The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-22

s...a,, N, l,la trade Al NO higher cost iolim
DIAN ~ i,ls iofelgn oompe,lion' ma u's
eoloy would be an appropriate femedy' lm
ID would oountcfvni ono N W. Causes
which, according 70 The oohclual0@ OF ws
originally led TO The decline o.
M, merolant marine" Followli 9 Va the
same strain he said I'VE hav, ~ th's
country an extent aud fertility Of 5crrilory
a richness Of mine and forest q wealth. "
muscle and BRAIN which will always onapie
ma 10 produce In unexampled quantities inc
aapls commoditie. which enter into
the commerce of nations. With theso
advantages of soil and factory, OF physical
energy and mental activity, America ooe-
dent to the DEGREES of destiny, must pe'
come the chief granary of the world anu
great store-house of its manufactured pro-
ducts. Her people, instead OF relying on
the business OF carrying between other na,
tons the respective products oil each' WIN
command, if need be, into their ser'i'o
these nations as the carriers OF their pro-
ducts. Sir, it is not agriculture, the great
source of wealth, but other classes Oh LABOR
that are most benefited by our ship-pu'iu-
ing interests; agricultural classes are
profited only in so far as the grown Vi
these interests may increase compet''ioi !,
among the agencies of transportation anu
thereby lessen rates of freight. ASH strlct
question of dollars and cents, it matters
little to the farmer of this country wheIher
his grain, cotton, tobacco, and other fruits
of his fields are exported to foreign markets
in American or English bottoms; his chlef
concern in this aspect of the case IS cheaP p
nesss of TRANSPORTATION. The power to tax.
even when temporarily exercised, is severe
and onerous in its eXactions. Ihls power
can be righttully employed only to raise
revenues for the support of the government.
When exerted to prevent or obstruct AM
portations in order to enable the home
manufacturer to compel higher prices Tor
his products, it becomes an engine OF RANK
Injustice and oppression. The result IL
then accomplishes is nothing more nor less
than the coerced transfer, under forms OF
law, without compensation, OF the properly
of one citizen to another. But it is urgeu
that this subsidy will benefit the
laboring classes, and on this point the cham
pions of the measure warm into uhusual
feeling and eloquence. ask these gentle'
men how many persons in their respective
districts would be benefited by government
bounties granted to industries that nave
localities only in three or four statesF' In
deed, the whole speech, from commence
ment to close, evidenced that our vigilant
congressman had been close student OF
the great subject he was handling, and In
dicates an exhaustive research, comprehen-
siye grasp, keen logic, and defiant ex-
preston as to these infamous burdens on
our American merchant marlne, ana
was another laurel added to fame
as orator and statesman that mas
already passed beyond his state into ma
tional recognition. This district, and Dial
las in particular, is to be congratulated on
the high order of talent by which we are
represented in the national councils. The
shipping bill, as it finally passed, will be oil
some little benefit to the shipping interest,"
inasmuch as it repeats and modifies certain
sections of the Revised Statutes of the
United States. and which, for number Of
years, have affected injuriously that great
interest which has been so burdened, as
Mr.. WELLBoRN remarks, "by scores OF leg
i,latiye wrongs and an Iliad Of economic
woesn