The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-07-09

stances where a person acts under
the impulse of the moment, without
forethought or consideration or Ere
meditation, the unwritten law might
excuse the violator of the written law,
but when congressman deliberately
violate the one great principle of JUS
tice, which has been the corner stone
upon which the government was
founded, and must be maintained or
perish, ii is time for democrats to pro-
test. Senator Aldrich of Rhode Is
land, who is supposed by many to
know more about tariffs than any 9TH
er senator, ignoring other portions of
the country, works with a zeal and
cunning in the interests of eastern
manufacturers, and has succeeded in
fixing up the most barbarous act that
has ever disgraced a nation. 1t will
not increase the revenues, but will
enable the rich manufacturing trusts
to sell their goods at higher prices,
because the goods that would pay
revenue to the government Will be
shut out. Already notice that mems
suits have been advanced from SIS to
$35 in the east, and Chicago and 9TH
er western cities stand ready to fall
in line; but this is only one schedule
out of thousands. / never expected
the republicans to modify or reduce
the tariff, but it is certainly humiliat-
ing to see democrats, and especially
southern democrats, join hands with
the rascals in robber schemes, repul-
sive to many republican congressman
Verify, politics make strange bed-fel-
lows. LaFollette, Cummins, Deliver,
Beevridge and a few other Tepubli-
can senators, ashamed of their COM
rades, have boldly thrown off the by
pOcritical republican covering and ia
ken to the virtuOus sheets of democra-
cy. Could the republican party afford
to lose these shining lights they would
be read out of the party. | was sur
prised to see that Senator. Tillman
tried to tax tea 10 cents per pound for
the benefit of the Carolina growers of
the herb, but after all there is some
sense in that if the purpose if 10 in
crease the revenue, and not merely
to increase profits to growers, for i'm
ports would continue just the same. !
Carolina teas are better than the i'm |
ported, and find sale to those whO can |
afford to pay the difference in cost, |
but so long as cheap labor is not toler-
ated here this country can never COM
pete with China and Japan in tea cul-
ture. The tax on net earnings of cor
porations as proposed by President
Taft and supported by Senator Al
drich, is a nice little joker that will
cause a smile from the corporations
who will find no difficulty in trans
ferring the burden, with profits added,
to the consumer. Mr.. Aldrich favors
the bill because it is intended to take
the place of an income tax, which is
the most just of any scheme of taxa
ton ever emanating from the brain
Of man. The individual who adds mil
lions each year to his fortune can
well afford to give back a small pit
lance of his gain to the public or the
people that have, by patronage or
special legislation, enabled him or her
20 increase their wealth, but he who,
.hough struggling honestly against
high prices and the misfortunes that
)efall many should not be compelled
% deprive himself and family of the
of a comfortable living in
order to provide the money to pay the
AK required TO prevent his humble
home from passing into the hands of
ak sharks. Volumes might be writ
en- upon the injustice of our laws, ex-
.usable only that they are better than
ome, or that they might be worse.
Yours truly,
]. d. BACON.