Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-25
THE GREAT SPEECH OF THE GREAT
SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY.
Senator Beck Exposes the Mon.
strous imposition of the High
Protective Tariff.
An Unanswerable speech.
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Wv 'H"S WSSo'J
As 1 regard all taunts and iusiuua.
tious about British gold and the Cob.
den Club as unworthy of notice. 7
pass them by. The country has maid
tribute to the manufacturers for near.
ly a century-uever half 40 much az
now. They are no longer infants.
They are the owners of machinery-
which the federal government does
not Tux, as il neither eats, drinks, or
wears clothing equal 10 ali the hu-
man labor in the world. they ought
TO be required now to exert b .In-
selves aud extend their sales to other
nations. aud thus give more regular
aud certain employment 10 largely
n.reased number of operatives. Ii
was to bring about that result that
the people have submitted to enorm-,
Gus taxation for their benefit So long
and so patiently. We protest against
tneir right to close up their tablisb.
:ments auu stop their machinery W hen
hey have produced enough to supply
he home demand, aud let their labor
'.rs ssarve while they wait f,r con-
umptiom at home to make it prof.
Die to resume work. Under our pro-
3ective sys'em American manufacture.
r. are ti,': only class OF producers
"h" ar'- mai required 10 compete with
''"yb"dy, or to exert themselves to
ecure markets for taeIr products.
Congress has secured ihem against
tofeigu competition by imposing a
TAX on AL imports far above the real
onaLle price of their goods; there.
sore they have only to combine and
agree OIL the price they will demand.
inside or under the real value and The
TAX, and the consumer has to nav
wi:at they ask. Their associations
are perfect, they are easily formed;
s''lf-in'erest maintains them. Greed
ahd oyerprohuc.ion, however, some-
'iMes maize them overreach them.
~e!v,s; then trouble comes, as it did
III 1873 and the yea,s ths! followed.
The senator rolls as sweet morsel
under his tongue all the scraps he Can
gather from the Euglish '.iair trade" or
retaliation press and from the utteran-
ces OF The advocates OF The landed aris-
tocracy OF that country to show that
there are, at times strikes and seasons OF
depression, large numbers OF houses tor
rent, and discomfort In years OF scarcity
and failing harvests, with existing con.
ditions there. Admit the truth of all of
them. England is small country, with
an overcrowded population, which has
Increased 1o,ooO.o0O under free trade in
lotty years. her taxation is high, her
aeot M IS enormous. Her lands are held
w smaIi, privl'eogeo' protected class I,
anu ner operatives are confined to sin-
sie ,s neaas OF support; but with all these
uisaovahtaRes ana aggrava'1ng c'rcum-
ssances. respectfully ask, nave such
.se',' ssenes osen etnlolteo tnere since the es-
.ao,' snuen. ol ifee tfaoe as we have seen
~ t,lls cUuhtry "itnln tne last low years
uhaer nlgn protective tariff, and when
lhe country was favored by providence
WIN aounuant crops. 1t gives me no
pleasure TO refer to them-but the riots
al flttsourgh, tho destruction of life and
properly there, the combinations OF
starving men in West Virginia and else
wnere' winch seemed for time too
strong ior state power to subdue, the
army Oh 'ramps, many Ot them willing
10 work. but obliged to beg, most of
them turned out OF establishments full OF
inc goods they had produced, would, il
,hese scenes nad occurred in England,
nave calied iorth from the senator from
vermont denunciatlons loud and deep
against q system under which such
TT. L.a.,.,
mioht safely saw tho oh;sot os eon, !
convince The crnntrv tSat Enr1and 90 ~ "
beinu ,nrslr and ranidin , ,,,;Ds "uu was
trade tbet ,ha msn ,sho ,nIn. ~ nee
d1scard her Observation-Disclosures s"a nsa,as.: ne. "
policy had proved to be her ,vnr., .na
mics: that the wages of her Ia horsrs 1ne hed
not increased. and that .nllen d;.oon.na. 10.
and desire to return r. tho on'oul o1i Gu
s.rict,ye systsm nrevai,.d swar.n. VII 70
lie reioices in the TACT that Fran"a "ae,e end
Germany are showing sxmntons ., "uo
turning TO the old restrictive svsten, avid
seems to look forward with pleasure to
the time (Which he will never seel when