Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-09-07

Republicans promised IN the last
National contest for President to re-
Wise the t3flh downward in the inter
est Of the consumers. They revised
Il upward in the interest OF monopo-
lies and manufacturers, but In doing
this they made palmer and clearer TO
the people than ever before that the
true Democratic doctrine as TO the
tariff is that the Government has no
right in equity or in law to collect
do,l1r e tsvc'lcn except for It's own
support, and that Republican doctrine
is that taxes may be levied for the
benefit and protection OF favored lndi-
viduals and preferred classes, which
Is legalized robbery.
Look for a moment at a few of the
inequalities Of the existing tarn
rates. On clothing worn by the labor.
ing man II levies a duty OF Sc per cent
On champagne the duty is Go per cent.
On wooden or worsted goods worn by
multitudes of women Il is 1876 per cent,
and on the fine silk costume OF the
rich the tax Is 80 per cent. On the
plain, coarse blanket of the poor the
tariff is 165 per cent, while on the An
est and costliest blanket II is II per
cent. On Carpets used by the owners
of fine mansions the tariff is 80 per
cent, while on the cheap carpets used
In the modest homes of the working
man II is 1877 per cent.
The existing tariff law contains
2,024 articles, and the report Of the
Department Of Commerce shows that
the total production In the United
States of goods protected by the tarin
last year was thirteen billions OF dol
lars. and there was imported into the
United States last year goods valued
at $779000,000, on which a tariff tax
of S329,000,000 was collected by the
United States Government, but the
unparalleled outrage is that the pro-
ducers in the United States of the
thirteen billion dollars worth Of
goods were enabled because of the
protective tariff to increase the price
of their goods so that they made
ninety-two millions Of consumers pay
them a tribute Of about four billions
Of dollars.
President Taft said in his speech al
Cincinnati when a candidate for Pres
ident, on September %, 1908: III
an elected President premise the
nation / will use every fiber Of my
being to carry out honestly and de
Gently the tariff revision promises OF
the Republican platform" Two days
later he said at Milwaukee: 1T is my
Judgment that the revision of the tar
iff in accordance with the pledge OF
the Republican platform will be, on
the whole, a substantial revision
| downward" After the Payne-Aldrich
bill was passed which increased taxes
he signed IT, and called II the best
Republican tariff bill ever enacted"
According to Democratic faith IN
making all tariff schedules, the tariff
tax should be lowest on the necessa
ries of life, and highest on luXuries
The enormous tax provided for in thu
schedules of the Payne-Aldrich bill
increased the price on every articl
on which it is levied, and helped Il
make the cost of living 90 per cen
higher than it was ten years ago.
good law is that law which benefit
the greatest number of people, an
the Payne-Aldrich law will not stan
this test.
There are four things every ma
wishes to obtain as cheaply as POI
sible:
A home for himself, wife and chi
dren.
Clothing to protect them from tn
cold.
Edibles to support life.
Farming implements and mechan
les tools with which to labor.
Republicans in the existing tarif
law put tax on lumber, with whicl
the home is built, and a heavy tax OF
wooden and cotton goods with whicl
clothes are made, and a tax on ed
bles, and a tax on farming imple
ments and mechanics tools. Demo
Gratis have done all they could t
make these articles free or as nearl
free as possible, but President Tar
as ! have already stated. vetoed n
bills and was sustained by the Reput
licans In Congress- as II required two
thirds OF the members TO pass the bill
over his veto. The people have
great remedy-change Of ADMINISTERS
tion-elect a Democratic President o
the United States and turn Reput
licans out of office.
The conditions are favorable in va
| rlous respects for change OF admins
tration, and especially because tn
Republican party is divided into tw
factions, the Insurgents and tn
Standpatters. A distinguished Demo
cratic Congressman said not lOnj
ago: 1.-THE difference between them #
as to the amount of the loot" Insur
gents say, Rob by the protective
tariff, but rob a little" The Stand
patters say, Take it ALL" but Democ
racy appeals to the command which
comes from Sinai and says, Tho,
shalt not steal"
Farmers and Laborine Men.
/ know | am addressing today al
audience composed largely of farmer
and laboring men, and confess
have strong feelings and sentiment
for everything that concerns them.
was reared on a farm, and although
practiced law many years | have ais
owned farms many years, and have
farm now. All classes and all kind
i Of hnQinaua ,,nan tk.