The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-08
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On The Tariff Why Populist Con
gressmsu aud Senators Will /,
Not Vote on The Dingley
Bill-It Is

Not Vote on The Nngley
Bill-It Is
A TARIFF FOB AGITATION
Ne Tssi6. However Jsss. 10 RssVess'hss
For Hard rioss-Ns Tariff Biu. Hsvssss
wise es oct. Cas Rssssrs Psespsrisy-l
The Gold seasAsed ssd Aesepsiy ne
Real Casss 81 AI.ssv asd nsrd rtoes-
The Pspullsss Wsn aos Allow Ola Passy
Polisiesss 60 start Up FsssA rarsG Ass-
tasioe to Csu A,s.asiea Fseo The Reel
Issuss.
When the Dingley Tariff Was put on
its final vste Ia the House last week
the POpuiisis and free silver itepubli-
can Congressmsn refused to vote. The
Populist Senators will take the same
position. Their reasons are set forth
in the following strong and clear-cut
statement which was issued by unau-
imous vote Of Q joint caucus OF the
Populist members Of the House and
Senate:
To The People:
The tariff has been the battledoor
and shuttlecOck Of politics for more
than one hundred years. and its final
settlements 10 more distant than when
the controversy began.
During this period the country has
experienced at different times both
prosperity and hard times, not only
under . high tariff, but also under q
low tariff; but it has always expert
enced hard times when there Was q
contraction Of the money volume, no
matter whether the tariff was high or
low.
when the Cleveland, Republican
combination repealed the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act, and stopped
the issue Of new money, the crash
came; notwithstanding, the Mckinley
tariff remained in force year and .
half thereafter, and when the Demo.
cratic Wilson bill became . law, the
evils of contraction were not miti-
gated by it, but times have continued
to grow worse. We have no faith ia
either Republican or q Democratic
tariff as remedy for the evils Of the
gold standard and monopoly rule.
We recognize the fact that all form
er tariff legislation rs we'll as the
proposed measure, has many unjust
determinations. and works hardship,
to many industries and unreas0nably
fosters others.
The chief Republican complain,
against the Wilson bill, however, il
that it does not produce sufficient reve
nue. for the support of the government
| THE To- ~ sr hx,
Of defects in the bill as il was passes
by Congress, but resulted from . de
ci>iOn Of the Supreme court, which
declared the income lax uncOnstitu
tiOUal. There are m,ny ways to sup
ply the deficiency without renewin,
: the tariff agitari ion. The most direc
2 and effective method would be to re
store silver and increase the cir
culating medium SO as to restore tn
level, Of prices which existed prior L
. the demonstration of that metal,
that could be done. the present TART
law, with the money derived from tn
3 other sources, would create q surplu
a and not deficiency. III the none
powers are strong enough to pOstpon
relief in that way, ample revenu
q could be derived from q tax on q fe,
o articles which would produce revenue
or what might be still better, a reduc
Q ton Of needless expenditures, such q
: extravigant appropriations OF none
for rivers and harbOrs, not require
by the needs of commerce aud tn
t like.
a We do Lot regard the Dingley bi
as revenue measure. 1t is extremel
9 doubtful if it will produce q
}, as much revenue as tie Wilson bill
Nor is it tariff for protection in an
- just sense. 1t is emphaticalIy tart
J. for agitation. The discrimination an
|. inequality Of the bill will create gre,
dissatisfaction. 1t seems to us desig ne
by the Republican party to Great
# such a tariff agitation rs will dive,
9 the attention Of the people from ii
misery they suffer from a contractio
- of money and the rule of monOpOlie
l. Tariff asitators, who are usually eitf
g., er ignOrantly or knowingly the too
of monopolists and the money trus
and have succeeded for the last invent
d years in deludinG many voters in,
the belief that the misery they er
- dure results wholly from the wicke,
10 mesa of the tariff proposed or passe
o. by the opposite party. The sole ol
ject of the gold Republicans seems
~ be to engage the Democratic party
the old chronic tariff war, and theret
sidetrack all other questions or issu
70 which they fear to meet, and whit
alone can bring general prosperit
These and all other like consideration
e. have induced the POpulists in the tv
of houses Of Congress to decline to reco
nlze the tariff issue as proper sub bic
D. to divide parties until the main iss
O. of the money question and the rule
- mOnOpOlies is settled They refuse
~ cOuntenance any scheme which vi
ut keep up the chronic fight over the tar
I'D to enable the money trust to avo
q decision on thu real and vital issu
~ between the people and concentrate
n wealth.
m While the POpulis:s will do all
their power in both Houses of Co
at gress to remedy the manifest defe
is in the Wilson bill, and sc cure to farI
IA ers and labOrers such protection
~ shall correspond with the protect,
as in both the Mckinley and the Wills,
I'd bill OF finished products, to equal
the burden OF taxation necessary
's- raise sufficient revenue. and To =,
m eQnitabTy distribute the beneGts :
n. sulting from such q tariff, and =
they refrain from voting for or s1ajr
o. the Dingley bill on its flnal passa,
On it will be to avoid even the appearan
r. OF promoting the continuance of I
tariff agitation to sidetrack the vi,
q and oversh.dowiDg questions Of ma
ill cial and monopoly reforms and Al
to aviod giving c0unfenance tn {
u: contention that any tariff leeislatis
L. however wise and Just, could reno
existing evils and bring general pr,
perity.
h. The address is signed by all t
P0pulfst Senators and RepTe.entativ
m. To C1re Constipation Forever.
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