The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-06-08
HOW ANOTHER MAN VIEWS THE
TARIFF

your series OF drtlClGS on "IhG Tar
if and have often wondered why
you did SO much writing on this sub
ject, when the whole matter could be
explained in one sentence; viz: can
Indirect Tax is Direct Steal" Fur
thermOre: any man who understands
it, and stands it, is dishonest at
heart. The man&who understands it
and yet favors it, is a beneficiary for
the system, and is therefore selfshly
dishonest. Any man who is not a
beneficiary and yet favors it, is en-
tirely ignorant Of it's workings. Any
man who knowingly, willfully and
maliciously favors making me pay
SIG for suit of clothes worth only
Sc, paying over to the Government
only So of the stolen $40 and giving
the Wooden Trust the other So,
simply because they want it, is dis
honest to the extent of his knowl-
edge of the subject.
Now my dear sir, if you are ''for-
ninst' the tariff, nail this motto to
your mast head: can indirect tax
is a direct steal", and defy any man
to investigate and prove you liar.
I thought when I began writing
that this is all I would say, but as
have not had an opportunity of
venting my speech" for sometime,
and as the escape valve is now open,
l cannot refrain saying more.
You know that I am an "old time
Pop and next to the Baptist doc
trine, the doctrine of populism is
dearest. Instead of getting weaker
in that faith, get stronger, simply
because there are so many ideas of
original Populism now in operation
been enacted into 1aw-and are
working SO successfully, it makes Mr..
Stranger in favor of all the others.
Why, do you know I still stand for
the old Sub Treasury Bill'' Of al
lance parentage, and see the ne
cessity for it to-day more than ever
before: Yes still stand for the par
cells post and postal savings banks,
but not the make-shift, bank-feed-
ing things now in operation. Say,
did you ever see s1icker thing pull
ed Off than this postal savings graft
we now have? You know Oklahoma,
Kansas and other states had enacted
what was known as the Estate Bank
Guarantee Law Well, a good many
of the suckers had at last realized
that their savings were not safe at
all in the banks, so that when these
States agreed to guarantee their de-
posits if placed in State banks, it
simply played the deuce with the
National Banks in these States. AS
this thing was likely to prove con-
tageous something had to be done
and that Quick-Tmagine our sur
prise to see the old bill to establish
postal savings banks dragged out and
boosted by the very set of grafters
that had always opposed 1.-THE Ma
tional Bankers. Why this change?
Simply because they had little
proviso inserted in the bill, making
Nationl Banks in the cities, when
postal banks we're established, de-
positories of the postal banks Hence
we not only have the National Gov
eminent guaranteeing the depositors
against loss, but il also does the col
Letting and turns it over to the banks
in bulk. In other words, the Govern
ment furnishes office force sufficient
to transact the business of a thOus-
and depOsitors, while the bank has
only to furnish force for one deposit
or, the postal bank. They pay inter-
est, you say? Yes, but what does
this amount TO compared to the great
advantage it gives them in controll-
ing the amount Of money in circula-
ton, and also in killing the State
Guarantee law?