Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-04-13
ABSOLUTE FREE rRADE.
miner Contends that 70 o. and
nhoutd he . Political Issue.


Qesher with . number OF interesting
details, and in conclusion you say:
awhile il costs 90 much to run the
Government, and, as is shown, the ex-
penses are steadily increasing, instead
Of decreasing, what nonsense IL is to
talk about conducting the Government
on a free trade basis, and how hypo-
critical the cry that free trade is . po.
lltical issue"
l wish to submit . few figures to
show that il is possible to conduct the
Government on a free trade basis-not
on q five or seven per cent reduction
Of the present tariff, bat under ALSO
lutte free trade.
As we have a population Of 65,0O0.'
900 the above appropriation shows that
q per capita tar Of sl2 So has been
levied by the Fiftieth Congress, or q
yearly tax oil sc %, and by that Con-
sress called an appropriation. During
the last campaign it was clearly shown
that the tariff, directly and indirectly,
was the means Of doubling the cost Of
miners supplies, beginning with q pick
and shovel and ending with 3 finished
quartz mill, so that under the present
tariff whenever q miner buys supplies OF
the value OF sl2 So he pays the annual
per capita tar levied by the Fiftieth
Congress. Az an active miner will use
at least sl25 worth Of supplies each
year, you can see at q glance what free
trade would be worth to him, and this Is
not all, as the discount on silver is clear
ly ~chargeable to protection, or the tariii
that denies the natural right OF every
man to freely exchange his labor or the
product OF his labor to the best advan'
tsge." AS silver is the product OF our
labor, and a. we are not permitted to
freely exchange it. we are forced to sub
nit to Q discount. At present this dis
count is more than sc cents per ounce,
so that when a miner produces ia
ounces Of silver the discount that he
must suffer is equal to the annual per
capita tax Of running the Government,
and as the silver miner will have to be
very fortunately situated If he can make
low wages after having mined enough
ore to yield l,750 ounces Of silver during
the year, you will see that the silver
miner pays the tax in discount one hun
dred times out Of the proceeds Of his
years work. The condition OF the
farmer and silver miner under protec-
ton is just alike. They pay q pre-
MUM on what they buy, and suffer a
discount on what they sell. and Abso
lutte free trade would benefit both
and work no injury to any
honest enterprise in the United States
any other part Of the world. As
the advantages Of absolute free trade
would be so great, we could well afford
10 raise the money required to run our
~extravagant as it is, by
other means than by q protective tariff.
The leaders and teachers Of the new po-
.itical economy advocate the abolition OF
III taxes upon industry, and the taking
by taxation on land values, irrespective
II improvements. Of the annual rental
Talue Of all those various forms Of nat
iral opportunities embraced under the
term, land. They hold that to
az labor on its products is to discour-
,ge industry. They hold that to tax
and values to their full amount will
ender it impossible for any man to eI.
ct from others . price for the privilege
{ using those bounties Of nature which
living men have an equal right to
Sc; that it will compel every person con
natural opportunities to either
tilize them by the employment of labor,
r abandon them to others; that IL will
hus provide opportunities Of work Tor
men, and secure to each the full re.
,ard Of his labor. and that as . result
poverty will be abolished.
nd the greed. intsmperance and vice
hat spring from poverty and the dread
I poverty will be swept away.
The ideas of these men are spreading
YER the civilized world, and there seems
o be . great awakening among the peo'
lie generally to the Importance OF find
ng some remedy for existing evils. Even
q Nevada the people refused to legalize
lottery, and are outspoken in their
condemnation Of the "raid on the
chool fund by the last Legislature. the
majority Of whom were protectionists.
Does it not strike you rs q little singular
hat the leaders of the Democratic party
Nevada do not take advantage OF the
moral awakening Of the people and 60
% work earnestly to show the nature OF
The terrible fetch they have 90 long
worshipped and called q protective tariff.
Suppose the County Committee get to-
to see il some missionary work
cannot be started among the protection
In Chicago short time ago they
had . Tariff Reform Convention that was
20 successful as to have startled the
country. It seems that q majority Of
the convention were absolute free trad
srs, and / notice that they have not been
called " hypocritical," though they insist
that free trade is . political issue.
MINER.
President Harrison proposes to prove
Sopthern Rapublicans are Ct TO con.