Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-18

most earnest appeals, not only con-
sented to but proposed in 1873. when
they needed protection because OF the
crash of 1873 far more than they do
now, liberal reduction of tariff tax
alton. but are surprised. yes, astonish-
ed, at the folly o congress i'll allowing
the present taxation to continue 30
long2 General Banks' speech proves
another thug which ought to be COLI
against the outside conmis-
sion, and that is, that all the facts
necessary to All intelligent under
standing of these matters, schedules
and all, are OIL file in the room Of the
on ways and means of the
house, aud can be had by the finance
committee Of the senate ut any time.
Ali the facts as to The iron, leather.
and oiher interests can bs bad with
equal accuracy in . few weeks, aud
great aud just measure of relief can
oe passed before we reach the ordina-
ry time tor the Adjournment of this
congress, which will in)ure none, but
benefit sit except small handful OF
men already enriched by bad legisla-
ton. f- ssdi. i1ssg "a
Mr.. President, the passage of even
such a bill as these gentlemen pro-
posed, making corresponding reduc.
ton in the protection now gwen 10
other manufacturers, would be equivs-
lent 10 putting into the pocket of
every man in tho country who has an
average family of five to support from
$50 to $75 "a year, especially il we ex-
tend as we ought the free list on raw
materials used by our manufacturers.
II would be worth more to the oper-
at,ves at Fall River aud other manu-.
featuring points in New England
than the 10 pc" cent. additional W ages
they are now or have lately been on
y strike to obtain, i'll the increased
purchasing power OF the wages they
now receive, while the revenues OF
the government would in two yeers
be increased instead of diminished by
the more liberal use Of the cheapened
products. 1t is simply absurd to
compare our present condition win
that at the time of the revolution. af-
ter the war Of 1872, or even later.
Then we were weak and poor. and
the nations of Europe still hoped that
our free institutions might prove q
failure; restriction OF trade aud strife
among nations was the policy of
European rulers aud their advisors.
All these conditions have now chang-
ed. Now we are the peer Of the
prouuest Of them, If not the acknow-
ledg ed superior OF all. We have the
finest machinery in the world intsl-
iigent, skilled mechanics aud artisans,
at least equal to any. More railroads
than all the " world beside, with great.
free nsvigable rivers aud lakes on
which 10 secure cheap transportation
and check the extOrtiOns OF railroad
combinations. Why should We be
conteut to have our manufactured
products excluded from the markets
Of the world, and all our other great
Industries inordinately taxed to mako
our manufacturers content With the
bouuties. congress makes the people
pay them The senator from fVer-
mont tells US that: .s.
'NOt little 0tsthe best machinery
now alive in England had it's birth on
this side of the Atlantic, aud must be
credited to American genius.
1.-The Atl6 of the British Islands to
all the raw material, aud to exclusive
and hereditary mechanical skill among
men, is wisely contested, and the
world viii not fold its arms, unresiSt-
ingiy to any suchs spretentious domina-
tion. Tho power Of steam, though
narvelously developed by English
cleverness, is an auxiliary force be-
longing OF right to the whole human
race, as much as gravity or electrlci-
ty, wherever its service may be call
ed for, aud its abode can no more be
exclusively monopoliZed than that Of
the PrOmethean fire stolen from
Heaven. .srdE stsa .scg
"The first steam-engine is supposed
10 have been employed at Manchester
III 1890, where there are now. 1t is
stated, in daily use within circuit
OF ten miles more than fifty thousand
boilers, yielding a total force equal to
he power of QUO million horses. and
The combinei steam-power of Great
Britain is represented to he equal to
the manual labor of twice the number
nf males living OH the globe. We
greatly admire the prodigiOus enter
prise OF Great Britain, and 1t would
be strange if, with our immensely
greater cosl-fields. 1t should let Amer
leans Sleep" d-s sflffs.t III sa4
& l indorse every word uttered by
the senator in these eloquent and in-
,tructfvs sentences, We have the
genius to utilize all the great mechan.
zeal aud other forces = immensely
greater coal, iron, and grain fields
than eEug land. All our resources are
incomparably greater, and we are not
as vet cursed or hsmpered with auy
of the blIghtlpg Influences Of class
domination witch centuries of mis-
RUE have fastened upon her people.
How long We may avoid It. will do.
pend upon our power to reverse tho
policy of the senator. 1t would be
strange, as the senator says, il. Amer
leans should sleep and allow England
with al her d. aw oacks and hindrsnces
to monopOlizs the trade aud com.
alice had not handicapped, US so
heavily by his restrictive protective
tariff VIC would have been 90 far
ahead III the race for, commercial
supremacy to-day that when the cry
went up from ali anxious world, Who
is firstI tlie ahswer wouid'have been
flashed along the wires 10 the reMot-
est .corners .ot the earth. .ssAnterica"
with no second in sight.
England, as the senator says, has
steam-pOw over equal to the manual
labor Of tsoice the .unabeyi o f males
liviag on the globe. We have At least
half, If twO-thirds, as much steam.
power and msehiuery as she,s of as
good if NOT better quality, aud quite
as sinteiligently managed, with water
power at the Falls of Saint Anthony,
ut raylor's Falls on the Ssint CrOix,
aud lOn the Saint Louis river .st, Abe
west end of Lake, Superior, ln. Que
corner Of the country. where our
railroads from the west reach the
Mississippi aud the great lax % swith
the products of AL agricultural region
almost illimitable in its capacity for
production. saying nothing OF hua-
dreds OF other points, greater than
all the water.power OF Great Britain.
She, after centuries Of restriction.
prohibition, and protection, which
brought nothing but strife, debt, aud
ruin. threw of all shackIes aud re.
strictions. aud invited free, fair con-
test for the trade of the world, and
we have not only surrendered It to
her, butiwith machinery equal at least
to The manual labor of alt the males
Icing on the globe The owners OF it
and their advocates here say to her,
Take II; supply the ,400, 900 900 peo-
pie outside OF our limits we will not
Interfere; our farmers shall furnish
yon food as chespiy as any European
pduper wl!l; all We ASH il that the
Amerlcan congress will prohibit our
nifty mlsllou OF people from buying