The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-11-22
PROTECTION TAiLACY.
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"Sieei rails cost Sf3o per ton when there
was no tariff o, them. Nov that there Il
= tariff on them Of $r7 per ton they costa.
bout $3o This IL oil due 70 The tariff tax
plaeed on them BY congress" Such IL
the hind Of argLinens used by the protect.
ionisis A few days ago the sfafs,mas I
Salem used almost verbatim such areu
nent And they all DO It. But a child
might be sbls te see the fsllnry IN ihe ar.
guments How could a isx fstitee ths
osst Of maisfial aud labori The cheap.
sning Of such thing as steel rails ls
mighty addition 10 lie general wealth
How eoutd tan increase wealth. Again
the same rails are cheaper in England BY
just Si7 per ton than they ars here. In
gland has free trade. II our tariff ,sakes
the rails so much cheaper here bos Is Ii
that they are sisll ehenper where iissy have
no tariff Now the truth "a that whsn
the frat steel rails were made under lhe
patent, they osi ssvcfal hundred dollar
per ton. Then Bsssemer made improve
merits and the cost fell. Then ether IN
sestioHs were made and tie cost fell still
lower. Einnily Martin and SIN mons In.
vented method whereby tne capacity OF
the furnaces 50 enlarged that It secame
much easier TO manufacture the steel rails
and tie cost fell very lew How chiidish
L is TO argus that because one thing hap
psns after soms other thing the iorx sr
caused the latter. Nearly all argnment
that tariffs produce high wages home mar
kets etc. are based upon, and supported
BY this faliscy. The ether day the Chi
esgo 7rs5ase IN i,s new born seai'ior pro-
lection, said that printers in Chicago re-
eeivc 4s csnts per Thousand while In frss
trade Esglsnd they receive only IS eeats
per thousand, fsrgsttIHg that In many
ccuntry tswns In the west that are under
the same protection laws ss Chicago, prIr
ters receive %. IS, ssd siien az low as 10
eenis per thousand. Our tariff restricts
production, transportation and consuap-
sion ualess the producers are at the same
time the carriers and consumers as hap
pens TO be the case with the railway com.
psniss Of the United Sialss whe make car.
~ and Consume their rails having the su.
pericr, unparalleled advantage Of taztng
all the people TO repay themselves by I'm
posing on the business and travel of tn.
nstisn all I; will bear. The like was never
seen before. A whole nation prestrste
under aighiy eombInaiisn Of railway
magsate who dictate iegisiatisn, for 6s.-
eco,eos Of people. Thinkers ssd writer's
Of 1870 forstoid that these assmbInes"
could not rest satisfied with eontroiing
the rails andsroads but suust nibtracs the
other great staple comodIiIss IN time.
How their fore casts have been verified
How foolish II 10 for us 10 20 on InvsntIng
and improving On all sides--sil TO make
living cheaper, and then turn right arsuad
and put tax on the very artislss In order
to make them dearsr. The whole object
OF all mans sruggles Is to reduce the cost
Of living. The tariff Il made 10 increase
that csst. Two things In human affairs
are always at war with each other-ahe In.
,erestOf the buyer and the interest Of the
seller. the interest Of the many and Of the
few. The founders of ihis government
male Il for the protection Of the life lib
erty and property OF the masses Of the
people aud their consequent happiness.
The promoters OF high taxation and trusts
ha We perverted Il into machine to make
the rich richer and the poor poorer, to
tax six sevenths Of the people for the ben.
eft Of the ether seventh. Il can net stand
so. Slavery was brute force trsmpiug on
the ights Of the purposely dsgi aided laber
nu.il even Europe cried "shame." Ne
longer brute force but internal cunning
dominates the masses and wrests from
them all their suplus earnings At the die
tales Of partisan lust for power.
CLATsx IRVINE.