The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-02-21

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acre IN Mt. Sterling, illustrates ih'
protection iniquty in all its lcngtl
aud breadth, and IN all its rarniflca
lions. We are glad that IL has come
up for that reason. We think we car
,how anyone older than an Infant anC
wiser than a fool, that protection i
fllse in fact and buitressed by fallacy
We mean no disrespect, but we mus
say that Fair Plays article is one o
the most vulnerable things that types
nave marked since Christmas.
In the first place, this protection
principle is un-American and incoD.
,istent with our free institutions. IL
laundry company cannot establish
tnd operate its enterprise in Mt Ster'
ing, so as to do my washing cheaper
han foreign laundry; no man, nor
set OF men, has any right 10 persuade
ar force me to pationize 1t. IT the
Council. of Mt, Sterling, by its action
,rings it about directly or indirectly,
;hat, should pay six cents for lauu-
tried cuffs which. could, but for it,
,ction, get Iaundried for five cents, il
becomes my oppressor to that extent.
Again, ifa laundry company cannot
establish itself in Mt. Sierliug, and do
mere, cheaoer work than those at .
distance, sit as plain as the nose Oh q
mans face that the time has not come
for establishing a laundry in Mt.
Sterling. But you say, "foster home
enterprises" What for? Foster .
laundry in Mt. Sterling, for The privi-
lege of Iaying ten cents for work that
I can get done elewhcre for five cents.
Such finauciering would bankrupt
humanity. Foster it for its higher
prices, for the squeak of its whistle
and the dirty suds ii contributes TO
the already too large sources of disease.
If Mt. Sterling laundries cannot do
Mt. Sterling's washing cheaper than
foreign Iaundries, the best thing they
,an do, is to expire for The general
good.
Foster enterprises! Enterprises are
things that do rot need fostering or
protection. Nothing deserves the
name of enterprise that has to be pro-
tected. No individual, community.
Or nation needs any industry tina, il
has TO tax itself 10 keep alive. Mt.
Sterling (and every other ciN) wants
those enterprises that can, not only
sustain themselves. but can also foster
and strengthen her. She should in
wife only those industries that increase
%er surplus, Der strength and pros
perity, and bury or exile those which
foster as parasites on her resources
as paupers upon her bounty.
But let us look at The license on the
agents of foreign Iaundries. What
was it laid for? TO help The home
laundry. How? BY keeping The
agents of other firms out of town. la
case the project succeeds, what is the
result! Why the home laundry will
De enabled 10 add the amount of the
license to its own prices, and thereby
axes money OUT Ofevery mans pocket,
who has refinement enough to desire
| clean shirt, and puts it into the
pocket Of the Laundry Company.
The city treasury remains Iank a. a
lurch mouse, meautime. The Mt.
sterling city dads would pass into
history, AS the first assembly that ever
evied tax on cleanliness.
Win are these agents of the foreign
Are they not citizens of
ut. Sterling? If the act of the Coun-
ii accompIishes that for which
was designed and foreign
withdraw their agencies,
locs not the act curtail the wages OF
hese agents, who are thus deprived ,
t one source Of income? Does not
he Council say by it's act to agents
Who are citizens Of Mt. Sterling; YOU
hall not have the revenue for which I
on honestly toll, but we will take it G
rom you and give it the Laundry
We will take away thy 4
ound and give it to him that hath :.
en pounds" These are not wicked
Othful servants either, but they are
rying to turn an honest penny. Their Q
interest ought to be as dear to the ,
,Ouncil as those of any other citizen.
But let us suppose it does not sue
eed--does not Keep the obnoxious |
gents away. In that case il ceases to n
} be a protective measure 1t then
generates INTO 4 Iuere scheme for