Show CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION success of like alio right against oppressive taxes taxed due dao to newspapers A little over four years ago when grover cleveland sent bent to congress his now cow famous tariff reform message messa e there was no organized or 0 anizel agitation a ai tation against the imposition of the tariff taxes which even then before the Mi Hinley bill was concocted lay with oppressive weight upon nearly every industry and upon nearly every article of general consumption by the people here and there a bold champion of fair play raised his voice against the filching system and there was an undercurrent of resentment against it but no great manifestation was w almade a made when president cleveland sent in his plucky challenge to the supporters of high taxes and placed himself at the head of the sentiment demanding 0 reform tho the situation rapidly began t to 0 change and as was said eaid at that time the whole country was transformed into a debating school in the progress of the d debate since IM 1888 the allied forces of monopoly have received some pretty hard knocks and have lost ground steadily very much of the success of the fight fi 0 bt against oppressive taxes has been bc e n due to tho the systematic publication pub licati on of 0 f the plain facts about the ta tariff riff question the newspapers have spoken spoke n boldly men who had been handicapped in their businesses for years by the tariff came out and said so BO when the effect of the high tariff taxes upon different productive occupations came to bo be considered something hom ething like the full effect of such soch legislation could bo be realized since laisy tho the reform club of now york has been publishing the results of careful ca refill investigations as to how far each of the various leading industries of our country have been affected by the tariff laws and in what manner besides explanations of tho the interests of the general farmer and laborer they have published brief essays upon the iron and steel industry copper and brass coal salt dairy farming wool grapes sugar su gar pottery glass wall paper hats gloves etc so far as their means would allow they have distributed and are still distributing these all over the united states they have also carried on an aggressive agitation by means of joint debates nonpartisan addresses and in other ways A recent report of the work of this organ organization i bation gives details of the work done in over a dozen states of the union and their plans for the great contest of 1632 1892 |