The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-24
HIGH IARIEF
To Be Continued- -Conlmlssion-
cr N b. Scott, in the New
York World.


York World.
Commissioners n. b. Scott's al
legged abandonment of Dingleyism,
as announced by that gentleman.
is doubtless given out with full
knowledge of the administration.
His plan as given by him in the
New York World is as follows:
al. That the revenue from the
war taxes now approSimates 81, COO
900 day.
'.2, That the war taxes may be
modified as to certain articles after
peace is declared, but IN the main
the law will stand
"3 That the tariff revenues will
be incidental hereafter, and the
great bulk of our revenues will be
raised from internal taxes"
Now by the beard of the proph-
ct of high tariff what means this2
Is it another cunning Mckinley
seheme2 Is the bald fake that has
done monopoly tariff duty solong,
namely. that "the foreigner pays
the tax" to be finally thrown over
board as no longer available in this
enlightened age9 And what is to
take its place?
The truth is monopoly protect
ion has reached such a stage that
tariffs as framed by the Republi-
can party in response to the de-
mands of the monopolists are SO
high as to be practically prohibit
tive of imports, and hence yield no
revenue at all, although they still
are frightful burden ON the peo-
pie, who must pay double prices to
the monopolies. Therefore. ac-
coreling to this new plan, the peo-
pie are to be forced to pay not only
these grinding indirect tariff taxes
of which the monopolies now get
practically the whole, but also a
vast increase in the regular intern
Il taxes for the support of the gov
ernment. For be 1t known that
Mr.. Scott, in his plan as outlined
does not propose TO abolish tariff
taxes-oh, no! The monopolies
must be looked after as usual but
only to make them .'incidentaI
hereafter.n That is, the enormous
high protection burden viii be con-
finued. or maybe increased, but
the monopolies will get about ALL
aud the government nothing, or
but trife, since the Dingley tar
if is practically prohibitiye. OF TO
be made so at tho next opportuni-
ty shutting out all competition
from abroad, giving the home mo-
nopolists complete control to
charge American consumers what
arbitrary prices they choose to fix.
Thus the defenseIess consumer is
to be twice plundered. First, by
the protected monopolies, which
will continue to hold him up for
double prices, under protection of
the prohibitive tariff, and later by
the internal tax-gatherer, who, we
are now boldly told, is to continue
to collect the war Overwhelmingly
to make up the Dingley deficit as
we predicted would be the case.
We spoke just now of the ..de-
fenseIess consumer" But the con-
sumer is not defenseIess. He can
defend himself against this injust-
ice and extortion and rid himself
of it by voting against the Repub-
lican party, which alone is respon-
sible for it, and uphoIds it, because
in that manner alone it is enabled
to secure from monopolies the
funds to grease It's campaign ma.
chinery.
IF every consumer who wishes
TO be rid of these infamous extor.
tions and of all unjust and unnec-
essary taxation will vote for the
Democratic candidates for Con.
gress at the coming election the
longest and most important step to
that end win have been taken
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