The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-07-25
ALKING TARIFF.
! crowd Greets Congressman
Mills at Kansas City.
Plain Facts For Western Fnrmers to Con-
sider-How Protection Does Not Pro-
tect the Producing CIasses-The
Beauties Of Reciprocity.

A great crowd greeted Congressman
Mills, of Texas. when he recently spoke
at Kansas City. People were present
from all along the border of Missouri
and Kansas. When Mr.. Mills was in
troduced he said:
Ladies and Fellow citizens; am standing
this evening in the presence of one of the
most enterprising, energetic an most pup
lie spirited communities on the face OF the
globe. In the presence of a people who In
few yenrs have extended lines OF rairoau TO
every part of this vast country. In the pres
ence of a people above whose heads the
smoke OF factories and chiInneys ana vast
buildings fioat clouds, not the clouds OF
war. threatening our peace. but clouds OF
Industry and prosperity. tApplausc-J
stand in the presence OF brave men and
women. tApplause.J And when have said
that IL is needless TO say that stand In the
presence of n Democratic audience
What mas inspired all these lines or rail-
roads with the many elements against them
to seek these avenues of trade? II Is because
you have addressed yourselves to the e1-
change of surplus for surplus, and that be-
cause in that exchange there is wealth And
that Is the only way Ia the world that woa tn
can be made. There would be no wealth in
| the land IL only what we consume were pro-
| duced. But wealth is made by sending away
| the surplus products which you do not want
/ aud bringing In surplus prod net OF another
country in exchange for il. God has made
us dependent That is the great fundamental
| law OF humanity. We are all interdepend-
| emf. Earh ono Is dependent on another for
some article of apparel, food or shelter.
+ There are ladies sitting in this audience to-
night who.are depends upon some DIVER
In tho distant sea for the pearls they are
wearing. or for other precious products Pc
culiar to distant lands. You are dependent
| upon Brazil for your coffee; you are depend
ent upon China for your tea; you are de-
pendent upon the East India Isles for
| your spices; you dependent upon
| France with its dry climate for the fine LUIS
ter of your Imported silks that adorn the
ladies; you arc dependent upon other parts
| OF the earth for their respective products of
| whiC II they make abundantly and of which
| they have to spare God has bestowed upon
us some bountiful gifts, but not all of them.
In His providence He has fairly balanced the
surplusses and necessities. We can beat the
world in the production Of wheat; we can
beat the world in the production OF corn I;
we can beat the world in the production of
cotton, bacon, pork and some other articles
| We have our advantages and they have
theirs. Let every man work in accordance
with the laws of God ami nature to increase
his products and exchange his surplus for
that Of his neighbor. T feel as though were
carrying coals to Newcastle. Laughter
As though I were advocating the peopling
of Holland by the Dutch. or that was teach
| ing the laws OF gravHation TO learned pro-
| fessors of colleges.
| You have demonstrated here what re-
/ clprocity can do, and if you can not demon
| strate it it can not lie demonstrated Who
| would be able TO come to you and to trade
! with you were it not for the railroads you
| have builtl What would become OF you II
| all these avenues of trade and exchange
| were closed? Why, it wouldn't be six
| months until the bats would be flying
! through your houses. Your success means
| that you have been able to produce the
! greatest possible amount of goods in the
| shortest possible time. By doing this you
| not only increase your own wealth, but that
| of others as well.
Suppose that instead OF raising wheat and
| corn, as in these articles you cXe ell the
| world, you undertake to raise your own cof-
| fec in competition with those whose lands
| are particularly suited to the production of
| that article. Think of the enormous cx-
| pense you would have in erecting suitable
| houses, in providing the necessary artificial
heat ard the other necessary elements
| which God has given to the people OF Brazil
| free of charge.
Suppose n man in Kansas would raise ten
| bags of wheat which he could exchange free
| of charge for ten bags of coffee. That by
some power OF h$' will he could transport
! his own product to Brazil and have the
| Brazilian product returned to him. Tho
| matter OF transportation Is something we
can not prevent 1t is in our power to re-
duce 1t, but we can not remove IL. That be-
longs to the middle man, and he is an in
dspensable factor in commerce. But to re-
turn to our suppositional case. When the
| wheat Is exchanged for the coffee each pro-
Queer has made the price of his product, less
the cost of transportation But suppose you
put protective tariff Of 50 per cent. on cot
/ fee; your W eat produ cr gets only half as
much for his wheat hen suppose that on
| account of this failure to rec iprocate tho de-
| mnnd for wheat should be reduced and the
price consequently reduced one-ha'f Then
the farmer loses, not only half his coffee,
! but half the price of his wheat. Applause.
This system of protection Is not an insttu-
! tion that protects the producers. but it en-
ables the Government to gather revenues
to bestow upon its favorites Zap
| plause.l I can see how q man like
| Carnegie whose wealth has been made
by n duty Of 100 per cent. on steel
| rails, would want to shut out the out
| sido world until he is worth from $25 Oo0, 900
to $aO,Oo0,OOO. But the Kansas farmer says:
| Somebody is going to get fooled" We have
| a peculiar people. There never was peo
pie who enjoyed so much to be foo CT as
| the American people. lLaughter.l They
| can get more solacc. moro sold comfort out
| OF good humbug than any other people on
the face of the globe [Laughterl You all
| know that story that Lincoln useI t. tell.
He said: "You can fool part of the people
| all the time; you can fool all the people a
part OF the fine; but you can't fool all the
| people all the time"
Our friends at Washington made us
great promises. They said they wouII
revise the tax. Now that is elastic word
| and will stretch both ways. 1t is like the
nigger's trap. 1t is set to catch him agoin'
| or acomin. Laughter.l Ibis revise means
to the farmers q decrease in the price of
what they have to sell and an increase in
| the price of what they have to buy. 1t is
like tho present Speaker of the House of
| Representatives. He can countInajorities as
We'll nS by yeas as nays tLaughter.l II ever
| the roll were called when every Democrat
in the House was dead he would have them
| all present, though he knew ut the time that
they were all in Heaven.
| Blu. want to go back to the farmers.
| They are the people who, with the miners,
| gather the resources of the earth. They are
| the foundation of all wealth When they
| are depressed the whole land Is depressed.
| When they are happy and prosperous the
| whole land is happy and prosperous. He
| will stand more than any other man in the
| world. He will suffer more But when he
is pressed too hard it is possible for him to
do like Samson of old. He may put his
hands against the great pillars he may
draw in with the strength of his mighty arm
the supports of institutions, and with
the crumbling ruin he may drag Gown every
| other interest wi h him The: c is not a better
illustration OF the all Importance OF the
prosperity I the farmers than TO look at the
condition of the country in til time q
drought; in time of grasshopper pests. Then
the wheels Of industry are stopped as they
nave been in the past. thousands are
thrown out of employment; not alone those
| who till ellie soil, but those Who are en-
pioycd in mechanical pursuit. They walk
about our streets in idleness; Int as soon as
rain falls again, as crops become
| plenteous, prosperity again smiles upon the
| land; the vast products of corn, wheat,
| cotton. cattle and Other p odnctS have 10 be
| tran =ported, and this acf witty gives life 10
the Who'll system of commerce
In 1851 VIC had large product OF wheat.
and in that year we had vast volume Of