The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-02-29


Chauncey ". Depew ought TO be good
indee Of on investment, and he said in Chi
caso Wednesday night that the tariff had
been a good investment for the people OF the
United States.
" The genius Of our scheme of general
government and spirit of our people are hos
tile TO direct taxation for national affairs.
The federal tax sathercr has always provok-
ed friction and lawlessness, even under the
necessities OF war. and his presence at every
door TO levy and take three times the amount
required by the State for home and local
wants would peril both prosperity and 10y
atty. Two hundred aud fiiiy millions OF
dollars dow into the National Treasury an
nually. and under the custom system Of col
lection we are unconscious Of cur burdens,
II is only the necessities Of war which justify
internal revenue taxes, and only conces-
sion of the moral sentiment Of the country
whichpermiis the continuance of any part OF
them. No revenue laws are perfect or per-
nnanent, but in modifying them to meet the
changing conditions of the country, the
principle of ample protection for everything
which cannot be successfully produced or
manufactured on American soil must be
maintained.
" The factory doubles the value Of the ad-
Joining farms for the farmers, whose tariff
exactions are too small to be calculated
Beside the mill grows the village, and the
resistless energies of American development
burst the village bounds and build the West
ern city. To this new mart the railroad Is
constructed almost with the speed of is
moving trains, and the cheap and quick COM
munieation between country and city furn-
ishes new solvents for the safety in the pros
perity of the country. Protected opportun-
i,v has developed our incalculable natural
resources and enabled Us to manufacture IN
iron. glass. cotton and wool ~ well any ma
lion in the world. and more cheaply, save
only in wages If,he duty on importations
i the bounty TO labor which lfis it above
the degrading and dangerous conditions of
Europe. and enables our artisans to retain
their self respect and independence, it is the
republics best investment.
Celebrating here to-day the one hundred
and fifiy-sixth anniversary Of Washington's
birth, and recalling the influence Of his vic
tories in war, his counsels IN convention. bis
acts as President # the republic, and his
matches character, the visible results of
the policy inaugratci by the first exercise Of
his executive approval are the most marvel
ous. The purely agricultural States which
formed his conlederacy have become the
foremost region Of the world in the variety
the usefulness and the volume Of It's manu-
factures and the fertility OF its inventive
genias Paying IFS labor fiity per cent. more
than the rest of The world, il produces the
food the clothing and the household effects
which the laborer uses cheaper than the
oldernations and the surplus Of wages flow
ing into the savings banks are finally invcs
ted in homes, and in the multitude of home
steads is the greatest safety Of society and
the state.
'The United States IS the granary, the
workshop, the political hope of the world
1t can largely feed and in the interchanges
of trade supply many other material wants
Of the peoples who are inspired by its sue
cessful liberty to strive for better govern
meni and nobler lives. lis vast network of
railways, its lakes, rivers and canals carry
commerce Of inca,culable value, and Its sur
plus above our home consumption is to be
the growing element ofour national wealth.