The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-03-09

The protection of our industry in New York
works thus as described by Mr., Gale. He says
Ny salt works make 10000 bushels of salt an
] nually, worth $4,000 1t furnishes my laborsTs
I sToo day. They buy cabbage, onions, milk and
clothes. The butcher and vegetable growers call
| at their door every day. Without protection
this would stop, and free salt would take the
/ place of ours. The money these men now get
| would go to a foreign land Ny FORKS pay
| $4,000 year tax TO the town 81 Saiaa. They
pay $500 to educate the rising generation; $3.50
| year for highways bridges, poor, county aud
| state tax.
| 1 go to New York with boat load of salt. The
| foreigner comes into Nork Xork free Both Of us
sell to the same at the same price, Now
then, my cargo has paid school tax highway
tax, pension tax. a county tax and state tax.
The British importer has paid nothing He
carries his money out of the country. / bring
mine home, pay my tax. pay my employees and
improve my locality. Now it is Just such indus
tries these in multltudes all over the land that
has made Amerlca the best mari 1t in the world.
That is representative illustration OF all Amer
lean industries including citrus culture, and the
same reasoning that applies to one applies to
all"
Now, do we want protection for Cur orapges7
only inconsistent but will prove absolutely futile
| to attempt TO get protection for the orange
grower and free trade for the wool grower.
We cannot expect protection for Florida cab
bage and onions and free trade for Wisconsin
barley and New York hops. We can not get pro
lection on Florida tobacco aud free trade Cal
ifornia raisins.
Then the question enlarges itself into this Do
we want protection on our citrus fruits accompa-
MED by the same protective principle to other
American Industries? For il is clear we can
! hope for it in no other way There are over AGO
men Washington making cur laws. Four Ct
them from Florida,
The idea that those four men can get an in-
creased duty on citrus into bill that largely
dIces the duty on Jst other articles Is hardly
worthy OF consideration
II the $500 ooo, 900 capita! Of the wool grower is
| left entirely with 1ut protection what hope is
there for poor little Florila with her infant in
dustry Of 100000.
Now Mr.. President and gentlemen in my
opinion, there but one way in which we can
by any possibility get protective tariff citrus.
Firt must decide that the protective principle
is right. Then, like plain, straightforward bust
ness men, 70 10 work in plain, business-like
way to put il into effect
At the last general election, the people of the
United States decided against the protective
principle and i'll favor Of tariff for revenue
only. The present Congress was elected on that
issue, and it Is i'll honor bound to enact a purely
revenue tariff bill. There is no other course
which it can pursue without dishonor. For us TO
g. before that Congress aud ask for a protective
tariff on oranges is to ask it to be false to the
PRINCIPLES which it was elected. If we be
leve in a tariff for revenue only we have no bus
mess asking Congress elected on that issue for
protective tariff on our frIit II W. believe in
the protective principle, and want ii enacted into
law, the sensible way, the manly, the business
like way is 10 begin at the foun 1ation and say 50
at the ballet box. and send men to Congress who
will act with members from other sectious who
are iii favor Of the same principles
If Florida, Massachusetts,, Alabama California,
Wisconsin, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and other
sections elect protective Congress we can have
protective tariff enacted in which shall have
something to say.
Petitouing is asking favor, voting is a et>rn
command from the sovereign people. Petitions
may be disregarded the wish Of a minority;
votes register the command Of the majority, and
such command must be obeyed