The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-11-02
A Tariff Catholicism,

The following questions and answers
we're found among tho papers Of the late
George Otis, Of Roselle, n. j.:
@. What is tho meaning of the word
tariff?
A. It is so called because hundreds OF
years ago sen pirates at Tariffa, Spain,
forced every passing vessel to pay for the
privilege of going into and from the
Mediterranean Sea.
G. What is the meaning now?
A. A certain sum forced from tho poo
Pile by land pirates.
@. Why say taken by force?
A. Because the Republican Congress
SAYS to the people: "Stand and deliver"
@. Stand dolivor to whom?
A. To certain favored manufacturing
interests.
@. Where in the Constitution ia Con-
gress empowered to pass law to compel
the few to support the many, the poor to
contribute to the rich :?
A. In no part Of it.
@. Then where did it find the power
A. In the Bible.
q. Give the book, chapter and verse.
A. Matthew, 18th chapter, 18th verse :
"For whomsoever hath, to him shall be
given, and he shall have moro abund-
anco; but whosoever hath not, from him
shall be taken even that which he hath"
G. Is such law republican in the
sense of being democratic-a government
in which the people rule?
A. No. It is aristocratic.
@. What do you mean by aristooratio :?
A. a government wherein few rob
the many where the many work to help
support the privileged few.
@. Explain how the Tariff law estab-
fishes on aristocracy in democratic
government.
A. Congress says to the poor, because
this or that man is rich and produces
iron or cotton or woolen goods, you shall
pay him SO much money for SO many
pounds or yards, or go naked aud " ork
without tools.
@. What reason does Congress give for
such tyrannical law?
A. Congress says the law is diferen.
tiation or industrial function, which
means that industry is the function OF
the poor and the difference goes to the
rich.
@. Is that the only reason Congress
gives?
A. No. It says the tariff is intended
to foster infant industries at home.
@. Are the iron, cotton and wool in
dustries infant7
"A. No; they are hundred years old.
G. What date has Congress fixed for
these industries to become Of age?
A.. When Gabriel blows his horn. One
Congressman did move to fix later date,
but whom reminded that asbestos
was not protected he withdrew his mo"
ton.
@. What is the meaning of protective
TARIFF
A. Protection of the rich from getting
poor and of the poor from getting rich.
@. What is the difference between the
tenants in Ireland and the farmers in
America
A. None. In both cases the tax gath
erer lives in the East and the sheriff is
after both.
@. Is there any other similarity be-
tween the Irish tenants and the American
farmers?
a. Yes, the tenants are too poor to stay
and the farmers too poor to leave.
@. Is that the only benefit Repu blioan
protection confers upon the poorf
A. No. 1t improves their morals; !;
keeps them from having useless desires.
@. How does protection produce such
results?
A. The poor have to work so hard to
support the rich they have no time for
mischief Having no surplus money
with which to traYel they see nothing
new, and desires are kept dormant.
That brings content.