The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-06-01


Mr.: Chairman. we have heard % much abou
taria taxation upon the people one woul'
almost suppose that s!l our States and school
and road taxes were the result OF the tariff
while the fact Is, there IL not one penny levies
upon any man or his property BY the taiii
outside Of the importer Of foreign goods. 70,
may say the results ere the same 40 . tax OF
the people, but II 10 not . tax on the people
and we think we are prepared to show tina
neither the results nor principals involved IN
the same a. tax. No one. I presume. disputes
on imported goods for purposes ofrsvsu.s. Is,
| the protection Of American manufactures, fol
the regulation Of commerce with foreign
ana tss
language Of the Constitution and by acts Of
Congress: passed during its first session, while
nearly al were yet living who had been mem
ed our present national compact, while many
OF these makers Of the Constitution were also
members OF Congress, and, too, while Wash.
ingtOn, who hal been president OF the cOnsti.
tuti0nal convention, was also President of the
United States.
But yOu say ''The amount paid for the admls.
sion OF the goods Is added to the price Of the
goods. and that the consumer pays Il, and this
Ikpow q certain county wherein the farmers
believed they were paying too much for goods.
They organized q cooperative association,
rented house, hired . foreman and clerk, and
below what they had been paying for them.
Dare any one say that because the hire Of the
foreman and clerk aud the rent Of the house
were computed in fixing the selling prices OF
the goods those items were tax on the stock
holdersa Any business man would say that
those items were part OF the expense In bus
inees tran sactiOn for saving or making money.
National Government, entered into . business
argument wherein they proposed to lay duties
on all foreign goods which came into COMPETE
ti0n with our own productions.
Under that system such goods have gradual
" grown cheaper, year BY year. until an aver
age reduction In prices OF Is per cent has been
reached. Our own manufacturing enterprises
nave been stimulated and developed, higher
degree OF skill has been attained In every de-
partment, and as result OF this American sys-
tenn we have this magnificent reduction in the
any man call that taxP It would be the sheer r
est nonsense, and have no better name than
tWaddle for such TRADE. 1t falls beneath the
dignity of argument. We are told, however,
that the reduction in the prices Of goods is due
to the invention Of machinery. DO gentlemen
stop to reflect that the progress Of inventiOn is
the result OF desire to cheaper production
tariff 10 as great . stimuant to the inventor as
1t is to the manufacturer.
Will any man assert that the recent discover
les and inventions for the manufacture Of sugar
from sorghum would have been made had there
been no protection on sugar? know some
thing Of the gentleman to whose efforts we are
indebted In great measure for the develop
that he spent line fortune Of his own and risk
ed all that he could get from others, and as q
last resort came to Congress and through the
Committee Of which am a member got further
assistance Will any one tell me that that man
would have done and risked all that have
mentioned had sugar not been on the protected
list It was because 1t was there and because
remain there; In other words, because he be-
lleved that there was fortune for him In the
manufacture of sugar, that this work has been
accomplished. Thus 1t will be seen that pro-
tectiYe tariff stimulates invention. Uuder its
influence the greatest proficiency has been at
tanned In machinery and saving methods.
Mr.. chairman, men have almost recklessly
invested their money in manufacturing enter
prses during the last twenty-fv years. They
have done SO because OF their belief that they
would have not so much high market to sell
n 90 fair and steady market, and that their
shield of protection by which at no time could
designing capital Of Europe crush them by
combined movement. Under this benign in
and millions Of men employed directly and in
directly. One invention has been added to an
other, waste and loss have been reduced to q
Sy the Of
has sprung up on all sides. wages h have gone
up and prices Of goods have gone down. As a
people we are to-day making |
such rapid strides that unless some untOward
such as is implied in the Mills bill.
overtake us We shall within decade lead ali |
the nations Of the earth. |
That frightful surplus Is accommodating in the |
Treasury no one will deny. So far a. IL has ac-
through the duties of foreign i'm
hs Is inc result OF our natural relations
wise unless we choose to foregO all advantages |
arising from orr isolated condition, the value
p our country to foreigners as o market, and
he general prosperity Of all who trade with us.
10 stop the flow of money to the Treasury
would be like stopping the flow Of blood to the
leart ana the result much the same. The REM
n sending it out again through the proper
'hannels to perform its functions among the
'eople; not by spending like silly children, but
y wise ana judicious Investments. What
would good business man do were he so for
innate as to accumulate In hts safe few thous-
md dollars more than he needs for current
'utlay? lfhe were doing business in a rented
which would be an honor to himself and an or
lament to his town and the erection of which
would give employment to the laboring men Of
Fortiications should be erected on our sea-
cast TO protect our cities In case Of war. I do
ot believe In war, and 10 means Of discour-
ging war want to put ourselves in such .
onditi0n that no nation will consider lie safe or
rontable to make war upon us. would build
navy worthy Of the great people that we are
a would be prepared to demand that all in
irrational differences be settled by peaceable
rbitration. l would encourage and foster the
merchant marine by granting bounty for every
easue steamed or sailed In carrying the United
iently ample to carry our mail and establish
ur trade In every nook and corner Of the earth
am sick Of this cant about the tariff DESTROYING
nl carrying trade and thus our merchant ma
Inc. Our carrying trade to-day Is, according
2 2 me report OF the Secretary OF the Treasury,
! 400 .OcO, 600 annually, whereas 1t was $500.
0,oOO In ls6O, an increase Of nearly 800 per
Mr.. Chairman. the carving trade Ia oil
lght. The only trouble is that 1t is carried in
ritish vessels. The British built and armed
ar. and under the guise Of Confederate cruis-
rs and under the protection Of the Confederate
az they burned, or drove under foreign flags,
le whole OF our merchant marine and they
re now exacting from this country SI5O, Co.,
y annuallyfOr having thus successfully usurp-
l our carrying trade Mr.. Chairman, l want {
see the National Treasury respond literally
ster our merchant marine, which, BY proper
would be able to do its full
rare o! the worlds traffic and secure its full
.oPortion Of the worlds wealth and lay 1t
l would see every soldier who served our
In the hour Of her dire distress, or his
idow. placed upon the pension roll at fair
After what have now enumerated, or even
III OF IT, In the way Of appropriate expendi-
re mas been provided for. there will be no oc-
rid Of the surplus as the democrats OF old
rned their barns to get clear of rats Every
llar Will be placed ID circulation among the
ople, and that, too, through the hands OF
1se who work for wages. All business will
;efve new impetus and all departments Of r,
iustry will flourish with new born prosper u
hope, Mr.. Chairman, that the time Is near
hand when every American will fully realize
Importance OF maintaining our American
'tective system, and when the laborer, the
'ltalist the farmer, and the banker, the mer- i
mt and the manufacturer may ali unite to
use.J