Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-03

built, and against which, 10 the amelio-
rated future. the gates CT avarice, op-
preston and fraud shall not prevail.
With such q benefcent aud stupendouS
result now plainly within the reach OF
the American people aud almost ready
for their eager enjoyment / envy not
the fate Of the party, nor the man, nor
the set Of men who shall constitute
themselves hindrance and an obstruc-
ton % their speedy fulfillment.
Faults and imperfectiOns can, OF
course, be alleged and pointed out; con-
ceSsions are apparent which have been
Unwillingly made in order TO secure its
passage; articles on the free list as they
came from the House have been made
dutiaole under the duress OF small
majority here; yet, deeply as I regret
the necessity for these changes, do
not hesitate TO say that the oil, taken
as a whole as 1t now stands, with its
combination Of lower taxes on the neces-
saries OF life, and az the same time in
creased revenues for the government,
will be hailed as a substantial measure
OF reform and relief by the great pro-
ducing masses Of the American people.
Manufacturing interests, which a
hundred years ago were In deed, and
In fact in their infancy, aud were
nursed and fostered while yet ia the
cradle Of their birth, are now the cOlOs-
sal task-masters OF the whole people,
commanding tribute from every days
labor beneath the sun, haughtily
striding the corridors Of this Capitol
and issuing their edicts 10 the tones Of
oictatOrs for or against the enactment
Of pending measures 10 the halls OF
Congress. Those who own aud repre-
sent these swollen and arrogant inter
ests do not hesitate 20 declare on what
terms a bill vitality affecting 10000. coo
OF people will be permitted TO become a
law. and In default OF what provisions
for financial profits 10 themselves they
will insure ITS defeat. Ia the hard
working days Of attempted tariff reform
they are met everywhere, and, as a rule,
bear themselves as favorites OF power
generally do.
The enactment Of the Mckinley law
10 1890 was a gigantic crime, not only
AGAINST EVERY WORKING MAN
and working woman in the United
States. but also against every individual
manufacturer and against all manufac-
by It's authors, but such was its real aud
inevitable character. 10 declared
policy so lagitous To- principle, so rotten
In morality, aud so rayeuOus in its ex-
actions 90 the absolute wants of life,
its possible duration was only a Ques-
tiOn of time when'the next election by
the people should occur and yet the
vast manufacturing interests Of the
country were tempted and Seduced into
accepting it's delusiye brides and into
an eager adjustment Of themselves 20
its alluring, though eVanescent, and
shOrt-lived provisions
elf the reward Of labor had ever been
increased as an incident or consequence
OF increased tariff duties on foreign i'm
ports. nothing would be easier or more
gracious 10 the advocates and benehc-
iaries of protection than 20 show that
fact. The very reverse, however, is
true. 1t can never be forgotten that the
enactment of the Mckinley law in 1890
was followed almost Immediately By
REDUCTION OF THE WAGES
OF all workers in iron and steel, begin
ming at Homestead, ia Pennsylvania,
under Carnegie, resulting in oloodshed
aud wholesale murder, and extending
10 all parts Of the country and 10 almost
every branch OF manufacturing indus
try. Mr.. Voorhees, defended the ad va
loren system as fairer, hOnester and
more easily understood than specific
duties.
On The subject OF the sugar schedule
be said: Absolute free trade in sugar is
an attractive theme, but no such thing
g. -fr ~rra 81
the organization of this government
A moderate duty has Away been i'm
posed on sugar, and il has always been
a stanch revenue support 20 the govern
ment. In that great model OF Demo
cratic tariff for revenue Only--the tariff
OF 1s46-it was declared in short and
simple phrase that sugar OF all kinds"
and syrup OF the sugar" were subject
TO a duty laid tax OF thirty per cent
ad valorem. The fact that the duty
TAI on sugar has enured more TO the
benefit Of the revenues OF the govern
ment and less to the profits OF private
parties than any other tax known 70
tariff legislation, may be stated as the
main reason why the Democratic party
has never made an issue against 10.
Every dollar collected from a tariff tax
on sugar and paid into the treasury re-
lieves some other article, OF even higher
necessity in the ecOnOmitY of life, In
the imposition OF the tariff taxation.
During the present fiscal year ending
June ~ there ill be paid by the treas
prv s13. 300, 900 as bounty 70 producers
Of sugar. and every dollar of this vast
sum is first collected from those who
plant corn, raise wheat and engage Ia
an the various pursuits OF labor.
Nearly thirty millions Of bounty money
have been
HANDED OVER To THE SUGAR-MAKERS
of the United States since the law went
into operation, and each year the sum
is rapidly increasing. It was thought
when the law was under discussion that
the bounty would not exceed SS,0OO,00O
ner wear. but the stimulating influence
az snch an enormous donation 20 the
manufacturers OF sugar was greatly IN
derrated. IN the law is TO remain unre-
pealed the time Is near az hand when 10
will confer as mere gratuity more
than 500. 600, 600 per wear on a small
fraction Of our population, engaged 10
no public service, but In their own pri-
vate enterprises.
For no earthly consideration would /
paint An unjust or Over-wrOught picture
Of the dangerous pretensiOns and intol-
erable arrogance OF accumulated wealth
now manifest in this country by its op-
position TO the income tax, on1 speak
ing in the fear of nv Maker, / devOutly
believe that the limit OF endurance has
been reached; that the time has come
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