The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-09-15
NO TARIFF.
Free Trade Universal. Direct Taxa
alton to support the General Gov
eminent.

bor" Is this so? Is labor the bur-
den bearer of the worl dsnd no COM
missioners sent to inV&ce laborers'
expressions and relieve exactions,
while monopolies are waited upon by
tariff commissioners and consulted as
to every tax or duty placed upon la
Dor? Why thus consulted? Wig
this degrading of laborers, the bone
and sinew of the landY High poll
tic craftsmanship would say, rather
send anti-tariff commissioners to
many laborers homes of squalor and
want, victims of tariff, abuse of pow
err. and there witness the effects of
tyranny in the tainted air. Why do
politicians and legislators so long dis
regard this golden principle of polit-
ical economy Cat head of article)
which is and must (Which no states
man can afford to question: be the
foundation pillar of every well order.
ed state? They, the countrys reli-
ance, should bring their offerings of
talents imbued with this undoubted
economy to the rescue of their coun-
try's interests, impressed with the fact
that the greatest triumphs of the hui
man mind are achieved in lessening
the cost of production in facilitating
expectation, and diminishing its cost
between producer aud consumer"
Instead of this, (horribile dictu), con.
oressional mental activities have been
engaged in a contrary direction, in
fostering and building up a policy
that increases the cost of production,
combats expectation, destroys equilib-
rum between industrial departments
barometer of national progress
intercepts attainment of foreign mar
kets, and binds the beleagnercd in
terests of the masses to the Triumph
al chariot wheels of protected wealth.
The perpetuity of the liberties of this
country consists in breaking up this
alliance between congress and monop-
olies = monopolies that well-nigh
considered themselves the state, and
the beckonings of their interests the
constitution. The politics of congress
for the last twenty years, escaped
from the control of the people and
constitution, have been little else than
cancellations to powerful monopolies,
yielding to them special favors, to the
infraction of the constitution and en-
croachment of the rights of laborers.
Deep must be the convictions OF think
ing minds, that from this protective
system arises. that great disparity OF
wealth so manifest in the land-that
Capitalization of wealth-centraliza.
tion of impoverishing that startle the
world, and disclose why and how
there are more than one hundred mill
ionaires ROW where there was one
twenty years ago. Thoughtless minds
consider this an evidence of prosperi-
ty; but all history stamps it as an ev'
idence of rottenness and impolicy.
What else when protective legislation
reduces the aggregate wealth produc'
ing power Of the nation and causes
the amount of this reduction to go To
monopoliesg
Again, "when each branch Of in,
dustry supports itself, all add theil
gains to the national wealth; wher
one Industry supports another the
contribution is so mnch deducted FROM
the aggregate gain" This contribu-
ton coming from taxed i,asses L
monopolies, impOverishiag the cue al
it enrichas the other-pashes ane 81,
feet Down grade, as it pushes th'
other six feet up grade, causing twelve
feet difference. This causes the grea
disparity - makes millionaires an<
paupers-tends to make the rcl
richer and the poor poorer. We re
mark. manufacturers that at frs