| Show THAT TARIFF TARIFF POULTICE Hon Ho Albert J Hopkins Hopkine mener of the he committee on OR ways and tl onen onena this number of the the Po Fo Forum Porum Porum rum with a short explanation of hi his belief bellet that the tariff is i a live lh e issue The present administration he be says in the successful prosecution of the war in the Philippines ned nee all the money montY that can be raised from revenues derived from front customs duties and aM the internal revenue law But when this extraordinary Shall shaH cease ct and arid when the daily of the government shall reach ell a 8 normal condition the people who wito now new patiently pay the taxes imposed Impo ed under the in fn internal Internal revenue war act wilt will ask uk to tb be relieved from some eeme of the burdens burdeno of ot tha th law When that t time ghatt come esine the old question will Ul again present It It Itself seW self an as a to the th best beet method of ol raising raJ l revenues for the support of oC the govern government ment mem The Democratic party through Its ita It leaders will advocate either an aD r rl i c come tax or the retention of the i war i taxes and will demand demanda Va a revision of the present Dingley law In Inthe Inthe Inthe the levying and collecting of ot ru du tin V While this tit may not JW t be a force in the tho th rom coating campaign to the prominence currency u is bound cund l to give the financial Italic issue rea rest reasons tons sons Representative Hopkins HopkI It j is lit al at almost almost most certain to be the leading feme e in 1 04 The United Stat States eo 80 long h as H tt ts UD r the lh federal wilt wi a large revenue to pay t y the expenses of maintaining the gW gui eno The marner maI r in which the te taxes providing these tb revenues Shan shall be belc levied lc ed t J and paid will ever be bea a live t f euc H HI V r wed burdelis of will be beeb I absolutely eb aces ry if it th pre prea a n t iS s adopted if t t tte de plane J of o imperialists to quadruple the stand standing stan ing army arny are perfected if the extravagance gance ganee of ol Is continued But Democrats Dem will ont not insist upon a retention of or the tle war taxes tax nor acqui acquiesce acquiesce acquiesce esce in iQ li the Ute mooted increase of tariff duties They will favor an income tax tar the tSie free coinage of ot silver the eXp expansion u sion aba of ol trade an abolition ol or warlike extravagance and a reduction of un un expenses The ant may my be become become become come an issue in four years y rs from now but no tariff poultice can cure the coca conn try of or the evils of militarism and cen can centralization or o ward wan oft off the th effects of the single singie gold standard and industrial indu trial combination |
