The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-24
THouaHrs on TIE TARIFF

| THOUGHTS ON THE TARIFF
The speech Of the Hon. S. S. Cox, OF
New York, in advocacy OF the Mills Tariff
Bill, was remarkable for scholarship, cru
dition, logic and wit. II occupies many
pages OF the Record, the members Of the
House eagerly extending his time and con-
stantly urging him TO elaboration. II twas,
probably, the most entertaining speech de-
livercd, as II was the most comprehensive
in lis scope, and the most notable for
lis phllosophic treatment OF the great ques-
ton. TnE ArPEAL has gone over II, and,
with great care, collated many Of his hap
piest expressions, and submits them here
with, believing that in so doing Il produces
a campaign. document OF the greatest value
10 the cause Of tariff reform:
What Is businessG IL Is the adaptation OF
means 10 an end; the employment OF three
fnctors for the general and individual wei
fare Of the people. These factors are labor,
capital and land.
In spite Of certain forms Of monopoly
which are fixing themselves upon our land
In the shape Of cattle kings railroad grants,
and absentee landlorlisni. we are compam-
lively free from the fcudality. primogcni-
tive succession aud other aristocntic and
exclusive privileges Of other countries.
The sheer against scholastlcs and doctrin-
aires comes from ignorance Of the very phil
osophy Of economy and Legislation
The same law o. induction, by which Lord
Iiacon, after experiment, gcncrallzed applies
a. we'll 10 political a. 10 physical science. IL
has been said that Lord Bacon In his NO
yum Organum" made possible the discovery
Of the circulation Of the blood, the steam
engine, electric mo,ers, aud all those forms
and forces Of invention which have changed
the industries Of the world, and given 10
civilization IT, advancement. II Il only
when these laws are violated that man ret
rogradcs, or II he does not rctrogradc, he
simply marks time and does not march.
Our tariff makes horses and hoofs free while
Il taxes the worl Of God The devil Is In
that, but only little devil. II Is when he
adds 10 the tar that goes 10 the treasury the
robbcrics outside that the wor, begins.
The devil Is never dressed up 70 elegantly
a. when he appears a. protcctionlsL
"oh. how l. the devil dre-se.ii
lie l. drrscd IN bis sunday hest,
With his scarlet coat and hrccches Of blue,
IN, there Il hole ioT The tail 10 como through" "
II e. said that when tho devil walked the
earth In full dress he took much delight Ia
seeing q cunning old lawyer cheating by
statute II he had only known the compli.
Gated machinery Of the tarinr, al yalorcm and
specific, mixed on his own dress by the
square inch aud by the thread. he would
have enjoyed Car more the legislative cheat
II Il Said Of the infant Hercules that when
he was sucked by his mother that he pulled
70 hard that he spilled the tactical fluid and
produced the milky way In the heavens
Hercules Is pennsylvania.
God never made an independent man nor
, allowed an independent nation Men ant
4 nations must lean upon each other. Tn,
. very variety Of the growth Of nations with
, the staple of every roil make II the duty o.
Legislators 10 exclude monopoly from IN,
Q family Of nations a. rclhshneN from th'
I family Of individuals
Z No man with particle Of reasoning IN M
4 composition can Say that abundance Il
curse or scarcity blessing.
Q The degradation Of our commerce was llk,
/, the obscualon Of star IN the sky. II wa
not partial but total eclipse. alost Plcia'
without even the phantasy Of a nebulou
9 cloud 20 rca~urc Us Of the return Of on
Q days Of commercial pride ON the seas
> -Four hundred years ago Columbus set Il
d the forehead Of his time the jewel Of Eliza
n beth, the Catholic, by tho discovery @
% America. -Four hundred years ago the re-,
man held undisputca and barbarlc swa,
y over the vast region embraced within on
g limits, Out Of this wilderness has ariscl
Il from the loins Of the old world natiol
n who rejoice aud boast Of their liberties.
% Whenever you diminish the abundance o
,. thing which minister 10 our necessities,
q Is like in,erposing desert swamp. an an
4, bridgcd sirvam. or bad road road bctwcc
the producer aud consumer Noroad At al
u isa proldbitory duty. Twenty per ccnl
1 duty "a like bad road: 10 per cent 4
" corduroy rad. 90 per cent like broad dee
n and rapid unbrideed rivcr. and 90 per cen
like a swamp thanking the riverai both side
white 100 per cent. as lesicd upon steel rail
N blankets and window GAS, is band Of b.