The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-11


tea that costs five times as much. Now t.
bacco is charged so much pound, and tn
common laborer who smokes his pipe pays a
much as the rich man who uses his cigar
And the poor man who drinks beer, ant
thinks he must have 1t anyhow, pays a
much for 1t as the rich man. And as tina
500, 000,0 600 is levied by the British gouern
ment very much as you would levy 4 pol
tax per capita, it bears more upon labor thar
1t does upon wealth. Then Great Britain ha,
valuable lands-lands that are Immensely val
liable. They were taxed year before las
IS, 100000, and Philadelphia coil, cted $1,000
600; and yet that is called just and equal taxa
ton. The fact is that instead of being free
trade country, Great Britain never has been
one, for the doctrine of protection is not sim
ply that OF protection against imported goods,
but the doctrine Of protection to promote the
industries of a country. What mean the 500
ships of Great Britain. What means this army
scattered all over the world! What means
that thing they dignity as the old Saxon earth
| hunger, or eXtention OF empire! 1t means
that it sees all over the world countries for the
cultivation of its trade. We hear of her drum
beat that follows the sun around the world
| 1t is the commercial Travellers drum beat. /
read of British treaties made. for market, and
OF British trading company getting a hold in
India, which results in the domination of 200,-
| OOO,0OO OF people, among which they are TO get
| market Great Britain spends millions of
| dollars to bring rails down 10 the coast of
India to compete with California and Dakota.
| Is not that protection! Certainly il is not then
3 real free-trade country and | am sure there
| is not one upon the continent anywhere. There
| is great economy in diversified industries !;
| there is great economy i'll bringing the con-
| sumer and producer close together. One Of
| the great burdens of social and economic life
| is transportation. How we rejoice when we
find anything that reduces the cost of trans
portation What romance it is to begin back
with the white topped wagons and come to the
enormous advance of the Erie canal and then
to the clumsy railroads and to the improved
railroads and the Bessemer steel Why, it is
almost fabulous. We rejoice over the reduc-
ton me cost of transportation, and the
free-traders' everlasting burden is commerce"
If he could only have things carried back and
forth and exchanged he thinks he benefits the
world l agree with the man who said that
the three most beautiful things in the world
were a handsome woman, n field of wheat and
a ship under sail. But what if the ship will
not move! Why should the products of the
west be carried 1000 miles to be exchanged for
the products that may as well be made in the
valley of the Mississippi. Should we return
to the old manner of going to mill, with stone
in one end of the bag and the wheat in the
other! Would it not be better for the farmers
of Minnesota and Iowa-they are beginning to
find it out-would it not be better for them to
have manufactures there! Go to Phiadel-
phia, the third manufacturing city in the
world, and ascertain the value of the land
within 200 miles it. The Iowa farmer whom
! visited last year, found riding on a sulky
pillow or harvester, cultivating his land in lux
ury, and a sun umbrella over his head as he
rode through the field. But after he raised his
crops he had something to do to feed them TO
MS hocks and herds. Now. said |. VIII you
look around Philadelphia There you would
find market for the whole range of products;
you might get rich on ten acres. And then
look at this significant fact that in proportion
to the valuation of the manufactures of eact
state so is the value of the lands in the state.
This rule is absolutely uniform from Maine to
Texas. New Jersey, where you will find the
greatest proportion of people engaged in man
ufactures, leads. Go 10 Mississippi and you
will find her lands ranging the lowest Of those
of the thirty-eight states. There is not one
single deviation from this law. Now if leeis-
lation will bring this about, is it net a benefit
to the countrya
MoNoPoIIEs.
What next do they charge us withl They |
say wecreate monopoes. Yes, so that every |
man who has accumulated $40 can join with
others who have done the same and undertake
any kind OF manufacture. There is no monop-
oily in it. There is no monopoly now, even in
Bessemer steel, and that was Que of the crying
abuses of our free trade friends. The English
sold it at S145 per ton, out re-
cent contracts for it have been made at S27
per ton, and the duty on it has been reduced to
sl7. 1hope the duty will be matter of no
whatever. Bessemer steel going
down on the railways, virtually indestructible,
IS felt in the homes of every laboring man who
buys anything. Applause. Wasn't that a
luty of government Could it well have been
lone by private competition! know the Bes-
emer steel men of England walled when these
goods were being built up here, because they
we're losing the market of fifty millions of peo-
Die. They had no more right to complain than
las my neighbor of my improving my private
property. We have demonstrated our ability
o make many things, and we shall demonstrate
in all. Now our English friends amuse me
" saying they are missionaries-if they could
nly show lis how wholly wrong the doctrine
# protection is, and have no doubt it is under
he precepts of this gospel they are spending
arge sums of money in distributing through
he Golden Club pamphlets and other docu-
lents every year and in various ways diffus-
ny knowledge, and even coming over here and
flering silver medals to Harvard and Yale
nd Williams boys who shall write essays
howng the country the peculiar advantages ,
free trade. Sarcastic cheers. | had ,
bought sincerely up to one time that the issue
ould be fairly and openly met 1t is the issue,
is the powerful issue that is affecting the |
liuds OF the people, and In reality the battle is
eng fought, but not squarely, not honorably ,
nd manfuly The EVeliing Post n free trade
aper II there is one, just before the democrat ,
national convention, said: The probability i,
uw Is a resolution will be adopted which will ,
arty, but not 10 obscure that issue. What is :
ne Of all the questions that exist is true Of /
lis very question. 1t can not be forced i'm j
aturely, TO the front and the people will not !
tach much importance to II than they really /
el. The most prominent isuse will be the |
ersonal character OF the candidate.n Ilronc
)plause and cheers and laughter. This was /,
list few days before Cleveland was nominal y
|. This topic will override the tariff question, !,
I'd any other, no matter what sort of plat q
rm may be adopted. The London Times n
Us about this Mr.. Cleveland: "Mr. Cleve- h
nd, we are told, is silent about the tariff :,
lestion, and his silence is easily explained. h
lille the bulk Of the democratic party and I
ajority of the independents who have seeded y
ON the republican camp incline toward free \
ade, an active and powerful section are q
rongly attached to protectionist doctrines a
ID In struggle SO close as that which will be q
cided on the 4th OF November next promises n
be, the democratic candidate can not afford h
ALLEVIATE so large contingent of his normal n
lowing. Thus among the states which the e
count on winning, are some, notably Il
w Jersey, which are decidedly protection y
, an Incorporating declaration in favor of q
e trade would deprive the democratic ticket II
all chance OF obtaining a majority :,
zen the electors for the presidency a.
: chosen" l wish our friends had ~
zen the issue frankly on this, yet the ques- h
II remains, and we see testimony to it borne n
the great English papers. Every one of " "
I'm has manifested warm interest in the w