Show internal revenue II evenue during the firby seventy five years of our national existence there were 1 w I lecter from internal taxation about 22 of this went to pay the debts of the revolutionary war to defend ourselves against france at the close of the last century and were required to defray the cost of the war of 1812 from 1820 to 1847 only about were derived from internal revenue and from 1847 to 1863 nothing whatever since 1863 the internal taxes have produced a it revenue of over this means of revenue is no longer indispensable pen sable our tariff should bo be so adjusted as to do away for the most moist part with this form forni of taxation we can arrange our customs duties BO so as to mako make foreigners pay a large share of our national revenue and so lighten the burden for our own people something was done lone in this direction by the mckinley tariff to further reduce internal taxes would fould relieve the industries in which distilled spirits are used it would relieve the tobacco industry it would remove thousands of tax gatherers and decrease the national expenses by several millions it would be io in accordance with on our constitution and our american policy it is the policy of the republican party it is advocated by all friends of the temperance cause the republican national platform of IM 1888 said we favor the entire repeal of internal taxes rather than the surrender of any part of our protective system at the joint behest of the whisky trusts and the agents of foreign manufacture ers from resolutions of the union league club of new york we advocate at the earliest practicable day the abolition of the internal revenue department as the safest and wisest means of reducing the surplus and preserving unimpaired the great principle of protection to american industry from resolutions of the union league club of philadelphia the united states internal revenue system of taxation should be repealed by congress and we call on that body to take the necessary steps to bring this about at aa as early a day as possible american economist |