The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-08-27

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S CELEBRATED
TARIFF MESSAGE.
RepuDllcanS go into q different posi-
tlon They take the position that there
must be a protection to home industries
which will give great advantages to
our manufacturers so that they can
make larger profit than the foreigner
possibly can make in sending his goods
TO our shores. That was the principle
ciple of the Mills bill. The Mills bill
reduced IN Very slight degree that
tarlif existing previously thereto, the
tariif OF 1883. The Mckinley bill passed
oy the last Congress. the party in power
0elng committed to that idea, and Nc
klnley being one of its ablest and most
foremost advocates, they went to an
extreme which is unprecedented in
american history in any time of peace.
me result OF 1T has been that IN the
montn OF July Of this year, as rcmem-
ner, the foreign products have been
kept away from our ports so that the
duty has been $S.OOO.OOO less than it
was for the month Of July last wear.
ana under the present system of expend-
lures the Government will have To rr-
sort to other burdens upon the people
IN order TO make up the deficiency
which is bound to occur in the course
OF few years ii matters 90 on in that
way. The consumer has higher prices
ana the benefit is derived by the pro-
:ected industries.
NO AMERICAN INDUSTRY MEMS
| CRUTClIES.
80 lar as the principle is concerned
There Is no reason in the " orld why any
industry in this country should be pro
ttcted into existence. On what Drlnci-
PIE has the Government the right to saw
TO- man who goes into an industry
Wlllch Is Improbable here, I'VE viii.
give you monopoly Of the markets of
thls country until you can establish
your industry. IN the hope that in the
future you will be able to manufacture
and get such Il toothold and simplify
your processes that you will be able to
sell cheaper at some distant day in the
luture, and therefore the consumer will
| ultimately get the advantage?" The
| ulle&encc between the Government of
thlS country and of dtSpOtic countries
lS that we arc under Il Constitution
whlch gives every citizen perfect equal.
ity, That f0rbids the Government to do
Just tnat very thing, and ii this thing
- 10 oe done under the influence of
large bodies Of capital and of legislators
| 40 W I'LL IllGSC large
ooules OF capital, the inevitable result
Is the oppression Of the poorer but more
| numerous clase of the community. and
one might as well be under IL despot as
absolute us the Shah of Persia, who dis
pen SeS his favor to one at the cxponse
OF another, as to be unfer that system
actuated by the majority of a legisla.
tive body, because there is no tyranny
anywhere more deSpotic than the tv-
ranny ol legislative MA ority in "A poD-
ular oody when they are unrestralned
ny any constitutional restrictions. |
never nave subscribed to the doctrine
That majority can do no wrong. II
Is laiSlileu IN the experience of our
country ana OF every other country
constitutions are made to protect the
rlgntS or mlnOrltleS because majOritlps
are liable tOdo wrong, and in the dlyid
ed responsibility of IL large BODY they
are much more apt to do wrong than IS
a single tyrant. The true criterion un-
der popular government is that a leg
lslaCiVe Dody should do what is right,
ana the test of right Is the true test in
| regard TO all these matters, and the mi
norlty is entitled to as much protection
as the larger mass of the community.
ana the popular government is not
| loundtu on The doctrine carried with
out limitation OF the greatest good to
the greatest number 1t is the greatest
good 10 the greatest number that can
| he administered without doing injus-
tlce TO single individual citizen.
HOW THE TARIFF HURTS TIE SOrTII
tnder the operation of the tariff we
nave suffered great disadvantages in
the development Of this section. imDOy-
crushed by the war. In the purchase of
machinery, in procuring the various
fabrics and other articles Of consumtion
we have been confined entirely to do.
mestlc markets. Articles which would
answer urpnrpoSes better from abroad
we cannot get. Why? Because the
duty is probibitory upon them and we
have to go to home markets. Unfor.
tunately. like everything else i'm the
economy or society, this evil becomes
amellorated in measure after awhile
Ly SO many parties rushing into that
particular line of business as to pro.
duce competition. manufactures
sprineing up in various parts OF the
country ameli0rate this evil, but the
evil Is there and it ought not to exist,
when we come down to individual in
stances we can find that all around us.
| ana the operation of il, has, | suppO,e'
retarded us in our material advance.
| ment more than any other cause since
the war. regard this question of the
| tarlll as more important to us as an
agr cultural population, Il population
which exports and trades abroad, than
questions OF circulation and currency,
important as they are. 1t is the econ.
omlc question of the hour with us.
| CASE IN POINT
| "SuppoSe the city of Ordngeburg
| should say to any one of her citizens,
ON can take any article from here to
the town of Blmbcrg and sell it there.
| put when you come back you cannot
buy any thing in Bamberg, because
those things are sold i'm Orangeburp
and you cannot bring them back unless
You pay a duty as you cross the city
bonhdary,' and that duty was put at
such figure as 10 make it practically
probl0itory. That was the commer-
ctal system of the dark ages. That was
tne systrm under which the towns of
Europe were buried III the DAYS when
political economy was not understand
ana every town had its own tariff. The
enlightened views on political econo
my, which have been advanced by the
| close observation of International ov