The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-07-23

re Policy That undeSiies the Ding
ley hill.

ley nil.
The Dingley bill is not revenue but
. protective measure. The policy I'M
DERIVING it 10 the robbery and extortion
of one class of people. or one section
of the country. for the benefit OF an
other. The protection policy Is one
which has built up an army OF sappers
and miners whose only purpose Is to
loot the country and build up huge for
tunes at the expense of the people. 1t
is destructive of public honor and OF
personal patriotism, and leads to dis
content with government and distrust
between individuals.
A measure conceived as the Dingley
bill has been could not fail to receive
the condemnation of the democratic
senators. 1t will not do for republicans
to say that democrats are only seeking
to emIDarrass the administration.
They are fully aware of the necessity
of revenue raising, and argue that the
needs of the government should be lib
orally met, but here the agreement
ends, for while the republicans want
to build up individuals and sections at
the expense of the others, the demo-
Gratis met il with: "All we have for the
governments actual needs, but not one
cent for robbery"
In the formation of a bill TO raise
such a large revenue as Is required,
there will be those on hand who will
seek to make the benefits either per-
sonal or sectional. In the taxation OF
imports thus is built up a margin in
favor of local dealers in such articles.
1t is in handling this feature that the
difficulty of tariff making comes in,
and it is right here that the democratic
principle of even justice stands for the
people, while the republican principle
of protection stands for treasury loot
ers and the trusts and monopolies
which have fattened upon the nation
II is the duty of democrats, everywhere
and at all times, to fight favoritism
and to see that government is admins
tered for all ALTERNATING due recog
milton of all sections, and removing
mere personalism from consideration
The Dingley bill is an abomination
The principle of protection itself is al
abomination, and should not be permit
ted to become fixture in the platform
of any party. 1t should be utterly con
demned and driven out of discussion
SO that all parties would be committed
to raising from the people only tha'
amount which is necessary TO meet thu
expenditures of the government, eco
nomicalgy administered.
The democratic party has all alonl
upheld the policy of just taxation AM
economical governments policy whic
has been warmly upheld by the con
stitution, and adherence to which call
for as stubborn a resistance to tn
Dingleyism of to-day as was given 4
the McKinleyism of 1890.
The Dingley bill is built on protec
ton, and not on revenue lines; and
for that reason, il should meet, when OF
its passage, the earnest opposition o
the democratic senators, who are RICH
in endeavoring to amend it in orde
to reduce its Objectionable features TO
minimum; but who, when it become
apparent that it is impossible to pas
revenue rather than a protectio
measure, should vote TO kill the Who'll
bill.
The democratic senators have take
the right course in their treatment o
the tariff bill. and in permitting
to come TO vote without unnccessar
delay. The bill will be passed by re
publican votes over the protest of tn
democratic senator's, and the republic
ans will be responsible for the conse
quences. In the meantime the demo
Gratis may be enabled to insert a fey
redeeming features in the bill, but nc
body expects that they will be enable
to revise it to degree which will max
1t anything else than a protection mon
strosity, constructed without regard ;
revenue, and as such deserving the cor
domination Of all democrats.-Atlant
Constitution.