| Show THE POLITICAL ISSUE AT indianapolis on the 29 th alt state senator akon C bailey who is also deputy united states attorney delivered an elaborate speech on the attitude of general harrison towards the working classes he had bad made a careful examination of court records and other papers relating to the matter and produced a mass of evidence very damaging to the republican candidate tor for the presidency it showed that he be had taken the part of the moneyed corporations po rations as against the laboring man and had pursued a course during the labor troubles in indiana to coerce instead of do justice to the peaceful operatives who were lawfully struggling struggle for their rights but we have no desire to t quote from his speech on this personal matter before entering upon his scathing denunciation of the re be publican candidate he made some pertinent and pointed remarks on the real issue now before the country which he defined as high taxes yielding large profits to the few against low taxes yielding corresponding benefits to the many the former is the republican policy the latter that of the democrats on this subject he be presented the following propositions which we copy without comment the high protective tax was made to meet the exigencies of war do they exist now the income and other direct taxes bearing upon the rich were removed in 1878 M must list the poor pay all the does a tax system which retires over one third of our circulating medium into idleness help or injure trade protection enriches less than 10 per cent of our oar people peoble tile the other 30 per pays the tribute the price ot of our necessities is made high by protection our remaining benefits it if any are filtered through the clutches of capital while the products of the world including our own are made dear by taxation its cheap labor c coles of esto to us without condition v if protection affects wages adversely why do the coal iron and ather highly benefited industries pay the lowest wages or why in our several stated State Sta tep pall all under the same tah tariff law lawona lawo wadk gem ea the price paid for labor differ as s widely ly as in the countries of the old old world I 1 does a man looking for amaloy employment in the united states elve alve preference to the protected branches of trade would he not do so it if they afforded him better or more permanent returns the laborer in the highly protected countries of spain germany france and mexico gets far less pay or comforts than in england with her system of low taxes why is this Is not the compensation of labor i the world over fixed by considerations of supply demand and efficiency of service if the war tariff has ai tendency to inez increase ease the of workingmen emen instead of the profits of would protected employers expend millions every election to continue it or is their alarm and liberality ibera era lity indeed due to sincere philanthropy th ropy |
