The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-02-03
now PROTECTION PROTECTS.

Shbfes1 toat sikttt ol py many haF0&aANst ~
a protectlvop policy, and protection Is base.
ly prostituted to lntolerable extortion and
monopoly. Wherever projection ia main
tanned In excess OF the full difference be.
tween the wages Of labor at home and
abroad In the production OF the competl.
tive articles, the true theory Of protection
Il abandoned and amost wise policy i de.
formed and degraded 10 make the nispy
suffer tsr the benefit Of the few This now
alarming abuse that IL paralyxIng some of
our most important industries Is pointed
ly illustrated In the Various trusts or com.
bInss now organized throughout the coun-
try to advance the cost of the neeessaries
of life and business and practice oppress.
I've extortlon upon consumers.
1.-THE siacere friends OF American In
dustry would protect protection they nuet
promptly separate II from the extortion Of
trusts and monopeilsts. II can survive
the hostility Of open, manly foes Il ean
not survive the suicidal blows Of those
who use protection only TO abuse II by the
arbitrary oppression Of consumers thst
would not be tolerated In despotic Russia.
OF these trusts or combines which are now
hanging like mIllstones about the neck Of
protection, the steel rail- trust Is the most
defiant Of common fairness and most false
to the protection that created 1t and gave
millions Of profits to It's investors. Under
open home competition, steel rails were
sold At Sal per ton, and then sold at profit
to all who were properly equIpped for
producing them but all the steel mills
arc now united In trust sf combine and
the price demanded for stsel rails l. SO.
The high protection need 10 dsyelep
this important iadusiry Il now not needed,
but II still remains IN eur tariff laws and
the manufacturers combine and put mp
the cost OF their product TO the outside
price that will exclude foreign Importa-
ton. The result IL the obviously just re.
fusaI Of railways to buy steel rails, and the
combined manufacturers have closed their
mills and thrown their labor cut OF em.
ployment, TO eoeree consumers 20 pay an
extortion of ten dollars or more a ton to
crafty organized greed.
There IL only one way 10 protect protre.
ton against such aagrant wrongs from It's
own benehciaries,and that Is by proposing
the entire suspension Of all impers duties
on steel rails for period of cay sixty days
from given date. and thus give the stael
rail combine the choice between = broken
monepoiy trust er free steel rails 10 sup.
ply the needs of the coantry. Some bold
and sincere friend Of protection should Al
once ofIcr joint resolution In Congress
In substance as fellows
Efesolund. That all impert duties levied
upon foreign steel rails by any Law or laws
| of the United States be and the same are
hereby declared TO be suspended for the
period Of sixty dayg from the fsf day Of
March next, and all steel rails imported
during said period of sixty days shall be
admitted free Of duty Ia ell parts Of the
United States.
No honest friend Of protection to Amer
lean industry could consistently yete
against the foregoing resolution. The ar.
bitrary advance Of the price Of steel rails.
when improved machinery has eheapea-
cd the cost Of labor In producing steel
more than II has been cheapened In any
other industrial enterprise, is not only at.
terly indefensIbic, but II Is the yeriest
mockery of protection TO labor, and the
deadliest foe Of the protective policy BY
exhibiting only the most monstrous abuses
Of which II Is capable. Public improve.
mcnts have been halted and industry has
been made Idle by excessive duties upon
steel rails and the greed OF the steel COM
bine that exacts the last dsllar OF extor-
tionate tribute from consumers that the
tariff laws will permit.
Protection must be promptly and fear
lessly protected against those It has Great
ed and given riches In abundance, and the
place to begin Is to protect protection
against the steel rail combine. II can be
done at once, without waiting for tariff
revision, by joint resol ution Of Congress-
suspending all duties on steel rails for
sixty days, beginning month or so
hence. Such resolution passed by the
House would give ample opportunity to
the steel trust TO open Its mills, employ it'
industry and offer It's products at about
$50 per ton, which would be a generous
profit on the actual cest and II the ex
tortienate trust abandoned the warfare oi
greed against tie protection that creates
It for the common good, the resolution
could be halted or, II passed, It could bs
rescinded before the date fixed for the free
importation of steel rails.
We now have trusts and combines OF
every side, and they are costing consum
ers millions every month. II not arrest
ed by tariff legislation they will soor
sweep the whole protective policy from
our revenue laws, and the foremost In thi
crusade of monopolIsts is the trust tina
controls the steel rail market. II i
against such benefciaries of pretectiar
that protection must be protected, and tn.
short and easy way to do 1t Is for Congress
to move at once fer the suspension of al
import duties on steel rails. What pro
tectlonist will have the courage to come
to the front to protect protection by offer
ing a joint resolution such as Is herein
before indicated, to break the most insol
ent and extortienate Of the many trusts
which new shame protection by the most
Aagrant abuse of It Where Is Kelley
where is Randall
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Senators Riddlebergeh Stanford and
Stewart, the three republican Senators
whe veted to confirm Judge Lamar,are de
serving of much credit for their patriotic