Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-17

the United States shall be issued
by the Government of the United
States and shall be redeemable In
coin.
We held that tariff du ties should
| be levied solely for purposes OF
revenue, such duties to be so ad-
insted as to operate equally
throughout the country, and not
discriminate between class or Sec
ton, and that taxation should be
limited by the needs of the gov
ernment, honestly and economical
ly administered. We denOunce as
disturbing business the Republl'
cans threat to restore the McKin
ley law, which bas twice been con-
DENIED by the people IN national
elections, and which, enacted under
the false plea of protection to home
Industry, proved prolific breeder
OF trusts and mOuOpolles, enriched
the few at the expense of the
MANY, restricted trade and de-
prived the producers of the great
American staples of access to their
natural markets. Until the money
question is settled we are opposed
to any agitation for luther
changes in our tariff laws, except
snch as are necessary to make up
the deficit in revenue caused by
the adverse decision of the supreme
court on the income tax.
But for this decision by tn
supreme cOort there would be no
defeiet in the revenues under the
law nassed by a Democratic con-
gress in strict pursuance OF the
uniform decisions of that court Tor
nearly one hundred years, that
court having in that decision sus.
tained constitutional objections to
its enactment which had pre-
ylously been Overruled by the
ablesf iudges who nave ever sat on
that bench.
We declare that 1t is the duty OF
congress to use all the constitu-
tional power which remains after
that decision, or which may come
from its reversal by the court as
it may hereafter be constituted, so
that the burdens of taxation may
be equally and imparlialIy laid, to
the end that wealth may bear It's
proportion of the expenses of the
COVE rnment.
We hold that the most efficient
way of protecting American labor
, is to prevent the importation of
foreign pauper labor to compete
with 1t in the home market, and
that the value of the home market
to our American farmers and
artisans is greatly reduced ny a
vicious monetary system which
depresses the prices Of their pro-
ducts below the cost OF production,
and thus deprives them OF pur'
chasing the products of our home
manufactures, ard, as labor creates
the wealth of the country, we de
mand the passage of such laws as
may be necessary to protect 1t III
all its rights.
We are IN faver of the arbltra'
tion of differences between EN-
ploy ers engaged IN inter state
commerce and their employees,and
recommend such legislation as is
necessary to carry out this prlncl'
pie.
The absorption of wealth y the
few, the consolidation OF our lead
ing railroad systems and the forma-
ton of trusts and pools require
stricter control by the federal
government OF those arteries OF
commerce. We demand the en-
iargement of the powers of the in
terstate commerce commission, and
such restrictions and guarantees in
the control of railroads as will pro-
tect the people from robbery and
oppression.
We denouDce the prOaigate waste
of the money wrung from the peo.
pie by oppressive taxation, and
the lavish appropriations of recent
RepDblica congress, which haye
Kept taxes high, while the labor
that pays them is unemployed, and
the products of the peoples toll
are depressed iD prices till they no
longer repay the cost OF produc'
tion. We demand return to that
simplicity aud economy which
belts a democratic government,
and reduction IN the number of
useless offices, the salarIesof which
drain the substance of the people.
We denounce arbitrary interter-
ence by federal authoriliesin local
affairs As violation of the con-
stitution of the United States and