The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-26

The Frotsetion Monopo'ists WIN Have
Another Pu';.

| E Another PuN
Since the political landslide OF the 18th
inst. there Is notable increase of cour'
age among the organs OF monopoly
which is manifested In n deinand for q
revision of the tariff in their interest
Tie 54th congress was elected under
a distinct pledge that il the repub-
Elicans got a majority they would put
an end 70 tariff agitation, at least
i until after the next presidential cleo.
ton. Practically their whole campaign
utteranccs were pitched on this key,
and there Is no room for intelligent
4 doubt that the bnrdtimes, reinforced by
this promise. gave them the house by
the great majority which they secured.
Other issues Ind their Influence here
and there, but the depression Of bust
ness and the promise TO let the tariff
alone were sufficient OF themselves.
ii The. Inst elections before the meeting
OF congress are now over, and there is
Inc longer my reason FOR disguise. So
the pretense Of keeping faith with the
people Is no longer needed by those
who desire to increase protective taxes
atthc coming session Of congress. There
are those, to be sure, who oppose it on
the ground that 1t may affect the elee-
tions Of next November, but many are
unmoved by this consideration because
they believe the great maiorities Of last
week cannot he overcome In one year.
They feel thnt the republican party has
got the5country safe IN it's grip and can
enter upon Il career Of audacity with
ftnpunity.s .@'' @''''>.
With MANY, indeed, there is a pre-.
tense that more revenue is needed, and
thai for That reason higher duties must
be imposed. This Is Il subterfuge. 1t Is
u false pretenSe. The Mckinley bill
was avowedly framed to reduce the
revenue, by putting duties so high as to
check imrOrtutionS. ffthe MCKinleyitcs
be allowed to have their way at the
coming session, they will do the same
thing and raise the duties on the
classes Of goods manufactured by their
favo"itrs. This will So reduce importp.
lions as 10 derive less rather than more
revenue from the articles to " hich they
propose to give higher protection. If
they increase the revenue at all it must
be BY revenue duties or by internal
taxes. This may as well be done with
out putting up the rates on protected
articles. The latter course will tend to
reduce the revenue. and will compel
the president to veto the bill.
There is no necessity for any change
in the tariff at all in order to Obtain
sufficient revenue. The statement that
the new tariff bill is a deficit producer
is falsehood. The deficit, if there b.
any, was produced by the decision uf
the United States supreme court, re-
versing the presidents of hundred
years, upon which the last congr .ss
relied as conclusive proof that an in-
come tax WAS constitutional. The final
decision in the case was due 10 Penn
Sylvunia republicans reversing his own
opinion after an interval of few weeks. |
Tha democratic party is in no sense re-
sponsible for the deficit.
1t is still an open question whether |
the present revenue laws will not pro-
iucc revenue enough in the next fiscal |
year if appropriations be kept down |
10 u reasonable figure. But even asslIm- |
ng that the supreme court has pro-
iuced a permanent deficit, it can easily
De got rid of in either of two ways: BY |
IN increase in revenue duties or by new
Or increased internal taMes. 1t cannot
DC done by increasing protective duties
10 as to stop importations. If, there.
lore. the republicans really desire TO
teep their pledge to stop tariff agita-
ion. they can easily do so by imposing
axes that will go into the treasury, and
rot by diyerting part of our present
'eyenue into the pockets of the robber
Courier-Journal.
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