Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-02

Americaa laborers would nave u JOB
of producing peas and various other
things for the people to use rs a suDsti-
tute for coffee. Ii we didn't import
Peruvian bark. we would have to go
without qninine, to be sure; but Amer
lean laborers would have u job OF gath
eripg "bonesetv or some other inferior
substitute for quinine, or OF nursing
people with the ague, or oil making
collins for the ague sufferers that hau
been protected To death.
Plainly, therefore, the theory of pro,
lection requires that all duties shouIh
be prohibitory. The papers that pro-
nose a tax on foreign singers, actors
and lectul ers, though they have made
some progress toward consistency
have not progressed far enough 10 al
nit that ali duties should, according TO
their economic philosophy, he prohib'
itory. In this respect the Troy. iiiiies
is somewhat in advance of them. DIS,
cussing the subject of taxation anu
treasury surplus, that paper makes no
secret of the fact that the great prop
lem with the protectionists Is now 10
yet less revenue, and not now 10 re,
lieye taxpayers from burdens. Ana
ii is ready with n solution, Whlch IL
offers, rs follows:
.pbe most obvious method of reduc-
ing the revenue III such way hs "
promote home interests woulu oe W
make a general advance In tariii raueS
upon such articles 10 can be prouuceu
bv the skill and industry OF our own
people, thus disconraging their miro
duclion into this country 10 ih .eriete
with the consumption OF domestic
products. Then the INTERNAL revenue
system, which imposes no serious pul
den upon any interest, conid pc 10
tanned TO supply whatever the goresni !,
ment might lose in customs tecip.1
III short, the prescription Is 10 iii" \ !
duties prohibitory SO iar as may H., lie
necessary in order TO get riu Vi MI ~
Troublesome surplus revenue. lnls
certainly is "the most obvious iiietl'
odr II the protection theory Is sounu.
But it is not less Obvious ihat, ~ IN ne
theory il sound, our ports shoulu Ut
completely closed against an nlelui,' '.a,
| lie imnorts. If the way to "pToinoie
80, L,, interests il to discourage i'm
,,or,c,ions 20 that they Will Inter,
fare,' less with the consumption ol
nnnsetic nroducts,n then obviously
I the better way w p.N' -. ,l,o
terests would be TO shut ana par ine
doors tight against ali imporlatlohs' ~
that they would not interfere at u.l
with the consumption oil dohiesti'
nroducts. lea and coffee should U.
barred out. rs well as iron ana steel
and wooden goods, to the END thai
they NAV not Interfere with this con
s,n,ntion of domestic catnip ana roast
al meas. The logical mind Of the Troy
oditor ought TO be able To grasp that,
and 90 nj one more leap to the goai OF
nrotectionist consistency.
There is browning height oil con.
s,stencv To which protec,ionisls can no'
iaay,,.'eted ever 10 attain. Ihey aie
ira, IL of talking about the interests y
hn,arican labor. They set themselVe-
,,aas The special friends and champ
" - ~ the American worhingInan'
I,is he whose interest they are iol,
~ nstudyIng. II is to give him
e,er ~ do and high wages fof 90
pleh,,s ,ba, tl,ey want high duties on
nrstty much everything, ana !.
lsvc him from being thrown oat ~ IN w
,rIovment. or from being iofeeu az iJ ~,
S,,hrnit TO reduction OF W.gss, 80,
=, ,Sss, resIst every proposition 10 tfau .iI
lney ie ~ he Consistent, they should
QUIZ ',,,,on checking tie imporlaiip'
insls. ~ ~, labor Ifthey bar out ny
=, aJi Of European ''pauper i ;n,e,
iouuao ~ ,rotecl the American ihpoI
IN o onainsl ruinous competition, me
should certainly bar out 'n'