The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-03-11

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revenue in time of peace for the main
tenance of either has no justification.
The best way for the government
to maintain its credit is to pay as it
goes-not by resorting to loans, but
by keeping out of debt-thrOugh an
adequate income secured by a system
of taxation, external or internal, or
both. 1t is the settled policy of the
government, pursued from the be-
ginning and practiced by all parties
and administrations, to raise the bulk
of our revenue from taxes upon for
eign productions entering the United
States for sale and cOnsumption; and
avoiding for the most part every form
of direct taxation except in time of
war. The country is clearly opposed
to any needless additions to the sub
jects of internal taxation, and is com
mitted by its latest popular utterance
to the system of tariff taxation. There
can be no misunderstanding either,
about the principle upon which this
tariff taxation shall be levied. Moth
ing has ever been made palmer at a
general election than that the con-
trolling principle in the raising of
revenue from duties on imports is
Jealous care for American interests
and American labor.
The people have declared that such
legislation should be had as will give
ample protection and encouragement
to the industries and the development
es+Iv bonad md avnacted that Con
gress will, at the earliest practica BILE
moment, enact revenue legislation
tho+ chou No foir roosonaLIo con-
snrvativn and ine+ ond Which UbiIa
sI,,,,,i,-i,,o sl, ,dI-o,lia Co.. ,,h
lie , M viii Elm be cirnaiiv hon.
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ond ovor1I on+arnriso Of TO noonIa
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Of AZ I,ro+o.ti,ra Solicitation WIN,
hoe aiy,,oys boo,l +bo firmost ,,ron Of
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serve held for the redemption OF our
currency, which has been heavy and
well nigh constant for several years.
In the revision Of the tariff, esPe-
cial attention should be given to the
re-enactment and extension Of the
reciprocity principle OF the law OF
1890, under which so great stimulus
was given to our foreign trade in new
and advantageous markets, for our
surplus agricultural and manutac-
tured products. The brief trial given
| this legislation amply Justltles FUR
Their experiment and additional dis
cretiOnary power in the making OF
commercial treaties, the end in view
! always to be the opening up of new
markets for the products of our cOun-
try, by granting concessions to the
products of other lands that we need
and cannot produce ourselves, and
which do not involve any loss of labor
to our own people, but tend to in
crease their employment.
The depression Of the past -four
years has fallen with especial severity
upon the great body of tOilers OF the
cOuntry,and upon none more than the
holders OF small farms. Agriculture
has languished and labor suffered
The revival of manufacturing will be
relief to both. No portion of oul
| population is more devoted to the in
situations of free government, MOI
( mana lCN-ol ~, thaiT C1l1A,,0rt W N / IL