Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1891 — TAXATION MADE EASY. [ARTICLE]

TAXATION MADE EASY.

Chicago Times. McKinley advises his Buckeyes that a a protective tariff taxes foreigners, not inhabitants of U c- -try enjoying such tariff. If such a view is sound, what then?— Say that we escape $300,000,000 of customs taxes and they are indeed paid by the exporter. We are ourselves exporters. In value we export as much as we import or something more. Then where ever a protective barrier is raised we p y taxes for the support of foreign governments. There has been rejoicing over the removal in Gormauy and Denmark of the sanitary regalaaous which excluded the American hog. Is there any sense in being glad that farmers in the corn belt of the United States may have opportunity to contribute from their earnings to the support of the "Danish kingdom or the German empire? England takes Dy far the greatest portion of our exports, the principle items of which are cotton, breadstuff's, provisions, and mineral oils. If the exporter pays the tax why is Eug slow to “catch on“? It would be a glorious thing to make t e old-time colonics support the British crown. Maj. McKinley’s zeal for his clients the protects, betrays him into absurd statements. If the exporter seeking our custom-honses p .ys the t tx let us double list. Indeed, I t u-nil live on the exporter. And that we may not pay taxes to support royal famili s and govermne its let us cease to be exporters ourselves. Let us take off our flesh and sit on our bones