The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-27

49,, hi ,ot argue that the wnea' "n'
corn raisers OF the country Neither
cur" h,t rather the contrary. VEIN, :,
peru" fact that there Is a s'!e'."
w. ~ nrrdred miles IN Louisiana WIZ
en- farmers arc enjoying an 'uns not
s,as nrosnerity and happiness" arsue -.
pe a,har farmers OF the country are "a
."'.,nr ,,he prosperity, but ra,ne' 49,
o,trsrv and especially 80 II tneSe :
ss-mors are taxed their proportioh' %.
na,,a above stated. at sometn'ns -
60 900 oo a wear. in order TO h're -
60 ,urs,,e the sugar Industry anu. ~
80 tbem against any posslp'e -
nns 70 make their prosperity aoso'u'e''
| certain. chic bounty
,oa;.,o,ion and which has produceo SUI"
unexampled prosperity TO a smaii 49,
- The farmers of Louisiana, at tne ca
nense of the farmers and other iaov'"
neonle OF the country. that mas p'oo.~
Tho feeling evidenced In the CoNey ~
men, upon Washington-tnat IL 10
"'-ss ~ the Government to support
En- neonle and not the business ol inc
neonIe to support the Government. A..
xvhen the other laboring people Oh INC
country see themselves taxed TO poverty
and want. I'm order to produce uneA-
ampled prosperity and happiness within
o bundred-mile stretch in the STATE OIL
Louisiana. they naturally rush 10 the con
clusion that il is likewise due 10 ,he Wv
eminent TO contribute to their supper, ~
Of the National Treasury, anu mus ienue,
them also prosperous, coh'enteu' AIN
happy" o-
The Republican party In congress pr
pared the way for the strange upi'Si"e
Int we now see Throughout the country
bv making use Of the law TO destroy the
freedom of exchange; that is TO say, de-
strov absolutely the property OF some
people in order TO enhance the value or
the property Of other people. They have
no right now, after thirty years OF such
legislation to declaim against socialism,
for they have established 1t. They have no
right after having taught communism
for years. to declaim against communism
now. for they nave created 1t. Having
made the law an instrument Of robbery
I'm the interest of certain classes, other
classes naturally desire like benefits. and
are FESTIVE when they do not obtain them.
The dangerous conditions now existing
In this country are simply the logical
and inevitable results of the spoliation
of certain individuals and classes by law,
in order to give "unexampled prosperity,
contentment. and happiness" to other
individuals and classes.
II is the logical result Of Drotectionism
run mad, which the Sherman silver law
and the Mckinley tariff law undoubtedly
were. Many years ago Bastiat. the re-
nowned political economist OF France, In
writing upon the dangerous tendencies OF
protectionism, which he denominated
spoliation by law, said: IF In the inter-
est Of individuals or of classes you make
the law an instrument Of robbery. every
one will wish to make laws. and to make
them to his own advantage. There will
be a riotous crowd at the doors Of the
legislative halls. there will be a bitter
conflict within: minds will be in anarchy,
morals will be shipwrecked; there will be
violence In party organs, heated elections,
accusations. determinations, jealousies, in
extinguishable hates. the public forces
placed al the service Of rapacity instead
Of depressing II, the ability to distinguish
the true from the false efaced from all
minds. as the notion OF justice and in
justice will be obliterated from all con-
sciences. the Government responsible for
everything and bending under the burden
of it's responsibilities. political commissions
revolutions without end. ruins over whicf
all forms Of socialism and communism
attempt 20 establish themselves: these
are the evils which must necessarily flow
from the perversion Of law"
A large portion of this. in the light Of
present conditions and future outlooks.
sounds a good deal like prophecy.