The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1891-07-16


which is required to wisely and
economically administer the affairs
OF the government; when they
will give due notice that infant in
duStries that have been nursed for
hundred years have arrived at the
age when they must take care of
themselves; when th-y will brand
protective tariff as stealing, its ad-
vocates as beggars and demand that
we must have a tariff for revenue
only.
The greatest curse that can be in
fiicted upon a country is that of ex-
cessive taxation, and when collected
indirectly by tariff, levied only for
the sake Of protection, it steals and
saps away the very life-blood of
country's prosperity. And it does
this by such insidious ways that the
true causes of commercial depres-
sion, when it comes, are lost sight
of, and in seeking remedies the peo-
pie are led off into false trails, made
to scatter instead of concentrating
their forces and thus their power is
wasted; therefore, no matter how
important they may appear, let all
side issues alone until this one of
taxation is settled upon an honest
and just basis.
l most earnestly beseech the farm
ers, whose interests are identically
the same as my own, to follow this
course. The wild schemes of gov
ernment loaning money upon ware
house certificates, or upon lands, the
taking possession of the railways
and telegraphs by the government
the internal improvements that are
demanded and dozen other minor
issues that all lead, not only te
greater taxation, but to the rankes1
kind of socialism, l say to them
put to one side and stick to the
: tariff issue until you get what is
due you.
l say to the farmers do not, like
, protectionists. be beggars, but rely
! upon your own strength, resource
and manhood. Advocate nothin!
that has the least semblance 0
= stealing by law, and "by the eter
nal" make these tariff beggars qui
y stealing in this way from you.
e On this issue the right is abso
: lutely on our side, and the challeng
r having been fairly given by tn
,. nomination of the high chief of pro
v tection-Major McKinley-let u
> meet it, and make every hill to
, and every valley in the whole Stat
> ring with the battle cry, "Industri;
J. freedom for the many" Can yo
|. doubt the result? Do you believ
y the people of this State will say b
their votes that they are still will
~ ing to pay tribute for imaginar
u and fraudulent blessings? Th;
= they can any longer be deceived b
. the old, vorn-out cry of hon
. market? That the people of til
= State can be gulled by telling the
- what a good thing it is for the pc
" - pie Of the United States to be pc
-, nt mitted by their government, whe
4 they pretend to be freemen, to sell
~ very small portion of their surpl
-, products to one part of the glo1
. and what a ruinous thing it wou
:, = be for them to be allowed to sell {
II of them to another portion of it?
r. From time immemorial COZ
merce and trade, which are on
- the exchanging of commoditie
=, =, have been sought after by all pc
" :c pie and considered beneficial by ;
nations. In all exchanges in t
- - long run there must be prof
a ;.h why then limit these exchange
~ :. If the people of this country c
aa make $10O,OOO,00O each year
a ;% exchanging their products for the
~ ~. of some other country wouldn't tn
se a be fools to indorse policy whi
q q permits them to exchange or
sne e enough to make $5,O00,000? $
.as let the people themselves dec
NJ where and with whom it would
on beneficial to trade and not let
,eu government decide this for them.
~, ~, The speaker continued at len!
'0u to discuss the tariff law in its re
- ton to the farmer and the ind
my ~ :, ,+;r,.