Show ATKINSON HAS A TARIFF SCHEME not hot he D doc 0 it not appear to ste see tho the folly of th e A sir mr edward atkinson has made publio public his bis scheme of tariff reform for the consideration of congress ito ile of course proposes to put what are generally called raw materials on the free list no proposes that the revenue from duties and internal taxes on spirits wines beai beeland na tobacco will bo be sufficient to meet tho the expenditures tures for civil service army anny navy and In indians dialls ile he takes great pleasure in having discovered thus much of the external fitness of things and shows his delight deli glit with great columns of statistics and numerous paragraphs ft freighted with statistical arguments ile he proposes to increase tile internal revenue tax on beer from 1 to V 3 per barrel and to increase the revenue in this way by over 30 ile ho thinks that if the beer tax is not not increased the treasury should issue pension notes to prevent a probable deficit these are the more definite defillipe lite features of hispran his hi plan ile he leaves us in doubt on most other po points ilits lVie whether ther lie ho would add new articles to the dutiable list what tax lax if any ho he would put on sugar tea and coffee what duties should io bo levied upon woolens silks cottons and steel goods linens and other classes of goods on all these very important points lie is silent lie ile does however hint at an objective point of practically free trade which should be brought within view in 10 to 13 15 years in which interval our bonded debt will ill all have been paid there are two very objectionable features to mr atkinsons scheme anois ono is to defer any great change in m the existing system of collecting revenue until the last part of tho the year does docs mr atkinson think that this would be carrying out in good faith the command of the people expressed last november when they declared protection to bo be a fraud anda and a robbery of the masses for the benefit of a few why ask them to wait two whole years when the fraid fr jd and robbery can be stopped in one the other objectionable feature is liis his plan to defer action on oil articles imported mostly from canada until a reciprocity agreement can bo be made with irith our northern neighbors Is it possible th that it a man of mr atkinsons caliber has not seen the folly of reciprocity agreements has haa ho he inherited the mantlo mantle of james Q G blaine who thought that we could club together nations into trading with us by refusing to admit their products unless they admitted ours does lie think that trade is war and that either cither party or both parties to ft a trade are benefited by it does ho he think it right to compel our people to wait for cheap goods until canada sees fit fil to give her people cheap goods does docs le he imagine that wo we can by reciprocity agreements favor some ua lions without incurring the displeasure of t others and of calling out retaliatory legislation finally does ho be think he can an chil call him himself selfa a good democrat ili le advocating principles contrary to those of jefferson who said peace commerce and dionest friendship with all na ions eions entangling alliances with conf none |