Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-10-08

Il am willing to concede that tho ers, or ,,,
mediate effect of a high tariff upon n now In.
dustry Is usually to increase prices and s,imn.
late business, but this effect is gcner,nv 10.
lowed by undue competition occasioncd hv tho
very success incident To tho fayori,is,, shon,n,
then ovcrproduc,ion results then n stnyna,ion
OF business ensues. and in The eni thore q, ,nea
reduction of wages, n fall in prices ana lsnk
ruptcy 10 many industries
This is faithful picture OF the evils of nrotcc.
ton drawn rom the business h!s.or; ~ this
country for over seventy years tits tho r-ay,r
nj result OF governmental interference in pri.
vate anairs, OF the blunders incident To "A m,
ternal government and of the folly Of at,empt
Ing TO control the natural laws OF supplv and
demand Stimulants to business through tariff,
favoritism are as unsatisfactory as the contin
ucd and inordinate indulgence OF intoxicating
liquors by man The first effects are pheasant
enough but the inevitable general result ia dis.
astrous failure and utter ruin
"a gentleman once said that he liked to get
drunk well enough but the trouble arose in yet.
ting sober Usually the more stimulants n
man IL accustome to use the more he needs,
and so in business, N industry which has grown
up under the fostering care of a paternal roy-
ernmcnt never seems to be strong enough to
permit Its withdrawal without disastrous and
Illuminating collapse Why should the govern,
ment by the use or abuse OF the taxing power of
the government attempt to build up industries
whero the private enterprise and private cap.
'tal are not willing TO accept the risk? Why
should the whole people be unnecessarily taxed
Tor half their lives and compelled to nay ex.
travagant prices for certain manufactured
drrirg NO o,har hoi, -, oo'io ii'' o"eapc'
"WIv should tho government a, .,,s.
Of ali ,hc neon,o oftor snociaI inS,,on,,,
fcw TO cmbarl, mon a n,r,icu,ar hvsinnss w w
field where men of rcnins and cn,crnriso ha %
Of their own accord refusad IN ertors 7 DO no,
believe mat our American r,,n,,,ao,,,nore no
ouirc the protecton which ,bo ,o,nhiioa, :,
Marty seems ia ha co opxio,e ~ faipt ,,,nr
them. csncciallv n tbov we're nro,Jdod ,,itt
free raw matorials as Tho don,ncr,,Io ,a ~.
pronoscs 10 do We aro ,Iroad,, ,,ndorsi,I1;ro
foreign manufacturers in mast ar MANY of tbe
markets OF the world, and IL we can comnet,
with them abroad, ospcclallv in their ovn mar
kcts there would seem 10 be no real necessitv :
Of taxing our people longer in order Ia enoh,e
our manufacturers TO compete with foreign
ones at our very doors
"Ncithcr IL the prctense anv longer availob ble
tha, protection is absolutely necessary because
OF the difference IN wages paid in this and for
eign countries, tits true that wages are higher
here than abroad, and the democratic party
which has always upheld the dignity Of labor
ana Whlch Is largely composed OF workingmen
rejoiccs in the fact, and tolerates no nolic,
which would tend to reduce them. But Il
American workingmen receive higher wages 4
is also true that they perform better worl, thar
those abroad; they are better educated: they
'ake deeper ana more lntclllgcnt interest ir
thclf labor' they own thelr own houses; they
are entitled to the elective franchise and are ir
every way better qualified TO produce manufac
lures which can bring better prices and which
are so excellent that they can at the same time
successfully compete with the rest Of the world
"All that America needs is free field and a
fair fight in the race of life and she will prov,
inyncibe in nearly every department Of human
activity, 1t is narrow and contracted view
however, that seeks to keep our country from
contYct with the commerce OF the world The
repdplican orator who boaslingly asserts thai
the uhlted States can raise ana manufacture
every thihg we need mat foreign commerce
shoulu not DC sought all"r or foreign markets
considered, ana that our American farmers
should be content with nome markets and home
prices and that we can ana should be indepen
dent OF al the rest OF the world may crafty the
selhsh ana ialse PRIDE OF his hearers, but hi
only exhibits his ignorance OF history and hi'
lack OF comprehension of the true sources OF
genuine prosperity.
1--WE should not adopt any policy OF admins
tranon which excludes the ldoa mat there Is
more OF this world than the United States, an(
we should understand thal we Go not menopo
Iize all the wealth, the industries or the PROD
ucts OF the world
"Our policy should be dictated by an en-
lightcned self-interest, which comprchends tn,
wants needs and capacities not only of our
selves, but of the people everywhere. II is III,
fayorte claim Of our extreme protection
friapds that a m - pf ho ynnnl. M, ,,nr,