Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-31
FREE TRADE In SYRIA.
Manufacturers Paralyzed by Lack of
a Protective Tariff,
WHERE ALL WEALTH is HIDDEN
For Fear II VIII Fall Into the Hands Of the
Sultan'S Tax Collectors.
BLAINE'S FAME IN THE FAR ORIENT
WHERE ALL WEALTH is HIDDEN
BLAINE'S FAME IN THE FAR ORIENT

Mr. Ezekiel Taminosiau, the Syrian gen.
tleman who has been in the city for several
weeks. and who has delivered very interest
ing lectures in half dozen or more of the
leading churches on his native country, in
an interview yesterday gave some facts
relative to the form of government in his
country. He said:
'There is hardly any form to the Syrian
Government 1t is not a republic. The
Sultan of Turkey is the all powerful over
all the country and its officers. He being
the eldest, inherited his office, and the next
eldest in the family will inherit it from
him. He is a man of great taste and lover
of pleasure. His gardens and palaces
are beautiful. He receives a salary of
5000, 600 wear and lives in luxury with
great number of wives and servants His
support must come from the poor of the
country without benefting them in return.
The soil is very rich and fruitful, and the
Weld of crops is very abundant but the
wealthy and industrious hide their means
because they have no protection from the
Government.
Beaten by Foreign Manufacturers.
European manufacturers can furnish
different kinds of articles cheaper than they
can manufacture themselves. They have
free trade, you know, throughout the coun-
try. In Syria, as well as the whole Turk
ish empire. the system of free trade pre-
walls. The manufactured articles are poured
in from the European ports, and the people
who are living in the country have little to
do. The laborer receives from 16 to %
cents for long days labor, while in this
country the laboring man would spend that
amount and even more in his soda water and
cigars The people of this country ought
to be more grateful to their Government for
furnishing them protection. The great
number of foreigners here who have not yet
studied the institutions of this great coun-
try and tasted liberty favor free trade so
they can import articles free of duty from
their own land, accumulate wealth and take
the money across the waters, while it ought
to remain here for the benefit Of the peo-
pie"
Mr.. Taminosian was asked if the people
in Syria were intelligent enough to realize
what liberty and protection really signifed,
and if they enjoy life as did the people of
this country.
The Home of Ancient Civilization.
'Yes, " he said, the people in and about
Syria know what the higher civilization
means. They know that they had the most
highly civilized country at one time and
supplied the world with their rich products.
They know they had cities such as Antioch,
nv birthplace, a CITY which, until the great
earthquake, 11j 4. D., was the great center
OF the Eastern world, celebrated for the |
splendor of its luxuries and the magniicence |
of its palaces, and which at one time con-
tanned a population Of 400, 900. 1t is the city |
where Paul founded the Primitive Church; |
where commerce that tloated on the Orantes |
touched the Uttermost parts of the earth; |
where the Crusaders defeated the Saracens |
and where for more than a thousand years |
the curious or the pious pilgrim has bent |
his footsteps. The people understand their |
country's past glory and wonder why they |
do not enjoy such blessings at the present |
time. 1t is no wonder to my mind, how |
ever, because l have seen the great United |
States and watched the workings of its gov |
ernment, and the constant care and protec- |
tion over its people.
Men y ho Sigh for liberty.
'There are strong and intelligent men in
Syria who can invent, but, instead of doing |
so, they admire the Western inventors aud |
praise them for their telephones and cleo
trio lights and other wonders, and wish they |
were under a Government like that of the |
United States-a country where liberty |
means common right to all and a place |
where human beings are treated like men. "
Mr.. Taminosian is an ardent Blaine ad-
mirer and would 90, he said, a thousand |
miles TO vote for him if nominated
'He is also known in my country" he |
said. "My father wrote me after the Ital- |
ian controversy, saving that Mr.. Blaine |
was great and wonderful man. He car
ried on that dispute with great GOODNESS and |
ability, that made his fame worldwide"
In regard to the cradle of Christianity
Jerusalem-ME Taminosan stated that |
from a real estate dealers standpoint the |
city is booming. Lots that were selling |
some years ago from 500 to $500 now COM |
mand thousands, and the population is rap |
idly increasing. The Rothschilds have |
taken an interest in the city, have purchased |
property there, established business, and |
many Hebrews from various parts of the |
world are now returning to the land of their |
fathers.
Mr.. Taminosfan has been in this country |
over nine years. He has succeeded in Sc |
curing good education and is now lectur- |
ing in the interest of Christian school to |
be starred in Antioch September next. He |
says the people in Syria need to be edu |
Gated. If they only can learn to think in |
telligentlv the country in few years will |
be transformed and transfgured.