The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-02-14

press the one nor to especially favor the
other Irrespective OF wealth power or
yood, q the whole people and when hen
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Fundamental prleiples thei the iaw Of
fair market and all they asked was a
like treatment IN return.
A tariff was levied in order to provide
se Se SSs SO
lated that It's burdens were equally dis
| tributed. The party In power had no
favoritism TO bestow upon any individual
kind of industries As the government
| was then managed no extra or extra
ordinary political assessments were de-
! inanded or required. no favoritism made
| necessary by placing an extraordinary
duty upon some favored article of manu-
facture that a mgh harvest might be
| reaped by those thus favored.
People realized that a tariff was tax
and that ~ II must be paid that some
one must pay IL, They were not deceived
into believing that the foreigner paid
| the customer who eventually must bear
| the burden, and therefore they made II
| as light as possible.
expenditure of money and II was neces-
| sary to provide for it's gradual repay
| ment. Our credit had been taxed to Its
utmost. Our interest account as well as
the payment Of our principal debt, made
II necessary 20 increase the revenue and
War Tariff was enacted, the reve-
nues from which have been sufficient to
pay the debt many times
This tariff thus levied has been, with
slight changes, continued although the
war ceased nearly a half century ago.
continued? A most appropriate inquiry.
The results of this tax were felt by the
majority as burden but by few as
bounty. II prohibited certain imports
into this country by fixing the rate so
high that none could enter-the result
being that industries thus protected grew
to enormous proportions. even IN their
and the result was SO exhllerating 10
those manning and mooring the so-called
infant Industries that a continuation was
necessary In order that wealth might
centralize. that the many might SOW but
the few reap.
Year after year the people were warned
by the Democratic party that such leg
isiation was burdensome, unnecessary
and Illegal and that as you. SOW, SO
shall you reap, and that at the day OF
Judgment III WOuld De TOnnu TO De tnc
means of centralizlng wealth. concentrate
ing power taxing the many TO benent tho
few, and how well did we prophecy,
guided and inspired by the words Of Lin.
eventually arouse from their slumber and
that right and justice would finally ri-
umph.
In his second inaugural addcss Lincoln
In speaking of the duty 10 continue the
war and tho final reward In 30 doing
said:
ity for all, with irmness In the right us
God gives us to see the right, let us
strive on TO finish the work we are In,
to bind up the nations wounds, to care
and for his widow and his orphan. TO do
all which may achieve and cherish a just
and lasting peace among ourselves and
So eloquent and so true were these ut
terances, OF that honest statesman, who
had the courage TO express hls convic-
tlons.
II has been ever thus with the Demo-
cratic party for continuously has II pro-
claimed, since no necessity existed for
the further continuance OF this iniquitous
tariff and burden. that II be lghtened
and the load lifted and people permitted
TO enjoy a freedom OF unjust taxation
when the laborer and the poor man could
hope to shelter his family In his own
home-when lumber and ali that entered
into the construction of the house could
be purchased In a fair and Just market,
wnen children could be clothed without
paying burdensome tax upon every ar
ticle OF clothing required, and when at
least the greatest part OF the burdens
should be born by those most able and
that the dire necessities OF life might be
as free from taxation as the air we
breath, but not so.
We have not needed the warning and
we were made the victims OF It's pernici-
Gus course. We demanded. not that IL be
wholly removed, for so long as we have
a debt and revenue and expenses TO pay
II Is but right that tariff be levied that |
will meet the necessary revenues anu
expenses OF the government economically |
administered-hut no more.
Industries existed and prospered before |
the "war tariff' was levled-they needed |
no protection-and now after nearly fifty |
years OF age-these Infants are still pat |
ting us on the back, beseeching us TO
continue their sustenance lest they |
give them strength 20 stand on their own |
foundation and II not they ought 20 go
70 farming. where everything you pro.
duce. is sold In free trade market and
nearly everything you buy is doubled
and tripled by reason OF this unjust tax |
ationJ-a5d r see how long they would ,s eS;
Firmly believing that the words Of Lin
coin would be verified and that Coz |
would give us ,f.h 70 see e. the right, we an are
be TO Him who knoweth and seeeth all |
things We are beginning 10 see the dawn |
Ing or a better day,
BY means OF this unfair legislation, un- |
fair advantage 20 some and disadvantage |
10 others. We have permitted those most |
favored. not only 20 amass enormous for |
tunes. but 20 manufacture goods In this |
country and sell them in foreign coun- |
tries cheaper than they are sold here to |
our own people. Yes-some OF them can |
be bought In Europe, reshipped TO the
United etates with charges added both |
ways-and yet sold here at a profit above |
what the same goods are sold for here |
at home Let me give you but ono |
transaction that illustrates the situation |
and tho truth of which will not be ques- |
toned. Within the past few months |
the United States Steel Company and It's |
allied Companies contracted 10 deliver In |
i90s-lo0, 900 tons Of black bar or plate |
steel. used In the making OF tin, 10 |
WALES Manufacturers at a price nearly |
ten dollars less per ton than the same |
goods were then being sold in this coun-
try-and this is but single instance OF |
the many. In that Just and fair with |
our people7 ! dare say not.
Let us be fair with the Manufacturers |
and what In their justification and reply \
they say we use Foreign Countries as |
dumping grounds for over production. II |
that Is true they certainly would not |
DUMP at less than cost and II the selling |
price between these Countries Is ten doi- |
lars less In one lnan the other then IL |
stands 10 reason that their profits IL at |
leat ten dollars per ton on each ton or |
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