Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-07-16

IN. NIL, THURS
Agaimst Nafional Baak Notes. I
Congress alone has power tescoin
and issue money, and President
jackson declared ll4t 2 q h b3 sei
couidznots bei delegated to corpo.
ratiops. Or individualgs We there.
fore demand thai the pp~W toissue
notes " t9.si .siirenlssIts n. lEgaQ4ey haSsksn
from the national banks and that
all paper money 81 \ - iSsued di-
tcctiy by the Tieasary Department,
be redeemable in coin and receiy-
able for all debts. Gtlic and. pri.
vate. .si fya fss $500: -s.tf4g>a Il
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thould Be leyi 5ot j ptrp6iss u
revenue, such daties 10 be adjusted
as to operate equally throughout
the country and not discriminate
between. class or section, aud That
taxation should be limited by the
needs Of the government, honestly
and" economically administered.
We denounce as disturbing to busi-
ness the republican threat to re-
store the Mckinley law, vhich has
been twice condemned by the reople
in national elections, and which,
enactedASde5aAe tAkdla laSaasiIeN
lection to home industry, proved o
prolific bFeedsf sSf = tfsists and mo.
hopolies. enriched The, few at-the
expense Of the many, restricted
trade and deprived the producers
of the great American staples of &C.:
cess to their natural markets. Un-
til the money i4aessictan nAsutitdi I
we are opposed, to, apy agitation fol
further changes in our tariff laws,
except AZ srs nfces4ary p make the
deficit in revenue caused by the ad-
verse decision of the, Supreme
Court on. the income tax. But for.
this decision by the Supreme Court
There would. be no deficit in thsrev-
enue under the law PASSED by q.
democratic Congress in strict. pur.
suance Of the uniform decision Of
that court for nearly one hundred
yearal t]lat sShrhA AAviphIh Ind N
decision sustained constitutional
objections .to~its enactmehtsWhich
had been overruled by the ablcst
judges who have ever sat on the
bench. I'VE declarAnthat itis the
duty of Congress to use all the con-
stitutional power which remains;
after that decision or which may.
come,from it's reversal hy,ths .cnnrt
as it may hereafter be constituted
so that the burdens OF taxation may
be equally and impafrially laid; to
the end that. ysalh smaSasar 4s
due proportion of the expenses Of
t.he government. :, - !. - -
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We hold that the most efficient
way to protect American labor is to
prevent the importation of foreign
pauper labor to compete with it IN
the home market, and. that the
value of the home market to our
American farmers and artisans lis
greatly reduced by q vicious:mone.
tary- system which, -depresses. the
prices of their; ;;preapets below the
cost Of production. and. thus de-
prives them Of the means OF p1r-
chasing the products of our home
| anufactureg!fTo''a sf.fdfu
Government Control Of Railroads.
The absorption of wealth BY the
| fewi,qRa c6f9aSdaaigH toY 6aff lead!
ling railroad systehL MID the forma.
ton Of trusts. and poole require a
stricter control by the federal gov.
ernment Ct those arterss Of com.
merce.i We. demand the enlarge.
/ ment of the powers Of the Interstate
commerce commission and speh re-
strictions and guarantees in the
control of railroads as will protect
the people from robbery and op.
preston.
Economy ihilPdbhta ElJeadistures.
We denounce the profligate waste
of the money wrung from the peo.
pie by Oppressive taxation and the
lavish appropriations of recent re.
publican Congresses, which have
kept taxes high, while the iabo,
that pays them is unimploYed: pro.
] ducts of the peoples toll arr de.
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