The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-20

loose upon tho markets OF the world,
where, according TO the learned chairman,
they were TO reap larger wealth and pile
up statlier millions.
II the President was right, and gentle.
men did not dare TO doubt him, an annual
tribute was paid protected manufacturers
out OF the pockets OF the people more inn
poverishng than ever was exacted by an
oriental despot. In the face OF duty TO free
the people from this iron yoke you gentle.
men stand higgling about the amount OF
the tribute. Instead OF $l7 for every 500,
they proposed TO give $40 of tho peoples
money and throw into the trade the mark
cts OF the world. II il were q tribute, be
bold and sweep IL away. Why did they
hesitate? Was II because they dared not
be caught lowering the wages of the labor
ing men who have votcs2 Have tho cour-
age OF your leaders convictions, for has
not the gentleman from Texas, godfather of
this bill, who has promised to bring IL up
in thenurture and admonition OF the Lord,
loudly proclaimed TO the open day that
tariffs have nothing TO do with wagos2 Is
II out OF mercy to the capitalists that you
falter2
DO YOU say there Is capital invested un-
those who have invested it2 Whether
faith should be kept with such vampires
is for you TO say. But surely no better
faith need be kept than TO pay back every
cent they have invested. II the President
be right, and John Randolph Tucker be
right, II the honorable and gallant member
be right, II j. 5, Moore, who fixes the trib-
ute in 1882 at $1,000, 100000 more
than any OF us, be right, II they all be
right then every year moro than
81 900, 100000 Dome out Of the people
for these men. lilo did not purpose 20 de-
fend protection. Its vast growth within
the last quarter OF century defends IL
better even than eloquent orations. TWAS
born with the republic. II was the faith
and practice OF every every civilized nation
under the sun save one. IL had survived
the assaults OF all the professors Of the
"dsmal science" called political economy.
II had stood up against all the hall knowl-
edge OF learned men who never had sense
enough TO transmute their learning into
wisdom. On the face OF the earth today
there were but two sets OF people
who believe in free trade, whether pure
aud simple or distinguished IA revenue 10.
former, and those two are the masked
majority OF the committee on ways aud
means and their followers and the united
kingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland
with Ireland suppressed. Russia. the
granary OF Europe, had abandoned FREQ
trade, with the striking result that whore
as, in 1876, before the duties were raised,
she bought SO0,OO0,0OO pounds Of British
metals and paid therefor so, 900, 600; she
got the same quantity in 1854 aud paid
only Sl70O0,0OO for It. Austria, Germany,
Italy, Mcxicoand the Dominion OF Canada,
that child OF Britain herself, had all join
cd the army OF protection. TWAS the In.
stinct Of humanity agninstt the assumptions
OF the bookmen, 1t was the wisdom vi the
race against the wisdom OF the few. Man
derived his greatest power from hiA asso-
citation with other men, hiH union with his
fellows. Whoever considered the human
being ns creature aione, by himscl
isolated aud separated aud tried tocomprc
hcnd mankind by mathomatically adding
these atoms together. had utterly
fniled To comprehend the human race and
it, tremendous mission.
Sixty millions even 81 such creatures
without association were only M many
beasts that perish. But GO.OOO,00 II men
welded together by national brotherhood.
each supporting, sustaining and buiifcss.
ing the other, were SURF conquerum OF all
mighty powers oi nature, which alone con-
stilulc the wealth OF this world. The great
blundcr OF the professor of political econ
omy was that lac treated human beings nA
VI every man wcrc 20 many iootp0unds
such fraction Of horse power. Tor a
nation 10 got out OF itself or out OF iis earth
all the wealth there was In both II was not
necessary for the nation 10 buy cheap or
sell dear. That concerned individuals
alone. What concerned the nation was
how 10 utilize all the work there was In
men both Of muscle and brain, Of body
aud Of soul, In the great enterprise
Of getting In motion the ever gruiuiious
forces Of mature. Here In the United
States were 10000, 900 people with all the
various characters their numbers indicate.
Some had faculties NJ for farming, some
for the management Of machinery, some
for invention. The problem before Con-
grcss was what system would gct from MI
these creatures, 10 different from each
other, the maximum Of work and wealth
aud wisdom. There was only ono way 10
get the best work out Of mon, aud that WIS
10 give each the work he can do best.
You can only accomplish this by diycrsl-
iying industry. 10 diversity industry
completely In q country such M ouu, there
was but ono way given under heaven
among men. To enable the American
people themselves 10 supply all their wants
you must give and assure 10 the American
people the American markets. What did
this phrase mean Ia practical liici II
means that We, the nation, say 10
.saF.tNul hNUNHla.Fl afnFaNasNI la tho
manufacture Of such and such
articles. and you shall have a
market 20 the extent Of tho wants oi the
American people" Capital then nays 10
labor, Go with me into this new field, all
OF Won who like this work best, and We
viii share the results" Then began n
now industry. Multiply this by hundreds
and YOU had n community where every
man honestly minded would get on the
whole what suits him best, and the nation
would got the greatest amount Of work
from the greatest number.
Continuing, Mr.. Reed said. "Monop.
oly," said Horace Greeley q doctor VI
laws aud once n candidate Of the Demo.
cratic party for the presidency "monop.
oily H., perhaps, tho most perverted and
mlappliCd word In our muchabuaod
mother tongue" How very tame this
language IL. suppose that during tho
ten years last past I have listened la this
hall 10 moro idiotc nying. moro pcstiicr
Gus rant ON that subject than on all the
others put together. And yet do not r.
grct il. What beautiful sight Il u 10 se,
The revenue reform orator 90 into
action against monopoly. Nelson, ~
he stood blazing with decorations
on the deck Of the Victory, or the fatal dag