Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-12-08
ETHRIDGE TENN.
ED. DMEocRAT:-

Republican leaders, papers, and
street corner politicians are al
raising great hue and cry because
the democratic party Cor admins
tration) in the short space of nine
months, has not restored this whole
country to prosperity that nearly
thirty years Of republican high
tariff and misrulc, Immediately
succeeding the devastating war,
to reduce with all her natural
advantage to a condition which
republicans and republican papers
tell usis so deplorable, that the
statistician does not exist who can
martial with any degree OF
gertrude the dismal columns that
give the ruin and misery fol-
lowing, and yet, these same pol,
itic ians and news papers affect to
believe in a short term of nine
months of q democratic admins
tration should counteract all the
effect of that misrule. If the
theory of the protcctionist be true,
there ought to be now, after nearly
thirty years of high protection and
in many cases, prohibitary tariff
law, such general prosperity in tins
country as to demonstrate the
truth of the claims made by
Mckinley. and his ilk that high
p effective tariff reduce the
price of the article protected, in
stead of increasing the cost of the
same. If experience has demon
stratc the theory, that high pro-
tcctive tariff reduces the price of
the article so protected, is it not
extraordinary that our manu-
tacturcrs are so constantly, and so
DANGEROUSLY demanding more
protection? Is it reasonable sup
pose that the passage of law that
will diminish the price of what
men have to sell is so desirable
to them, that they will travel
hundreds of miles in making
annual pilgrimages to the mecca
of the United States, and haunt
the Capitol with their prayers
for such law? Why is it, that
the protective industry of this
country demand the continuance
OF system, the effect of which,
they, themselves say, has been to
reduce the price of what they
have to sell? In truth, as the
cost of the foreign commodity is
increased to the consumer by the
amountof the duty, which goes
into the treasury of the United
States, so the price of the doncs.
t article, is increased to the
c aFumer very nearly, if not quite,
to the amount Of the duty Which
goes into the pocket OF the
protected manufactures. There is
the secret of the ability of few
men accumilating such colossal
fortunes, and also, the cause Of
the farmers and labering people
of this grand country being 80
hard pressed. The legislation of
this country has been in the
interest of New England, and the
North East, for nearly thirty
years. What has been the effect?
We have had to pay out for VIII;
we bought each year, a little more
| than what we had to sell bronobt
thereby draining the South West
and Central States, of nearly all
the nancy that rightly belonged to
that part of the country, and
storng it in the coffers of the
g tern plutocrats. You ask why
it h is been thus, for the fact, that,
! the manufacturing east has flu,
nished the Doodle to run the CAM
paigns of the G. O. p. What Is
the remedy? Just reverse the
tariff, by repeating what is known
as the McKinly bill, and passing
a revenue bill, and an income tax
bill, and let the wealth of tn,
country bear its share of tho
burden of the support of tn,
Government, and destroy thai
Unsuitable Leech (protcction) thai
is sucking the life out of the masse,