The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1881-11-06
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Que.sisn ornariG

4 National Tariff .conveation p 70 be
held in New York on the 18th and s0th
Of this month. and it is stated that
- assurances have been received from
various branches OF industry that the
interest is increasing and delegates will
b sent from iron. steel, copper and
brass manufacturers. wool. hosiery.
malt-growers, paper.mAkers aud inter
ests in various parts Of the country
from Maine 10 Michigan" That the
n~illionaire monopolizinR manufacturers
yin b there to engineer the convention
In their own interests, as they have for
many ears manipulated Congress, there
Il net . doubt, aud that the action Of
q, convention will fail to bring any
relief 70 the vast army of consumers
Who for years and years bare been i'm
povsriahed by the outrageous tribute
they have been forced to pay into the
plethoric pockets of these seli-same
manufacturers is equally certain. Pro-
~ ~ uOhC AboHSA NAS IASh~
those industries were in sraddling
clothes and needed the sustaining hand
u Government bat by the long abuse
Of that once needed protection" the
pulling infant has become an arrogant.
Purs~proui, orerbesring iyrSnt, levy
ing and collecting the tribute Of q rob
Der by authority OF laws his millions
WTuns fron, Impoverished consumer,
have caused to be enacted. Il is this
nisnouer, Protection" that has en-
abled the Csmerons Of Pennsylvania,
through their accumulated millions, to
play the brov-beRting auiocrzt in that
State, and placed the poor operative at
The mercy Of his wealthy employer; for
While the Manufactured article is ''pro-
tected." the poor operative is without
the slightest protection. and while
forced to labor at the very minimum Of
rsses, is, by this beneaeent "proiee-
tion." Obliged to pay from twenty-five
to o hundred per rent. more than he
shonld .cr . large proportion If those
ARTICLES be il forced TO eoasans. The
fact is, what the great = Of the
American people have been suffering
from, for = long term Of years, is this
thiering system Of protection which
TenorssissSly roSs the many, in order
to make blosisd nopopOliLing million
aires Of 4 very few. and the earTupting
influence Of coin IS sponsibls fer the
humiliAt!ns fact 4 million sptLt by
m inaividual OF 5 company, in shaping
legiklxtioa that VIII extoT; double ;hA;
mount irom he public, to fAttsn his or
their Golfers, Is regarded Is not Only s
profitable inEsstment, bit L psrfeetly
Legitimate one; and until the people Of
America awaken 20 = realization Of the
snormify of the svindle prheteea upon
them through the viIlKinous tsrih sys-
ten. and sit vigorously down upon its
greedy supporters. inst so long will the
gross imposition upon heir innocent
eredulIiy bs ~Pcratently prAetioed.
The occasion Of the proposed conyen-
hon Is merely that some Of The pro
iected" oGtmo-En;s have secured n
"fEiter take" thAn some VI The others,
and 10 preserve harmony among the
Rings Il IS necessary TO -eadjust the
hPoils- i proper gathering TO regulate
the tariff imposition would be q Ma
SonAl Congress Of outsiders represents
Ing every iaieresi in tie country except
HAT Of the bsDeAriATies Of the prevail
Ing system. The Propriety of permit
ting these P~iotsrnonists to tinker the
tariff would be about equal / that Of
employing coats for gardeners.