Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-06-30
A GREAT CURSE.
PROTECTION PAMPERS AND ENEE-
YATES INDUSTRIES AND DE-
BAUCHES POLITICS.

Soon Capture the eworld-IncrcasInp Cost
Of Government - Mad Protection Riot
VIII Soon BE Over.
The principal speaker mt the annual
dinner Of the New England Free Trade
league, held on May 8. was Mr.. Frank
lin Pierce Of New York He 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 aud their families, but our
manufacturers, as the products of their
/ looms exceed the demand uf the hcmlc
market, are understanding that a pro
tectiVe tariff, especially upon their raw
material, is against their interests
The present population of the world
is about 400, 900, 600, and only 100.
600, 900 use machinery ut all. The rest
do their work by rude tools guided by
the hands, and we, the Yankee nation.
who have rcvolutionizcd the world bv
our inventions, who use machinery TO q
greater extent than any other pcoplo.
we refuse To allow the raw material
which these 1000, 00O 900 of n0umn-
chine using people create, to enter our
ports III exchange for machine made
products, except upon the payment of
Excessive duties, while the more intclli
gent OF our manufacturers are clamor-
ing for free raw material and saving,
Give us free raw material, and we
VIII conquer the markets of the world.
Instead of seeking the markets of
the world, employing millions of men
now lying idle, making the margin Cf
profits less but the output several times
greater than at present. getting thcreh;
steady market and continued service
for our lahoring classes, our trusts and
combinations are hiring their competi
tcrs 70 close their factories and throw
tens of thousands of laboring men out
Of employment
We have only 70 get freedom of
trade and we can capture the markets
Of the world in many lines. What the
Englishman is to the German the
American is to the Englishman. and
just az tho German is crying out against
competition with the machine made
goods and high priced labor of England
just so would England cry out against
competition with the machine made
goods and the high priced labor of
America. Were duties upon all raw ma
terials removed
1--WE Americans walk faster. talk
faster. work faster, do everything fast
er than any other people on the face
Of the earth. people of the greatest
natural vigor and the greatest enter.
prise IN the world, we have pampered
our life and emasculated our strength
and largely impaired tho virilty OF our
national life by IA protective tariff
Manllness asserts its mastery in ths
same way i'll manufacturing as il does
in every walk of life. The men in pro.
| LESSONS who ask no favors but get out
upon the dusty arena and fight for n
lead, are the men who gain strength by
every effort. Give us 10 years of free
trade, and we would capture from Eng
land onc-fourth of her vast trade. Give
us 20 years of free trade, and we will
lead the world rs exporters
The protective system has dehaucb-
/ ed public men and corrupted public
life. Give any body of men, however
pure, tho power To take 500, 600, 600
from the pockets of the millions and
transfer il to the pockets of "a few men
/ 'H.'uth an h't ol I'BlalHtlOn, ana YOU
nave created II Corrupting power which
viii destroy the virtue and the patriot
ism OF that body Of men.
I'VE shall never get rid of the evils
which have described until cvcry dol
lar raised by taxation is paid into the
lHtional treasury; until we stop entire
ly tins practice Of allowing the right of
government To tax property to hc used
Tor the purpose of allowing the manu-
tacturcr 10 prohibit importationS, form
trusts and rob our people of hundreds
'i millions Of dollars each year
The remedy is in direct taxation
Every man has right To know exactly
what ho pays toward the expenses of
government, and direct taxation is tho
only means of stopping the lavish cx-
p"ndlturc Of pubic money.
For period of ten years between
1871 and 1900 inclusive, with "a tariff
If 81 per cent upon foreign imports.
and at the worry time when we were 20
Ing 10 the great expense of establishing
our government, the cost Of government
WAS only $ls.GS per capita for tho ten
years. From 1851 10 1860 inclusive, un-
Ter tariff for revenue only, the cost Of
government was only s2l. So per capita