Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-17
raE -ARIrr OF 1894.

The objections to the Wilson 6 Gormrn
tariff act as it finally passed nSe both nu-
merous and cogent:
1. The first is that given by Mr.. Cleve-
land, that it is an ac. ''of party per:idy
and dishonor." But that will not weigh
much with party SO accu stoned to
trampling its pledges under foot as is the
Democratic party. The men who de.
nounced it for everything vile will be
lauding it to the skies before the cam
paign is over.
2. The next is that it bears a willful lie
/ in its title; because, instead of being "an
act to reduce taxation" it is an act to in
crease taxation. By their own showing
1t adds SIS, zoo, ,047 worth of foreign i'm
ports to the autiable list more than it re-
moves: puts sugar on the dutiable list to
the amount of sil, ,s22 Ga3 of duty, and in
crea - the internal revenue ''war taxes
! to the amount of :53 0Oo, ,O0O. A little thing
| like that. of course. does not hurt Dem
cratic conscience.
8. The next is that its real object Is to
reduce protective duties on all cur domes-
tic industries, and especially those of
which iron and wool are the bases, with
the avOwcd purpose of establishing the
doctrine of free trade iu place CT that
of "protec:icn.' This Issue is now openly
joined for the first time since the civil
wG-.
i. The next objection is, that in carry
ing out this free trade program it is es-
sential .iat we largely increase our i'm
poria;ions of foreign products, otherwise
we shall fail of revenue, and 800. O00, ,O1G is
named as the amount of necessary in
crease. Now. as "the balance of trade
has already turned against US under this
Democratic administration, we shall have
to send abroad our gold to pay for the
goods, as they will not take our silver
Already this policy has compelled the sale
of so, 900, 900 Of bonds to buy geld. And
since that sale the amount OF the gold re-
serve has fallen from SllO U0l. .O)O to $53.-
0O0,OG0. That means we have already lost
Sl0a Oj0, ,0Jo of gold sent abroad in autici-
patton of the law. Where shall we be in
three years at this rates
s. The next objection is tha. it proposes
to admit free of duty raw MATERIAL in
order hat this material, wool, hemp, coal,
iron. etc. may be reduced in price, so that
manufacturers may be able to cheaper
their goods in order to compete with the
cheaper foreign importations. But this
means that our farmers must reduce the
price of their hemp and wool. and our
miners the price of their coal aud iron, or
foreign raw material must take the
market.
This means Il reduction of wages all
along the line, because labor costs so per
cent. and capital copper cent. of the average
cost of production.
q. The next objection is that it is COM
binatiOn of ignorance and sectionalism
1t strives to infiict the greatest injury on
northern interests and the least on SOUTH
ern, having been prepared almost entirely
by southern men; in the house, Wilson.
McMillin, Breckinridge and others; and
IN the senate, Mills, Jones German ard
others. Such blunders as taxing steel
rods of which barbsd wire is mede more
than the ''barbed wire Itself, cleaned rice
more than rice -four: releasing from tax
without restriction, all .'aicohol'' used in
the arts and medicines. ard dozens OF
others illustrate tn. ignorance displayed
z. Aud finally. that its proposal has al
ready cost the country IN business loss and
stagnation more than the entire cost oi
the evil war; and as it is but threat of
more to follow, and is accom- panied by the
open avowal that the war on our manu-
featuring industries is to be kept up un-
til the tariff for revenue system is super
seded by an extension and permanent es-
tablishment OF internal revenue taxes, lis
future injury is incalcu!able. A new issue
is thrust into our politics: Shall our
necessary revenue be collected by y tariff
on foreign products, Or by internal taxes
on our own people"