The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-16
THE TARIFF
Democrats Would Reduce TAX
alton TO the Lowest Point
Practicable.
They R.cogni,. the Necessity OF Le's'ns
Taxation For the simple Purpose Oh
Raising Revenue For the tc"n"m-
t..l ~unnort of the Governments.

Raising Revenue For the tc"n"m-
zeal Support, of ths government.
In the grand march Of our mucn
yaunted civilization, a class OF men, nov
numerically large. but profound thihA'
ers upon subjects involving natlonai
prosperity, have come TO the 'front.' Us
the advocates of free trade between the
nations of the earth.
The men who exploit their free trade
theory would do away with custom
houses. the frowning Moro castles
equipped TO levy tribute upon the com
merce OF the world. to be paid. not oy
the nation exporting and selling the ex-
ported merchandise, but upon the ciu-
zens or subjects Of the country VINO pur-
chaseit.
The law under which this tax is levied
and collected is called a tariff, or the
tariff under which schedules are pre-
pared and the mounts of money to be
Maid on each specified article, winch
necessarily. and inevitably Is PAID ny
the purchaser or consumer. The Tree
trade advocates contend that IL there
were no tariff taxes levied the dement's
that would accrue 10 the people, ths
great mass of the people IN al Oh the
commercial nations OF the earth. wouiu
exceed the Imagination OF pnllahthtop-
ISIS. Free trade between nations III
held. would be a potent factor III usher-
ING IN The millennial era. Ii would IN
troduce harmony and good will in the
counsels of nations and do away with
the friction. envies and jealousies now
existing, indeed, il might be said since
good hath made of one blood all ma
tions of men 10 dwell on all the face OF
the EARTH il might be well enough 10
recognize the "fatherhood OF God TO
the extent of permitting his civilized
children 10 trade together free ana IN
taxed.
But the most sublimated OF the ma.
lions of the earth, except, possibly,
England, have not reached that Tree
trade state Of perfection where tariffs
and schedules. direct and ad valorem
taxation can be dispensed with, and the
United States, under the corrupt Ding
lev law, is in the swim up 10 its neck
a law neve designed so much TO put
money in the treasury 70 sustain the
government. as TO tax the great body OF
American consumers for the benefit OF
a comparative small class OF corporation
patriots, who subscribed literally K
Mark Hanna's corruption fund. which
debauched the nation and elected Malol
Mckinley.
The Democratic party is not a fre'
trade party Ii recognizes the necesslt,
Of levying impost taxation for the sim
pie purpose of raising revenue for thu
III of the government economical,
administered, believing that such taxa
!. ton is all that any just interpretatiol
of the constitution warrants. and tina
, beyond that limit. tariff taxation
: ~spoiation, direct robbery protected b
law. which adds to its lnfamy. an
: which no amount of word jugglery ca
obscure.
The high prerogatives of governmeI
i'm their relation TO citizens or subJec
are: Q) To deprive men of their live
4. (2.) TO deprive them OF their hbert
,3.) To deprive them of their prolert
The latter deprivation often
conditions as lamentable as the forme
In the language OF Shylock: You Ia
my life, when you take the meal
whereby | live" aud a tariff law su'
n. the Dingley abortion. is enacted I
h. the nurpose OF taking the means whel
Z by poor men live and handing the boo
So over TO grasping shylocks. who. In t
- language of the play. ''are VOLTS
Is bloody. starved and
o5 r, - ON. of the evils inherent in tar
,axations, that it is practically impos
ME 70 construct a tariff law, under
onar.tions of which selfshness. gre
- r~apac,t and spoliation do not 4
coyerts under the protection OF VIII
"A these curses thrive. but when 81
NJ moustrosities as the MCKINLEY La
rs and the "Dingley law" are warmed i
~ life in the womb of Republicanism,
90 nrolific of infamies as the ovum of sn
ming turtles. their number and enorI
tasks investigation and defies the ca
~ bilities Of statlsticians
ar. The Democratic idea of tariffs is
reduce taxation under their operation
the lowest point practicable to meet
requirements of government economi
ly adLs inistered. But, unavoida
lay. such tariffs are more or less protec
M in their operations, since, as rule,
So tax OH the imported article advance,
n, AZ price, aud IL it comes in competi
10 % with a home manufactured article, I
-" as certainly u the imported article, G
tern the consumer more "A other'
would be charged. Democrats do
or. deny this postulate. They admit
nom all its force. and to the extent pracl
Mo BILE would shape tariff laws in the il
- est of the great body Of consumers
'e's cause craftsmanship worthy OF the n
seeks to promote the general welfal
the people, which cannot be don
Done legislation is 40 shaped rs to benefit
800 few at the expense Of the many.
{, lie As has been minated it is
por- cult to levy tariff taxation in a wa
land do even and exact justice to all who
and il. With the lowest tariff the cou
has ever had there was incidental
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