Show THE WAGE VAGE EARNER strip tho the tariff of it its monopoly of it is going to be necessary to raise more reven no jo to tn nic ro tre mendom continuing charges fastened upon the public treasury ly by rn an L tv V agart rica aliann CO congress which couget to maro indo r froan tariff robbery jory im isible ss ible it is going to tio be necess necessary try to malm a r chango in the modes of kalmn rais las revenue the I 1 vople people demand relief front from tho the burdens of a monopoly tar tariff jhc thc to vall trill bo be a 1 deficit resulting not only from lican legislation it in the int interests crests of monopoly lo 10 ayat 1 clr iro temporarily rily from the tariff reduce which ought to bo be maile made and which bizich must bo made i in n obedience to the command of the people thu the question of ways v idys and means therefore is one of the first and urgent with mith which the tri trin mp ant democracy will have to dc deal 1 I tho the first thing to do is to strip ship the tariff of its monopoly character in every to ro eject without tear fear or favor ro no matter what tho the effect upon the revenue the next nest thing will bo be to estimate tho the amount of the deficit likely licely to result from tins this cause causa and from previous legislation the third t h ird thing thin will bo be to consider the sources of tho the required revenue lu in regard to the sources of re it is to be borne in mind that tho the tai tariff iff is objectionable not only us its an instrument for compelling the man many to pay tribute to the few but also as a 0 tax on oil consumption on in the latter respect a tariff for revenue only is as bad as a tariff for protection with incidental revenue this is the most serious objection to meeting tho the deficit in part by restoring tile tha tariff tax oa sug sugar mar that is a tas on consumption and people do not consume sug sugar ar at all in proportion to their means A poor mau man with m ith a largo family is linely to consume cons urno moro more and therefore to lo 10 pay more tax tas than a rich man with a small family there can bo be no question that tho the people condemn this inequality ss as truly if not as is ami caul hatic liati aUy cally ns as they condemn the practice of licensing lic eming classes of people to appropriate the iho cm earnings aings M of kotlier by means of a tariff there can bo be no question that the th people condemn taxation iu in proportion to consumption find and approve of taxation tasa tion in proportion to it is aba duty of the democratic party to recognize this fact and to provide for raising the additional revenue which will vill bo required bya by i tax or taxes which will fall apon tho the people in proportion to their ability to pay chicago hi cago herald |