The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-09-30

wuuId SHINE brighter and the burdens
of life be made easier; thousands Of idle
people were told that immediate en-
plOyment would be given them; that
wages would be increased and steady
work furnished where sCanty employ
ment was then had, and that thrift
would come Immediately throughout the
land.
1t is now nearly eleven months since
the election, and what has taken place?
Nothing but broken promises and unre-
deemed pledges on the part of the Re
publican party. There are millions of
idle today begging for work, many hay-
ing been discharged and thrown out OF
employment; wages in almost every
branch of industry have been reduced
from 10 to % per cent; thousands and
hundreds of thousands are in need In
many sections want prevails for the
necessaries of life, and this in a land of
plenty, favored as no other land ever
was, by the bountiful haTvests which
| Providence has given us. This ought to
convince every thinking man and wo-
man that something Is radically wrong.
While the political doctors Of the Re
publican party last fall substantially
all agreed, from Drs Depew, Elkins
and Wannamaker down to the smallest
! CrOss-road practitioner, no two of them
are of the same opinion now, Senator
Elkins claiming that no prosperity can
come until the labor of the land is ad-
justed on lower scale of wages, and
DR.. Wannamaker says, that some
thing must be done with the financial
affairs before any change can take
place"
With this condition Of things we are
told that prosperity exists throughout
the country; that labor Is employed at
a
caused by the advance in the price Of
cereals, from the fcreign demand. and
the advance in some other articles,
from the effect Of the Dlngley bill. /
leave the answer to all such state
ments, whether they be true or not, to
the people Of Ohio, to be decided at the
ballot box next November. The farm.
ers labOring people and business men
know better the true condition, than the
politicians, and cannot be fooled any
longer, and when prosperity does come,
1t Will need no heralding by orators or
newspapers. The people will realize it
In the comforts of their homes, and the
Jingle Of something substantial in their
pockets.
For many years Republicans have
claimed that there Is something in the
monetary affairs Of our country, and in
the questions of tariff and taxation that
are mysterious, which the plain people
cannot understand, and that only the
few have any right to consider. From
my investigation, find there Is nothing
In these questions than any man or Wo-
man of good intelligence cannot com"
prehend and should not understand.
First, take the tariff question. The Re-
publicans have argued that consumers
do not pay the duties that are levied
upon imported goods, but since that
people informed. there is no one now
who has the courage to contend that
consumers do not pay all the duties up
on imported goods, no matter how high
or low they may be. The right to levy
taxes in any form, either by the gen.
eral government, state or municipal,
no matter in what form assessed, does
not exist except for the purpose of rails
ing revenue to pay the necessary and
legitimate expenses carefully, prudent
ly and economically administered.
In my opinion, the tariff question is
one that can be rightfully and honestly
adjusted In the interests of the whole
people. There are only two ways OF
raising revenue under our laws; one by
internal revenue, and the other, duties
on imports. After ascertaining the
amount that can be raised from the in
ternal revenue, the balance should be
levied in the form of duties, on imports
with a view to revenue only and ought
to be levied upon luxuries mot prohib-
itory) with the view of raising the larg-
est amount Of revenue, and causing the
burdens to fall chiefly upon the wealth
of the country. To ILLUSTRATED Take all
classes of high priced goods that the
wealthy consume-follow this line down
until you have raised the necessary
amount to support and maintain the
government Such a tariff would be
Just and equitable TO all classeiI. and
would not make milllonaires at the ex.
pense of the people. as has been the case
under all tariff laws that have existed
since the war.
In my experience In manufacturing
In the past thirty years, have never
known q protected manufacturer TO nav