The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1866-11-10

Every person who can reason upon any
subject, can see at a glance how high pro-
teetive tariffs operate upon the industry
of the country. BY reference to the
above card it will be seen that the differ
enee in the prices between the American
sewing machine aud those manufactured
in Paris is four or FIVE times greater upon
the former than upon the latter. And
why is this? Why is it, that Chas. II.
Goodwin can establish large factory in
Europe, capable of manufacturing one
thousand machines permonth-'fixed up
with the very best American tools, and
worked by the most capable American
mechanics" aud sell those machines for
a price four or five times less than those
he can manufacture aud sell in this coun-
try? One of the specious arguments,
always resorted to by the Puritanieal,
high protectionist of New England, is
that it encourages home industry, yet we
find Americans starting factories in Eu.
rope for the purpose of supplying "Eu.
rope, South America, Australia, &c,
with sewing machines. The plea that
foreign labor is cheaper than home labor
will not do in this case, for the operatives
are American mechanics, who receive the
same, if not higher wages, than in this
country, besides the expense of transpor-
tation. The only cause that can be as
signed, is that the present Rump tagiff
which is law to rob the people of al
other sections for the benefit of loyal, mig
ger-loving New England, is so high tha
the manufacturer can make large profits
by making the machines in Europe. The
article, No. % machine, which he sell.
York for S115 he sells in Paris for Sl4
and this holds good with everything We
eat, drink or wear. The taxes in this
country are so enormous and oppressive
that the industry and enterprise of th'
country is nearly crushed out, and unless
something is soon done to lift this loar
from the shoulders of the people, they
will become the bondmen of privileged
aristocracy who will own the Government
as we'll as the wealth of the country
There is no people on the face of th'
earth who can endure for any great time
the taxation that is placed upon th'
American people and remain free. In I
few years all the wealth of the countr,
will be in the hands of un-taxed bond
holders and unconscionable villains VIII,
are making themselves rich by plunder
ing the people. 1t must be self-eviden
to every person that the great mass o
the people are becoming poorer ever,
day; and the rich-the producers, tn
bond holders, thieves and villains, VIII
live and fatten upon their country's woes
are becoming correspondingly rich. TIL
industry of the country is taxed to death
while there is privileged class of bond
holders, who are drawing an interest up
on their bonds, such as no Government
on earth ever paid before, are exemp
from all taxation upon their immens
wealth, which amounts to thousands o
millions of dollars. At the present rat
of interest upon these untaxed bonds, il
the short space of twenty-five years, a
the property, personal and real, of tn
whole country will be swallowed up an
the people will be bondmen to bond-hold
ers.
The last Radical Rump Congress don
nothing to remedy this great evil, bu
spent the whole session of eight months
in devising new schemes to rob the pei
pie and enrich themselve and friends
They passed law to increase their sal;
ry to thirty dollars day. They passe
a 'civil rights bill" to degrade the whit
man and elevate the negro. They passe
"nigger Bureau" bill for the benefit {
niggers, and to provide places for the
Radical partizan friends; and at one tim
voted eleven millions of the peoples MOI
ey to run the ':Burea," and support mis-
ger paupers in the South, who were mad
such by Abolition interference with til
natural order of things in those states.-
The negroes of the South, while in slav
ry, produced three millions of surpll
wealth to the country, and in 1860 thel
was not a single pauper among these fol-
, millions Of slaves but now, under Alb
} lition management, this great producti1
source of wealth is abolished, and tt
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