 80 per cent, and 237
groups Of articles upon which the tax Is
reduced less than So per cent; tota,
of SAT groups of articles upon which the
reduced taxation ranges at from less
than p per cent. TO 100 per cent: be-
sides. here are fifty-three groups of ar
ticles upon which the tax reduction
IIOiIl lJ4 10 DDJ.Oo per cent.
L desire TO remind my distinguished
competitor that the democratic reform
tariff proposes to tax the incomes OF
the milllonairas; the Rockefeliers, the
Vanderbllts. the Huntingtons ct al
Those plutocrats demand, and right
fully, the protection of the government,
but howl like dervishes when asked to
contribute their fair share for the sup
port Of the government. But under the
democratic reform tariff they will pay
something in the neighborhoOd of $780,
O00, 900 from the boarded wealth that
the poor may be to that extent relieved
Of crushing burdens. 1t is another
splendid eXempl.fcation Of democratic
policy to adjust taxation for the sup
port Of government upon lines of equal
justice to all
1 submit that this is tariff reform.
Every reduction Of the tax lifts a burden
from the shoulders of the people. Il tells
with commanding emphasis that the
democratic party will not permit, if It is
possible to prevent. the republican out
rage of taxing the poor for building CO.
lossal fortunes for the rich.
l am by no means unaware Of the
hullaDaloo republican stumpers. includ-
ing my esteemed competitor, are making
about the sugar trust schedule and the
sugar schedule. l have no disposition to
ignore the subject. Let me state the
case.
Three Traitors.
The senate of the United States is com
posed of lightweight members. OF Them
forty-one are rated democrats, thirty-nine
republicans, and three populists. OF the
forty-one democrats there are three who,
in the supreme hour of trial, went over
to the republicans, and by their treason
prevented the full contamination of
democratic hope.
iS 10 Iubola story in
the one thing and the only thing upon
which the republican party hangs a hope
of success. They quote ad nauseam the
startling and stirring words of Presi-
dent Cleveland to demonstrate the per-
fidy Of the men who, when the demo
cratic party was ready to grasp the full
fruition of victory through their treason,
like deadly blight, interviewed and Blasted
the patriotic aspirations Of their party.
Their fealty was false pretense. They
had their price. have pocketed their
Doodle and each will receive the costly
peltlngs Of honest Indignation from the
democratic party.
The democratic party is no more re-
sponsible for their treason than was
George Washington responsible for the
treason of Arnold, or the worlds Re
deemer was responsible for the treason of
Judas Iscariot.
Byron said that
Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,
Though baffled oft, $ ever won.
The democratic party in contending for
tariff reform was not defea ted. Treason
did not demoraliZe its councils, did not
stampede its chivalrOus representatives.
Over all opposition, it carried through, a
reform tariff measure, monumental Of its
fidelity to platform and pledges, Their
shibboleth, Down with the Mckinley
robber tariff" was heard always ring
ing clear above the din Of battle and
down it came. The cry Free raw ma
terials" was never hushed during all the
long and weary contest, and when the
hammer fell eighty-nine groups Of articles
have been transferred from the dutiable
to the free list. including such articles as
lumber, binding Irvine, salt, wool and
hides.
1 have not the time nor am 1 inclined
to discuss the incalculable advantage to
the people to be derived by free raw ma
terials. l will, however, refer to few
of them.
binding Irvine.
Take for instance, the article of bind
ing Irvine used by the farmers of the
country. upon which the Mckinley bill
levied a practical prohibitory tax Of 6.4I
per cent. al valorem.
The importations in 1898 amounted to
1864 pounds valued at S3,S53, or 1881
cents per pound. This 1897 cents was
taxed 647, leaving the Importer 4.32 cents
per pound for his time less freight and
commissions; leaving him, possibly, 4
cents a pound for his time.
The farmers Of Indiana US, on an
average, 7SS0,000 pounds Of tbs binding
twine year, for which they pay an aver
age Of 10 cents a pound, or Si9S.G9O q
year. They ought TO purchase TIER twiae
for cents a pound, perhaps less, and
now that the r0bOer tax IS abolished the
farmers of Indiana ought 10 save in this
item of binding Irvine about 100000 an
nualiy. I invite Mr.. owen 10 wrestle
with the figures, and he is under bind
ing obligations to Irvine" around them
and the plowboy TO whom he a-ludes,
ana the reaperboy, and the farmers boys
generally, and the farmer himself viii
help him Irvine"
desire to hvise the attention of my
distinguished competitor to the subject
Of salt.
Yes. Give Him More Salt.
II he would take in more salt and less
salts he would be more Instructive.
The United States manufactures some
sat, but not enough. Salt is a universal
necessity. almost as essential as air oil
water. To tax it is cruel, savage t.
deny the people cheap salt Is an lnfamy
Of impense proportions and aggregatiOns.
That is just what the republican party
has been guilty of.
1t appears that in 1898 there was i'm
ported into the United States 3l2,l26,6I4
pounds Of salt, valued at $512, 594.S7. upon
which a tariff tax was levied and co.
lected Of 1901, $780, or an average ad
va,oren duty of 5S.73 per cent. This
republican tariff tax was designed to rob
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