Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — The Whisky Tax. [ARTICLE]

The Whisky Tax.

Should increased revenues be needed it is going to be very hard to supply them. The whisky, which seemed to oiler so simple a remedy, has been rendered unavailable by the whisky makers, who, in hope of profit, have manufactured so largely that a full two or three years’ supply will be in bond before any additional tax can take effect. Whisky cannot yield additional revenue, therefore, for two years to coine. Coffee and tea, which are altogether imported, and raw sugar, of which five-sixths is imported, are ideal subjects of revenuetariff taxation; but no Congress will restore the tax on these until the people shall have been reconciled to a small increase in consideration of a tariff giving them cheaper

clothing and blankets. In view of these conditions the minds of all the Democratic leaders seem more and more turning to a graduated tax on large incomes as a source of more revenue.—N. Y. World.