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

none the less robbery because done under
the form OF law.
Why, the sun and its kindred elements are
regarded as aliens against which we must
have protection and prohibition. Coal is
left off Of the free list although ready 10 drop
into our ships from the cliffs of Nova Scotia
to give caloric to the factories OF New
England.
These same sunbeams when pressed into
coal by the centuries and ponderosities and
when mined and fired become incentive to
motion. They outstrip Apollo's coursers Of
the sun. They move the fast-hying shuttlcs
of interchange 10 create the tapestry OF a
better civilization.
The Tories and protectionists for five
centuries held England In Its thrall. and
what is worse mercilcssly prosecuted Ireland.
IL was while these Tories ruled that they
destroyed the labor of Ireland by exactions
and prosecutions only equaled by the
myrmydons Of Cromwell.
The law 10 which Virgil referred 1900
years ngo as the eternal federation" by
which Rome grew great is the same law in
modern days. Progress has given to the
phrase miraculous meaning, for 1t multi
plies the loaf for the multitude.
Patriotism and economy are not convert
ible terms. Economy means the law Of the
house, the law Of the supply and demand.
II means cash and credit, not banner nor q
border.
Kentucky wants cheap copper stills
for her whisky. She gets even with
the Michigan robber by demanding tariff
on hemps. Now, hemp Is on the free list,
why not copper Maine steals on lumber
10 make up for the Massachusetts, roguery
In fabrics. Massachusetts, howls for cheap
coal. Pennsylvania says no, and 80 Massa-
chusctts goes out with the Home Market
Club and knocks down the west and the
south TO rifle them OF half Of their gains on
raw cotton. Tennessee, Virginia and North
Carolina, being hecced all around In clothing.
sugar and wheat go for COOLERS at cent a
pound. California demands a. large rcprisol
for her lumber because she Is fleeced In salt
by New York, West Virginia, Ohio and Mlchi
gan. The gulf States form a band OF bri-
gands and march forth with precious little
hope OF any steal worth the powder,
but, being reduced TO cxtremities they
call on Fra Diayola, from Louisiana, TO
lead against the robbcr gang OF cut-throats ON
cotton ties and tnce-chains. Pennsylvania,
the Robert Macaire Of the lot, steals boldly
on all articles from plate glass 10 n locomo-
tive, and 10 make up for the general loss the
northwest masks herself behind her forests
and demands timber rcprisals and so on.
Nothing Is sacrod- Even the corsets OF Con-
ncctiout, around which hover so many happy
associations, or the briarwood pipes OF
Knickerbookerhr are not safe from the inter
changcablo piracics OF the tariff. o, the
beauty OF reciprocal rascalityi
In Thibct a brigand meets a priest upon
the road. Tho brigand does not point n
pistol at his breast nor draw knife; he
says with perfect courtesy:
Venerable elder brother. II Il cold day
In the mountains. I would like the loan OF
thy cloak"
And again;
beloved friend, dost thou not see that I
am tired with walking Thy horse, II thou
plcascst"
This Is trade regulation in the land OF the
Grand Llama
Since tariff forces taxcs.from one person
30 give 10 another by indirection, by sleight
Of hand manipulation. Is II not merciful 10
call II by another name than robbery All,
sir. Il Is done In the night time. II Is done
against the defensclcss victim when lac or
she Is asleep, and In their homes. Some
folks would call Il burglary-but must be
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cali Il trade reg
ulation.
The raiscr OF peanuts by parity Of reason.
ing. protests against the free importation Of
that article. II Is consumed by my little
Arab constituency In the Bowcry. I must
regard them, because the same article Is
raised by those whose cheap labor Is
evidenced by the oothelcss condition under
Afric's burning sun. Let peanuts be pro.
tccicd. Why not The same philosophy
applies 90 the salt made abroad by solar
radicnce and evaporation. The sun is O
cheap laborcr, and although we have a sun
shining over our own Onondaga In New
York. II has not the calorihc properties and
chronic results Of other suns In other lands,
which have laid away vast mines Of these
saline crystals In The bosom Of the earth.
The Connrcticut gardener from 0iaston.
berry, whose strawberry beds give their sue,
culcnt rubies 10 The sun. demanded heavy
u not prohibitiye duty 10 be placed upon NIL
foreign fresh fruits. lie would embargo the
ships Of all lands where curants grow and
figs and dates are sugarcd by the sun. In or
der 10 leave the ycarnings In the human
csophagus Tor ths hueklcbcrries Of the Nut
meg State.
Rome makers Of castor oil intend 10 rcllcv,
the infant industry Of the homo market b,
opposing the rcpcaling Of the 10 per cent al
yaiorcm on beats. Some batrachian Of IA,
swamp who oroals for protection 10 HI
orunlcrries Opposes the repeal Of the tax OF
berries. WI
A liberal English statesman, not a Tory
Sir Lynn Playfsir, speaking 81 the condition
Of our country,Ipolnis to the United State
ms the great industrial nation Of the future
and cxclaims; 4 cluckily her protection
policy Is an incubus upon her industry. ant
give. ms In England breathing time 10 ore
1 Ia.