The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-18

scale of duties; or for imperative
reasons"
Mark the language
'or for imperative reasons the article
may be placed in the list of those free
from all duty.
rFourth-That the maximum revenue
duty should be imposed on Injuries
specific duties should be abolished and
ad valorem duties substituted in their
place, care being taken TO guard against
fraudulent invoices and naturalization and
10 assess the duty upon the actual mar
ket value.
sixth
This is embodied in the Chicago plat
FORM II is the origin of the declaration
which was the subject of animadversion
by the distinguished senator from
"Sixth-That the duty should be so i'm
posed as to operate as equally as posi-
bic throughout the Union, discriminating
neither for nor against any class or Sec
No article is to be exempt from duty
except for Imperative reasons 1t ex-
Guides the idea of free raw material as
does this last principle with reference to
which the Walker tariff was framed
have that tariff bill here and / desire to
call attention to the free list or articles
exempt. from duty as contained in that
act 1t covers little more than one
half or a page of this volume and it con-
tains no hint or suggestion of exempting
raw materials from duty. | will ask per-
mission 10 print It in the Record at the
end of my speech as an appendix, but
shall not detain the senate by reading it,
What is the Interpretation according to
this standard of well-recognized Demo-
cratic authority of the declaration which
has been embodied in the Chicago plat
form? call attention, further, TO the
language of this report on page 227. and
desire senator's to mark the language,
because We have a contemDoraneous, a
recognized and a clear exposition and
Interpretation of the meaning. not only
OF the principle upon which that Demo-
cratic tariff was framed. but of the same
declaration as contained in the Chicago
platform.
The present tariff"
Says this distinguished Democrat
rs unjust and unequal. as well in it's
details as in the principles upon which
it is founded. On some articles the duties
are entirely prohibitory and on others
there is partial prohibition. 1t dis
eliminates in favor of manufacturers and
against agriculture by imposing many
higher duties upon the manufactured
fabric than upon the agricultural product
out of which il is made.
1t discrimfnates in favor of the manu-
facturer and against the mechanic by
many higher duties upon the manufac-
ture than upon the article made out of it
by the mechanic. 1t discriminates in
favor OF the manufacturer and against
the merchant by Injurious restrictions
upon trade and commerce. and against
the shipDuilding and navigating interest
by heavy duties on almost every article
used in building or navigating vessels. II
discriminateS in favor of manufactures
and against exports, which are truly
the product of American industry as
manufactures. 1t discriminates in favor
of the rich and against the poor by high
duties upon nearly all the necessaries of
life and my minimumS and specific duties.
rendering the tax upon the real article
much higher on the cheaper than upon
the finer article.
That is not only a good criticism of the
pending measure, but it is clear eX-
position of the doctrine of the Democrat
platform.
Mr. President. in 1884. and again in 1855.
and it was reoeated in 1892 at the sug-
gestiOn, / believe, of the factory and mill
owners to a large extent of New England.
as a SOP TO the people whose support in
that direction was sought by the
Democratic party. the traditions of the
party were so far departed from as to
exempt from duty. for the benefit of one
section Of the country largely, all the
product or a large part of il of the
greater proportion of the country; l said
it was taken up in Difference to that
sentiment and that il was as vicious in
principle as it was unequal in operation
AS a result of that, the Democratic party
came TO disaster. No Democrat can
stand in the west OF the south or in any
of the great producing regions OF this
country as justifying monopoly TO the
eastern or northern manufacturers. their
political enemies. by saying that the
burden of taxation shall not be imposed
upon them to the degree that is possible
in a just and equitable distribution Of
tariff burdens.
Then this declaration in the Chicago
platform. excluding as it does the idea
of free raw material. is not d new
evangel; it is not an evil genius; it is not
a vile reptile or rattlesnake. There is no
need for any senator. in order that he
may be protected from it. to make any
solemn and dramatic invocation 10 the
and in agony and despair 10
ask God to help him. 1t comes to US
fresh and pure and undehled from the
very source and fountain of Democratic
faith and. so far as any vote that | cast
is concerned. it will be in accordance with
the declaration and principles OF my
partV