Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1888-05-04

Mr. Rfaine-why, sir. your own stats
is protected in iron to the amount of mil
lions of dollars moro on that single articls
than Maine ever received on all her products
together.
"Mr. Cox-It does not necessarily follow
that I am to stand up for ono particular
interest in my State II I deem It against
me general interests Of the whole State,
or initiates Just principle OF taxauon.D
hese views of public duty on these
difficult subjects / commend to younger
members, They did not embarrass me
either as member from agricultural
ONO or commercial New York. Indeed.
oeneve they sent me to Congress again
ana again from the great metropolis
tApplause.)
Some members here are unequal to the
effort, or are reluctant to attempt to
make local sacrifices for the general
good. My commission is - a Repre-
sentative Of the United States from New
York and not for New York Applause
Members admit that there are certain
productions which upon principle should
not have protection; but they declare
that they will make reprisals Tor the
clamors and eXactlolo of the tariff in
other matters where they are unprotect-
ed. L have inveighed against this system
as mutual brigandage and the reciprocity
Of robbery. Applause and hughter.)
Our tariffs illustrate this in every
para graph; Kentucky wants cheap
copper stills for her whisky. She gets
manding tariff on hemp. Now, hemp
is TO be on the free list then. why not
copper? Maine steals on lumber to
mako up for the Massachusetts rcguery
on fabrics. Massachusetts howb for
cheap coal: Pennsylvania says no and
SO massachusetts, goes out with Home
Market Club, and knocks down the
M IN 70 81 half
their gains on corn and raw cotton.
Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina,
being fieeced all around in clothing,
at cent a pound. Laughser.j Cali
fornia demands large reprfsal for her
on salt by New York, West Virginia
Ohio and Michigan. The Gull States
form . band OF brigandS, and march
forth with precious little hope for any
steal worth the powder; but being re-
duced to the extremitaeA they call on
Fra Diavalo from Louisiana to lead
against the robber gang Of cut-throata
vanis, the Robert Macaire Of the lot
steals boldly on all articleA from . plato
glass to locomotive; and to make up
for tho general loss the Northwest
masks herself behind her forests and
demands timber reprisals; and so on:
Nothing is sacred. Even the corsets OF
Connecticut, around which hover so
the brier-wood pipes Of Father knicls-
erbocker, are not safe from the inter-
changeable piracies Of the tariff.
daughter and spplausel Oh, the
beauty Of reciprocal rascality. laugh
teri
N IT ROBBERY On oo,nuxIsA
Gentlemen seem to take umbzage b.
cause we call thes tariffs which take
from one class to give to another rob
the statement that the right Of property
is violated by cheating, stealing. rob
bery. or violation Of contract; and uni
versally, Just as these crimes prevail
production languishes. industry dimin-
ishes, the richest soil fails the impover-
ished Inhabitants. But when Govern
ment lays its powerful grasp on tho
property on favored enterprises, It Is
none the less robbery and communism
because done under the forms Of law.
Oh, but tho gentleman from Ohio
lMr. Butterworth) says 1t 10 not . tax,
only Q trade regulatieoH QAuGhter.l
Tho suave expression. trade feEuia|
tion,s sounds pretty, hue II 10, al the
same. . tax. and something Verse.
IS IT DUR0LARYi
0uV s0Pt NE. CuIrm1u, 4 enSuto
apologize / must be decor0us. uAush4
teY.l L. is mot robbery Since the
tarlf forces taxes from ono person to
give to another by lndirection, BY .
sleight of-hand manipulation, - II not
merciful to cali it BY another name
than robbery All. sir. IL is done in
the night session Laughto,., 1t. Is
when asleep and in thar homes Some
folks would call II burglary. laugh
liamentAry. IAughteN) Therefore !
call it trade regulation. Hsqght~.l
have read q volume BY NJ Hue, Q
Catholic priest, who, dressed in tho
yellow robes. travelled through 1hibet
soriptions Of the then strange land Of
the Grand Llama. Among other DE-
scriptions Il quote from memory II that
Of an adventure in the Thibettan noun
tains:
AN EUPHKNIsN-"TnAD1 REGULATION"
A brigand meets the priest upon the
road. The brigand does not point .
pistol at his breast nor draw . knife.
He says with perfect courtesy:
Venerable elder brother. 10 p
cold to-day in the mountains. I would
Ike the loan Of thy cloak
And again:
Beloved friend, doss thou mot Sc
that am tired with wallingf Thy
horse, II thou pleasest.s
This is trade regulation" IN the hind
Of the Grand Llama. Great laughter.)
But the great bulk Of our tariff lar
cenies is done in tho night season |;
and II DR.. Wayland and other writers
be correct beyond cavil these unequal
unlawful and outrageous taxes are fat
burglary. l beg pardon-I will again
use the language Of my friend from
Ohio, used in this House, and not in
Canada-it is not taxation. It 70 Q
little trade regulation" BY which
Ohio IL made magnificent and prosper
GUS at the expense Of our Southern
SUN AND COAL.
Gentlemen complain that this II .
radical bill to ruin our industries.
How can this be? Why, the sun and
his kindred elements are regarded as
aliens against which we must have pro-
lection and prohibition Coal is left
of Of tho free list, although ready to
drop into our ships from the cliffs Of
factories of New England.
MIR. Chairman, l once had occasion
here to improve upon one Of Bastiat's
fables so as to apply 1t to our country,
but l did not then know that the story
had basis in fact. NJ Rouviere, latc
Prime Minister OF France, in . speech
IN 1882, ! think, said that the tallow
chambers Of France-good, kind, simple
neutrality-suspicious. the Chamber
Of Deputies to suppress gas Why ?
Because it would ruin their business.
With this new light ! beg to repeat
the analogue, with my own comments.
and to print Bastiat's petition as an
addendum to my remarks.
Mr.. Bastiat's petitioners desired to
suppress sunlight They were protec-
tionists Of the genuine type. They de-
manded that the authorities should close
all windows and skylights, inside and
outside. all shutters, curtains, blinds,
bulls'-eyes, openings, chinks, clefts, and
assures, whereby the sun enters to the
disad,.anfarH OF tho manufacturers of