Tariff Reform.

Manawatu Herald, 11 October 1894, Page 3

Tariff Reform.

file tiiberal Party nofr ni pbW profess td be .the y drkitig . itian's frietid; aHd jet Hate rlotie tidthitfg to. reduce the duty on ,ilie tiedeSSa'ries of life. We commend the following to the snpporters of the Government :—r Mr Wilson; ih ri'ioving tb'e ;; th'ird reading of the Tariff Reform Bill in the American House, said :— " Gentleman (addressing the High Tariff side of the House)— l doubt Mot your sincerity. I doubt not the love" of your, fellow tiiati tyhifch impels you 1 to 1 champion' your side of She Potion 1 ; atiy tiiore tkri.l dottbt that which impels my associates on this side. I agree with the gentleman from Maine (Mr Reed) that the question of general welfare and the rjuestioil of the general wages .of workidg itjerl &w, if Mr all,; the vital questioiis iti tliia c'oiitrclfarsy. We ai*e trying an experiment whether in God's name we can establish a country where every man born Into it wil.l be born with the possibility that lie carl raise HimVelf to a degree of ease and comfort, and not be compelled to live a life of degrading toil for the mere necessities of oxistenco. That 5s the feeling which aniriia"te : s all , who; through danger and aeJLea.t t have steadily, laboured for tariff reform. We wish to riiake this a country where no man shall be taxed for the private benefit of another man, but where all the blessings of free government, of education, of the influences of the church atld of the sdhdoii sliall Be the common';. untaxecl heritage of all the peddle, adding td the comfort of all, adding td the Culture of iillj atid adding to the happiness of ail;