, 1874-08-22
THE CUST0M:A0USE,
Shall /, Il ,. Abelislsdf And Shall tho
Excise System Do Abandoned :
~
Free Trade and Direct Taxation
.-'shall We Adopt These '.''
Instead?
JANEav11LE, Wis, Ang, 1e. 1874.

1hStoAu?
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ASEsv11IE, Wis, Ang. 1s, 1914.
II the Eaiforof The Chicago 7}1b,nw:
slR: Tho above questions, With affirmative
AnaWeEs, haye been dIct,notly brought before
Sous readers by 81. liable writer in your Issue oi
Aug. J. who signs himself rs 4. Ono of tlle
Poonlo?' 80. y. 't' s'',,..t
o., ftia not to DO supposed that eithor Tho Collect
or Of The .Cuatoms IN Now York City, or tic
Commissioner OF tho Internal ncyonue ut Waal,-
tngton win be groatly Alarmol at a Journalistic
discussion Of tho subject And they need mol
be- They nay quietly mako up their pios, rc-
tro, and perheps bo "Rathorod TO- thoir fathers,
before tho fountains Of thor fortunes will bo
dried up, or tho palaces OF their magical opora-
tons will crumblc. Yot thero is : - ''.@
NO KNOWING WIIAr ,niAY HAPPEN.
Wo Hyo In tlnos lin whiah, ;aa .,onco Of old, q
cloud rising out of tho Roa, no bigger than a
mans hand, may ovorspread tho hcavcns, and
pour down torrents upon ho:parehol oarth, be-
fore .kiugs In, thoir ahariotB can roach .thoir
shcltering p}hpeB. Revolutions. as ,woll ne
t'natlops, nro born in. q lay.r Innovations are
no. longer abnormal. Nature neyor changes, but
mems knowledge Of It does. = ,''s:.'
Thcre ia aometlhog psophctic In the rcvcla-
tiona Of ,scienoe, when they are real.
Tho results OF .tlem may often DO
predictod,' while the exact dates OF
thoao- reau1ta may rouaiu uncertain.
eoitmay DO, In respect to this question. Tho
learned world clsin1a to poasosa and to teach
science Of political economy. At tho head of
TINT .sctonco stands, by common consent. tho
namo Of Adam Smith, who Inns placod that Bcl-
enee upon tho basis OF frer trade. His sai that
no other syBtomfs taught In my university or
coltege In ChrtBtontlon1, How could theso ,bo 2
WIN Inns orcr rand, NJ, conco;ved of n sc;onco of
n.oton.;ao nn nesaa,,o ~ s,.r;sr ~ Txo;oa2 a. ~
sclenco that could lay a1ounaataonto eltnof oi
thom2 What but q disgusting contest OF cUnr
hirtinR, so!fist interests Ia over Witnessed iu
1oo;slat;vo 3ol,nto On Tho adfpstrnonti nj thrift.
.1no "rasnsa u ,.he;'a,e "1.ilah a-1sh'',, ~
his Ft1in,DRntcy, and in tho Evening HDst, Now
York, opened th6!eyes of intelligent renacrB ITO
TIM nbaurdify of protortiye Thrills. Bfnco then.
a p, uasa
no"nueaa' On 'ne Huplect' luo Voiune VI Haicn
those essaysnrore collected Ia now out OF print,
aud should bo ropublishca.s Compared, or
ratbor contraatea, viii, stloso of II. q. Carey,
49,, x,,:o ..,a~;'.,s 11a"a. nssa1a,u 49,. ",s,,
and OF Dis! e!aasoip'o' horace 1feeles lucy "oa'o
Ruppiy matter for: :roloctson an1atndy.,
Tho history Of Tariff -logiaationin this country
wn{11h I'm nvhn 1,oro ipstr,ctive faw ,fncts
,r;tbn th, ,rcco1loc;ion and naraona1 s,sorvntion
s.' -' F ~ o
at tue. nEeaant ~f'tae: tat 'ootogonas'ai} may
korye to throw somelight on
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