Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-28
POLITICS And OK
MEAT FOR ALL
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should sustain as much of the burde
as should labor. What the laborin
man eats and wears should not
taxed to death that Injuries may G
free.
i Taxation in any form is burde
and each citizen must bear his shan
for the support of his government. TIL
system now in vogue is not alone fC
the purpose of raising revenue, but
1 takes from the pocket Of one man
dollar and gives it to another without
any compensation therefor. This
not sone of the purposes for which gov
ernments We're instituted. II Iii be
/ comes a republic founded on eqdalit
! to require one citizen 10 pay tribut
to another This is one of the studio
| of the school that l described to 20
| in the beginning in which the peopl
are students. 1t is not Z. theory. 1t l
| a fact"
| The tariff policy of the United State
is a selfish one. Its promoters ar
men who believe in upbuilding thel
own fortunes. They are not lookin
after the interests of the farming an
producing class although nearly sew
enty per cent of the export trade o
| the United States is the product o
agriculture.
All tariff laws should be enacted oil
q strictly revenue basis. Any othe
theory of levying taxation is contrar,
to the letter of free institutions Con
gress is and ought to be, without pow
err to tax you for my benefit.
Protection Is but a tribute levie,
upon thrift and industry to suppor
and maintain wealth and idleness.
Why should pay higher price II
order to enable another to make /;
larger protit9 l might as well pay yol
sl.20 for an article worth 81 thal
you may continue in business. A pro-
tective tariff is tax upon consumption
and it is unworthy of any nation thai
bases its right to legislate upon the
great truth that all men are equal
The consumer is not benefited by a
protective tariff.
1t never has been denied that the
consumer pays the tax. 1t can not be
denied. When the fire occurred IN
Maine, years ago, members of con-
gress from that state We're instrument
tai in introducing a bill TO have the
lumber men relieved of his burden. II
it WAS a tax paid by the importer why
the necessity OF relieving the article
of the duty? The original thought
and idea of tariff policy. by its pro-
motors, was that of raising revenue
for governmental purposes and Incl
dentally to place the American manu-
facturer in a position where he could
compete with the so-'called cheaper
labor of his foreign neis.hbor: but the
idea and thought OF eliminating COM
petition and placing the consumer at
the mercy OF the tariff beneficiary
never entered the minds Of our fathers.
Regard was had for the law of supply
and demand. and the first tariff acts
were supposed to be short lived. But
as time advanced. and selfshness and
greed became political asset of n
great party, and opportunity presented
itself to command the aid of corpora
lions and trusts, the protective party
of today marked under the name OF re-
publican. became fact
Stand Patters" and Coal Trust.
You are appealed to in this hour by
men who even call themselves demo-
Gratis to give support to law that
shelters monopoly; not an effort has
been made To dissolve this coal trust,
by men who love to be named stand
patters. The coal trust .hrves TO-
day in the atmosphere it loves sur
by Men high in the council of
he republican party, and not one effort
$ made TO disturb or destroy 1t. Ii II
we're the last act of my life, l would
condemn it with all the power possible
posed to q policy that will take from
me man dollar and give II to another
Without any compensation therefor.
Democracy believes il the CONNER
ial supremacy of our nation. not in
he interest of a few, but for all.
hallenge the stand pat.ers' to show
he Iowa farmer how he is benefited
" tax on coal and lumber With a
market In which he must compete with |
he world in everything he produces
Thy is he not entitled TO similar |
aarket for what he pure bases and es-
ecially for the necessaries of life |
which he must buy. The tariff on oats, |
cheat, corn and cattle is no reply. The
auper laborer of Europe is not crowd
1g the Iowa market with corn ana |
attic. 1t would be like an April show
r to the Iowa farmer il little Cana
ian lumber could enter into compete
ion with the present lumber trust
The protective policy has insisted
l the building up of every trust and
today in existence. Every
-ust formed today is in some manner
lded and abetted by protective tar
until finally they have acquired a
omplete monopoly.
Growth Of Imperialism.
The darkest spot in American his
Try was the day the star spangled
amer. the flag of the free, pride of
le world. floated over slave. care
OF where 1t may be, 10000 miles from
ar own beloved land, Or surrounded
Y the palmetto or the pine, it means
lie same thing. The constitution of
lr country, the outgroNth and devel-
oment of the brainiest men the world
,er produced, the declaration of indie
a document as wonderful, as
ue and as great as the Sermon on
lie Mount, the institutions of the
nited States all bespeak the right of I
lie citizen to not only assist in the
aking of his own laws. but in th4
lection of his rulers.
Not a country on the face of tn !.
ODE where liberty throbs at this hour.
here humanity is attempting to throw
some of the shachies that have t
'und 1t for centuries, but can trace \
e reason therefor to the beneficent i