, 1869-06-13
Che Gtihunr.
SUNDAY, JUNE Is, lists.
s0PH1SMS OF THE PROTECTIVE
POLICY,

SUNDAY, JUNE Il, ls6s.
s0PH1sMs OF TIE PROTECTIVE
POLICY.
Trnnaletel kor The CAtcHco Tribune .1sM ma ff]teh
II F.. 5cs.izG
ROBnENT BY HOCST1EA
Thcs tail rur !.ttc hook oF S1Fhis.4s TOO theoret-
ical, sclrnultc and u,etal.hs scAl Se1y vel Let
rs try trivial commonplace, aud II necesaary,
coarse stsle. Convinced that the rablic Ia dnpad
IN The matter OF protection have deatrcd to prose
IL But tie public wishes 10 ee snouted At Then
let us CT! out:
'sNidas, King Midas, hss ass cays!'
An outhurst Of fTank1ess often accompanies
mare than the polltest cirrur1locuhon.
To tell the uuth. my good people, ,hty are rob-
hing !uts. 1t Is ha1sn, but l, Ia tue.
Thc words rohbtT, to rob, rubber, will seem IN
very bad taste TO many people. say to toem as
HaIr,gpn did to Elise Ia 1t the eord, or the GAtxg,
tha, alarms you.
Whoever has fraudulently taken thar which
docs not belong to him Is guilty OF robbery, sinal
cne, Art e's,>
T. r..: To take fC.tively OF BY force tDse-
i tiofaF;; q tkf Aeu5t+nE.3
Eatl<r. He who taxes more than his due.
yThtk-nM..)
Now does not the rn9nopons., who, By law O,
bis oTu making, ohEGes ne 10 pay hun twenty
fsaucs for m article which can get elsewhere for
nitetn- take from me fEaui1lent1y I've fraacs
which belong TO me!
pocs hn nor ,.t. ~ ,n,t,r.,, Ar h. forra.
Does not he reou,tr of me t,,orr ,hsn NJ, dne,
He est7tes on. he takes, he demands They viii
-as: but rot fuy,ir<i, os +. forc,. which are the
CHARACTERISTICS OF robbery.
When chr tax levy Is burdened with i've france
for the lounty which ttIs r,onono,,st carr4ea m
tAf-a1
30 feE OF us suspectit. And for those who sre
TO; deceived, wha, can be more Y,roei, since, a,
the trs refusal to pay the ofcer Is AT our doors:
Stl,l, let tie monopolists reassure themselves.
These roi,ber1es by means o, hounsies or ra1tds,
rycs II they DO violate equity as much as robbery
10 not trcaE the Law On the contrary, they atr
iterTE:ratel through the Law. They arc all the
worse Tor this, bat shey have nothing to do with
-rf7.I7at justice.
I;es.des willy-uI1ly we are all robbers and robbed
IL, me Gus!oess Though the author Of this book
mes s,,u Ai.f, when he bpys, Others can cry the
,aurr after him when he sells. II he diners rrou,
1ns1r OF his country men, il IL only in this: he
.,h,ys thst he loees by this game more than be
.-.ns and tbey do not: II thev tIid kuQx t. the
.-arr wonid soon cease.
Nor IN nosst OF having 1rst p1ycn this ,b!nR
us t!ue uaue, More th1a sixty years aso AdaE1
smith said:
-When manufacturers meet II rp1y be expected
t>,Sr:s of the cunl.c" Can We be sstan.shed At
th.; when the public par no attention tolt.
An assembly Of manufacturers deliberate ON.
.,a,y under lae nazae OF IN lus.risl Leag1x VIA,
ues on there Ana what Is decided upon7
give very brief euumary OF the proceedings
1T orc meeting:
a sh,n,uilacr. Oar mercantile uar,ne Is at
tie ias, gasp fHa1sikc dtgresstonl il Is no1 sp1-
nr.s.ac. i cannot BALD wl,non, iron. can net II
~ fa,t frartq u, I'm ,,r}}A snarlxf. f,nt through
,Ae Law. the upanayers OF the French forxes CON.
~. me 10 nay them nfteel francs. Thus they
~. nvc francs from mr.. aar freedom 10 buy
n,ere plesse.
AN Iron Nanufscta.cr. In tie xorli .narlxt
1eaa t,ta,n transportat,on for twenty francs The
-, I:;ryer. through The law, requires thirty,
-tacs hs ,ol,x ,sn lyancs 5n,m me. lie plnndtIs
W.. pln.,1cr him. II ts all for the best,
~ .e-h1,c or1c,a1 The conclusion OF the ship-
,Iiide:'s arx-s.cr. IL highly lmpr,deut, on, let
r. caltlya.e the touch,ux un!on which make. our
-1zrng1h; we reiax m .ota from the theory Of
;ro: ex ttou gpo<l-tyc to It ALL
..Tlc ShIr-buiIder But for US, protection IL q
aICrc 7rpeat that the shipping l. ueatiy
uoue.
VA sai1cr. yerr ycll. let us raise the 1,scrimt
railing duties against cords imported In foreirr
l.,;totrs. and lei the s,p-t,u,Acr. who now tase.
:. 4 .t,nisrer Ths ,nTcr77n,ent ~, n,sh m Il.
1,,.n.ny,,,s ,,e a,,n1 ~afle ,nachan,xn, o1 thest
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.r.u., t,,, n,,,,nsa
..A f:orrrnnen, Fnn,o1e yon seen, IN hf
..o,h.reI a,.ont r.ry T,,,fc mo,tcr Ia fhere mn,
st, t,,t y, .nr ,,,ttr- II The consumer Ia wtli
49, 10 +,--n.rnr "a n,,..7 IL, No ,,i,c IN N,
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We have TWO so simple means Of turning 'osse
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IS noIooineu. ~ 49,
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to"ius "oias' -.-., III,
see1ss es s'oe''. 10 h'e .na1 p'oses,o ".s
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.aA"uted ~ inuto Alas LIZ ooeAA'e0 y" iAA'Nee>
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l" ~ Asaa+to, 'f' ~ 'Ae5 %! 1o 1~-
y. ...t ,ho ~, n-i,., IN zornpt,,Hv.s tyerp
y - ASt1A N"N 's-A' t> -
w len NC REACHED the Kingdom o1 A.
s,,, o.J i,,}ne. rtnl p,t.srtsa RuIrertnc. Arf1c
'"aA 90 Anu r.. .,.,..a, -.
ENre FfpAhed, HhnAtaGl1tta 0o'aI'atueN'' ~
nc; Z n,,.,T,urrA, the navy crnNled, anil
ro,c-ur.eut did not kEow whom TO listen to-
ursl :. tspught OF ta1tn: hlt the dtsco1;enicd,
Of d., ld,as among thtm The proceeds Of The
take afte, having taAea Its share: which wot
awe 'ccn Ike tit MT inod ot managing lot,cr
ll~u- dear Spain THERE are q sho1saId ol 70
s.lr s:alc takes dollar rum each one. cunning
s:r:.i: TWO nunlred aud ufts, md then divides
sey,u .isii.,.ftd aaA usIy, in greater or sual