The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-25
Judge Rhodes of Ogden on
Protection. Why Adopted.
The Result Protection is
a Robbery The Supreme
Court Says So.
Edited by Sam. a. hing.


leader Of republican thought suggested
by letter, and utterance, that the time
was rapidly approaching when war tax
alton by high tariff should cease. But
the manufacturers had tasted the
sweets of class legislation and an ALI
ance was formed by which they agreed
to furnish the money for a campaign
corruption Efuud, to tbs republi-
can leaders in consideration OF
It's continuance. The republican
leaders changed their utterances. High
tariff, protective tariff, became party
principle. They had said it was tax;
now 1t became blessing. If it was
tax, foreigners paid the tax. High
tariff reduced prices, although the
manufacturers were paying their
money to keep prices up. 1t was 81
legged that it kept labor at high price,
although the manufacturers and coal
men, were importing pauper labor by
the ship load.-Instead of reducing the
war tariff, thu republicans increased it.
Result: Money flow I'd from the agri-
cultural sections, it ebbed to the manu-
featuring canterS. The manufacturing
cenIers became loaners of money, the
agricultural districts borrowers. Mil
lionaires sprang into existence; their
companion piece, tram3s, and the poy-
erty stricken were seen. Trusts were
formed by the wealthy manufacturers
that stfed all competition OF those of
moderate means. The agrlcuIturist
was compelled to sell his products in
competition with the markets of the
world, to buy his supplies at the
worlds prices, with from 40 to rs per
eel t. added. Labor had to organize to
prey elt reduction of wages, by the
0ru al force of the strike. Result.
Failure)
The west was doing business with
the east at an average disadvant-
age of 90 per cent; and doing that
with borrowed capital from the east.
One train carried from the east money
loaned; the &c turning train carried it
back to pay interest, and purchase
supplies at an exaggerated price. For.
eign commerce was detroyed; our mer-
Chant ships disappeared from the
ocean. The stars and stripes floated
in foreign ports only over the man-of-
war. We were becoming the hermit
nation of the Occident. The nation
bad gone into the business of creating
millionaires and tramps, Luxury for
the few, unrequited toll for the many.
Respectfully,
l.. R. RHODES.
Mr., Justice Miller OF the supreme
court of the United States says: "Of |
all the powers conferred upon govern
ment that of taxation is most liable to
abuse" The people of this country
know this to be true. Through the |
abuse of this power, the liberty loving
people of this, the new world, were
prosecuted and robbed until their out
ragged feelings would stand it no longer.
AS a result, appeal was had to the great |
arbitrator, the god of war" and our
independence was given US. Now,
mora than century later, we find
some of the descendants, of our indie.
pendence heroes striving and working
for the maintenance and the perpetual
ton of this abuse of power, against
which their forefathers fought and
died. They have not only forgotten
the decision OF the court of war, but
they have also forgotten the decisions
of the supreme court of the United
States, and for their benefit we here
give a short quotationGfrom this last
named court, wherein it was discuss,
ing one branch of the subject. We
invite our republican friends to read
all of the case OF the ''Loan Association
VS.. Topeka 20 Wall 657. Here are q
few words from this decision of this our
s ipreme court:
ID hObBEh1s
'To lay with one hand the power of
the government on the property of the
citizen, aud with the other to bes tow
it upon favored individ Ials to aid pri-
vate enterprises and build up private
fortunes, is none the less a robbery
because it is done under the forms Of
law and is called taxation. This is not
legislation. 1t is decree under legis.
latiYe forms. Nor IS it taxation. a
tax SAYS iWebster's dictionary, is a
rate or sum of money assessed On the
person or property OF a citizen by the |
government for the use of the nation or
state Taxes are burdens or charges
imposed by the legislature upon persons
OF property to raise money for public
purposes,
1--WE have established, we think, be.
yond cavil, that there can be no lawful
tax which is not laid for a public pur-
pose.
''It it be SAID that benefit results to |
the local public of town by establish
ing manufactures, the same may be |
said of any other business or pursuit
which employs capital or labor. The
merchant, the mechanic, the innkeeper,
the banker the builder, the steamboat |
owner, are equally promoters Of the
public good, and equally deserving the
aid of the citizens by forced contribu-
tions. No line can be drawn in favor
of the manufacturer which would not
open the Golfers OF the public treasury