San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-10-11
NUMBER Al.
A-Plea for Direct Trade.
For the FREE Pnxss.

For the FREE PREss.
"While the lamps hold out burn
the vilest sinner may return, also the
most reckless member OF the u. S.
senate il he could sum up courage
and charity enough for his oppressed
fellow creatures, the laboring peop-
10, who by the sweat of their brow,
have made oil the wealth and luxur-
les he has enjoyed all his life. He
possibly may return, but how can he
hope to return, when he is boarding
up his thousands by oppresaing the
poor laborer Of his just rights, after
he has labored 30 hard to make q
competency for tho support of his
family to crafty his selfish disposi-
ton? II there is any honor in the U.
8. senate it must be in the minority.
The majority have turned deaf ear
to the many appeals to their con.
sciences to give some relief to the op-
pressed laborers by reducing the tariff.
The treasury is full and overAowing
with surplus money, after congress
has squandered and wasted a great
deal to no benefit to the government
are still holding on to this surplus,
and accommodating about 80 millions
per month, and about 1873 millions
lying idle in the treasury which
should be in the hands of the owners
that paid it to the treasury, when it
was not needed by the government,
and is held there as o corruption
fund.
We will make another appeal. Why
not reduce the tariff to the standard
of sufficient amodnt to support the
government economically administer
cd not extravagantly administered as
heretofore, but economically admin
istered.
We will have to answer the ques-
ton, congress will not do 1t; the ques
ton is easily answered, the monopoly
of the northern states are too much
interested in the tariff to reduce it.
They receiye several times as much
by the tariff as the government does;
we pay them the same rate Of tariff
on their goods that we pay on i'm
ported goods and consume great
deal more of their goods than we do
OF imported goods. It is said we
have free trade between the states,
but we are paying the same tax on
the state goods, that we are paying
on the imported goods, and they re-
fuse to reduce the tariff on imported
goods. We do not propose to reduce
the tariff on their goods, but on i'm
ported goods, and If they can sell
their goods with this duty on them
let them do 80; they must have pro-
lection, what right have they to
claim protection from the laborer,
that makes all that is made, the mat
erial, the subsistence, the manufact-
uring and all the hardship OF pro-
ducing the material, and then pay
them At per cent tariff for manufact-
uring the material more than it can
be manufactured for in Englandi
There is one alternative left u.s.
that is to open direct trade with
England, we have large per cent
of the material in the southern
states to export, and we could pro-
baby realize some benefit by direct
trade in the southern states, although
we would have to pay the AZ per cent
it would increase the trade in short
time and also the duty, that we would
be compelled to reduce the revenue
to the necessities Of the government,
and then we would be released from
paying At per cent to our own mono
polists, tariff duty, they have no
right to claim off OF citizens Of q sis,
ter state.
No other occupation claims tariff
for protection and has as much right
to it as the manufacturers.
Under the present status it would
bo much better for us to support the
government by direct tax than by the
present tariff rates, the tariff OF AZ
per cent on the imports is more than
is needed to support the government
but pay at least four times as much
TO protect our monopoly. III mono
poly can not stand without protection,
let it fall, and build up institutions
that can stand without a prop.
The farmer has TO stand without Q
prop and all the combinations and
trusts are doing all they can TO down
him, but their rascalitY has only ex-
aspe rated them TO unite more firmly
in self defense.
Mr.. Cleveland has proved TO be o
faithful, true and trusty friend 10 the
laboring people, and has done more
for them, than any president has in
many years. Come ye oppressed and
cast your votes for Cleveland, or you
will regret IL, the remainder Of your
rfe. Come out from among the
wicked and let your JOY be known.
MoEE LIsHT.
The Bee Line railroad has III
crooks in H. A bee which cant ay