Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-06-29

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REPUBLICAN, AND DEMOCRATIC ,fsla-sll
lcaEs coNTRAsTED
Free Trade Is q Dream, = Yagary, AAd Has
Never Been Adopted by Civilized Nations.
a Common Sense View ~ Senator j. il.
Gal1inger Of New Hampshire.
This historical contri button to the
tariff discussion is made primarily with
the view Of endeavoring to persuade the
Democratic side Of thechamber to unite
with the Republican senators against
the pending bill, but briefly for the pur-
pose Of acquainting the people Of this.
country with the great fact that impair
tial history teaches that high tariffs
have always brought prosperity to the
people Of the United States, while low
tariffs have invariably disturbed bust
ness, Frustrated Industries and brought
suffering and want to the laboring.
masses Of our people. There can be no
escape from this conclusion. It is writ
ten on every page Of American history,
and the terrible results Of low tariffs
have been literally burned into the souls
Of the men and women who earn their
bread by the sweat Of their brow. In
this day Of agitation Of so called tariff
reform it is we'll that the truths Of his
tory be summoned to sweep away the
sophistries and idle theories of educated
doctrinaires and free trade congressman.
The New York Sun is the ablest
Democratic newspaper in the United
States and is intensely partisan on near
~ all political subjects, but in it's issue
Of July 10, 1898, the following discrim:
mating article appeared, and as it comes
from an unloubted Democratic source
and states tae difference of the two par
ties SO fairly and impartially it is proper
i
full and for the encouragement of pro-
tectionists: ~.-. ..r.
Prospecting federal taxation, we
will now state the position OF the De-
mocracy as defined by the Chicago plat
form, upon which the overwhelming
victory Of 1892 was gained. Ascertain
the value of the goods to be imported
tcs, 1,a oF ko 1>o
raised from imports for the expenses of
the government honestly administered.
Fix the rate and collect it without dis
elimination. preference Or partially.
Anything else is unjustifal@,. Any
thing else is unconstitutional. ANY.
thing else invades tho rights of tlle
citizen and is unlawful as we'll as u1>-
Democratic That is clear and co1npre-
hensive. Thst is what the Chicago plat
form decla:ei and what the people ap-
proved. ...-
"The Republican position is diamet-
rically different. Tariff duties, say the
Republicans should not be levied for
the mere rarpose Of revenue, but large
" with a view of promoting American
manufactures and labor and relieving
farmers and mechanics from unfavor-
able foreign competition. The Republic
ans say that it is one of the powers and
duties of a government to protect the
people who maintain it from unfair
foreign competition as well as from
hostile foreign invasion. The people,
through their representatives, impose
the taxes on goods entering into Amer
can ports from other countries, and they
have the right land it is natural that
they should exercise it) SO as to impose
those duties that the interests of Ameri-
cans will be favored and the interests
Of foreign rivals in the same industries
or pursuits Disseminated against. That
is the Republican doctrine. [
Between the two systems Demo
cratic, for revenue only; Republi can,
of discriminating taxes to foster and
protect certain interests there is no
possible concordance. One is bluntly
opposed to the other. IF one is right,
the other necessarily must be wrong. =
In order that there may be no misun-
derstanding relative to the meaning Of
certain terms and phrases, it may be
well to define them.
A tariff is q system Of duties imposed
by the government Of country upon
goods imported or exported. In the
United States there is no duty on ex.
ports. There are but two kinds o1
tariff in the United States:
l. A free trade tariff.
2. A protective tariff. 81 i.
A free trade tariff is simply for rev
enue only, and revenue derived there
from is intended for governmental ex
penses exclusively. It is the system
which is in operation in England. Since
it is designed for revenue only, its du
ties are nearly all levied upon articles
Except luxuries) that are in great ane
certain demand. It SO happens that th.
articles thus levied upon except luxu
ries) are constantly required By the com
mon people in their household econom,
and that they cannot be raised or pro