Oxford eagle., 1897-07-29
ANOTHER POOR
MANS BURDEN
The DingIcy Tariff Bill
Was Put Through Last
Saturday Night and Be
comes = Law.

NfAA nHAANA = - Aa-A AAAN AfAH -NfN
tariff bill passed the Cuited
States Senate ard soon there
ancr the bill was presented
10 the president by Mr Ding
ley, a. the messenger from both
houses. and in the presence
Of the cabinet. that had
assembled for the purpose.
the bill was signed. The wires
that bring u this news states
that a pen. in very small and
beautiful wrought holder was
used for the purpose, that Mr.
Dingley was permitted to keep
the pen as a SOUVENIR of the
closing incident of a measure
of which history will take
ccca.zance through the future
agcs.
The Mckinley bill passed by
a partisan congress during
liarrison's administration was
considered one of the most un.
just and discriminating tariff
measure that ever disgrsced the
records of congress. but in our
humble opinion. the present
Law Wall be found before II Is in
operation twelve months. to be
one of the most iniquitou-. un.
fair and discriminating laws
that has ever oppressed tie
laboring men of the United
states and il Is particularly
severe in il many discriminat.
lng features against the South
and Southern enterprises.
When an impartial history
has been written of the MANY
combinations of circumstances
that h : given tie peop's
this law. IL will be found that
lis passage II simply the deal
made between Mark Hanna and
the Republican National Com.
mitiee parties of the first part
and the Trust companies and
large manufacturers of I b 9
tnited States parties of the
second part and the eonsid
eIation was the large amount
OF money that was placed Ia
the credit of the said Executive
Committee for campaign pur
poses.
The money was received from
;hIs source and amounts To sew
eral millions and this is "A hct
never denied. so far as We are
informed and believe. and was
most shameiully used. t. put in
power this administration. On
the plea that the revenues were
not sufficient TO meet the eN
pense of the Government. un.
der the present tariff law, the
president was forced TO call
.tongress together in extraor
cinary session for this particular
purpose. The trusts and manu-
lecturers wanted their money
returned with all its interest
and the bonus that they will
receive will be proportionatly
large.
1t Is estimated that the duty
on sus gar alone enhanced the
stock III the sugar trust to the
extent of 32,000,O00. 1t is said
that Jim keene that great stock
gambler has made two millions
OF dollars in the advance on
Sugar Trust stock as the re
suit OF additional tari9 on this
article, that is a necessity fol
the poor all over the land. |,
a fact that the duties are not on
diamonds or works Ofart to any
appreciable extent. nor upon
any other articles or luxuries
that are used by the rich and
that class that are more pro
tected, having more to protect
and who therefore. are infinitely
more able to pay the duties
but the duties are upon the ne
eessities that are used by tn,
poor men and their flmilie.
and who are the least able Il
bear the burden of the enor
nous taxes that are required
under this most infamous meas
ure.
We repeat as a section tn,
South gets no favors and al
though our senators and con
gressmen did the very besr
they could under the cireum
stances, the "Great White Car
OF the house treated minority
like children and every appea
from his autOcratic decision.
were decided by his supporter.
and having such an overwhelm
ing majority at his beck and
call, he never lost an issue
much TO the disgrace of his
MANY puppets. The consola
rion Is that the people will have
a reckoning and if the Republi
cans do not lose their large ma.
jority in the next congressional
election we will confess that
we are no part or kind of a
nautical nrnnhaf