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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1888
Page
2
Amid a heated party debate the Oregon Republicans split on free food products and whisky. Aimed at lowering taxation and aiding consumers, the platform contrasts with Democrats and faces opposition from leading party voices including Low and Storrs in New York deliberations.
A polemic argues against free trade and high taxes on essentials, urging Republicans to abandon monopolists and support lowering tariff and alcohol taxes. The writer warns that tariffs burden the many for the benefit of a few and calls for freeing whisky to appease workers and farmers. He laments party drift and predicts discontent rising by November as reformers cross lines.
In Winatilla County a debate over protection and taxation reveals a divide between classes. A critic argues that many non protected residents, numbering around 14,000, pay a fourteen-cent wartime tax to aid powerful interests, effectively subsidizing monopolies and endangering liberties.
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