The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-18
THE CHATTANOOGA TINES AN.
SUERED.


IN The S. Louis Convention Judge TwIrr-. Of
Gcouyin, made q yaporous speech on tho tarif Is.
suc 30 which the delegates refused 20 listen.
Among other gmndillolucncc. the Judge emitted
the following
Monopoly has snld 10 tho people of the south
'lou'nr pO0r. build up your factories. diversity !
your Industries. Protection hk made us opulCnL |
u will make YOU 70 likewise" The state Of Gcor |
ga, ain adv vocal with tho music ut l,u1Ou spin |
de. has giNcu back her reply, liftiug nou her |
proud and unhmishud shield, ON which u In |
sflhcd her motto, wisdom. insiicc and moderation
she has said 10 this atiiul bIibc We may bo pour
.mt Nc are unwilling 10 grow rich BY leyying a
tribute upon the people"
The convention was certainly right IN declining
10 be- bored by such dri,cl. such utter nonsense.
Tho South wants ahd viii take NIL she can get
Her people gw no maudlin scntmcntnlist.. nor
too, Hny intelligent s0nihcrncr believe the nrin
his "lcyicd tribute on the people 10 build mp
cln.-cs. We have found hat one southern journal
In our exchange ll,t that indnn-,s the sophomore
highLalutlnr OF the Georgia jurist TiiE MLNrirs
ATRIAL ays II the quotation above.
The litti" baud oi mraicnr protcctionl'i' NJ The
touth urr utterly wiped ont ~ tlo crushing weight
NJ the wor.ls Ia The lat sentence They arr true
words The people oi the south do not want 10
EuW rich 10y lrNihg ulhun Ike ,hlghwal men
utson the struggling Illnesses. the lahoHug aud
Workingmen oi the county. whosu burdens ul tax
alton fhunld be- lghttnNd hn1 not incrclycd
In the arsi place ve inqnirc Who Is aa amateur
ptoteciioni-p What snrt Of porson "a hcf Aud
VIM constitute this little hand Of amnicnui'in the
souih' They must bc very fragile, indeed, u they
were "uttcty vlpcd OUT 10y the untrue aud irothy
rhetoric ui this Gcorsla puucyor Of sentimental
| hrag.
! A. "a ''icv,ine tribute Ike hlrhwnymcn" who
| has done that IN the south or elsewhere pursuant
10 pawcr put into their hands by prntccilonf wcr
the Iron masters Who revived our infant iron In.
du tries In i, ,n--whlch tho revenue lnrln oi 10
~ destroyed "hlghNayncn lcyyins tribute ON
the other interests nj the southf whom have they
plundctcd' What Industry has been weakened by
their lnbors and a,hiC,vmcntsf We want spcCihca
tl1ns windy gcncnlirlng l. oi no account Ar
| Chainnooga. birmingham, ADMISSION, sheffield,
Decatur products IT hirhwayman grc,d' Have tho
young giants NJ irnn. steel and lumber Industry
dwaricl the growth II the nnc aud rich
ami thrifty commercial crutyrf Have Knox
villc Nashville. Memphis and Atlanta
bccn hurt by tho prosperity Of Colum
bus. Augusta, Aiken aud the iron and mining
towns In the fcnncssrc aud Warrior valleys
Ito, the southern farmer cntton planter, trucker
have thc,C tcrn minci ny the hlghwaYmcn VI N,
splndlc. loom nnd inric' Cast ny the balanc,
between southern Interests and GLASSES and tell "a
which has dWindlcd under TIM operations %
the protective mhd Never mind ahou
Twigss' "unumlshcl ,hlcld." iogci momcn
his blathcr about pride and poverty M,
primitive honesty and give ~ the siatlsiic, fact
} | W. call Tor Tell ~ whether the doubling
| oi Iron output In Tennessee aud Alabama In thru,
ycan Impoverished my other part oi the soutl,
: ana who we've hurt ther'hy. Answer whether M
, taxing NJ 5iUo NOV bales OF cotton by southern
mills IN lssd than Ncr taken by them In -
, ! "fohh,d' anybody or nny Interest and II ~ VIII,
. and WHAT Tho Issue l. one Of iact not one q
sentiment an affair oi logic, not oi line phrases
10 ChuiiuHnoJd rHo.
4 We answer and answer promptly. Tn
4 iron interests aud the cotton interests q
p the South have been built mp ~ all inter
. csis arr, by the labor Of the country b!
I the mechanics aud the farmers aud IN,
+ field hands, Capital cuts but apoor 6gur
70 beside the labor that mines the ON
{ and smells and works aud Yields !
into dcsircd shapes. Tho late JOIN
b Roach, who made great fortune b,
I means Of the robbcr tariff, just a
. Carnegie Of tho Edgar Thompson an,
4 other works has done, used TO say tina
4 skilled labor could turn 5000 worth O
II crude iron INTO s1VlVpJ steamship Ia
Il bor made Atlanta aud Is making Chaiia
L nooga. Labor has made and Is maxim
r. Memphis. II Is the labor OF the tohicc,
y and cotton aud rice aud sugar fields tina
), built up aud sustain the South aud whicl
I, pays the protection tax, and II Is labo
l. that makes the colossal fortunes tina
n mark the disparity between the iroi
10 ma,icr and tho iron slave. II |
@ the laborng man who pays the iniamou
70 and indoicnsiblc tariff tax, tax that large
!. ly represents his sweat and agony, almos
Is bloody sweat Judge Twievs was right
d lie was right aud ho did not give way 10
e-i seaimenlalism. lie spoke the truth, tn