The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-23

orv;ro 49,, 49,, ~ eome other mans pocket
Won m;,bt imst az we'll try to raise weight
with a lever ,,i,hout a fulcrum as try 10 neiP
soma nar,;c,,Iar industry by means OF taxa
tion without nlacing the burden upon the
consumer. ,~o~o x.,,o;r-
Back in Illinois when we were repair,
ing a rail fenco we would sylnosunos NM
corner down pretty low IN the ground. am
MOI wantine 10 tear down the fence we would
devise a wav Of raising that fence corner 20
mt under IL n new ground chunk. How uiu
we do 10 We took rail. put one end OF u
under the fence corner. then ihiu uo"n =
ground chunk for afulcruin' men we Wou.u
90 oil to the end of the raj anu pear IL oo"n'
up would 60 the fence corheI-ous uocs az .hS,
body suppose there was DO piesSu'o VI NAV
fucrumY ..,.
That my friends. illustrates Justine opera
ton as ] conceive It. Of a protectiVe taIln'
You want 20 raise an infant industry. Tor III
stance; what do you DO! you tnAo pio.sS =,
tive tariff for a lever and put one end OF ~
under the infant industry that - TO DO ralscu.
You look around for some good. lat. nearly
consumer and lay him down Tor O grQuhu
chunk: you bear down on the rail- ana up
goes the infant industry. but down goes 'ne
ground chunk into the ground.
The reason our friends Justify the princi-
pie is that they see the infant industry rise,
but they forget the man upon whom they are
placing the burden And the trouble WIN
this country il that oil over the land are tne
homes OF forgotten men-men whose rights
have been violated and whose interests haN7
been dsregarded IN order that somebody ESQ
may be enriched. IL is the principle that Is
involved in thi. little bnding-twine bill. J on
see the industry that gets the $1,000 but you
never think OF the farmers who 20 down into
their pockets and pay the little sums ,hat
make up the great amount. Is not that
fact is not that the effect OF the tarih
Therefore. the man who lustine5 protection as
principle must prove three things. He must
prove that the principle is right, that the
policy is wise, and that the tax IS necessary.
We have only room for a second extract
when some young man selects young
woman who * willing to trust her future 70
his strong right arm. and they start to build
a little home. that home. which IS the unit OF
society and upon which our Government and
our prosperity must rest-when they start %
build this little home. and the man who sells
the lumber reaches out his hand 10 collect
tariff upon that the man who sells paints
and oils wants tariff upon them, the man
who furnishes the carpets tableclothes.
knives, forks. dishes, furniture. spoons,
everything that enters into the construction
and operation OF that home when all these
hands | say, are stretched out FROM every
direction 10 lay their OHghting weight upon
that cottage and the Democratic party says.
II IS protecting the grandest home industry
that this or any other nation ever had.
And | am willing that you. our friends on
the other side. shall have what consolation
you may gain from the protection OF those
horne industries which have crowned with
palatial residences the hills of New England,
if you will simply give us the credit of being
the champions OF the homes of this land. 1t
would seem that if any appeal could find a
listening ear in this legislative hall it ought
TO be the appeal that comes up from those
cotenants OF earth's only PARADISE but your
party has neglected them. more. it has
spurned and spit upon them. When they
asked for bread you gave them stone. and
when they asked for fish you gave them
serpent You have laid upon them burdens
grievous TO be borne. You have filled their
days with toll and their nights with anxious
care, and when they cried aloud for relief you
were deaf 10 their entreaties."