Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-02

u from that bold aud aggressive positlu
u becoming the most favored nation OF n
9 earth. We abandon % other nations les
qualified than ourselves for successft
. competition, the enormous benefits Of N
y worlds commerce. We abandon nature
I unrestricted highway, the mighty ocear
! whose unmarked paths lead to ever
cline and TO every ports and, locked u
within our own comparatively marrow
limits, we allow the profits Of brOa,
and universal commerce to be diverted b,
more energetic minds. The miserabl,
narrowness of this position should be ap
preciated by everyone here tonight.
Gen. /. N. stiles of Chicago also adj
dressed the meeting, aud gave some per
tiaent illustrations of the practical work.
inEs OF the protective system. Subi0ined
are extracts from his speeCh
whenever a protective tariff Is laid
upon any given article is IL not because
the manufacturers and their friends, or
the Would-be manufacturers, have gone
! down TO congress and represented that
the manufacture Of the article either
could not be commenced with profit, or
! us manufacture longer continued with
profit unless with the aid of the govern
ment. Every session OF congress we find
I
be languishing who seek the aid of CON
gress to keep it alive. Among these in
lerests probably no one has received so
great protection as
THE IRON INTEREST
believe the duties have been higher
during the last twenty-tbree years than
on any other article, and that among all
the interests none is so langulshing as
inc iron interest. Suppose The tariff on
IRON was suddenly repealed, wiped out,
abolished. Suppose these wicked free
traders should get majority Ia congress
ana wipe out the duty on iron aud the |
uirest consequences that are predicted |
should follow, viz all the rOn-mills in |
the country shut down and all the work. |
men 60 out OF employment, what theDY |
This would be a calamity, no doubt about
IL, Bnt what abolt the different pcopleI
who use from
] can buy hat Ia London for less taan
one-hnlf the price here. Now. suppose
me tariff on hats should be suddenly
wiped out and all the hat.manufacturers
IN the country shut down and the work
men come out2 1t would be pretty bad
Tor the hltiers but how for the men who
wear lhemt suppose that was followed
ny a reduction, not OF one-half. hui of
)ne-tomth or cnc-thlrd in price. What
-hlnR you OF thatt And should not our
legislators have Ia view the Interests Of
the many rather than the int srests Of the
iewY
theory by which It can be worked ont that
you men who want to buy lumueI ana
build houses are benefited by n tax OF ~
per 600 leet2 is there any system ny
which you can work ont the Idea that you
are protectedy You can understand now
the lumberman Is protected. suppose
the tariff on lumber should be wiped out
AT one stroke. Could we get lumber for
50 hess? We may differ In our opinion as
to that, but we could get 1t for Less than
we do now. Are we benefited or uoP
Would Il ruin the dealers5
Take
THE TAX on SALT.
Ia anybody benefited except those who
make salt2 Who are they? Substantially
the Kauawha, saginaw, and Syracuse
works-thre1 salt establishments. rms
article cutlrs into the use OF all
mankind, aud nearly all OF tine other AMI
mails. Laughter Certainly meu are
animals, and some of them very poorsp |
clmens at thai, Why should salt claim
the right of prOtect0u2 i said the pro |
tectiye tariff was originally laid upon an
article IN order to enable the manufac-I
turer OF that article to start in business,
or, having started, TO continue he seeks
government help. is 1t not worth while
! to consider whether, In this country any
Industry which cannot take care OF Itself
| by fair, free competition ought not TO 30
TO the WALTZ Applause.
A friend of mlue has given me story
| OF delegation, who wanted to enter on
the manufacture ofcastor oil, going Down
TO congress, and they said, We have been
investigating this subject of the manuiac'
ture of castor oil, and we are
satisfied that 81 ought 10
he made IN this country. You
are aware OF the fact that
among the standard medicines " seems TO
Head sl the rest In every well-regulated
family. Laughter, Now our castor-oil
is for the most pari manuiacturea IN
Spain, the product OF pouper labor,
brought to this country ana sold at 81
per gallon. We have been looking int
the matter, and we had that with q tariff
of S2 per gallon we could enter into its
! manufacture IN this country and make q
= fair proRt, although we have TO compete
+ with the manufactured article OF Spain
q Well, now the congressman is little Ia
.
l bold To announce Il, as he doesn't know
, how the votes viii stand 0t the next cleo
0 ton. He feels his way along and say
r there are some difficulties in TN
b way OF growing the castor'bean
G It's more eXhausting crop thar
y any other, unless it De tobacco
u And then, again, here Is another thing
y represent farming district In Iowa
e Their answer to the FIRST complaint wa
s. this Exhaustlng TO this soil2 Very well
70 that will call Tor more labor to produc
e aud for more fertilizers, and furnish
a. market for che immense amount OF thi
10 that IS being manufactured IN Chicag
II and other points, for which sOillcier
OF demand does not exist, and so encourag
IN that line OF industry Wen, he says, tn
p cArtor bean IN rs growing staie-nearl
m all cattle win eat of it ana Il IL rank 20
r son, An, then, don't you see 1t viii n,
" cessitate the using of fences end make
market for lumber and harhed fence-wir
sud great many men win be employe
III ia this new industry II must be grow
q. IA the agricultural regions, and grei
" many counties are at remote distance
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