The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-16
TARIFF THE REAL ISSUE
SENATOR MORGAN DECLARES CONGRESS CANNOT DODGE IT.
The People Awakening to the Dis elimination of Existing Laws-Re- publicans Endeavor to Slide
 Over Questions By Reci-
 procity Measures.
Washington Times.

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 Washington Times.
 The first teal note of warning from the
 South as tosths takin program or the he- was sounded today by Senator Morgan | os lAlabama. From the beginning until
 che end of the coming session Of Con | gress," Senator Morgan declared. the
 principal thin thing the people will near Will .senator: Morgan is entering upon his i hfth term as Senator. and, despite his
 76 years. he is still hale and hearty phys- ically as we'll as mentally.
 The Republicans are in a very uncom, fortable position in regard to the tarin. continued the Senator. "and are begin against the present tariff system is be- ing experienced and the work of the promoters of the present law is recoiling upon them. The people are beginning to appreciate how little advantage they de- rive from the high protective tariff en- acted not for their benefit, but for the benefit of the big manufacturers. The
 something to perpetpate their sacred doc trine. Some are making great cry for reciprocity; others demand reduction of the internal revenue taxes; then there Is should reduce the tariff or remove it here and there on certain producis-steel. for instance--and fo lrth sect declares
 that there must be no tampering with 
 but subterfuge, and the talk of reducing
 the internal revenue tax is only for the purpose of drawing attention away from the tariff. while the policy of here and there knocking a hole in the protective taIim can accomplish put little good and afford but small relief.
 The People Awakening.
 "The people are awakening to the fact that they are paying more for goods man. ufactured in our own country than for ClRnprS 1 goods made here aud shipped abroad. By taxing our own people the American man. ufacturer IS enabled to sell his products abroad cheapef than we can buy them here at home Then we hear a great deal about the balance of trade in our favor, and our people are the ones who are pay ing for 1t. Only certain classes can be benefited by reciprocity treaties the peo- pie at large will derive no value from thin. Like the tariff schedules, they a.e negotiated to benefit certain interests. Take simple example say the sugar in- dustry, and the Sugar Trust is not the worst of the trusts. The Sugar Trust will say we will admit aw sugar from Cuba and Germany and other countries. where large quantities Of 1t are produced, free, If those countries will admit free our re- hned sugar. We have large facilities for refining sugar in this country. and thus the Sugar Trust is benefited both ways, while the people obtain no advantage by the deal. The same is true of other pro- ducts.
 Sell Cheaper in Foreign Markets.
 Materials which benefit certain indus tries will be admitted at reduced rates, abled to sell their products still cheaper in forei l markets, while we at home continue to pay higher prices. think thSse those, large manufacturing concerns those reciprocity treaties. as such action will doubtless tend to stay the attacks upon the high protective policy. Take, treaty with France If 1 were to favor any reciprocity treaty would favor that, because 1t is asserted that it would ben e1t certain interests in the South. and there you see 1t is legislation in the interest of certain classes. The whole people would not profit by it."
 The substance of the entire matter is there never was and there never will be a just tariff law. Every interest endeav- ors to secure special advantage the moment the tariff question is opened up. It Is no more than natural that legis- lators should seek to secure benefit for the interests they represent. The same is true as regards the whole question of taxation Until you find men who will terests you will mt have just tax laws. The Democratic Party seeks to have as just and equitable taxation laws as it is possible under the circumstances to that in which livery man pays in propor- tion to his ability to pay. Such a tax is the income tax. It is not our own coun- try but other countries which find It im- possible to enact just tariff laws"
 An Income Tax Law.
 Do you think that an income tax law could be so framed that the Supreme Court would not declare it unconstltu-
 Certainly" replied MT. Morgan. "The income tax provision of the Wilson-Gor- man law was not declared unconstitu- tional in its entirety. We are virtually nnil iV1nn tax hot to the internal revenue collected upon whisky, beer. and tobacco but an income taxp A man owns still and earns his living by distilling whisky. If we tax the profit which he derives thereby, it is called an income tax, but if we tax the whisky it Is called internal revenue. and what Is the difference. Another mans business is manufacturing cigars and he makes a certain income thereby. Instead of taxing that income we place a tax upon. the cigars; they are both taxes upon that mans profits. In one in- stance if is called an income tax and in the other an internal revenue tax. | How is this different from taxing the | profit of man in any other line of bus mess in proportion to his ability to pay | whether 1t is cents or $5,000. except that | the tobacco manufacturer and the dis | tiller are taxed upon their profits no mat ter how small they are.
 "The talk of reducing the internal rev enue tax is but another subterfuge for | the purpose of drawing the fire away rom the hlgn protective tarlH' les, there will be tariff talk from now until | next election time. The Republicans do | not dare go before the country and de fend the present conditions, so they are going to try and slide over the whole matter as easily as they can. The Dem ocrats cannot be expected to help them out of their dilemma. They will more likely obstruct them in their efforts to cover up these conditions in order that | they may expose them and the injustice of the present tariff law before the peo- pie. So you may depend upon it that there will be any amount of tariff discus sion this winter"
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