The daily gazette., 1883-02-05
rARIrF DIsCussIoN.
The Difference BetweeR the Argument
of self-lnterest and the Views of q
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The Difference Betweea the Argument
of Self-lnterast and the Views of q
Statesman.
CElkfon lAfd.D Cecil Democrat
Senator Vest, during the discussion of the
Tariff bill in the Senate, said that the peo-
Pile Of his State, Missouri, were largely in
terested In zinc, Fan infant American indus
try" and therefore he was In favor of q
protective tariff on zinc. He did not say or
pretend that the the protection of Missouri
zinc will benefit single citizen of the
United States outside Of Missouri or per
haps outside of one or two counties In Mis-
souri,. His statesmanship is satisfied If he
can succeed In drawing q sufficient guam
tity OF milk through custom house
leats to nourish his "infant industry" until
it can stand alone. Mr.. Vest does not stop
TO consider whether 1t is the fair thing TO do
10 raise his State calf on National milk. All
he takes in is the one fact that Missouri has
promising calf that can be- made to grow
aud tatten II the good and most amiable
farmers of the thirty-seven remaining States
will supply the milk. This idea is neither
new nor Mr.. Vests IL is the very corner
stone of the entire protective system, under
which the masses OF the people OF this country
are MIXED 10 fatten their ntighbOrs' calves.
Senator Vest wants milk for Missouri calf
Senators Groome and German wants milk
III a MAJ fAauA N1lA- OFuAAOI Dl0Hn hAhAo
milk for a Georgia calf Louisiana wants
milk foi sugar calf. Pennsylvania and
Ohio for an iron calf. and New England for
whole menagerie OF calves OF all ages and
colors. Theu comes in the farmer and his
sheep,-for after being lett TO shift for
himself through infancy aud middle
life, in his Old age the tender pa
ternal Government at Washington threw
him q pail of milk in the shape
Of duty on wool, and begs him to consider
this full compensation ior the duty ne pays
to the other breeders for every article he
consumes not raised on his own land. He
pays on his boots, stockings, drawers, shirts,
pants, vest, coat and hat. He pays on his
horse shoes, nails, ploWs, harrows and ON
every implement of husbandry that he uses
ON his farm. And he pays 1t 10 furnish milk
for great manufacturing calves.
Senator Vest cannot or will not see who
feeds these calves He wants milk for his
own pet; that is reason enough for him, and
he would not blame any Senator for doing
the same thing.
Mr.. Bayard looks over the broad field of
American interests and takes In ut a glance
the entire scope Of American industries. He
sees the conflict Of diversified Interests and
he labors to reconcile them with each
other and TO bring them into har-
mony with the interests OF the
| people as a whole. This is just, and any
departure from this on either hand is un-
just. No sane man in this country wishes
/ to injure American industries OF any kind
| whatever, nor should any honest man wish
| TO build up one industry at the cost of
another. We are equally interested in the
| one just principle THAT tariff should be
in the public interest and that no local or
individual demands should be considered
or heard" 1t is folly to suppose that
Senators and Representatives In Congress
are making war upon American industries
and American labor. The general good is
all the good tie Congress of the United
States has any cause TO legislate for. When
they legisate for class they injure other and
larger classes. In protecting the farmers
wool they tax the coat upon his back In
| protecting the sugar planters of Louisiana,
| they tax every consumer Of sugar in the
| United States. Aud so we might go over
| the entire list Of dutiable articles and show
how conflicting its details are with one
another, and how the sum of them is a
burden upon the masses OF the people, in
cluding the manufacturers and their opera
tiyes; ior the tariff makes each protected
industry tax upon every other industry,
protected or not.
Ii the craftsmanship of Mr.. Bayard pre-
walls in our National Legislature all will be
we'll If paternai government is 10 con-
tinue to fattgn calves for Missouri, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and other States, there will be
another tidal wave some day soon. Demo
Gratis will do well to follow a safe leader,
and leave the work Of iattening sucklings to
those who are old in the business. Let
statesmen labor to sustain and build up
American enterprise in its most comprehen-
sive sense, and leave to politicians the work
of local traffic in State-fed calves
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