The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-01
FREE TRADE TARIFF "REFoRM."

by Printing in the Congressional Record
rs Their speeches on the Free Wool Bill
Extracts from Henry Georges BOOK,
Protection or Free Trade, Democrats
Have Committed Themselves to the Pol
Icy of Absolute Free Trade and the
Abolition of Private Ownership In Land.
Said Mr.. Henry Watterson, of Ken
lucky: THE democratic party is free
trade party or it is nothing" The less
honest members of that party have made
and still make strenuous efforts to hide
this truth from the people. With their
free wool bill, and their free cotton tie
and cotton bagging bill and such other
free trade bills sent to the senate as
they see fit to pass before the adjourn
ment of congress, they. will find their
task more difficult in the approaching
campaign than ever before. Too many
bold free trade speeches by representa-
tive democrats have been placed on rec
ord, too many bitter aud unqualified
denunciations of protection in the alb
stract for successful deception.
One little occurrence we particularly
wish to call to the attention of our
readers.
On April IA Congressman Burrows, of
Michigan, called the attention of the
house to the fact that democratic con-
gressmen had been inserting, as their
remarks on the free wool bill, long ex-
tracts from Henry Georges Protection
and Frae Trade" 1t further appeared
that this was merely the carrying out
of a scheme to give Mr.. Georges work
wide circulation at public expense. A
number of democrats had divided the
book between them, each taking COM
plete number of chapters in consecu-
| tive order, which were regularly in
serted by them in the Congressional
Record.
Thus the whole work was printed on
the installment plan, and, having ap-
peared in the Record, could be sent free,
according to law, through the mails.
This accomplished, all that remained to
do was for each member in the scheme
to order large number of copies of his
own speech" and the party had be.
tween them an equal number of Henry
Georges work complete.
We do not care at this time to com
ment on the fragrant abuse of congress
sional privileges in thus utilizing the
| United States governments as IA free trade
campaign bureau, nor do we care tc
dwell upon any other of the disreputable
features of the free trade scheme. But
we do want to call the attention Of Amer
lean voters everywhere to the character
of the literature which these democrat.
are sending out in defense of their mis-
named tariff reform" movement.
Do you know who Henry George is
what kind of q book his Protection ant
Free trade" is?
Henry George believes that it is NOR
ally wrong to own land, that it is NJ
better than robbery. What teacher
and guide for farmers and the hundreds
of thousands of poor people whose saw
ings of laborious lifetime are invested
in modest homes. His book on the tar
iii does not advocate tariff reform.
However much we may disagree will
him, we must confess that he is homes
in his convictions - too honest Dat t,
see and to acknowledge the duplicity 10
that bogus term. He believes in fret
trade-as he delights to put it himself
free t-r-a-d-e-frce trade. That is, h
would annihilate every custom hous
tomorrow if he could. And such i
the doctrine the democrats of the Fifty
second congress circulate as tariff ''re
form" Yet in very few months thei
army of hired orators will be aroun,
abusing everyone who accuses them o
leaning toward free trade, and agail
their I'm formed thousands of parader
will be shouting in unison from on
end of the country to the other, as the
did in 1855: .....
Don't, don't, don't be afraid,
Tariff reform is not free trade"
One brief extract from Mr.. George
: book sums up his tariff creed. On pag
81 he says: Those protectionists Oh
mentions Henry c. Carey and Prof /
p. Smith and R. i. Thompson) areEigh
who declare that protection is thBonl
iustificat ion for tariff, and the advt
Gates of tariff for revenue only hav
no case" And it is that unequivocs
pronounciamento for absolute FIRE
trade in the literal sense of the tern
by man who calls land ownership
sin, which democratic congressman al
: scattering broadcast among farmers i
, behalf of tariff reform" Gentlemen
, you are working out the perpetuation
| the principles of the Mckinley tariff
!, And we rejoice in the success of you
Scharpp