Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-14
PROTECTION PRODUCTS.
Republican Rule Responsible for Social
istio Demonstrations.

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istic Demonstrations.
The Coxey movement is chiefly sig
n%iticant as an expression OF the social
istic tendencies that have deVelcpec
under republican rule and protectionis'
principles In France the doctrine O
protection has been accepted by tbs
socialists in It's logical consequetices
and men are saying to the state: "Sinct
protection makes prices high. give us
also protection for wages. Fix a mini
mum scale; and Let the state compel
employers TO observe it.
There was no principle more essen
TALLY embodied in the foundations OF
Americaii liberty than the principle OF
individual liberty-tlio independence
| Of the citizen, The state was SOW
ereign only because he, the citizen,
| gave it of his own sovereignty. IL
was his creation; he owed moth
ing to the stats but loyalty and
obedience to necessary laws. The state
owed all to him, This spirit gave
the dignity and strength that char
acterized the men of America. In Its
destruction there has been no influence
more potent than the doctrine of pro-
lection. In its very essence IL assumes
that one set OF individuals Is not as
strong as another set Of individuals,
that n man isn't able to stand up be-
fore the world and win his W way
through it, In practice, 1t has fostered
the idea hat one class must he made
to contribute to another and far Small
err class; that the government has the
right to interfere In the affairs of It's
citizens and determine how much Of
one mans goods shall be given to ah'
other man. 1t has made the govern
ment q part Of and a party to the
money-getting machinery OF tho fav-
ored class, and has made money-getting
a governmental function, leaving the
minds of the citizens with no sense OF
their personal independence and indi-
vidual responsibilities. We are no
longer a nation Of sovereigns, but Of
dependents. So p%aternalism drifts into
socialism, and so protection comes back
to the protected in the appeal OF
loxey's army for help
In this country the masses have not
learned to apply the logic of the
but they are fast learning it.
t is no new idea; the inevitable couse.
iuences of protection were foreseen
ears ago by students of sociological
tendencies So long agoas 1851 Cavour,
he Italian economist, said;
u maintain tina the most powerful ally OF
In its logical relations, Ia the doctrine
protection. II sets out from absolutely the
al1e principle Reduced to It's simplest terms,
afirms the right and duty Of government to
lterfehe IN the employment anu distribution
/ capital 1t afllrms that the function and mis-
ion OF government are to substitute its more
heightened decisions for the freedecision Of the
If these principles should become
nto8ntaed as incontestably true, | do not see
nat answer could be made to the working
lasses and their repre- sentatlyes when they
arne TO the government and said; You believe
tho right and duty of regulating the dis.
OF capitol why not also take up the
OF production and Wages Why not
government workshopsy"
Germany and France, and now the
nlted States, have verified these
'ords, The proposition is so self-evi-
that 1t scarcely needs discussion.
peakinR of Mr., Leon Says PROPOSE.
that protection insensibly leads to
nationalism," French authority on
'onomical questions lays down the !
rinciple that between protection and ,
'cialisin the line Of distinction is very ,
'fficult to perceive" A Frenchman
the difference as being that i
le protectionist was a rich man. .
hlle the socialist was a pauper. a
Undoubtedly, If the robbcr barons r
e right, Coxey is also right, and SC u
e the populists, and with more JUS +
&c on the side Of the latter, for their il
'eds are greater. The populists are d
the natural outgrowth Of republic Z
ism and protection. !
Let Coxey blow his trumpet long and Ii
Silly at the gates of the robber Il
1t is his turn now.-Louisyille c
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