The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-05

4 bIlrf uf labor 40 pay infEof warrf iu ihl
fn.ri0frd M short. That The lhhufff ni
producer directly shares IN The ifpieciiof
, tIten 40 the beneficiary named iu thi
Z f4e In that he. ths man whune business
. Il directly protected must in turn pace
along ~ his employee Their iuft pfupur
lion uf such protection Tho pemucfntlt
rsrtv Id the party whose followers refuse
n IL t,l.str such an iliuaiyo plhtituir. and
4 i,f their disbelief IN theory which
leaves thc question of their pccun afy
ly Of the employer they are denounced
| as free traders and enemies 20 the
commercial life 81 the nation. The Won
| der IN whether Ia such denunclatiOn the
iEnoranc" Of the Republican critic IN real
| or assumed, for the mercst iyrO In the
political school knows that there is not
on the face Of the earth free trading
| civilized nation, nor is the Democratic
party a free trade" party, and. TO use
| the expression seriously In derOgation OF
the patriotism OF any men. IL but 10 dis
| play ones own colossal ignorance and
| stupidity A tarin II tax. In some
| form or other. levied by the general gov
| ernment. and IL In truth an absolutely
| necessary evil IN oil forms OF govern
| ment, for AZ long rs there is the need Of
government there remains the necessity
| OF being taxed to pay fof being governed.
| Perhaps the theologan VIII tell us that
In another and better world there shall
cease to be tho need Of civil government,
and the eyil OF tax will be done away
with. but such an ideal state OF affairs Ia
Tax for Revenue Only.
Believing. then. that a tax OF this kind
IL an absolutely necessary evil In the life
OF civilized nations OF today. the Demo
cratic party holds that such Il tax, when
In excess OF the honestly and economical
ly administered needs OF government. is
an unrighteous imposition upon the gov
erned. We censure tariff which pro-
tectB any industry beyond the incidental
protection afforded by a tariff for reve-
| nue. only. The Democratic party holds
| that the present tarlm law of the Repnb-
| lican party passed under the misleading
plea of protection to home industry,
proves itself a prolific breeder of trusts
and monopolles. enormously enrlchins
the few at the expense OF the many; that
thc beneiicent effect of natural compet<
ton is destroyed by these trust aggreFa-
| tons, which have been nurtured under
Republican rule; that they not only domi-
nate the Legislation of our country but
arbitrarily fix the price of staples to the
consuming public, and when the iaborer.
mindful of the theory advanced by the
protectionlst. asks his protected employ
er 10 make good the bond. ne Is informed
that labor and wages are subject to the
.aw OF competition, ard that such law
~lll not permit OF II greater sum being
paid than the market calls for idle labor
controls and fixes the wage. and the free
born must submit TO the standard so Tx
cd give way. Republican tariff laws
truly protect home industries, the
property of the rich. by shutting out the
competition of the foreign manufacturer
but does such a tariff protect the property
Of the American laboring man (Which In
his labor from the competition with the
labor of foreign riffraif whose cheapness
to the foreign manufacturer Is the sole
ground upon which protection is given
to tho American manufacturer?
Party of Business Mon.
Tho Republican party pretcnds TO stand
as the party of the business man." but
pya rb thar in tho pTuntirul anulipu-
ton of this high sounding platltude 1t
narrows the meaning of the term to in
clude only the enormously wealthy, and
for this narrowed class of business men
their laws are passed. In justification of
their wisdom and political insight, the
Republican party points with pride" to
ministration. Tho Democratic party am
swers that prosperity is not upon the
country because of IL Republican protect
I've tariff law, but in spite of IL, and the
the great masses of our people, IL pros
perity which Is leaking through onto the
masses below from overiiowing reservoirs
and made possible by Republican pro-
tectivc tariff. The Democratic party
does not believe in such legislation, but
rather In the laws which directly make
for the prosperity of the masses. know
ing that prosperity given first hand to
the common people will find its sure way
upward and reach all classes.
The present tariff law, admittedly fram-
ed along lines which give protection TO
the American manufacturer, has and Is
taking from the taxpayer millions of
money in excess of the honest needs of
enormous surplus has been accumulated
now idly lying In the Treasury OF the
United States. every dollar recreant to
its lawful and proper use and duty BY
just these millions of idle money, accu-
mulatcd under the Republican tariff law,
are the people untustly taxed, and all
taf,s l,l
lection from competition. coming from a
class already grown despoticaily rich
through the same kind of contributions
from the people, To this small class IL
is of no consequence that boots and
shoes. hats and caps. clothing, and all
the staples. cost more under their scheme
of legislation. for what they as indiVid-
uals consume of these is an inlinitesmal
mite compared to the enormous tribute
they receive from the masses of consul
mers who obtain no corresponding ben
est
If there be millions of honest men on
the continent, who as American citizens
see the injustice and positive wrong of
such IA system Of taXution upon what
possible pretext can we, the people OF
Hawaii. give our approval to such sys- |
TEN? Here, there cannot be used In eff |
crow dictum. that unless our manufac |
turerS are protected they will have to 70 |
out of business. For We are not manu- |
featuring people; we are essentially "A
forces the people of Hawaii to pay Il tax |
on their consumption greater than is |
necessary to supply the wise and honest |
needs of government support. is an i'm
position, for a government tax that gives
no corre!ative blessing to the taxpayer is
. fraud.
When the honest Hawaiian, whose cap
ital Is his Drawn and muscle. can find q
means of happiness In a tariff law which
eNacts an increased price for everything |
he has to buy. then and not sooner can
the Republican party lay claim to his
vote.
The Democratic party, in the campaign
soon to be entered upon, win again reiter-
ate its belief In the principle of bi- metal
lism and were 1t not for the fact that a
Republican House and Senate have just
passed a law which makes practical leg
islation on that subject impossible for
the next four years, II would go before
the people at this time as IL did in 1895.
declaring against the policy of the Re
publican party, which by law discrimi-
mates against one of the immcmorial
money metals of the world,
Other Issues at Stake.
But there are other large questions be-
sides tarin and money, now squarely di-