The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-07-20
A GREAT CURSE.
PROTECTION PAMPERs AND eNER-
YATES INDUSTRIES AND DE-
BAUcHES POLITICS.

The Whole System Severely ArraIgned by
Franklin Pierce-With Free Raw Ma
terials Our Machine Mado Goods Would
Soon Capture the eWorld-IncreasIng Cost
of Government Mad Protection Riot
VIII Soon BE Over.
The principal speaker at the annual
dinner of the New England Free Trade
league, held on May s, was Mr.. Frank
lin Pierce Of New York. lie handled
his subject without gloves. He said in
part as follows;
Not only are the farmers beginning
to appreciate the truth that protection
robs them and their families, hut our
manufacturers, as the products Of their
looms exceed the demand Of tho homo
market, are understanding that pro-
tective tariff, especially upon their raw
material, is against their interests
"The present population of the world
is about 400, 900, 900, and only 400, .
100000 use machinery at all. The rest
do their work by rude tools guided by
the hands, and we, tho Yankee nation,
who have reyolutionized the world by
our inventions, who use machinery to u
greater extent than any other people,
we refuse to allow tho raw material
which these l000 600, 900 Of nonma-
chino using people create, to ontor our
ports in exchange for machine mado
products, except upon tho payment Of
excessive duties whilo tho moro intolli-
gent Of our manufacturers aro olamor-
ing for free raw material and saying,
Give us free raw material and we
will conquer tho markets Of tho world
Instead Of seeking the markets OF
tho world employing millions Of mon
now lying idle, making the margin Of
profits less but the output several times
greater than at present, gotting thereby
q steady market and continued service
for our laboring classes, our trusts and
combinations are hiring their oompoi.
tors TO close their factories and throw
tons Of thousands Of laboring men out
Of employment.
"Wo have only TO get freedom Of
trade and we can capture tho markets
Of tho world In many lines Whit tho
Englishman IL to tho German tho
American IL to the Englishmon, and
just os tho German is crying out against
competition with tho machine mado
goods and high priced labor Of England,
just 10 would England cry out against
competition with tho machine made
goods and tho high priced labor Of
America, were dutios upon oil raw ma.
torials removed,
"Wo Americans walk fastor, talk
fastor, work fastor, do everything fast.
or than any other people on tho fNoo
Of tho earth, A people Of the grootost
natural yigor and tho greatest enter
prise In tho world, we have pampored
our life and omaeoulatod our strength
and largely impaired tho yirility Of our
national life by q protective tariff,
Manlinosa aasorta its mOstory In tho
same way IN manufacturing IN 10 does
In every walk Of lifo Tho mon In pro-
fosaiona who ask no fayora, but got out
upon tho dusty aroma and fight for n
load, aro tho mon who gOin strength by
oyory effort, Give ua 10 yoara Of FREQ
trade, and we would capture from Eng.
land ono.fourth Of her yoat trade Give
ua 30 years Of FREQ trade, aud we will
lead the world 0e oxportefa
''Tho protective ayatem has dobauob.
cd public mon and corrupted public
life, Give any body Of men, however
puro, tho power TO t0ko 100000, 900
from the pookota Of tho millions and
transfer 10 70 tho pockets Of u few mon
through M net Of Legislation, aud You
have created oorrupting power which
will destroy tho virtue and tho patriot.
Ism Of that body Of mon.
"Wo shall mover got rid Of tho evils
which | have described until every doll
lar raised by taxation ID paid into the
national treasury until We stop entire
ly this practice Of allowing the right of
government TO tax property TO be used
for tho purpose of allowing Che manu-.
footuror TO prohibit impmtOtiona, form
trusts and rob our people Of hundreds
of millions of dollars each year,
"The remedy IL IN direct taxation,
Every man has right TO know exactly
what he pays toward the expenses Of
government, and direct taxation IL the
only means Of stopping The lavish OK.
pondlturo Of public money
"For u period Of ten yoara between
1891 aud 1900 inclusive, with u tariff
Of 90 per cent upon foreign imports,
and nj the very time when We were go
ing 20 tho great expense Of establishing
our government, tho ooat Of government
waa only eiH,0H per oaplla for the ton
years, From 1851 10 1860 inclusive, un'
der tariff for revenue only, the cost Of
government was only &ai,eB per capita
for the ten years, From 1871 to 1886
inclusive the actual running expenses Of
government had risen TO slBdDii per
capita, moro thnn six timoa tho amount
required under tariff for orreyonuo only,
aud during the last ton years the eoal
Of government has been increasing,
"Aa u nation we can stand this lavish
expenditure OF the peoples money, bdl
we can never stand the luAurles the
| iniQuitiea, the lack Df patriotism which
great wealth, qulolly acquired, Ia sure
10 bring
1--WE can be robbed by u protective
tariff aud still live, but when the rob
bef takes tho money aud buys special
legislation and turns N over 10 cam
paign oommitleea TO buy y0loa WITH
tho very life 0f free government ID ua
sailed Nations do not 20 down 10 deatl
IA the momentous sweep Of battle The,
rather die from the poison which the
lobbyist and the vote buyer infuse int