Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-08-22
For the Herald and Tribune.
DEMOS CRATIC (DEMOCRAT.)
Which Means : "Rule Us and Damn
US.0

The London Times Of a late date, re.
ferring to American politics asys: 1.-THE
real winners have been the Republicans
who have been gaining credit at each
step which has sunk their opponents
more deeply in the mud"
Yes, and each one of the Democratic
steps has cost the people of the United
States hundreds and even thousands of
millions of dollars. The records of the
Board of Trade and clearing houses of
our commercial cities show, that for
the past eighteen months the aggregate
local or home trade has been fourteen
thousand millions of dollars less than
for the eighteen months next proceed
ing that time. That means, that whilst
the Democratic Legislative and Execu-
tive fiddles have been actively playing,
the interchange of local or home trade
and commerce; and the payments for
labor of all and every kind have fallen
off or diminished more than $3.50, OOO,-
900 each month.
Now, let us look at some of the i'm
mediate results of the passage of the
late Sugar Trust" tariff bill.
Wilson, the head front of the Wilson
Bill of the House said in his place, that
the Senate bill, which the House as a
great crow eater had to swallow. gave
a concession to the sugar refiners worth
not less than $40, 900 900 a year. That
means, that each year, each man, wo-
man and child of our 65, 900, 900 people
shall pay a tax of Oh cents to make up
this rich profit to the sugar refiners. In
other words, whilst sugar has been free
under the Mckinley tariff, this new
Democratic reform tariff adds a tax
duty to sugar that will cause the price
to 60 up on each pound consumed 80 as
to foot up in the aggregate the amount
stated. VIZ may now look for a sharp
advance in sugar. Instead of 4 to 8
cents per pound, we may expect soon
to pay from Z to 10 cents per pound.
But as Isham G. Harris is in the habit
of saying: "your attention" For, at
least, the next twelve months, the Gov
eminent will get but little if any reve-
nue. from sugar. Why2 For the req.
son, that as soon as the sugar %refiners
were assured that the precious Demo.
cratic reform tariff bill would pass,
hundreds of fast steamships were char
tered to bring in sugar before the free
rates were cut off by the Democratic
reform measure; and up to the 18th,
$112,O 00,0 900 worth had come il. this is
Congressman Wilson 8 information and
estimate) and, If Cleveland, as it is
said he will, allows the new bill to be,
come a law by the ten days limitation,
the refiners will by that time, have run
up their stock of raw sugar to more
than $500, 600, 900; every pound of which
when refined, will be retailed to the
people at the high rates. Isn't this a
very sweet dose of Democracy for the
people to swallow
Well, there's one good thing about
1t; and the extract I make at the head
ing explains what it is. Congressman
Cochran, of New York, who opposed
the Senate bill to the last, also explains
it. He said: This Senate bill is pro.
tective about in spots. These spots
will cause all the rest of the the coun-
try to clamor for protection" That is
30. The few places favored by protec-
tive features will cause the larger and
more numerous areas cut down az they
will be to free trade rates and to star
walton business, to rise up with a cloud
of ballots that will snow modern De-
mocracy under too deep for possible
future resurrection.
OLD REPUBLICAN.