The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-07-30


po,icv is, in practical effect. TO let the
tariff wall OF prohibition down from the
top ONLY low enough to admit sufficient
imDorra:.0nS to raise the necessary rev
enue.
The Democrats, oil the other hand,
DENY the Constitutional right OF Con-
press to exercise the taxing power con-
fer-ed BY the Constitution except tor the
public purpose OF raising the necessary
revenue for the support OF Inc Govern
mcnt. and they therefore uncompromiS-
;ngIv CHALLENGE the r:gh. to rcStrdi'' I'M
portations TO any greater eN..ent than the
necessary revenue from imports re-,
q1ireS: but they have always admitted
that the incident OF protection which
necessarily results from raising the nee
essary revenues by tariff taxation ought
to be equitabiy distributed among the
different domestic industries. The DEM
ocratic policy IS to encourage not 20
CHECK" imports. With the Democrats
revenue is the object OF tariff taxation.
protection only the incident. Their pol
icv is 10 raise the ta-.tf wal - rom the
bottom only high enough . produce the
necessary revenue lrOiA .lllDJr. duties.
"TARIFF For RhvENUE ONLY
Tho proper and only reasonable mean
ing OF the term tariff Tor revenue on.y,
as sometimes used in Democratic plat
forms and often perverted III m Lem
ocratic circles is tina. the only legitimate
obieSt OF tariff taxation is to RAISE the
necessary revenues and that there 5 no
constitutional warrant for :Hvyln2 more
taxes upon the peop.c than is necessary
for that purpose. TINS. As already SHOWN
is dSt:rc. &c - '.nOcrat.C doctrine. MS
phrase never appeared i'll Democra:!c
platform prior TO the evil war. Is ms,
appearance was in the Platform OF 1870,
In that campaign the tariff was only a
subordinate issue. and i; did not attract
anv attention. The same phraSc was re-
peated in the platform OF 1880. and sheh
it was :lla; i w.tS subjected 10 the SsTonS
attack OF the Republicans WHO c'aimed
tina; it stood ior tie extraordinary prop
osition that the nearly S2oo,ooo,coo OF
protective benefit. which necessarily re-
suits from 4 revenue tariff. was to DC
distributed wtthou: any regard 70 Amer
lean industry. \ CERTAIN small DIX uiti"
school OF Democrats. led by Henry wa
tersCn. encouraged tbs :u).1 and ,clSe-
less construction. - Et:er y d Fl:-aiiSc
with the an.ebellum record OF the party
and the result WAS that Gti 2fai Hancock
lost the support OF the labor organiza-:
TORS. the electoral vote .; the STATE OF
New York and his elect n
But when the Democrat convention
OF 1881 came to make Up is Platform Tor
the successful campa:"" OF that year. Ii
CAREFULLY guar a gains; repetition OF
that construction by Inserting long
and explicit declaration nceatlving the
idea that the party WAS ;nilllica. i'll IT'S
tariff policy to American labor. tro:n
which The following Is an eN:rlc;:
But in making reduction IN tan ;
il IS nc1 proposed 10 ini ,ii> my OF the
domestic Industries. but fa,.I % pro-
mote their healthy growth. dc iI2ces-
S;rv reduction in taxation can and iiust
be effected without Cepr.vinS American
labor OF Inc ability 20 compete success
fully with iJrc:gn labor. and without I'M
posing lower rates Of duty .ilan will be
ample to cover any increased COS; o!
production w.licil may exist Il: coilse-
uuence OF the higher rae .: "aGt: rre-
va;ling in this country.
This identical plank vas again lil>cr.cl
by endorsement in the platform o: 1883.
alter a strong contention with Mr.. Vat
tcrson, President Cleveland having per
sonally requested Senator German o!
MARYLAND to attend the convention ioT
.hat purpose Again. n 1852. rs vii. APP
pear by the stem ograpli:c rcpoEs OF the
proceedings OF that convention. winch IS
presumably i'll the possession. OF every
Democratic editor. :ht ir:>nds OF Mi
Cleveland who cc'.:,.o'.c,i the resoM-
.icns committee prc,>'.i:':,, this same tai
if plank for adoption: bnt nc anti
Cleveland forces n The convention. IN.
der the lead OF Mr.. Wa;tcrSon. presented
4 catchy substitute plank which :ook ING
convention by Storm and Was carried
over the pro..-s; oi Scna:c- Was and
other cleveland leaders. Then ior til
third time the phrase tariff tor revenue
only" was written in " Democrats ?ia:-
2rln, bu. Mr.. C:es*.,,..i very promptly
i, his speech and ic;tcr 9; acceptance
Gave his s,,thor;,a.:le interpretation o
The phrase If accordance with the dc.i
n;i:nr even A. the commencement o
tiki, paragraph. ard --cailiImed the sab
s.alce g the platform OF 1884.
AS EXEMPLIFIED BY LEGISLATION.
All the tariff legislation OF both OF Mr.
C!eve.and's administrations was baset
uron the principle OF the platform o
1884. The NILS bill. which passed thu
House in his first administration, was
ski.i1, and far exempltication OF thu
principe. and the Wilson bill, whic, be
| came a law in Cleveland'S second admin
iStration. as clearly stated by Mr. VIII
son in the report which accompanied i
was drawn upon those lines. The Nor
| r:son horizontal reduction bill. presenter
| to the House in the first Cleveland ad
m:nstration. was the only meaSur
which disregarded this principle, an,
that was never endorsed by the Presl
| dent and was never even considered b.
| tie House. although lar"e.y Democratic
The Wilson bill. as finally passed, is
| model tariff law from the Democrat
| standpoint. There was no contraventlo
| OF its original principles IN the Senas
amendments. however vigorously tina
may have been asserted i'll sources lnln
ical to Democratic unl.y'. The Wllso
bill was perfected in the Senate. just a
| all tariff laws have always been. and a
perfected il has had most benehcis
operation. very largely increasing tn
EXPORT trade OF the country and woul
have provided ample revenue but for tn
unexpected failure OF the income tax.
STANDS FOR IT, OLD TINE PRINCIPLE
From the foregoing It c.>ar,y appear
that the Democratic parry sands to-da
on the tariff question just where 1t 500
before the evil war. |; iree.y concede
| to American n lt!S:ry me full mllsu-c {
protection nece SSa:: Y .nc..icnt II n IN
the necessary revcnl Is. and pledges i
SELF to an INTELLIGENT. lair and non-.H,
tiona distribution o: ;he same: but
denies the right OF the Government
exact more taxes from the people tina
is required Tor It's support. In this it
squarciy antagon;zed by the Rcpubllca
party. which c.a!ms the right to so at
Just me tariff as to check imports. hu
as already stated. the anta9on:sm
principle between the two par:;es may I
plan Sta:cl IN the proposition that tt
Dem craze :2r # po..cy. HAVING The rev
cnre ior IS object, r,.sls the tariff wa
Only high enough from t',c bottom {
Tree trade point TO rA.sc the necessaI
revenue. While the Republican tariff po
icy, having protection Tor It's ooJec
on,y les tie tariff wall down low cnoug
from the top or p-ohibtory point 70 az
nit the necessary revenues.
TIL PRACTICAL RES IT.
The prac:>al result OF tit> O en- COZ
.i.ct OF pr.rc { : exemp fled in Il
DngIcy law. " III ha> -, passed Coz
gl@S> Wl:.e a lns.t:ed.y Increasing Il
AVERAGE ra,e> oi iuty OF the exis..ng W!
son law ahou: 20 per cent. and really i
creaS;rg / mich mo-c. experts e>tlma
that t vii sIJw decrease rl:hcr tha