The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
THE FUTURE STATE.
BY b. LACK.
CHAPTER VII, PART I.

| ments looking at the ground, slowly strok-
| ing his beard, then suddenly raising his
| head he continued.
The thinnest and most transparent cheat
| by which statesmen humbugged the people
| and helped the few to rob the many was
| the tariff, and this in the face of history
| and common sense.
In the history of the world every nation
for the time at the head of all other ma
| lions in wealth, power and intelligence
| controlled the commerce of the earth; and
| sunk in decay and out of sight in proper
| ton as they lost their commerce. Egypt
Persia, Greece, Carthage Rome, Venice,
| Holland, and England all owed their posi-
ton in rank, influence and intelligence to
| their commerce and art, growing and keep
| ing pace as they fostered it, and the ma
! ton sinking into obscurity as commerce
| slipped from their grasp. -
| The philosophy of this is apparent. Com
| merce binds the nations of the earth to-
| gether, and keeps them in touch Is there
| an invention discovery in one country
| the next ship arriving in port brings news
| which at once spreads throughout the land
| the knowledge of the world is at her feet
| so in proportion to the number of countries
nation deals with, so will the chances for
| learning new arts and manufactures in
| crease.
| The old fogies that first taught COM
| merce to the world instructed the people
| that the great and only purpose of selling
was to get money. But of what use was
! money; it could not be used in either of
| three essentials of life, viz: Food raiment
| or shelter. 1t could only perform one SIM
| pie function of small comparative import
| ance, exchange commodities; this being So
| 1t is obvious that to ship our food, raiment
| or shelter, the essentials of life from a
| country for money. a non-essential must
] result in a national loss.
In fact, just previous to the anarchy that
surrounds u.s. the facilities had become so
no in
| OF national money that bankers sought to
Abolish its use altogether and force the use
| or bank paper entirely on the people Not
nation but is able to create all the money
needed to effect exchange entirely within
itself. RI, =.
But a country to excel in commerce
must have variety of things of it's own
| production it does not want, to exchange
FOR things it does want. If a country by in
telligence and facilities excels in manu-
racture but not in minerals, works of art
or agriculture, it must exchange it's sur
plus manufactures that cost less labor for
the products of the mine, farm or works
OF art that cost more labor or cannot be
produced at ALL it must part with what
costs less labor for what cost more labor
and profit by the exchange all countries
VIII be benefited just in proportion as they
practice an equitable exchange product for
product A law of nature is that "a thing
Will cleaVe in the line of least resistance"
so will man satisfy his wants with the
least eXertion, which Isl but parts of one
great natural law that covers all cases
Mature attains it's object with the least
force;' man is only a part of nature then
why should he have his natural right to
satisfy his wants with the least exertion
constructed by arthclal barriers in the
shape of commercial restrictions.
1t was easy to see this was one Of the
ways the few fattened at the expense of
the many; it made place and salaries for
the politician, and ways in which the cap
1talist could lick up the labor of the indus
trious.
The ignorant blindness of the people of
the old civilization seems Incredible The
party of politicians and demagogues ar
gued that socialism was very wrong, be-
cause it restricted individual liberty and
then passed laws that the individual must
trade where the government guided by the
self-interest of the capitalist Dictated; that
commerce was the life of a nation and
then restricted commerce so much that it
died. They preached individual liberty and
when there was only 20 people to the
square mile in the United States, placed a
club in the hands of policeman to drive
the free citizen off the vacant land lest he
trespass, and off the public roads lest he
became a vagrant-then called him a
tramp, and placed him in a workhouse
running his reputation, lest he became
moral o what an age of cant and humbug
a
the name of Carnegie got great fame as a
working mans friend by influencing gov
eminent to put a tariff steel-and $35,-
100000 in his pocket-he got so rich off the
labor of his employees, through the effect of
the tariff, that he went over to his native
land, Scotland, and built a church that
cost so much money that the queen conde-
scended to look at him; the prince of
Wales shook hands with him. and it is re-
ported even contemplated inviting him to
lose a few thousand pounds at baccaret;
the wealthy wondered, the church blessed
and he was merely made Scotch saint;
even prominent American statesman and
candidate for the presidency got his
four-in-hand; riding through Scotland with
him to get small share in the blessings.
The wage workers in America who by
their toll had made his fortune hearing of
his liberality with their sweat, thinking his
benevolence would allow them a share of
the prosperity they had made, asked him
for raise in their wages, the laborer
working for $1.15 per day asked that it be
raised to SIPS. But the Carnegie benevo-
lent explained to the laborer the way the
tariff helped them and him. He told them
in their case they had the beneficial effect
of competition which all political econo-
mists called 1.-The life of trade That the
Scotch people for whom he built the church
would be glad to come to America and
work for their Scotch saint for ST. per
day. But in his case the laws regulating
the customs duties deprived him of the
benefits of competition with foreign manu-
facturers, therefore, as he was deprived by
law of the life of trade competition he
was forced to make it up in money.
Tin, in small quantities, was found in
California and the Black Hills. so forth
with an English syndicate bought up the
land containing the ore to stop competitio
with their business in England. and knock
ed at the door of congress with a bag of
gold, that all English capitalists carry
around with them for that purpose, asking
for a little legisla ton
Mr.. Carnegie having been treated well
in England and Scotland. what could con-
gress do but treat Mr.. Carnegies friends
the Englishmen, well, So they put tariff
on tin to foster this infant American in
dustry Owned in England. The tariff was
not to take effect for several months
so that the Englishmen could ship in their
English stock on hand, just to keep the
country going until our tin, owned by
English capital, could be got the mar
ket. The English worked their plants in
England night and day, so great was their
anxiety to be good to the Americans for
to effect, up went the price of tin and over
to England went American wealth to pay
for it.
Inc obl1g1ng American officials even went
SO far as TO evade the law prohibiting the
importation OF foreign workmen under con-
tract ana let the pleasant Englishmen with
the bag or gold ship in foreign labor to
work in the tin manufa cture, and keep the
American artisan where he would be poor
and civil, for the poor were even at that
time getting very restless over the concen-
tratlon OF wealth into the hands of few
men, with its consequent power over gov
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