Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-04-19
VOORHEES, ON THE TARIFF.


TO some extent at least, the condition
of the farmers Of the United States at
the present time and the widespread
and crushing evils which have BEHALF
en- them through the criminal policy
of their government, it remains as a
part of my duty to suggest such reme-
dies ash would adopt had | the pow
or to enact and enforce them.
First, .FariffEeform should be 80
thorough c6rhpletel and unsparing
that, after providing sufficient reve-
nue. for the Government, not one dol
lar would be further. required ofthe
farmer as protection TO, ,higb7priced
goods, wares and merchandise, be.
cause of their being manufqctured
and sold by American inonobolistsl
The only protection CONNECTED with
tariff taxation shouldbe almere Incl
dent. Ito a tariff laid for nothing else
but Government revenue, and even
that, when it enhances the cost of the
necessaries Of life, should be wholly
eliminated il possible. q
A tariff enacted for the sake of pro-
lection, designed as a law whereby
one class of our citizens is protected
against competition in the manufac-
ture and sale OF articles at increased
prices over their real value, is not
only violation of the Constitution,
but legalized crime, more distinctly
at war with principles of liberty and
equality than the stamp tax which
caused the American Revolution.
Such is the system now in existence.
Its reform and revision on the basis
of a tariff for revenue Gnly,would re-
lieve the farming class Of the pay
meut of not less than $500, 100000 an
nually extorted from them for the
protection, ACKNOWLEDGMENT and en-
richment of manufacturing monopo.
lies, trusts and all the kindred brood
of ugly moneyed monsters which
now infest the land and prey upon
the people.
BY the tariff reform which l indi'
cate 1t would become the farmer:
turn to enjoy protection; protection
against high priced market in which
to buy, and low priced markets il
which TO sell protection against thu
condition of slave for two days on
, of every six, with monopoly as hi
owner and overseer; 3 protection
against class robbery, spoliation anC
+; plumber; protection in the secur
+ possession and enjoyment of his owl
earnings without being compelled t,
:; divide with legalized hooters or pa.
: ransom to financial brigands. / an
!, for this kind of protection, and !
/ would afford Unreasonable relic
where relief is most needed and mos
: deserved.
c Second. A full supply Of legal ter
der money in the hands of the people
proportional in amount to the popu
= lation and business Of the country,
as essential to the prosperity of tn
y former as sufficient quantity of bloc
'r is to human life. 1t is nowhere de
MED that there is at this time mes
, ger and stinted volume of currenc
in circulation amongst the producin
~ and business classes. This fact is ov
IL ing largely to the absorption of none
centers, and to great extent also
the growth of population and the e,
ny pansion Of business without any co
responding increase in the amount
our circulating medium.
The figures Of the census and Il
y statistics of finance show that viii
our population has Increased $4,000
600 in the last twenty-five years, ar
i'd the requirement of business for Il
h use of money has Increased in Il
same proportion, yet there is in ia
- less money'in actual circulation
the hands Of the people or attainab
w. by them for daily use than there W
aquarter ofa century ago. 1t is Il
constitutional power and the cons
tutional duty of the Government
authorize and enact by its stamp,
either gold, silver or paper, sui
; cient amount Of money, full leg
tender in quality, to meet the soul
and healthy demands of the peor
in their trade, their commerce al
their development of the physical I
sources Of the country.
/ Thus the Supreme Court of t
- United States has decided, and thu
in spite of those interested in t
scarcity Of money, in low pric
property, and in cheap labor, the Ia