The Forrest City times., 1898-12-02
HANNA'S TAI TALK.
che Ohio Oracle Begins work for
Mckiniey's second Term
Campaign.

Importers of tea are INDUCING hopes
| that congress will abolish the war tax
on tea during the coming session. So
strong are their hopes, indeed, that
|they are actually restricting importa-
lions. The imports last month were
| only about 7,2O0,O00 pounds. against
about 100000 pounds in October last
year.
Either our tea importers think they
| have an extraordinarily strong pull"
/ in the matter of revenue legislation or
they entertain n most erroneous idea
| in regard to the revenue requirements
of the government hereafter. AS to the
requirements they should bear in mind
that we are about to send an army of
so, 900 men to occupy Cuba; that it will
/ take at least as many more to garrison
the Philippines if we are going to un-
dertake the government of the entire
archipelago; that plans are already ma
tured for adding at least % new war
ships to our navy; that, according to
Senator Cullom and other statesmen
on the inside, we must straightway
have submarine cable not only to
Honolulu, but also to Yokohama, and
SO on to Manila.
They should bear in mind that these
and other things growing out of the
war, including possibly a cash allow
ance to Spain on account of Philippine
debts, will cost a great many millions,
and that in order to provide these mill
lions it is likely that taxation will have
TO be increased and that no taxes can
be RENTED for a long time to come
unless others are substituted for them
As to the pull" the tea importers
would do well to see Senator Hanna.
No republican pull" is good for much
under this administration unless the
cable is attached to Mark Hanna. That
statesman has charge of McKinley's
second term interests, and not much
is likely to Ego" at the white house
and among the presidents party friends
in congress if Mark Hanna is opposed.
Everybody who has any revenue or
protection chestnuts in the ashes will
find it necessary to take notice of the
fact that Mr.. Hanna has emitted the
proclamation that "the war revenue
measure must be revised, but we will
keep many of the original features of
the law simply because it is now neces-
cary" He takes no stock in the talk
attributed to Mckinley about making
"our" islands "self-supporting" He
knows we are going to need a pile of
money to carry out the Paris pro-
gramme and that we must get it by
taxation.
He admits that we are not getting
very much revenue under the '.old"
tariff law, meaning the Dingley law,
and claims that this is because we are
exporting instead of importing. $50
far as am concerned" says Mr.. Hanna,
Il favor putting duty on tea and cof-
fee. The revenues for the support Of
the government must be raised in some
way and the indirect way is best, ac-
cording to my idea. When the people
do not realize that they are paying q
tax there is no complaint"
This is good monopoly doctrine in
more respects than one, and Hanna
and the administration are likely to
stand by it no matter what the tea i'm
porters may say. Revenue must be
raised in some way. 1t has been cut
off by imposing prohibitory duties for
protection. The way to recover it is
not to reduce these protective duties
so far as to admit imports and get rev.
enue. That would be bad for the pro-
tectees. The way is to put on other
taxes that will not be prohibitory to
get revenue, at the same time giving
the pet monopolists the full benefit of
prohibitory duties and sheltering them
while they go on organizing trusts for
the practice of extortion.
And the additional taxes must be in
direct. because when the people do
not realize that they are paying a tax
there is no complaint" That is repub-
ican doctrine, but republican leaders
do not often state 1t so frankly. They
do not object to taxing the people out
rageously for the benefit of industrial
pets or for unnecessary and extrava-
CANT government expenditures. They
object only to the complaint" The
niore they can wiring from the people
the better they like it so long as the peo-
pie do not complain.
Hanna virtually admits that the tar
III is tax and a mode of wrestling from
the many for the benefit of the few, and
he is frank enough to admit that the
people would not stand it II they real
lied how they were bled for the pro-
lection of such men as himself as well
as for unnecessary public expenditures.
After few more protectees admit as
much the people may see for them
selves and make an end of the secret
bleeding which has been going on now
Tor nearly 40 years for the vast enrich
ment of the favored classes out of the
earnings Of. the masses. - Chicago
Chronicle.