Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-07-18

Congress alone has the power to coin and is
sue money, and President jackson declared
that this power could not be delegated to cor
porations or individuals. We therefore de-
nounce the issuance of national bank notes as
in derogation of the constitution and demand
that all paper made legal tender for debts and
for the payment of dues to the United States
shall be issued by the government of the Uni
ted States and shall be redeemable in coin.
We hold that tariff duties should be levied
for purposes Of revenue, such duties to be so
adjusted as to operate equally throughout the
country and not discriminate between class or
section, and that taXSSion should be limited to
the needs OF the government honestly and eco
nomicaIly administered. We denounce as dis
turbing to business the republican threat to re-
store the Mckinley law, which has twice been
condemned by the people in national elections,
and which, enacted under the false plea of pro-
lection to home industry, proved prolific
breeder of trusts and monopolieS, enriched the
few at the expense of the many, restricted
trade and deprived the producers of the great
American staples of access to their natural
markets,
| oUntil the money question is settled we are
| opposed to any agitation for further changes
| in our tarif laws, except such as are necessary
| to meet the deficit in revenue caused by the
| adverse decision of the supreme court on the
| income tax But for this decision by the
| preme court there would be no deficit in the
| revenue under the law passed by democratic
congress in strict pursuance of the uniform de-
cisions OF that court for nearly 100 years, that
court having in that decision sustained con-
| stitutional objections to its enactment which
had been previously overruled by the ablest
| judges who have ever sat on that bench. We
| declare that it is the duty of congress to use
| all the constitutional power which remains
| after that decision, or which may come from
| its reversal by the court rs 1t may hereafter be
constituted that the burdens OF taxation
! may be exactly and impartially laid 10 the end
| that wealth may bear its due proportion OF the
| expenses OF the government
| We hold that the most efficient way of pro-
| tecting American labor is to prevent the i'm
| portation 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 by vicious
monetary system which depresses the prices
of their products below the cost Of production,
| and thus deprives them OF the means OF pur-
| chasing the products of our home manufac-
tories, and as labor creates the wealth OF the
| country, we demand the passage of such laws
as may be necessary to protect IL in all its
rights.
We are in favor of the arbitration OF differ
| enceS between employers engaged In Interstate
| commerce apd their employees, and recommend
/ such legislation is necessary TO carry out
| this principle.
| The absorption OF wealth by the few the con-
solidaton OF our leading railroad 5ystems and
The formation OF trusts and pools require
stricter control by the federal government OF
| those arteries OF commerce. We demand the
enlargement OF the powers OF the int estate
commerce commission and such restrictions
and guarantees in the control OF railroads us
will protect the people from robbery and op-
preston.
We denounce the profigate waste OF the
money wrung from the people by oppressive
taxation and the lavish appropriations OF re-
publican congresses, which have kept taxes
high while the labor that pays them Is unem-
ployed and the products OF the peoples toll
ere depressed In price till they no longer repay
the cost OF production, We demand return
to that simplicity and ecoromy which befts u
democratic government ana reduction In the