The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1897-06-04

"""e Goods Would So "a'ts
the Notwithstanding Gu. c''''
crnment-Mad Pro,..,, ofes
Soon De Over. Alet ".
Inc principal speaker at a.
dinner of the New England !, ,.'e anr
league held on May S, was NJ re }, u
!, I'm Pierce, Of New York. HI ~ if'
his subject without glove. Dr land
part as follows: ne sd
Not only are the farmer,
to appreciate the truth tba. sila
robs them and their famili. project
manufacturers, as the product, ~ y.
looms exceed the demand - u q
market, are understanding tb s,' =
tcctive tariff, especially upon ~ =
material a, is against their in,erss ,, =
The present population Of tb.~
is about 1.4oo,OOo,O0O, and onl~
100000 use machinery at all n.
10 ',ieir work by rude tools guided.
The hands, and we, the Yanlea 11'a
who have revolutionized the wal,
our inventions, who use macbips,s.
greater extent than any other ~.
we refuse to allow the raw M.
which these 100000, 900 of No.
chime using people create, to ec,..
ports in exchange for macbinsu'
products, except upon the parns,.
excessive duties, while the mora -
gent of our manufacturers are ol.~.
ing for free raw material and s,vs..
Give us free raw material. and n.
conquer the markets of the worla,
Instead of seeking the marss,,
the world. employing millions Of =,
now lying idle, making the MARIN 4
profits less but the output seyeraltn.
greater than at present, getting tb..
by steady market and confined :,
Ice for our laboring classes. our tru,s|
and combinations are hiring theire,
petitors to close their factories 4,
throw tens of thousands of labor-,
men out of employment.
We have only to get freedom II
trade and we can capture the marked
of the world in many lines. Whatta
Englishman is to the German d,
American is to the Englishman. M
just us the German is crying out agairs
competition with the machine-msd:
goods and high priced labor Of Eng
land, just so would England cry Oh,
against competition with the machine
made goods and the high-priced la6a
OF America. were duties upon all nT
materials removed.
I'VE Americans walk faster, TIL
faster. work faster, do everything fast
er than any other people on the fad
of the earth. a people Of the greats
natural vigor, and the greatest eHts'
prise in the world, we have pamPes
our life and emasculated our streEgt
and largely impaired the yiriliiy Of %
national life BY q protective TART
Manliness asserts its mastery in u
same way in manufacturing as lido
in every walk OF life. The men IN pr
fcssions who ask no favors. but get Of
upon the dusty arena and fight for
lead. are the men who gain strength
every effort. Give us ten years Of IN
trade. and we would capture fro
England one-fourth Of her vast trad
Give MS 90 years of free trade and
will lead the world as exporters.
THE protective system has
bauched public men and corrupted pu
lie life. Give any body of men, hover
pure. the power TO take $lO9'VV0'
from the pockets of the millions a
transfer it to the pockets OF few u
through an act of legislation and !
have created q corrupting power "nl
will destroy the virtue and the palT'
ism OF that body of men.
I'VE shall never get rid OF the e.
which | have described until every q
lar raised by taxation is PAID INTO !
national treasury; until we stop emu
ly this practice of allowing the rlsn'
government to tax property 10 DC y
for the purpose of allowing the MAJ
facturcr to prohibit importations' y
trusts and rob our people OF hunui'
of millions of dollars each year. !.
THE remedy is in direct ta~au'
Every man has right to kno" eAa' .
what he, pays toward the expenses
government, and direct taxation y
only means of stopping the LAVISH
pendituro lof public money.
For a period of ten years pew :,
1871 and 800 inclusive. win q :.
OF 81, per cent. upon foreign imp,
and at the very time when we WEI, !:
ing to The great expense OF es.aOn Dr.,
our government, the cost OF 60.
ment was only $lS.6S per capita ~ ~
ten years. From 1851 TO 1Soo ih -
under a tariff for revenue only 'ns
of government was only s2l.oo r. !,
tia for the ten years. From lo'l .s
inclusive the actual running e 8. = /,
of government had risen 10 si'O,. -.
capita. more than six times the ~. .r
required under a tariff for To-. ~,
only. and during the last ten } e ss.d
cost of government has peeh -
increasing. .,n;.l .r
AS a nation we can stand 'ni' :.
expenditure of the people ihon.s
we can never stand the luAui's~ n
iniquities. the lack of patrio'is,," l. :
great wealth, quickly acquires
TO bring. .,.eet
.syV, can he robbed by q PROV.