The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-15

some good Republicans ship to carry
over cargo of -four to relieve them
[laughter]. and yet sir. because we
cannot trade the products of our farms
for the products OF labor in foreign
countries we are restricted to the
markets of this country by the tariff
monopoly. and although there is a
demand fer 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 home
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.
l 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 a tax off from their energies
off from the products of their labor
is in the interest OF evrey other ma n
in the United States whether he lives
in the North or in the South. 1 want
to say to the Southern cotton planter
that | want to see him relieved from
every tax upon his industry simply
from selfish interest if 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 robber tariff.
the more he will have left to buy
Kansas corn with.
So from selfish point of view, if for
no other reason. l am in favor of this
bill.
want to say further that am in
favor of this bill because it takes a
step toward putting everything else on
the free list finally. I 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. l
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
tariff on different things, until we
got them all into the ring. My friend
from Iowa. Mr.. Dolliver] one OF the
most brilliant men in the house. in
his speech the other day. let the cat
out of the bag and showed how pro-
tective tariffs are built up by grants
OF special privileges; how. wherever
you get them. when any community
is benefited by this system. they at
once fall into the ranks of those who
battle for protective tariffs to help the
other fellows out.
l will read you an extract from his
speech which may explain the whole
matter:
mo people in the United States see
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 the
Dubuque iron works. We were agree
ably surprised to find shipyard in
Iowa equipped for such contract
The Dubuque newspapers were filled
with rejoicing over the building of
that one little cruiser costing $112. 900.
The Democratic newspaper opened it's
account with the headline in flaming
capitals. Z Hallelujah'- the first
time that old Hebrew expression-ever
found its way in Democratic news
paper in that section of the country.
Laughter. 1t pointed out how
every citizen of the town and the
whole adjacent community would
share in the bounty OF that expendi-
ture OF money.
Turning over to the editorial page
the reader found an argument very
like that delivered week ago by my
friend from Nebraska. in effect advis-
ing US whenever we wanted anything
else to go to England for it and I
said to myself that if the Democracy
OF the west would only take into their
politics little of the common sense
that they apply to their business, in
stead of winning new victories on the
free trade platform as predicted by
my friend from Nebraska there would
not be enough of them left to call the
caucus to order [laughter]; for the
principle to which refer is recognized
by the wise and simple alike"
They were going to have $112. 900
distributed among the people of the
city of Dubuque; and this will ex-