Show REFO ROT REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND PLANS fon THE THC FUTURE it tabors labor wll at not cease until tho chicago platform rial forir I 1 ut I 1 in arco ima retter of taxation adopted OL jeo tinis tin is tn lu carlt Tir lT income ond and other oilier president C E ellery cilery anderson of the reform lub club of f I 1 new il 1 cov york has jit pre seated ilia report at tile tha an annual 1111 meeting of that organization mr anderson discusses the silver question tin the per movement t in new york tho the reasons per for tile opposition of tile the civil to 0 D hill tile tariff T and tl th adon i and election of grover drover ck vel cd tho the club spent lui dui in ing tile the year over t sl I 1 logo in tariff rotors work a or of if this was supplied from individual 11 filli ab nb script ions aad front from dues cities of tica ilan resident ident members it way may be mentioned for the benefit of pro projectionists protectionists tle tl dues antl contributions were v ere paid by americans americana arid and not by Britis hers though the th clel would v auld have been glad gl id of the opportunity to invest cobden club gold in their wark of education mr anderson f n says y tl this I 1 is IV weib 01 L was ls c carried a r r e ion on ly t throna hr ot nh i 7 li sp speakers e i e rs and a n 1 1 lecturers through t the lie constant const fon st blui ili of tariff t riff reform articles which 4 ch through ta alie ic western press agn agel cis app appeared earod in over awo newspapers and rached a very large carrl 1 number of cf readers and through throng gh the tn in of its own publication tariff your committee fee fach N that it 1 I i gre grot a t step in nl avance vance has ha been talen taken find and tut that in fit tile battle that las Is been fought for princile in RM the reform cub club lids has held tle the n ight of the lirie lin u and und ha la 1 14 F COE opt trib its full fill sharo shar to the result which v aich has airen inch however rei mains to b be dotie done on oll itne M of tile tha principles i involved jhc thc thary L is ia substantial 21 accord free wool kvool I 1 11 free ee metal ores iree lumber free coil anil and free salt commend themselves to all tit riff ref wo we till all abresi that duties which serve ns bulwa bulwarks for trusts and monopolies such as is the fifty cents per hundredweight on refined sugar suar while tho the raw material used by tho the re finers is on tho the freo free list should b bo 0 repeal repealed sd it would to lo be ba absom also fitly abely necessary to crip ic taxes upon many articles with 1 a I view to ob obtaining tho the highut poi pin of revenue from them which v p would gladly see faed ranch much less if there taci a were less need for revenue it is pro probable bablo that no io adjustment of tariff rates upon pon it art articles nicles now dut du tuble whether hi hish ii or low could produce a sufficient ln roe of revenue to meet tho the necessities if vile t ii federal government during the tha net nest three or four years yeara in view of this diEl difficulty culty several different solutions solution have buen been proposed it ilas haa been suggest suggested etl that tho the tax on whisby should be increased if such an ail ind increased cr tax could be ba fully collected and if it could bo be made to apply to all whisky in bond nt at the time of the passage of the i act ct a largo large additional revenue be obtained from this source but all tho the eap exp of tho e past shows that very high tares upon whisky cannot be thoroughly collected aud and that they open the way to enormous frauds it has been apropo proposed ed in some rome quarters to tax raw sugar tea and coffee which chic 1 I ire untaxed unta bcd by tile tho existing tariff put cut to 0 this many earnest tariff reformers arg are opposed as is a stop st op away avray from free trado trade rather than toward it while they abrea that free trade though it may be ba yet long distant is a consummation desirably desirable to be attained the only alternative in the way of actual taxation tasa tion which remains appears to be III au income tax tas which again meets great opposition on oil count account of tile the grosa I 1 harals upon tile tho revenue which have always abounded under every income tax especially in this country the only remaining ina ining alternative so far as we are aware is tho issue of deficit bonds to an amount to cover tho the deficiency ncy which has been caused by the wanton and corrupting extravagance extra of tile tho present national i administration to this of course there are fernous objections not necessary to be dwelt upon upon one io nt tho the opinions of the conini committee lt tee are unanimous whether tho reform of the tariff results in increasing or decreasing the tha government revenue reven nc it ought to and must succeed without dolay or evasion upon the li lines r oa proscribed prescribed by the chicago Chic plat platform forni of 1692 every increase of taxes made by the tha sic me kinley liw law must be repealed all raw materials must lo lie admitted free of duty and aad ill all partially mate for manufacture aust lie be admitted at very low rates of duty no ko duties must iu in any cie ile bo reta retained nied at a rate higher than that which will produce the largest revenue to the government iid and the least revenue to protect tl nals lula the promises made to tho the p which they have believed beli aved and upon tho the atren strength ath of shirli they gulve restored grover U rover cleveland to national leadership must io be fulfilled fulfills A to tile last letter without the st smallest unnecessary delty delay many i ingenious genious efforts nv will il be ba anade to obstruct tho the work of tariff reform and even aft utter tr such reform is secured iid by favorable legislation the american people will need to bo be con constantly educated year after year as to the importance of maintaining that which lias has been baen achieved and of go going g forward in the hanie oli direction it is therefore therefore the pur poso posa of your committee to conduct an intelligent t tell ellige igent ut discussion on the subject of proposed legisla legislation tiou affecting our system of taxation we propose to conduct this discussion by means of our periodical issues sole s 0 of f tariff lu Ite form forin nud by regular contributions n tr abut eions to the th press we shall also endeavor if tho the opportunity is afforded us to conduct a series of lectures in which aich tile tho subject matter of correct tax tai aaion IN will 01 bo be rally fully presented to the people from timo time to time the field is ample and we promise to return full measure ur from for such operation cooperation co as we wa may from timo time to time thae receive from our subscribers bers from the members resident and of our club and from those who desiro desire to see tho the principles settled at tho the lato late election enacted into tho the permanent laws of our country |