The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-07-08

for the products OF labor in foreign
countries we are restricted to the
markets OF this country by the tariff
monopoly. aud although there is a
demand for these products abroad,
they are sinking lower in price every
day until to-day they are away below
the cost OF production. How does
this benefit the farmers Of American
Why the Western and the Southern
farmers have been driven into the
cities and the towns OF manufacturing
states for their market where you
promised the farmers you would build
them an exclusive market We are
obliged to go there; there is no help
for it and to day Kansas corn is sell
ing in Massachusetts and Ohio and
driving out the very farmers whom
they promised protection and homo
market be, ause you have confined us
to this local market and because OF
the inability OF the laboring classes to
employ themselves in the production OF
wealth which they could and would
exchange for the products OF the farm
for these reasons we find the pro-
ducts OF our farms thrown upon an
even cheapening market for want OF
consumption.
want to say to you, Mr.. Chairman
that am in favor of this bill. because
it will place certain articles on the
free list because it will help the
Southern farmers. Every bill that
takes tax off from their energies.
off from the products of their labor.
is in the interest OF evrey other man
in the United States whether he lives
in the North or in the South. / want
to say to the Southern cotton planter
that want TO see him relieved from
every tax upon his industry, simply
from selfish interest II from no
other cause. For cotton We trade corn
and wheat; and the Southern planter
is a large buyer OF Kansas corn, and
the less he is robbed, the less money
is taken from him by a robber tariff.
the more he will have left to buy
Kansas corn with.
So. from a selfish point Of view, II for
no other reason. | am in favor OF this
bill
want to say further that / am in
favor OF this bill because it takes Il
step toward putting everything else on
the free list finally, want to say to
you that every time you take pro-
lection off from any favored industry
you place the man interested in that
industry in the ranks OF those who
are fighting against protection.
want to say to you that that is the
way protection was built up. As one
man got protection on his article the
man that had to consume his article
saw that the only way to balance him
self and to even himself up with the
other fellow was to have protection
put on the product OF his labor; and
thus we went to log-rolling, and put
a tariff on different things until we
got them all into the ring. My FRIEND
from Iowa MIR. Dolliver] one OF the
most brilliant men in the house in
his speech the other day. let the ca
out Of the bag and showed how pro.
tective tariffs are built up by grtnt'
OF special privileges; how, wherever
you get them when any commur itJ
is benefited by this system, they a
once fall into the ranks OF those wnC
battle for protective tariffs TO help tie
other fellows out
l will read you an extract from h.
speech, which may explain the Who'll
matter:
No people in the United States SO,
more clearly the relation OF the farm
to its customers than the people Of
Iowa and Nebraska Last summer
the contract of building little tor
pedo cruiser was awarded to thu
Dubuque iron works We were agree
ably surprised to find a shipyard il
Iowa equipped for such a contract
The Dubuque newspapers were filled
with rejoicing over the building 0
that one little cruiser costing SIP, 600
The Democratic newspaper opened III
account with the headline in flaming
capitals z ''Hallelujah'-tho frs
time that old Hebrew expression eve
found its way in Democratic news
paper in that section OF the country
Laughter 1t pointed out hoV
every citizen Of the town and tn
whole adjacent community woul,
share in the bounty OF that expendi
tur0 OF money.
Turning over to the editorial pag
the reader found an argument yer,
like that delivered week ago by m,
friend from Nebraska in effect advis
ing us whenever we wanted anything
else, to go to England for 1t and
said 10 myself that il the Democrac
OF the west would only take into thei
politics little OF the common sens
that they apply to their business in
stead OF winning new victories on tn
free trade platform as predicted BY
my friend from Nebraska there woult
not be enough OF them left TO call tn,
caucus to order laughter; for tn,
principle to which referis recognize,
by the wise and simple alike"
They were going to have $112, 00l
distributed among the people Of tn,
city OF Dubuque and this will OK
plain how you can make even a Demo
crat defender OF the ''robber tariff.
Every Democrat and Republican o
that town saw that they had gotteI
their hands into the public pocket l.
the extent OF S1l2.O02, which tn
people OF the United States we're pay
d., IL % wa and fhat tbora una ~ n