The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-09
oSH CENT ROBINSON,

Let bis title be At once knogn and recog-
niz,d OF All men In these United States
'OgE CEsr r SsoS"-member of congress
tom New York, long cared com
binauou Of iguormc', brass aud stupidity,
Hitherto breathing VA the ioss OF onscuriiy
he mas emerged In the sun lisht, TO be as
he nigu prowling bat, blinded by ita rays
This usininc specimen OF humanity has
Introduced Ia the house OF representatives.
a,kiug twoihirds OF both houses o. con-
rfess TO pass aud three -iouflhs of the thirty
IL states 70 r4tify, an amendment 10 the
institution OF t.e United States, allowing
tax OF one cent u pound 10 be LAID on
every pound OF cotton exported from the
uoitrd s,ates-.a proposition worthy only
of fool or a knaye.
Il IS fact perfectly established that
.uch bunhUn, rqgal on an average
! In value TO one.eighth or one ninth Ct oil
cotton Ia the Unhod States, would ABOLISH
cotton production IN the two Caroiinas,
q origin, Alabama, Tennessee, mos. OF MIS-
si.sippi aud florida, and terribly cripple II
in f~Eiusss, Louisiana and Texas. The
difference In the states named arises from
the worn cut lands in The former, the i'm
meuse cost OF fertilizers and even the small
yield per acre. In the three latter states
with their rich soi's, owing . the scarcity
uncertainty aud high price OF labor II IL
doubtful II the aver age net income to the
farmer exceeds one cent pound-in the
old ..tes named 70 Is certain that 10 doe
not. This IL enough TO brand with univer-
s,l .eproba,iou this proposition Of oSi
/ CENT RoBSsoN.'
That (. is contrary 10 the letter, spirit anc
genius of the Federal constitution, as made
by our fathers, is acknowledged by "OSi
CENT RoniSsosn in this attempt
to eugrah the unrighteous provision OF
that great chart o, American liberty.
With the same righ' lac could levy the
same tribute on tho expectation Of our
wheat, flour, mcats, tobacco, rice, lumber
aud every product o! the field and forest
but this, even this c)nslomerstIon o.
stupidity and ignorance knows would pro
duce a revolution. Ho il content, there
| fore, to restrict his venom 10 the unfortun
ate states so r Gently in tho ashes OF desola.
ton but Se do not believe there Is o stat,
| in the American ion that wonld no
rise in indignation against so desolating
measure.
This sam "OsE CENT ROBINSON" would
not only 40 ,his-directly Offering bonus
| g. ths production OF Indian and Egyptian
cotton in competition with the American
product but he would perpetu
ate The present enormous war tarii
on imported articles OF prime necessity
to the multitude, embracing every srIcl
fab ric0ted Of cotton, wool, iron, steel
leather AID scores of articles for which tn
people OF this country now paw 30 per cent
more than they would were IL not for thi
mighty system OF robbery Of the people 10
the enrichment Of q handful of millionair
man uisciurers, under the exploded pre-
tense OF protecting American lsoor, whil'
In trutn their employees strike about once
year gsinst the starvation wages pal
III EN- proving to all who are not blin'
that this so-cslled protection converts tn
manuf sciurers ippo millionaires and retain
the real workefsin poverty.
ZONE CENT Robinson" says 1t woul
bring annually thirteen millions OF dolla
into the treasury; but the question Of p'
triots and statesmen to-day Is how to r'
duce the enormous excess OF revenue u
ready drawn and being drawn from u
pockets of the people over and above Il
neces tiles OF the government. But th
zone center" proceeds on the principles
the New Mexican free boo,er, the deceas'
BILLY TIE KID" TO get riches by plande
ing the unprotected. He would see ri
and devastation brought upon entire state
and tn n, with folded arms aHd sanc!ihe
air, mock at their Ialamities.
A people, in any district OF the Unite
states, who would re.tleCt such man
con arsss, ought 10 be stripped nj their 20
sessions and conyerted into galley llint
until ( hey learped the value OF Liberty, he
: e,by and justice.
Atieul for the nonce, cone Gent RoBG
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