Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-10-19

trust) or, to go back, "whiskey
costs 10 cents gallon to make. The tax
is 80 cents gallon. But this tax is not
payable till the end of three years. Mean
time the whiskey is carefully taken care
of by the government in its bonded ware
houses. At the end of that time the bar
rel of whiskey, which cost the owner
$3.50, has come to be worth S43."
Precisely what Mr.. Stewards objection
here is, we do not see, whether moral or
financial or both or neither. We wait for
information.
After uttering it he drops down into
some sensible remarks and says, contra
dieting any possible meaning of his pre-
vious words: "The thrd-party people
are in error, though, in assuming that a
permit. 1t is, in truth, merely mode of
restraint. 1t is wrong to treat practi-
cal question, like this of restraining the
liquor traffic, in a sentimental way. If
you cannot successfully cope with the
drink evil by prohibition, then 60 at it by
license
In the latter part of his remarks Mr..
Stewart amuses himself in suggesting
number of different ways in which the
Democratic majority of Congress might
have spent the surplus if they would.
We have never yet understood that there
was any difficulty in getting rid of
nln 4 nnn ~ tnd m lie fat t,1
very much to their credit, and will be
credited to them by large proportion of
voters, if the Democratic Congressman
have prevented the squanderng of the
public funds, as we are lead to under
stand by Mr.. Stewards remarks that they
have.
The following extract from a speech of
Sir Lyon Playfair, NJ. p, to his constitu-
ents. at Leeds, England, is well worthy
of an Americans thought, and the out
rageous policy of a tax on iron, to the
absolute destruction of our COM
merce for the benefit and the sole
benefit of few wealthy men, that it
speaks of, and which the Republican par
ty, controlled by these same men and
their friends, is striving with all its might
to maintain, utterly regardless of the de-
struction of our nations flag upon the
ocean. This, too, is worthy of an Ameri-
cans thought. How long, oh farmers,
will you be deceived? Laborers,w I'VE don't
believe, will be deceived at all, and the
farmers cannot much longer, nor the
leaders of the Republican party dare con
tinue to oppose a reduction, and, as soor
as possible, adjustment of duties that
lead to such outrageous results:
''Instead of dwelling longer on thi;
point it will be more useful if | employ
the remainder of my time in examining
the experience of protection in America
from which place l have lately returned
l used my opportunities to obtain thu
: best knowledge from both sides. l spen
a week with the chairman of the protec
ton league, another week with the larges
landowner in wheat-growing district
and | attended various meetings and din
ners of commercial clubs and trade so
cieties. In spite of all attempts t
convert me am free-trader still. Tn
United States is at once a country o
complete internal free trade and of for
eign protection. AS free trade coun
try it consists of thirty-eight States ant
several Territories containing sixty-fou
million people. Excluding Alaska, tn
area of this free-trade nation is thirt
: times as large as that of the United King
dom, and it has potentiality of produc
ton suited for at least ten times its pres
: ent population, which you know is rapid
: increasing by immigration. All throug
4 this vast country unlimited internal fire.
i trade exists. No State can put up Gus
toms barrier against another, so this CON
pact group of United States differs YER
much from the relation which Englan
holds to her sixty-seven colonies an
u possessions, for many of them do charg
! protective duties against English mani
a features. The material interests of tn
thirty-eight States are far from being idei
L teal. Thus the manufacturing interest
S of the New England States come int
/, sharp rivalry with those of the Souther
o States, but no protection to either grou
e is allowed on this account. As a natio
g the United States offers an admirable e.
ample of the benefits of free trade.
II has risen to this prosperity chiefly b
II this internal freedom of trade in grow
IS ing country, and it will continue to pro
e per as long as its manufactures do NJ
IS glut the internal market-that is, unit
Is their production does not exceed the d.
'e mands of the population with its impo
e tant annual increment.
son the other hand the United State
v is land of protection against all foreie
V nations, and let us see how this work
IS All trades are not protected against IL
n foreigner. Even now there are only tv