, 1875-04-16

ura Of coal, our thorough means Of tTanspor-
tation, II the manufacturers Of the United
States Gun produce nothing to sell ahfoau?
I Tho farmland who from year to year could
not produce enough 10 rny for il's own con-
sumption Of fostl, anil to support whom 4is
fcllow-lnborers would 10 compelled to con-
tribute of their earnings, would l,o voted MI
incubus. and l,o would bc soon discharged His
associates would not submit to any such oxac-
| tiou, Dut what no man wonld submit to in Ills
own business the country is compelled by Con-
grcss to entlurc In ndtlition 10 the National,
| State, md local ta1cs Of every kind pad by
tho producers, they hnvo to contribute nnnn-
alty to tho support of tile manufacturers
moro money than the whole cost Of tho Gov
ernnacut, including tho interest on the public
debt. 1t is fair aud square caae of one n.au
WHO earua more than enough to support him-
self, compelled to support another w1.o carns
less thHu enough. Tho producer Of surplus
is robbed to support tile ,ou-prolucer IF aur-
plus.
Is It not tir:o tint this bad policy should
be changed? Instead Of being the grcot
manufacturing nation Of tho world, NJ wo
might be, with onr goods Of evory description
soiling in the markets Of every lnnd, VIC are
running sort Of pauper manufactures, in
which tile operatives aro put down to starva-
tion wages, and wAcro the proprietor lives OF
tho national bounty, and makes no effort to
enlarge liu productions nor add TO the nation
nj wealth.
Tho surplus manufactures Of tho United
States ought to equal the surplus productions
Of the agricultural and mineral industries;
tile six hundred millions Of surplus agricul-
tural aud mineral productions OF tho country
ought to be annually equaled by tho surplus
products Of the manufacturers antl orr OK
ports should reach twelve hundred millions
Of dollars,- should lnye that much surplus
wealth every year. Whilo this might DO
possible, had VIC q system of revenno laws
like those of any other civilized nation, 1t is
impossible here. The American system is to
tax industry to death. Whcn man supports
himself aud cnrns n dollar moro thau le
needs, our Inv coniiscates tho dollar ami
gives it TO the 1nnn who earns nothing! al
VIC hare to do is to relieve tile producers Of
the tax TINT consumes NIL they eara, aud let
the manufacturer like the agriculturist, work
Vut LIB O"A 4uAuhtit u liz 14ils lAu III"
material in uncqualcd abundance and cheap
ncas; he has tho fuel cheaper Than elsewhere
in tho world, mud 1abor ut ouca skillful aud
plenty. He now performs two-thirds work,
mud looks 10 the Government for the other
third. Lot him DO eaAucipated mud per-
mitted to go to the nttermost part Of the
world to purchase whatorer le nlay need, and
to exchange therefor tile products Of his own
labor; let him build his own vessels aud do
his own carrying lot him exchange nil TINT
lie can mako wherever ho can get the most Of
what he does not make in return, and, under
this freedom and self-dependence, the A1neri-
can manufacturers would soon have world
wide export, aud prosperity such aa never
cnn bcfall the men who depend on public
! bounty instead Of their own 1abor md re.
sources. What Ctr artisans most want is to
be unfettered aud uuhandicapped.