Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-04-30

,.-ovs a foreclosure II that Of railway
i5.olveucsss IN ths past ysar. f0E it
--r-,1A s.ysua thst IN 1S92 q new sza Of
ta.lrruutcy more dts4sszpzs than that
r-oo-ded for several years P-sTio1s bad
-. iuzzxzrztsd- In the u EO11ks 10
- .hSa Is eoupzn5sz, having 1-s50
1uil-s Of rosd- and rsp-esenting the pro
dfvjous esp5taliIztiOn Of nearly 49,
60 srye. tzrs defE1ited sn3 been plsosd
IN The tau1s Of receiver The hard
.i,n4s had struck the c0zntTF right IN
- sl,s s-sT sf the Mckinley Law and
$500 an clzEes. the poor a. well as
sbe rich the labsgsrs a. vel a. The rail-
rad companies.
A NeE York eoTTezpondeuf q the
Porrisud Telegram Of April =. lsJ-,
aid. -BezrsrT and pOvsrTF On every
bzud I have never sesn 30 many beg
- o- TIE E--petz a. are 70 be encJun-
ta-s,7 m New YORK At this time Tn
hsuply tie vast majority of tnese are
esses OF such rel need tnat II seems in
rgs=ilJe % prevent. baing N the main
cr.urasssi Of amtitiOzs yorng and mid
/ TTa-ave1 uleu who have oOE1e % the
1reas us ztro2olis n the belief that nan
/ v-iIling 70 work neesl not remain idle.
/ This i not the fact however. This
rnsrkes Ike every ether to-day IS giut-
/ tel with unsEiIled labor These two
| extracts are sufficient to refGTe the
claim that the present hard times are
fbe reSuIt Of anv interference with the
prutec4ive Mckinley law The mOoillza-
ton Of the great army OF the unem-
Moved began under the reign OF that
law and from other causes than tariff
legislation
Although the Wilson tariff bin is
rrotective tariff measure, yet II Is
claimed that it i unjust becanse 1t only
r-o-ac4s tie manufacturer, while the
Mckinley law protected both the manu-
farturer and producer / have always
: agreed with my Republican friends in
= This contention They are right. II
: one class Is proteeted all classes should
: n urotected. Every tariff law that pro
2 tects the manufacturer should also pro
I tact the producer. and the same rule OF
: right and justice should be applied Tor
: the benefit Of the consumer.
= How. then. can the consumer be pro-
e tected: VIII he Be protected BY COM
e peIling him to pay increased prices for
: what he consumes by virtue Of protec-
L ZION afforded TO the manufactures and
z the vroduesr? That is the kind Of pro
g lection that yultures accord to doTes
e and that wolves extend TO lamhs- That
8 viii not do. The only possible way to
= protect the consumer is TO allow him to
L buv where he can buy cheapest, and to
d do that the whole protective system
re must b destroyed Our Republican
N friends viii therefore see that the argu-
10 ment they use against the Wilson bill,
ID that II does not protect the producer, If
OF carried to its logical conclusion viii
overturn the whole protective system.
Ii viii never do TO invoke justice either
~ in the adjustment or defense OF a pro-
10 tecrive tariff. for if it be done, the whole
de system viii fall beneath the very first
Is stroke OF its inyincible sword 1t is In
~ deed strange that IN this the latter part
7ee of the 18th century there should be
IN found intelligent men who openly advo-
IN cate the adjustment of tariff laws so as
b to benefit one class at the expense Of
Fl another class The American RevOlu
all ton was a revolt against the protective
he tariff measures Of Great Britain, whieh
1t denied TO the people of the colonies thf
Is right to buy their manufactured artlcls'
ng in foreign countries. And after tht
his lapse of a century shall we fasten upor
ne ourselves a system against which oul
-or patriotic fathers rebelleG
1ts 1t is urged. however. that the very
ne first congress enacted protective tariff
| - = Ro~ ~r,ae
Ne ought to be revered. The tariff tax I'm
oyT posed by the first congress averaged l.
ely per cent. which. if satisfactory 10 oul
In protective tariff advocates, now nigh
OF be generally satisfactory to all Bu
why were these tariff restrictions place
m on trade by the first congress: BenJa
vs., min Franklin. in letter 10 NJ lie Vel
dl- lard, dated Feb. II. 17SS. gives the rea
10 son. He said: We shall, as you sup
rs pose, have imposts on trade and custom
house. not because other nations haV
ac- them. but because at present we canno
,ed do without them We want to discharg
ent our public debt occasiOned by the lav
OF war. Direct taxes are not so easir
yes levied on the scantily settled inhabiranl
our of our wide-extended country; and VIVA
oV- is paid in the price of merchandise Is les
nn- felt by the consumer and less the cans
re Of complaint When We are out OF deO
De- we may leave our trade free, for gu
mt, ordinary charges of government VIII Nc
iy: be great.
uid 1t is further urged in defence OF pm
the tective tariff that it affords hlghe
are wages for labor. There never was
TO more transparent fraud practioed'
facts ineontestably prove As genei,'
res rule those industries that receive =
III, highest protection are those which =
lres duoe the price of labor most, Snd
the American labor will not stand the
one duction its place is quickly supph'
the with cheap foreign labor. AT the tln
oe of the strike at the Homestead Wcsa sa
ana an industry highly protected IN Io'
nat out of the 2, 100 men employed lhe
hey old enough TO vote, only 800 were vO.s, %,