The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-27
ANOTHER OPEN LETTER.
Communication No. Il in the Pishbask-
Peelie series.
The Pittful Pig iron Plea That College Pro
fessOrs Teach Free Trade asrseies-
The Enses OF Tariff LesIslatiou
-UnequaI Rights.
THE News1
Hon. Stanton J. Peelie:


deep tribulation. lie has information that
nine-tenths Of the professors" who teach
political economy in our schools and Colleges
are free traders. and hist they are c0rrupting
the youth of the land By teaching them that
laws which give the peoples money to
favored few are net good laws. These the
orists do not believe as Dir. Greeley did, that
il would be blessed thing for our country
if IL we've encircled with an impossible
sea of fire; nor do they indOrse
Mr.. Henry c. Careys opinion that
all foreign wars are blessing to our people.
The editor, who gauges everything by the
pig-iron standard sees that the Dig-iron poll
ticisns win have stormy times when all the
educated young men of the cOuntry take
Issue with them. He proposes a novel rem
edy. 1t is this: Let "the founders OF profess
sorships and contributors 70 their support see
that their bensfactions are not perverted u
the service Of thepropagsndismo Of anti-Amer.
lean doctrines" That WON'T mend matters.
Suppose yoa put pig-iron professor in his
chair, with his pig-iron protection text
books, a class of bright young men who
have access to Libraries can floor him 81
Thorough work. How would this do? Make
IL a cause of expulsion from College for a
student TO talk back at his Professor; appoint
Committees TO examine College Libraries and
buyn all books and papers which even sq1lnt
in favor of free trade. Persecution to DO
effective must be thorough, and nothing bat
sweeping measures en- root out tree trade
heresies which ind todemant in the minds
of intelligent people. Jarrirg and feather
ing colpoTteuTs who travelled in the South
with Northern newspapers in their grip3ack
didn't help the slavery Cause. Impris0ning
ladies for teaching slaves to rezd the Bible,
muTdeling LCVeloy for prinlJg al anti
slavery newspaper, and banging John BcOwn
for obsying the golden rule as ne understood
it, did not stay the tide Of fanaticigm TIE
human reason TevOlted At slavery. The 20
cts the Professors the bright youny men t
the Colleges we're writing and talking N
favor CT NbcTfy-just as they are now talking
in favor OF free trade, and it IS not surprising
that The pig-iron editor is slarmet st the
prospect. Whe5 asooDisbes NE is to sec
some Of TIE leaders Of the great Republican
party trying 70 array that party sgai1st the
intelligent judgment 81 the civilized TOTld
on this paramount Issue Toe Democrats
have the advantage. They have hal s1ch
foolish leaders, and have been so Tich ed and
unPairlotlc during the last twenty years,
that il IS almost impossible for them 20 do
anything that VIII not be an improvement
81; their past conduct And the Republican
party, craving careless after 20 many bril-
liant successes, IS ia dsagsr Of drift
iug into false and p3snisi0us
p0licy which may slienste tie lat 'lligsncs
of the country from is support 1 beg OF
--1rr 70 ponder II fact stated by the pig-irol
editor that nins-tenths of the College Pro
fessors OF the laDG who teach political econ
omy are coFrupting the youth Dg filling their
minds with free trade heresles- II viii be G
new experience for CD Republican s,anpeEs
TO 90 ebsut the country den0uacing our
schools and Colleges as aBtI-American insti-
tntions. You may see 10 CAUSE for alarm in
the present attitude and tendency o. our
party. / DO. The party mus. cease TO be
used es mere money making instrument IN
the hands OF the rich monopolists who swarm
about Washington whenever Congress is in
session. IL il. be the desire or purp2ss OF
some of our leaders 70 make the
Republican party a Wing party Sad ally it
with the itch and powerful classes, le. the
MASK be thrown Of. S)oaer or later the
masses viii discover tho decspions put upon
them in the name Of protection Whss they
I want is more liberty and less restrc.iOl.
They are bent on having and exercising what
John Bright declared 8 day or two ago in
Manchester to be 'the inaiie1sble right Of
every American to buy IN the cheapest mar
kets of the world" Shut out Of foreign mar
kets by ret2iiatoTy lavs-our mills and fac
tories closed and Eo-kmen idle because
laws are passed prohibiting the
importation of raw material - Ia
Dor insuficiently paid under protective
legislation which vas enacted under stress
Of var-neariy half OF the blast furnaces ous
Of blast hecsuse tariff bounte5 giving
fictitious values have encouraged the estab-
lishment Of so many furnaces that the
markets are glutted aud there is no sale for
1neir s1ES,Ss- s~t-n9anR fae.ssI-Is lockiDs ogt
woIkmen AID Norkmen striking for higher
wsges-a surplus acc uTnuaiiDg In the Treas
ury from uDDs ceSsSry taxes levied upon me
food and clothing CT the oysrtaZe6 poor
something is very wrong somewhere, my
brother, you msy be sure. These things
have come to PISS under our existing tariff
lave. think The tariff legislation is mainly
responsible for their existence.
Your remarks To the wool growers q few
days ago remind ne of the short speech of
an Indiana wool grower WHICH was delivered
10 the American Agricultural As-ociatiOn,
which met in Chicago lest winter. \ pig
iron professor Of the name OF Denslow, who
is small fraction Of the or e-tenth of Amer
lean Professors who teach the American phi
loeophy, made az address, in which ne at
tempted TO show that sheep farmers could
put money in their pockets il they would
compel Congress 10 raise tho duty on wool.
Mr. Woods en- Indiana farmer.
duty would not ircrease the cost
of the poor mans blanket, aud said
that while be liked to make money OF farm
ing be should think very meanly Of himself
If be should ask Congress 70 raise the price
of the poor mans blanket for the SAGE of
putting few extra dollars in his own pocket.
] em sorry to say that very small portion
OF the lobbyists who annoy Congress with
their imDoftunities for protection, have risen
TO the moral altitude OF our Indiana farmer.
A French writer, Bastiat, puts the follow.
ing words in the mouth OF carpenter, who
is supposed to be addressing pig-iron states
man and manufacturer:
Il am q carpenter. as was Jesus; / handle
the Ratchet and plane 10 serve you. 10
choppiDg and splitting from morning
until night in the domain of my Lord the
King, the idea has occurred to me that my
labor was as much national as yours. And
accordlngly don't understand why protec-
ton does not visit my shop as well as your
mandatory. For, indsed, If you make
make clothes, make roofs. Both, By differ
ent means, protect our patrons from cold aud
rain. But l have to run after customers
while business seeks you. You know how
TO manage this by obtaining e monopoly,
while my business IL open to any one who