Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-10-24
MR.. SLEMP'S ADDRESS ON THF TARIFF

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OF tne Republican party set forth national platform
OF 9oS the platform which had been elected to
good people of this district upon now and
upon winch am certain they will re-eect me this wear Mr.
Stuart received the largest vote-a Democratic candd
mas ever received in the district and he received
openly running on protective tariff platform
surely the thoughtful Democrats our GREAT district "
not easily abandon policy for they so stren
uSy TWO years ago under his leadership and partc-
y since nave shown that the Democratic party at times
Ia us history has firmly advocated Mr. Stuars position
Democrat cannot be with both General AYERS and
MI stuart on this question: their on the tariff are
e'rcally opposite one favorin9 protection and the
otner declaring that protection unconstitutional
hoio with Mr. Stuart this point am therefore
osioaiy enutled to the support of those Democrats
VINO Deeve as Mr. Stuart does Whether get them this
year depends entirely whether Democrats will vote for
principle two vote only for the party
FN'
The tariff from Republican stand point serves two mr.
PURPOSES IL provides defTay the expenses of our
government and provides protection American industry
AS result we collect the money which to run our GOVERN
ment easier than any nation world and we have estab
hed by this system and also maintained the best wage scale
In all the world and with distinctly American standard of
nhg and American home refer briefly both revenue
feature and the protective feature Republican tariff eqs
ation.
We need great deal of money run our government
We spend forty million dollars each year carrying the mail
to every farmers door,
We build battle ships for national defense
We maintain army and a navy.
We maintain consular and diplomatic in all nations
of the world.
We pension the old soldiers who have resered this faa
government to ourselves and to the people the world
We build federal court houses and other public buildings
We improve our rivers and harbors
We help destroy diseases cattle and in stamping out
epidemcs.
We conserve forest furnish daily reports on the weather
and supply fish for expect to spend fifty million
dollars year for building public houses.
In Short we have to raise great deal of money six
hundred and fifty million dollars year great gov
eminent OF ours and this does not include post office
pendture where the revenues equal the expenditures This
seems like large outlay of money but under our Repub-
lcan system, government cheapy than any
government except Japan the following table shows:
To run their government it costs, per annum:
Every citizen of France s21aS
Every citizen of Great Britain 1845
Every citizen of Canada ----- - 1121
Every citizen of Germany 1910
Every citizen of the United States - 696
IVY N1'iAei Vi '"pdi- 5o8
1t will be interesting to note how we raise the money we
need:
Amount necessary to run the government approx
matey), mot including expenditures Of the
post office department which se-supporting $3.50 100000
Against this we collect from whisk
:, les, cigars and tobacco $310,000000
BY the corporation tax---------------. 3O,OO0,OOO
$s4O.OOOOOO a4O,OoO,OOO ,
So you still need (Which we get from tariff
uuueSJ $50 900
You will observe therefore that those who smoke cigars
cigarettes pipes and those who tobacco and those who
drink whiskey and noxcan any kind pay into the gov
eminent of the United States for this pleasure about three
hundred million dollars every year, almost onehaf
the of the borne by those who use
tobacco and intoxicating drinks. who neither use
tobacco noxcants do pay anything towards bearing
about oneha the expenses of government All political
parties that this method of raising this money is wise
and fair
The Republican party also provided corporation tax
which brings in annually about thirty million dollars and no
objects to that
There is radical difference however as to how and on
what principle raise the balance three hundred and ten
million dollars, approximately The Republican party con-