The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-25

Of the republican party have joined
the democrats in the grand national
march of tariff form. 1t seems to be
ignorant Of the fact that eX-Presldent
Harrison recently declared that he
never believed in McKinlevssm and is
for reform. Our neighbor seems not to
he aware of the fact that, today the word
protection" sounds sweetly to women
aud children because God implanted
in them the desire for protection from
the rough and tumble of the struggle
for bread, and which is one of
woman 's'most attractive attributes. Tie
only other classes that love protection
are the direct bene6ciaries Of the money
taken from the people, and another
class Of men called imbsciles who
cannot reason for themselves. AS our
neighbor does not Delong to the class
that rnbraces women and child
ren, nor to the manufacturers,
unless it be on the plea OF
that OF manufacturer of concentrated
lie, our neighbor is by nature eHtitled
to take front rank in the last named
class.
In order that our benighted nelghbor
may know why his republican leaders
have said to protection: Get behind
me Satan," we wIll quote from the
speeches of republican Statesmen that
20 years ago, were 80 years in advance
of our neighbor of today, and who
loyes the poor hard'workirg beet raiser,
so much that he would tax The wheat
raiser and give the proceeds to the
former. We make these quotations
all the more willingly because our
neighbor seems to know SO little re-
garding the opinions of leading men
in its own party, and because our
nelghbor only learned one principle OF
its party and that is bounties and pro-
lection. We viii first quote from 8
speech by Representative john A Kas-
son (repuplican) in Congress in July
1865.
And now what does this bill dO2 Ii
raises the tariff ON lumber, which is sc
necessary to the western prairie farm
er; on nails, without which he cannon
drive his boards on his house or bullo
his fence; and upon salt, without which
he cannot preserve his beef and pork
There is hardly thing which we con
sumo which this bin iorgets to raise
the duty upon. Every prominent nee
eSSity of life, food, fuel, shelter ana
clothing. is embraced and made more eG
pensiUe to the consumer, throughout thc
country. Even on boys pocket.kn'YeE
the duty is Increased about three
times, 500 per cent. and yet it is said
this is tariff for mere protection.
Such were the words of Hon. John
A. Kasson of Iowa.
We will now come down to the veal
1888, when the demands of the people
for an easement of their burdens be-
came so loud and threatening that even
the national republican party had
promised to reduce the load of taxa
tion. Grant, Sherman, Garfield and
other great republican leaders had
been urging the reduction of tariff tax
alton. But so welded to McKin-
leyism and bribery by the manufac
turers were large number Of the re
publican congressman, that instead OF
reducing the tariff On the necessaries
of life, they favored the repeal of the
taxes On whisky and tobacco,
Representative Nelson republican,
of Minnesota, on the floor of the house,
March 30, 1888, uttered the following
humane, and noble sentiments:
In the face of these platform pledges;
In the face of these admissions from
unwilling witnesses; in the face of the
large, eYergrowing and threatening sur
plus, taken from the people by taxa
Uion and used by certain banks without
any consideration therefor; and in the
face of the fact that 80 many of the
barest necessaries of life are loaded
down with the highest kind of tariff
taxes, il makes me sick at heart to
think that there are leading men on
this side of the chamber who CAP find
at this juncture, and under these Cir
cumstances, no other field for tax re-
duction than the internal revenue
taxes on spirits and tobacco. Surely
these things are not the diet on which
thu poor Iaboring man keeps bis fam
lily.
Worthier, better, and juster it seems
to my mind, would it be to give our
people-the toillng masses-cheaper
food, cheaper fuel, cheaper clothing,
and cheaper shelter-cheaper because
released from the heavy and unneces-
sary bondage of high tariff taxes. 1
lCiU put Jree sugar, free coal. free salt, and
free lumber against free whisky and
free tobacco under eli circumstances,
and so will the great mass of the
American people.
Has our neighbor during Its Rip-Van
Wrinkle like sleep, ever dreamed that
its party is drifting out and away
from it? From the manner in which
it keeps up its baby talk about boun-
ties aad tariffs and McKinleyism, it is
safe to infer it has not,
One of these days there is bare
possibility our neighbor may awake.
When he does, he will be found hug
ylng tightly to his breast a copy of the
bill. He will seek in vain
or some one to father it. Failing in
hat, bis traditions and the natural
of his nature will cause him
% exclaim, Though all men forsake
hee, yet will not l." He will take
he orphan bill to his heart and go out
nto the great throbbing heart of the
world and hunt up Will
lam Mckinley. He will deny ever
ayIng seen the protector OF infant in
ustries. Then our neighbor will 60