Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-22
legislation which protects labor in the mill
and leaves 1t in the mines 20 the charity or

legislation which protects labor in the mill
and leaves 1t in the mines 20 the charity or
the great cities.
These so-called free raw materials
free wool. free coal, and free iron, are not
put on the free list with any reference,
direct or indirect, to raising revenue They
are placed there to encourage manufactur-
ers who are to be compensated for any
loss in this market by the markets Of the
world, where they will have the chance
to struggle with the cheaper labor of the
old world with whatever energy they may
have left after the struggle at home with
that same cheap labor let into our mar
kets by lower tariff which does not give
US the compensation even Of a larger reve-
nue..
These delusive advantages are to be
given the manufacturers at the expense
Of the miners. who dig out the ores ana
mine the coal; at the expense Of the farm
ers, who raise the wool, and the railroads,
which transport all these products. With
these advantages, thus obtained at the
expense of other citizens, the manufacture
rs. forced oy the lowering of the tariff to
fight for their markets at home, are to
enjoy the unlimited foreign trade How
they can obtain a foothold in foreiy IN lands
when this very bin is drafted upon the
supposition that they cannot keep their
beyond the domain Of logic.
IF the woolens Of America need, as this
very bill assumes, 30 and 40 per cent to
enable them to have fair chance in our
own markets, where is the unlimited for
eign trade which awaits them in countries
where they are stripped OF 81 and 40 per
cent protection and obliged to pay freight
and all other charges and light business
connections existing for scores Of years?
IAN the objections so often urged by the
dominant party against the existing system,
we repeat, lie against this bill The diner-
ence is only one Of degree. II the present
system be robbery. as these men nave tier
ated and reiterated, the proposed system is
precisely the same. -
still to Pay Tribute.
TT is true that the consumer will no
longer pay tribute to the western farmer
for the wool of the sheep, but the New
England and other manufacturers are still
authorized to lay tribute upon the citizens
Of the United States. who must pay. SO
these men have always said, 30. 40 and 40
per cent to the manufacturers on every
yard of woolens and worsteds. while the
country will only receive, by way Of reve-
nue. a lessened sum, unless incr ,ased i'm
porlations signaiize the decay OF American
production.
IT Is true that the coal miners Of West
Virginia and the ore producers of Michigan
will be stripped of their sO-called robper
gains entirely, and the railroads must lose
transportations Of millions Of tons OF
freight; but the manufacturers are thereby
stimulated and aided SO that they can. as
the committee asseverate still continue
their profitable business here and reach
across the ocean for the business Of other
countries and foreign trade without limit
THE doctrine of the democratic platform
that protection is robbery and should be
abolished is comprehensive and sturdy.
The new movement on behalf Of mittgated
and sporadic robbery is contrary alike to
good morals and public faith. All false
pretenses are unwise, contrary to sound
policy and sound craftsmanship. Hence
many of US who are sure that the demo-
cratic platform is utterly untrue admitted
its straightforwardness and directness.
This BILL framed by those who represent
the platform, cannot receive that kind of
praise 1t pretends to be revenue tariff.
and does not raise revenue. 1t pretends to
give protection, but destroys 1t in every in
direct way.
COuntry's Well-BeinG.
"The moral and social well-being Of a
nation does not depend so much upon its
absolute wealth as upon the yearly distri-
button Of the yearly gain. Whatever can
be said Of the people Of the United States.
nothing can be more truly said than that
the distribution Of the proceeds Of united
labor and capital has been among them
more even and fair than anywhere else
upon earth. There have been great accu-
mutation Of capital necessary for the
worlds development all over the universe.
but In the United States all this has been
accomplished by the nearest approach to