Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1886-01-27
PROTECTION AND DEummERs

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PROTECTION AND DRUMnHRs.
BY their fruits you shBll know them
is principle Of very wide application.
A Just and good principle properly put
in operation will produce effects Just
and good like itself. This being go, it
follows that where the application OF
any particular principle fails to bring
out Just and good results. and fails the
more the wider it is applied, that prin'
ciple is neither just nor good. II this
rule Of judgment is applied TO our high
tariff system we see that that system
iGlla 10 stand the ordeal. We put on
tax to make another nation contribute
10 our finances, but that nation intro
duces taxes TO make us pay to its
finances. and then where is the ed.
vantage? II We tax every nation and
every nation taxes uF, are we not neu-
traliEing each others action and remain
In the same position as II there were no
such taxes? When two forces equally
oppose each other the result Is the
same il the two forces we're at rest
without exertion. The wider this sys-
item OF tariff taxing is extended the
m pre- miGehieyous the results when
applied in q narrow way. We may
think we are making something of
given nation, but when the applica-
ton OF the principle is widened by
that nation taxing, no good result fol.
lows, fact which indicates that the
principle is bad and uasound. II
is worth while remembering that
while we think we make something
by taxing the products Of other ma
tons we have RETAINED from apply
ing the rule to our own people. Mich
igan can deal with Illinois without
taxing, but II II deal with Canada,
then tax comes In. Why trade that
is good without tax when effected
between Michigan and Illinois is bad
when effected on the same conditions
between Michigan and Cansda is a
thing not yet developed neither has it
been shown that il IL is good to tax
between Michigan and Canada and
between Texas and Mexico why II 10
not equally good between Texas and
Michigan, Texas taxing Michigan
wheat and fruits and Michigan taxing
Texas cotton and wool. Some people
think il would be as well for one State
TO tax another as TO tax neighboring
nationality, and II tariff taxss are good
things they are as good bet ween States
as between nations. Some Of those
who believed in the national advan.
tage OF extending the blessings OF pro-
lection TO each individual State ingen'
iously did so by taxing any man
, who came from one State to trade
, as drummer in another. To
tax an Illinois drummer was
Of advantage to Michigan AZ
much az 10 tax Canadian lumber Ia an
advantage. Even in the same State
the protection system being good, and
therefore doing more good in proper
ton ss 1t is spread wider, there mus
be benefits In one city taxing another
Why should Q man from Nashville
: sell tobacco In Memphis without pay
Z ing a tax any more than II he came
r from chihuahua, In Mexlco9 Thi'
. extension OF the protective system
8 equity excellent with o!her features o
= that system, Is found to be prohibited
Z by the old.fashioned way Of looking
4 at things established by the constitu
n ton Of the United States. Whethe
A drummers could be taxed has lonI
I been question. The Supreme Coui
Q OF the United States declares tina
I they can, but II adds clause that for
8 bids the application Of the protective
: system between the States. Eacl
: State can tax drummers q
s readily as 1t taxes stores and sa
+ looms, but II cannot limit the taxation
8 to drummers from some other State
g the drummers OF it's own State mus
/. be taxed equally with the drummer
9 from other States. OF course thi
Q makes the il.natured constitution
n probibiter OF State protection, au'
e Michigan is compelled to allow a
d Illinois drummer to do business in II
IL streets as readily as a Michiga
4. drummer. II protection be the blesi
f. ing its disciples claim 1t is absolutel
Z. cruel and damaging to the country
g, interests to forbid one State, or on
Of sily, or one county protecting itse
n. against another, the others drumme
n included