Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-31
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s"'W laws 10 wh give uic greatest pOsetuic
freedom Of trade, consistent with securing
| such an amount Of revenue (besides that dcriv-
cd from other sources) Is will be nee essary for
an economical administration of the Govern
| inent; and Of levyipg all duties on imports
! with VIEW TO REVENUE RATHER THAN PRO-
lection"
Now, sir, If you meant anything
when you wrote that, you meant
that you were against the system Of
a protective tariff. In doing SO you
bestrayed your party! The idea of
protection for the benefit of home la
borers is entirely consistent with the
| theory Of q Governments duties as
entertained by the party who plac-
ed you in nomination for Congress.
Your party is--if it is anything
a believer in paternalistic govern
ment. Protection for American
workmen, since you propose
to give all classes work at good
wages, mast be a necessary Incl
dent in the accomplishment of
that end. Let me show you how it
must be so; and to make it clear to
you we will state case In which
your constituents are interested.
You are aware, sir, that there is
very considerable duty on lead. That
duty at present prices for lead in
this District, excludes foreign lead
from our markets. It will probably
serve to exclude it until lead ore here
is worth S25 per thousand. So,
as you see, with the present duty
retained, the product of our home
mines may probably increase in
value until the sum of $25 is reach
ed--a sum which every miner knows
to be as little as it can possibly be
raised for in this region. Now, sir,
if you do what you favor the doing
OF j. e. the free importation of for
eign lead, our home product can cot
advance in price; and the present
distress of the mining class of your
own District is forever increased.
Now, Mr. King, this class is the one
above all others in this section that
needs plenty of work at good wages
by reason of what you as Green
back legislator are to do. Is it not
obvious to you that an increase of
duty on foreign lead is what they as
q class need Yet you, who are to
do so much for the laboring class
deliberately advocate free trade !
Don'tyou think that they will see that
you ere willing to sell out them in
order to catch frae trade Democrats
The fact is, dear friend, your party
has realized the logic of which the
foregoing is an, illustration and
hence we find on the subject of tariff, |
in the platform standing at the head
of the editorial page of the leading
organ OF your party, the Adcocate
Of New York, the following demand:
"TARrr.-A tariff prohibiting importation
of all manufactured articles Of which The raw
material is produced and the labor to manu-
facture the same is found in the county.
All articles which We cannot produce and
manufacture, free.
You can't wriggle out Of the hole
in which you find yourself Henry
Clay, Horace Greeley, Henry Coney
Baird or "Pig-Eon" Kelly, never
dreamed Of SO much protection as is
contained in the foregoing. And
yet you, you who stated to your
brethren in convention that, "There
is only one politicai party that shall
haze eng claims upon me, and that is
the National Green back Party You !
who are to do so much for the labor.
ing class, have pronounced yourself
free trdder. Don't you really think
thatyou haze gone into the SeliinNoM