, 1882-01-28

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| Mo.a. Neither of these gentlemen, a'N
Gov ,h.. matter, noe one OF Their poi,'i'A
| ,a,.bo,d -. Who ha, recently expressed him.
|. .smon the subject Of the ;ariff, has shown
, ,uch regard for principle as would Justly
.uy oppressed people in taking MN 'ol :
Moses According to the bible acc0un''
o.s. did not advise his people to MAKE
. s,ekse with Pharaoh when they i0ah'
that monarch and his army sharp ai'e,
,h.m When the Israelites wearied o'
ahaaisncs to the one God and began to
Worship golden cali, Moses, did n0' ae-
.ert his creed and propose to the apos'a'e
peopls something in the way OF an lmP'',
IL .ou,romise between monotheism
I'd ,o,vtbeism. Herein Moses was not
ike the polite, adroit, sagacious, and pre-
reruaturaIIy wise modern politician
Moses called upon all Who were on the
Lords side to come to HIM II Alr. pay.
ard had been managing the case, ne would
h.vs tried to strengthen himself by cali
;na on all whe were in favor Of worshlplng
the Lord only. With incidental calf Fer
maps, however, he would not have any
more successful, OF won any higher IT'S
pect from the living generations 10 COMIC
In his speech on the Eaton Merrii'
proposiition that the tarifffuestlon be SUD-
m;tted for investigation to committee
composed of persons not members OF elth'
ar house of congress, Mr.. Bayard charac-
terized the existing tariff as class legisla-
t;on for the benefit of few, and as per-
version of legislation. 1t is class lesisla-
tion simply because it seeks to build up
one branch OF industry at the expense ct
others; beeuse 1t taxes those who, from
the nature Of their pursuits, can not be
protected by means of duties on IMPORTS
for the benefit Of those who, from the ma
ture of their pursuits can be protected
And it is for the same reason that MIR
Bayard processes to be opposed to this
kind of legislation. And yet he says that
in laying duties for revenue, 1.-THE Incl
dental result of this in fostering our IN
dustries nigh. be wisely considered, not
as controlling motive in levylng taxes,
but as one of its inevitable results Mr.
Bayard imagines that he has seen the
whole American people PROSTATE before
the protectionist calf since November,
1890; and so, instead of calling upon all
who are on the side OF commercial tree
dom to grid on tkeir swords and come to
his side, he calmly announces, that he,
too, is q worshiper of the calf, but only
in an incidental sort. of way, and not as
supreme and constant object of alteration.
And he shows the natural effects of this
cowardly idolatry when he speaks Of pro
lection as one of the inevitable results OF
a tariff laid tor revenue. In his act of
prostration he loses sight Of what he very
well knows, that it IS possible TO raise all
needed revenue by means Of duties IN
which there would be not one atom of
protection.
Mr.. Beck is another of those whose
heroism does not rise to the level of that
displayed by Aaron. Mr.. Beck, who
followed Mr.. Bayard in the debate of last
Tuesday, declared that ourprotective tar
if "did rob our farmers, who furnish
nine-tenths Of our exports, in makingthem
pay for things they bought in the foreign
| markets where their sales were made at
least 45 per cent. more than the seller
asked, and that much more than anybody
else paid. Protection that gave congress
ional license to few wealthy ccmbina-
tions TO extort from the American farmers
and laborers large portion of their earn
ings was such protection as the wolf gives
| the lamb" And this same Mr. Beck
secuted the idea of free trade and de
nounced as an absurdity the term Stree
traders as applied to the democratic par
| ty because of its 'tariff-for-reyenue-o
blanks of 1876 and 1880; ''for that party
favored the raising of much larger por-
ton OF necessary revenue from customs
duties. 1t recognized that, of the $40,
600, 600 required for next year, 500, 900.
900 must be obtained by tariff taxation,
and hadnever thought of depriving Ameri-
can industries of the protection a proper
revenue tariff would afford. For one he
would arrange the taxes so as to aid all
theindustries, and particularly those which
we're started on a belief that they would
be fostered by congress. Now MIR. Beck
knows perfectly well that it is no more
possible to aid all the industries by taxa.
ton than it is for democrat to lift him.
self from the headwaters to the mouth Of
Salt river by the slack of his pants. He
also knows perfectly well that a tariff
yielding a revenue of $500, 900, 900, and
yet protecting no home monopoly, is quite
possible in this country. But he is no,
in favor of such a tariff. On the contrary
to state it plainly, he is in favor of a pro.
tective tariff His definition of his posi-
ton, stated in plain words, is substanti.
ally this: A protective tariff robs the far.
mers. 1t licenses few wealthy eombi,
nations to extort from American farmer:
and laborers large portion of their ear.
nngs. 1t gives such protection as the
wolf gives the tolerably Jealous
and effective when the lamb is inside tbe
wolf. Nevertheless, tariff for revenue
only is an absurdity. Hurrah for a tariff
Tor protection. Hurah for tariff for re-.
venue with incidental robbery and Incl.
dental wolf,
People Who want to get the teeth of the
wolf cut Of their flesh, no matter whetbe,
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