The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-04-02

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REPRESENTATIVE BAILEY. OF TEXAS.
This ill was framed with the avowed pur-
nose OF protecting the manufacturers OF the
United states against foreign competition. ana
til perfectly obvious that u Il accompnshes
that purpose IL must result in competing the
consumers OF this country TO pay more Tor ther
manufactured goods; and FOR this reason we .
think il should not pass We rest our oppoSi- .
ton upon the broad principle that congress .
was Invested with the power OF taxation as
means OF collecting from each citizen MS
fair proportion toward the support OK the
government, and that it is gross per- I
version OF that sovereign power 70 employ Il as !
amaans Of enabling favored classes 20 levy IN (
1ust charges upon the great body OF the people Z
We believe that after contributing MS proper
share toward the maintenance OF the govern 1
uent every citizen o. this republic Is entitled
10 fun possession AMI enjoyment OF al he can
pa.sibiv earn; and we deny the right Of con-
,yrfss To make Or enforce any regulation which
~ ulres one man 70 give any part 81 his honest
earnings toward encouraging the enterprise Or
increasing the fortune 81 another
No man. no matter how blind he may be.
would defend a system Of taxation under which
xhe government first collected the money and
afterwards distributed It among it, favorites
II Is true that the tariff act OF 1870 vcn-
tured TO this extent in dealing with the
sugar growers. but the diSapproval OF
that policy was so overwhei ming and
50 bitter that It's advocates have been forced
TO abandon it. ana they have not dared % in
corporate any provision for a direct bounty In
The present bill We are unable. however. 70
perceive any difference In principle between
Law which requires the government 10 collect
The money and distribute u among the protected
Industries ami a law which enables these in
dusiries 70 collect the money directly from the
people There may be some difference IN the
method Of making the collection and IN the cost
OF doing so. but there Is no difference whatever
in the principle involved II the government
has the right 70 levy o tax upon tho people Tor
the purpose OF inducing men 20 establish un-
proatable industries or industries which can
only be made profitable BY compelling the con-
sumcrs OF the United States 70 pay exorbl'ant
prices for their products. then the bounty sys-
TEN is a more direct and less complex way OF az
tainlng the end and at least has the advantage
of drcctncss and simplicity.
The majority OF the committee seem 10 think
that taxation can be made blessing. and the
support Of the government, instead OF being
burien upon tax payers can bt made 70 enrich
them. II this opinion Is well founded, then all
the struggles for freedom which have revolved
around the question OF taxation have proceeded
upon a false theory ana the American colo
nists. when they determined that they would not
submit 10 taxation without representation IN
duired mistaken zeal for liberty. The patriotic
resolve Of our forefather. not 70 use goCGs upon
1vhich Great britain had LAID an import duty
was wrong Il the argument for protection Is riEht,
because according 20 that argument. the Brit
ish importers were really raying the tax over
which the American colonistS went 20 war.
There cannot be found in ire wide range %
economic literature an authority. with
the few and rare exceptions which only
serve TO emphasize the general concurrence,
who does not treat taxation. direct Or indirect
Is burden and when W. remember that Q pro-
tective tariff not only collects more Tor thc gov
eminent than IS needed for Us economical ao-
ministration but that II also enables favored
Glasses 10 collect more than the government g.
self the Injustice becomes So clear ana 80 cfor-
nous that it would be a reflection upon the In
tcllcence of the American people 70 suppose
that il can escape their swift anu decisive con-
drmnation.
II follows as matter or course that . biil
based upon a vicious principle must Be injuri-
Gus IA It's ELECTS and perhaps no eject could be
more pernicious than the extravaganza which
tho mi encourages
The tabnlafe1 statement embraced IN the com
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man Vas collected IA customs durinr
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shown ~ the same report the difference
bc,ur..ar tho ,,,,e-nnen, REGENTS and disbtrse-
events during that vnar vyaS only sss g00a Iii.
81 t,r,vu that ,he irn,,,rtations ~ last wear
wore smaller than usual owing 10 the genera
denrcssion maj existed In an circles; but ever
.unnoeing that imnortations hereafter can hs
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