The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-13
FISHBACK LETTERS.
Mr.. Fishhack Addresses Another Letter
to nr. Congressman Peelle.
Some More TarinIncongraities-F From
Pale-faced Professors--A Farm
eI's Logic.
Fhe News.

Hon Stanton J. Peelle:
The Journal takes up toe cudgel in your
defense, and, borrowing Mr. Calkins' beauti-
fUl marine metaphor, says 1 am "a stormy
petrol. giddy with constitutional JOY" 1t
matters not what 1 may be. but that stormy
weather is coming for Congressman who vote
for such laws as the present tariff law, there
his not he slightest doubt. The self-compla-
Geency Of your colleagues who declared that
the law of March was q fnality. and that
the tariff question had now ceased to be q
political issue, is likely to be disturbed in the
near future. am glad to note that Senator
Sherman is of the opinion that it is now
the overshadowlng issue. Senator Morrill,
also has remarked that the interference Of
Senator Sherman with the work of the
packed Conference Committee, necessitatss
the immediate readjustment of the wool and
metal schedules And the Journal reports
you TO have said your address 20 the
Wool Growers Association last week, that
the existing Law is marred BY 'incongruities."
IL hss been nv purpose ID these letters TO
Foint out some of these IncongruiJies' 50
that when you come TO consider the matter
eeain At the next session OF CONGRESS. You
nav not be IN that state OF helpless lgnO-
rance which enabled the monOpolists to
hoodwlnk you so easily last winter. What
ever happens the question rs IN q fair way to
be thoroughly discussed, and the political
P0dsDaps who propose to putt aside rs of less
importance than the Pen an pO5tOfnce, viii
find their mistake.
The Journal disputes my statement that
the existing tariff on steel blooms prevents
the running OF the Indianapolis steel rail
mill. An officer Of the Rail Mill Company
assured me to-day that 1t is impossible to
buy blooms and run the mill without loss.
The owners OF the mil are not such idiots
as TO allow their machinery 10 lie idle if it
can be probably employed. l repeat again
that steel rails are IN the market at less taao
$40 per tor, and that steel blooms, the raw
material for our rail mill can not be pro-
cured ard delivered st indianapolis for less
than $37 per ton. So your 40 per cent. ad
valorem duty on blooms shuts our Indiana
mills and keeps the Pennsylvania mills run
ming And this is done IN the name of pro-
lection What makes the matter worse
Tor you IS the fact that you
were advised of the probable
effect of this provision of the law and ex-
cused the vote on the plea that the Pennsyl
vania and other monopOlists would make
trouble for our party il their demands we're
refused. When the people come ID thor
oUghly understand how they are system9ti-
cally robbed by laws enacted at the dictation
of the lobby, there viii be serious disturb
ances in the rural districts.
The special object of this letter, hOwave-,
is 70 call your atJeltion % soma OF the etder
''incoDgruities'' of the tariff law 1t was IN Y
good fortune last week to meet and make tho
acquaintance of some Of the "palefacsd pro-
fessors'' of political economy, who are held
in such low esteem by the practical politi-
clans. AIMING these were Professor Perry, of
Williams College, and David A
| Wells, of Connecticut. Professor Perry
has occupied the chair of political
| economy ct Williams Cole for more than
THIRTY years and his books are used as text
books in most of the principal schools OF the
country. Mr.. Wells was once pcotectiJn-
ist but is now earnestly advocating the re-
! moval of the restrictions placed upon trade
l by protective legislation. In an address de-
liyered at Detroit, Professor Perry called at
tention to a remarkable 'incolgruity'' IN
Our tariff law. The Calumet and Hecla
i Company who own the richest copper de-
posts in Michigan, are selling their highly
protected ores IN foreign markets cheaper
fhsn they sell them to American consumers
and within two months they have sold to
British customers 5000, 900 pounds of copper
at nearly two cents per pound less than the
lowest American price for the same ore.
So the much protected Saginaw salt mo-
nopolists sell salt to Canadians cheaper than
they do to Americans We have then the
remarkable result that the discovery or pos
session OF iron and copper ores is a curse to
proceed to enact laws which increase the
cost Of everything made of copper OF iron.
If By I'll luck deposit of tin shall be di g.
covered the price of the poor mans tinware
would be increased by the same method i.
Mr.. Wells stated that the capacity of our
shoe factories is such that a whole years
supply Of boots and shoes for home con-
sumption can be made in less than nine
months The workmen must remain
idle three months IN the year unless
We can sell shoes in foreign markets.
The principal shoemaker of Massachu-
setts recently exhibited shoes TO the
Legislature of that State. some homemade
and some foreign. He pointed out the ms
terial used upon which tariff duty is im-
posed, and demonstrated that the foreign
manufacturer, by getting his material free.
cao sell his shoes in a competing mark. at
sixty cents less per pair than they can be
s0ld b. American snOemekers. That Is pro-
tecting American industry with a vengeance.
These facts, even If they are brought u the
attention Of the public By "pale-taced pro-
essors," are worth your consideration.
1 also net a. Detroit farmer who locking
at the question from ths top of a rail fence,
sd discovered some of the same 'sincon-
ruitiesn which were apparent to the gentle
ban who occupies the Professors chair in
sollege- I wiz try aud give the substance
what he said:
Il am raising corn, hogs aud cattle. am
Pngdge0 IN pfontaole INDUSTRY. ma
nan standing on the sidewalk, has IN hand
Engaged in an unproitable INDUSTRY. He j.
cfggar. He says if I and men like me
10 not drop money ia his nat he can not gel
% IN business. So We give him oul
hange and help him TO parsue
bis cslliBg. But here comes another
pan and says, am a manufacturer. / ar
a' ely able 10 get along and can make more
Congress win give me some of the people,
money, by compelling them 10 pay me
higher prices than they now pay for my
Fsres; and so Congress takes the people,
honey our Of their pockets and donates it tS
be beggar. II Congress must tax me for the
import of the Government / ana willing Il
ee all my property 90 in that way, butif M
eighbor insists on propagsting ostrichee, 4
raining skunk Creek marsh to raise rice
nd Congress takes money out of my poke
make his business pay, ! kick
w. P. FIsHBAcK.