The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-02-09

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party.
All this time the Democrats have |
been dcnouncinv tho whole system as |
u fraud and q robbery, unconstitu-
tional in theory and wicked In prac-
ticc. and promising to show US some.
thing entirely different, better, and
diamctrlcally opposite, " they only
got chance.
The opportunity has come ut last,
and what do they offer us? A tariff
for revenue only? Not ut all. A pro-
tective tariff SO ignorantly or So will
fully framed us to fail both in prOtcc-
ing the industries of the country and
In supplying the needed revenue to
the Treasury.
Out upon srch charlantry. II the
people of this country want IL protcc.
tive tariff at all they want it framed
by ITS friends who understand and i,c-
licve In its principles aud can insure
its success.
Ii the American people want a pro-
tectivc tariff at all, and II the matter
in dispute Is onl! one of schedules and
per cents, then the arrangement Of u
tariff bill reduces itself simply to a
conference among the friends If such
a policy, and ought to be left to the
average judgment Of a Republican
caucus.
II a tariff forreycnuc only is wanted
the preparation Of it ought to lie left
to those who say they believe in such
a tariff. How can grown men expect
to retain the confidence even Of their
own party followers when they declare
the protective tariff robbery" a
"fraud," and a''culminating atrocity"
and then when given full power aud
specially commissioned to stop the
robbery" expose the "fraud," aud
repeal the atrocity, offer us-what?
Not tariff for revenue only, but a
protective tariff, differing only in
degree by a small per cent. from the
present law,and in some cases actually
increasing the per cent. while failing
to produce the necessary revenue. On
many articles the tariff is left Just
where it was.
If change was ordered and de-
manded by the people, that RESPONSE
bility ought not to be shirked from
either negligence or fear. OF this
class of articles I submit the following
specimen cases OH which the tariff
remains unchanged: Cement, plate
glass, grlndstones, swords, sword
blades, and sidearms, watches, watch
cases, movements, glasses and partsof
watches, peanuts, muskets,' gun
powder, furs and skins, patent leather
and upper leather, all leather not
specially provided for.
But enough of these sins Of omis-
sion. Let me call your attention now
to specimen cases where this bill out
Herods Herod by raising the tariff
higher than it was In the Mckinley
bill.
Plaster paris, ground, rolled or ham,
mered iron, not less than three. fourths
Of inch IL diameter, and square iron
not less than three-fourths of one inch
square; sheets Of iron or steel, CORFU
gated or crimped; sheets and plates
and saw plates OF steel, valued above
16 cents per pound: wire of iron or
steel, not smaller than No. 10, smaller
than No. %, wire rope made Of steel
wire smaller than No. 60, steel bars,
rods or shafts, valued above 10 cents.
and not above IS cents per pound !;
steel bars, etc., valued over IS cents
per pound; sheets and plates and saw
plates of steel, not specially provided
for, cold rolled or cold hammered or
polished; cast-iron pipe, nails and
spikes, cut of iron or steel, rivets, Of
iron or steel, cross.cut saws, aluminium
brass bars or pigs, pearled, patent, or
hulled barley, oatmeal. sardines in tin
boxes, measuring not more than by
4 by IL inches, hemp and jute carpets.
Here are score of articles of the
most common prime necessities of life
among the common people on which
the tariff taxes arc made higher in the
Wilson bill than they were in the
"culminating atrocity of class legisla.
tion."
Is that what you mean by tariff
reform? Was that what the people
voted for in 1892? Who commissioned
you to pile still higher and higher the
burdens Of war-tariff taxes on the
backs Of the people? Applause on
the Republican side.)
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.