The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-09-06

ANVILS,
Eagle aDvils, weighing 100 to 500 pounds
lo cents per pound: discount, 20 and 10 per
cent.
Then follow pistols and riff rs manu-
factured by Colt, and Smith u Wesaor.
with discount to the foreigner of 10
and 25 per cent.
Also table and butcher knives, scis-
sors. spoons, forges, drills, duck and
twine, electrical appliances, explosives.
mills, boilers, tiue- cleaners, augers,
wrenches, vises, blacksmiths' tools.
hcisting engines, jackscrews, pals,
water coolers, washtubs, keelers. milk
pans, lamps, miners tools, keys, locks.
meat cutters, ,lathes, saws, etc. ,On which
the discount TO foreign purchasers
ranges from 10 to 20 per cent.
II is impossible within the limits OF
this discussion to cite all the articles on
which discounts from the domestic
price are made to the foreign customer
but | have here the original publica
tions showing beyond question the TACT
that the protected manufacturers OF The
United States are charging our own
people from One-ienth TO one. half more
than they charge Tor the same article
TO the foreign trade.
! invite and challenge examination OF
the proofs produce, and if any senator
or manufacturer can disprove them |
shall be glad 10 hear him. This is no
quotation, but have here the original
foreign edition and the domestic cdi e.
ton, showing the absolute truth of my
statement, the prices abroad and tho
prices here from the same manufac-
turer.
Mr.. President, | assert that these
facts are incontrOvertible, and show
beyond doubt that the consumers oI
the United States are being systemati.
cally plundered under the pretenCc oI
protection to home Industries.
l know that il has been claimed that
the goods on the prices of which these
discounts are made have ceased TO bt
marketable in the United States by rea
son OF new patents and improvements
and that the manufacturers therefore
sell them TO foreigners al reduced rates
This is q mere subterfuge. The arti
cles advertised in the exports ionrnaI
| have produced are photographed
aud il can be seen by examination lha
they are Identical with those sold i,
this country. No reputable manutac
turcr will make any such claim, and il
made, II can be easily disproved.
No further cOnceaImenU Is possible
The truth is at last revealed and we fine
that these manufacturers, who are per.
sistently asking higher duties to ex.
| clude foreign competition, are avail.
ing themselves of the monopoly giyer
by the exclusive tariff to charge tht
people of this country for their good
from 20 TO 20 per cent more that the,
can sell the same articles for in the un
protected markets of the world. II j.
no longer protection; but pure, simple,
naked plunder.
Mr.. President, it may be that the
people OF the United States will suhmit
to this system. Wrongs GrysIailizrd b>
custom and panoplied with privilege
and power have often bee Dine hOary
with age, MOnstr0us evils hav. existed
for centuries, while the patient, uncom
planning multitude have wal chrd ,;.o
stars and waited for deIiverance. The
Bastile frOwned i'm dark aud sonbrt
terror npOn the populace of i'mri.
while king and cOurlier. philosopher
and patriot passed away. II seemed
eternal, but at last il fell, and the night.
mare OF the ages ended. We boast OF
our free institutions, liberty and equal
ity; but who can call himself freeman.
save in mockery, when by force OF law
the proceeds of his life and labor are
uniustly taken to enrich another?
The struggle for human rights is not
ended, nor can it be until the unequal
and unjust system of taxation which
now with The mask of protection rides
like booted and squrred highwaymar
over the land is trampled under foot
by An 0utraUed neOnle