Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-11-01

swapped for the product Of your
labor. How do you do it, You 20
to the store to buy your clothing
and you are not stopped on the way.
The policeman does not beat You
with his club; nobody stands at the
door and says you shan't 90 in.
There is no person standing at the
door to charge you fifty cents or a
dollar admission to get into the
place where you want to buy your
clothes. You just walk in. Trade
is free-see? Laughter aud APP
plause.
"Now, what is the other side?
The other side of it is to say that
trade shall not be free. What is
that? That il the republican side
= - niper0f RxDtsction.
Nov you have an idea what free
trade is in town, not out of the
town. You walk down to the store
and nobody will say to you: You
shall not 60 to that store What
is the opposite? Now comes in the
government, and the government
says: Smith has got store down
on Baltimore street, and you must
all go to Smiths store.' You say:
No, | want to go to Jones's store,
because can get my goods at
Jones's store 10 per cent. cheaper
We'll, but Smith is a first-rate
fellow; he is employing labor, he
has big industry, it is American
labor and American industry, and
the government now steps in and
says you must not go to Jones, you
must 60 to Smith. Now trade is
not free any more, see? daughter. ]
There may be a good reason, am
not saying there is not a good reason
for the government saying you shall
not 60 to Jones, but you must 90
to Smith. l am trying to get at
what the thing is first, and then we
will discuss the question whether it
is good or bad. The thing is you
must 60 to Smith to buy, and not
to Jones. Now the first reason
urged is that Jones is a German.
Does it make any difference to you,
if Jones sells 10 per cent. less than
Smith, whether he is German or
an ex1ie from Eriu: Laughter.
The mere fact that a man is a Ger
man or Frenchman is not an eco-
nomic reason for the government
compelling me to deal at Smiths
store instead of Jones's. | think
everybody will admit that; l think
even hide-bound protectionists will
admit that. Now, what next? Let
us follow this kindergarten illustra-
tion little further. Well, he don't
live In Maryland; you oughn't to
buy anything out of Maryland.
Everybody knows l don't be.
lieve in the destruction of the Gus
tom-house. Everybody knows that
| am standing here for the purpose
of supporting the bill that has been
passed by the House and by the
Senate and not for its general over
throw and revision. / stand, how
ever, for certain amendments, a.
mong which are free coal, free iron
ore, and the reduction of the sugar
duties, loud applause, so as to
take away the protection features of
it. CONTINUED applause. l don't
believe that is the part of wise
craftsmanship. ! think it would be
the height of unwisdom to attempt
to throw down the bill that has been
passed and uproot it from A to
lizard. | think that would be un-
wise in the extreme.
"One of the things that we need
is repose. agree to the view that
we need rest, not from agitation of
the tariff. because that will go on;
you can't confine the human mind
and the human spirit in a free
government; you must agitate, you
ought to agitate, you ought to in
struct, you ought to prosecute your
education, but, say, there ought
to be rest, not from tariff agitation,
bnt rest from tariff legislation, ex-
cept in the three or four important
particulars / have mentioned, until,
not for all time, but until demo-
cratic tariff has the opportunity to
show to this country the relief which
ii will give to its overburdened tax
payers" [Applause.l
After discussing in a clear and in
teresting way the fallacy of protec-
ton to coal and wool, Mr.. Cowen
concluded bis remarks "a fnllnws.