Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-28


try Is al evasion d sna fraud upon The
constitution.
In respect W The taxing power a. 70
other greet powers, congress has beer
we'll said W BE- only 3 trustee, and the exer-
else Of that power Tor purposes other
than tbOse Tor which - wae granted -
violation u trust and u the instrument
creating u. u isG proposition which al
will admit aud not one viii DENY, that
congress has no power W prohibit or IN
terfere with By direct legislation the
manufacture u Oleonargarine IN tue
states, yet the advocates " this plll are
sndeayoring W accomplish this very puf-
pose by means oi 8 wrongful sDd fraucu.
lent use u tbe taxing power which vas
vested 10 congress for . wholly different
purpose, to-Wit, that Of raising money -
carry on the government
Revenue Is neither expected nor de-
sired uuder this BIZ n II pssses. The
friends Of the bin, both 10 and oct %
congress, admit the object u the bill "
be ~ destroy the manufacture Of oleC-
margarine, nOt because unWholes0me, be-
cause the bii licenses Il, and thereby ad-
Inits Il 20 be Wbolesome and ~ ~ pc
sold, but Ia the Interest % and for the
benefit aud protection u the butter In
dustry. 20 accomplish this purpose, the
power of the national government ~ m
Yoked % destroy ~ Indirect means ao
established industry 10 the states, which
Is confessedly beyond is reach END out.
eide oi fhe scope Of its jurisdiction by
direct legislation.
This fraud upon the constitution aud
Tue admitted rights Of the states ~
sought 10 be perpetrated for the pr0tec-
ton and building Up u one Industry ~
the destruction u another, This u a
new application " the principle 81 pro.
lection We are familiar With q pro-
tecuye tariff, which leyies high duty on
foreign imports ia order " give q mODOp-
oily ~ the home market 70 domestic
manufacturers, Tor tbe people u this
country have been robbed for more than
hall century under such a tariff, for the
benefit " 4 comparatively few manu-
fAciUr6rs But this tariff does produce
large revenue, and rs repmssiye features
are directed against foreign competition.
The pending bin Tor the protection Of
the dairy interests by the destruction u
the manufacture Oi OleOmarRarlDe turns
the pTiqciple II protection Hgainst The
great body u the American people,
ia behalf u very small proportion Of
batter-makers. The advocates Of the
pending bin invoke nigh taxation, not
for the purpose VI protecting American
labor against foreign competition, but
for the purpose VI striking down and de-
stroying legiumate American Industry,
and the American capital and labor en-.
plOYed IN itj and worse than that, for
tle purpose o. preventing the manufuc-
tIfe u y healthy, nutritious and cheap
food product, needed and desired ny
millions u the American people, who are
not able ~ buy the hignpnced butter,
and all done 10 enrich the people engaged
10 the dairy business.
The high-tanh pr0tectionist effonc-
ously but honestly believes that be
IS protecting and defending all Amer-
can labor aud capital against for.
eign invasion. The nigh.butter pr0JeC-
ZIONIST II making war on both American
labor aud American capital, On both the
manufacturers aud consumers " cleo
margarine
Between the two forms 81 protection,
both Of which are Odi0us 70 me, j ia
Bnitcly prefer that Of the protective tariff,
because tiat Is directed against tor
eigners, while the other IL aimed st nay
own couufrymeu. / challenge success,
ful contradiction when ! assert that he
/ who supports aud advocates this bin can
not without stulufying himself object
either Oh the score Of cODstituti0Bailty or
/ eXpediency 10 a high protective tariff
/ II protection % one domestic industry az
| the expense Of aDother domestic industry
lis constitutional and eXpedient, a
/ fOTtiOn, this protection OF all American
| industries against all foreign industries
/ Is both constitutional and eKpo 1ieDt. The
| tariff protectiOnist lcYies the tax on
I foreign goods regardless VI revenue, ~
I prevent their importation except ~ lin
/ tied quantities The butter prOtecti0Hist
/ under the pending bin mas arranged the
/ tax aud the license fee 10 largely prevent
/ and destroy the manufacture VI oleOmaT
/ gtFine al the same time destroying all
/ hope or prospect oi raising the revenue
I from II which the bin ON ils face fraudu-
/ lently promises 10 collect. ! repeat that
the sole difference between the two
methods Of protection II that one II
leyeled against foreigners and the other
against American interests, and that the
latter ID more obnoxious than the former
No precedent 30 vicious has ever beer
placed on our statuLe-hqok 50 this wll! be
J, II enacted into law. II Is class logisia
ton Of the most pronounced and IA
grant character. Instead Vt leaving ,h,
various Industrial interests Of the coun
Try to seli-sdlustment under the laws d
trade, Of supply and demand, and Ia,
operations Of Individual enterprise, I
will array them against each other IN Tia
halls u congress, the partisans o. eaol
striving 10 gain by legal enactment VIVA
under the laws OF commerce they are un
able 10 reach or 10 hold, Just as The dair,
paope are now striving by this bill L
hold a market which under open compe
tition they admit they are rapidly losing
and this loss Of the market IN the grouD,
np0n which they demand the passage 0
this bill IL does not require the gift o
prophecy 70 fores0o the struggles To oc
cur between rival interests aud opposing
partisans II this course ~ legislation Il
70 be entered upon.
How long will u he before congress Il
called on 10 destroy by taNation cam
/ sugar for tho protection Of beet sugar
! ~ corn tor the protection Of wheat, O
I The raising % hogs for th
protection VI cattle growers, %