The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-02-10
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Horace BoieS' Addresses to the Der
YER CreystOne Club.
BIS APPEAL FOR OPEN MARKETS,

$50 Called Reciprocity" He Says.
Does Not Aid the Tillers or the
soil and other Wealth Producers.
The Dangerous Concentration of
| wealth.
Denver. Feb. To- The annual BAN
quet 81 the Greystone club Inst night
was brilliant affair, nearly al the
Heading lights Of this state and many I'D.
joining states being present, The speech
Of the evening was delivered by Cover
nor Boies, Of Iowa, who upon being IN
Itroduced was received with round after
round Of applause. and one enthusiast
shouted Three cheers for President
Boies.r In the course Of his remarks ne
he said.
separating those who compose the
the factors Of our government into
groups and considering them as distinct
parts 81 the grand aggregate Of which
the nation is composed, Democracy must
stand for the infiexible rule that between
classes, as between individuals, there
shall be no distinction OF right, no favor
to one at the expense Of another
.sNo doctrine WINS ever more thor-
loughly imbedded ID the creed of polit
ical organization than that asserted by
modern Republicanism that the powers
Of this government may be used to pro-
mote the pecuniary interests Of distinct
classes of citizens, and no result was
ever more certain than that which fol-
lows. II this can be done, that the same
powers may be used TO retard like inter
ests OK other classes.
Three years ago Democratic presi.
dent aroused the country BY his decias
ration that unnecessary taxation Is un-
| lust taxation and by that declaration
Incorporated into the political creed Of
his followers. as one Of its cardinal prin-
ciples, to remain hope forever, the doc
trine that the rightfnl power Of this
government 70 levy assessments, direct
or indirect, Is limited to its necessities
for revenue alone.
1.-THE United States Il today III its
agricultural advantages the Egypt Of
the old world. It Ii from ner granaries
the food should come to supply con-
stantly increasing deficit In the markets
of the more populous countries OF the
eastern hemisphere. Nearly as many Of
our people are engaged III this one indus
try as in all others combined. It Is from
the products Of their labor that three
fourths Of the vast volnme Of our for.
eign exports have come that has deyel-
oped our trade with the countries Of the
world and enriched MS as nation more
: rapidly than any other that ever existed.
TO them, II they are not to be en-
shaved by laws that foster other indus
: tries ut the expense Of their own, open
, markets in the great centres OF civiliza-
kts.. n -. ,,.,s.s,eos&x, s.Nk &1.naa - -
, undeveioped countries Of the southern
half Of this hemisphere, and islands Of
the sea, that produce more agricultural
products than they consume, and fur
} nish vastly better markets for the pro-
j ducts Of Oupsmills than our farms, but
: those of the most p0pulous countries Of
3 the old world whose hungry millions are
: ready to take all our surplus food pro-
!, | auctions at fair prices IN exchange for
those staple necessities Of life that they
J produce and we must use.
1T Is no stinted concession Of right In
the lesser markets OF the world such as
so-called reciprocity affords that ought
| to satisfy these people. They have made
, | the bulk Of the wealth Of this nation.
but its laws have turned the golden
! stream from theirs to other hands. II
i Is no unfair advantage Of others that
| they ask or deserve. Circumstances
have ordained that the price Of the pro
ducts OF their labor shall be fixed in
markets open to the competition OF the
/, world. No statute Of ours can change
this condition. Simple Justice demands
that SO far as the necessaries OF life are
! concerned they should be permitted to
. buy in markets where prices are fixed
. by the same competition.
Nor are the farmers Of this nation the
only class intensely interested in this
great problem. To all who live by toll
Of any kind 1t Is the GROWING question
, in the whole list of economic problems
that we must soon settle one way or the
otheras the future policy Of this gov
eminent.
Thirty years ago the wealth Of this
nation was much more fairly distributed
than it is today. Then one could al
most count upon his finger ends those
who could rightfully be termed million
aires. Now they arenumbered by thou
sands. If conditions remain unchanged
through the life of another generation
! who can fix the multiple that will fore
tell their numbers then?
"Can a few men absorb the wealth Of
this nation and leave the masses indie
pendent Do not let us be deceived.
For every immensely rich man there
must from necessity alone be many
wretchedly poor. All wealth is the pro-
duct Of labor. Great fortunes simply
represent the earnings Of great numbers.
No one man can perform the labor re-
quisite to produce Them"