The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-04-02

be paid for in that way. How are they
to be paid for? They can not be paid
for in money; they can not be paid for
in gold or silver. The exported pro-
ducts of this country can only be paid
for in the products of other countries:
and whenever and to whatever extent
you restrict the right of other countries
to sell to us, to that extent you limit
their power to buy from us. Every re-
straint upon the importation of foreign
goods is a restraint upon the eXpOrta-
ton of American goods.
1t is urged, Mr.. Chairman, that we
should enact this law in the interest of
American labor. | do not wish TO be
uncharitable, but ! cannot help feeling
a triile suspicious and a trit1e in
credulous when | observe such mani
festations Of tender sOlicitude for the
poor workingmen on the part of those
who have wruug their ill-got wealth
from the tears and bloody sweat
of their toiling countrymen. Mr..
Chairman, there was once historic
character who, upon notable occasion,
expressed a like soicitude for the
poor. 1t was when Mary came to pour
her precious ointment at her Savior's
feet, when all the disciples were
gathered around, and when every eye
was wet and every heart was touched
by this simple act of womanly devotion.
All but one. A certain Judas Iscariot
was there, and he said, "Why was not
this ointment sold and the money given
to the poor?" All, Judas, does your
heart really ache for the suffering of
the miserable and the unfortunate?
Ny friends, the Bible tells us that "this
he said, not that he cared for the poor,
but because he was a thief and carried
the bag and bare what was put there
in"
Now, do not mean to say that the
protected manufacturers are thieves,
but do say that they carry the bag,
and they bare what is put therein.
Laughter and applause.] Every dol
lar that is taxed out of the pockets of
the American people for the pretended
benefits of labor goes first into the
pockets of the protected manufactures.
doubt whether he would evince SO
much tender sympathy for the poor
workingman if he did not carry the bag
Laughter and applause.
Sir, whenever and wherever my voice
is raised shall speak, in an humble
way, as the champion of all the pro
ducing masses of this country, whether
/ in the field or the factory, the mill OF
the mine. They more than all other
deserve the highest consideration from
the lawmaker, for their toll creates the
wealth of the world, and on their hon
esty, patriotism, and Intelligence, as or
a foundation of adamant, rests the
frabic of free government and the hope
of free men. But let me ask, How dc
you protect the wOrkingman by a sys
tenn that breeds trusts and combines
which enthrones monopoly, which
, strangles competition, which arbitrarily
restricts production, which denies tC
him the full employment of his energy
and his faculties by restricting him to 6
market that can not consume the
products of his labor? Start up all you
} mills and factories, let them run on full
} and in six months you will have glutteC
the American market, and for sil
, months more the American working
( man will have nothing to do but t.
: walk the highways and mediate upOr
the beneficence of protective tariff
Applause, .
Sir this country Is not large enough
, the wide world is none to large loo giv'
3 ample scope for the genius and enter
+ prise of American industry. Thu
l greatest protection to American labo
is that which the. American working
7 man has within himself-his superio
y
| his intelligence, his industrial powers
which make him more than equal t.
? any competitor the world can sen(
: against him. / remember once Sitting
I in the gallery of the House and listen
g ing to a speech by a distinguished ad
5 vocate of protection. In that speech h
e drew picture of the American work
t ingman-strOng, stalwart, intelligent
= full of spirit, of energy, of hope; rejoic
. ing like strong man to run race
t Then he pictured his European riva
/ and competitors poor miserable
t ignorant, half-starved, and hopeless
: creature; and next he made an eloquen
0 appeal to the House to protect the stal
| Wart American against the assaults o
e his miserable and decrepit rival. Pu
e the two in the same arena; pit ther
< one against the other-the trained an
e clever athlete against the puny an
:, stupid starvling-and which of ther
n needs a shield and buckler against tn
i other? Mr.. Blaine demonstrated
t great truth when in his Report on tn
e Cotton Goods Trade he showed tina
S while the American operatives n
/ ceived a higher wage rate, they turne
o out more goods for every dollar they r.
# ceived than any other workingmen o
= earth, and that, in fact, their labor wa
l. cheaper to their employers than tn
# labor of European operatives. Th
o same is true in practically every branc
of trade and industry.
d Mr.. MITCHELL. Mr.. Chairman, wi
l. the gentleman yield for question?
e Mr.. CARMACK. Certainly.
= Mr.. MITCHELL. Granting all tht
e you say about the American working
q mans ability, will you kindly give l
/" your views on the question how we ca
e get the necessary money to run tn
No Government without a protective tart
=. or without tariff? ...
:; Mr.. CARMACK. A protective tart
:. does not coin money.
e Mr.. MITCHELL. | do not say that
n would.
n Mr.. CARMACK. So far as that is col
.e cerned, | will say to the gentleman thi
n the law now on the statute books, I'll
N Wilson Act, is yielding ample revenI
-e to meet the needs of the Governmer
:. and there is a surplus in the Treasur
1. 1t does not necessarily follow that yol
,e protective tariff law is going to pr
ii duce the revenue you expect. The M
n Kinley Act was measure of much Il
II same character as this, and it reduce
Is the revenues so largely that the Go
n eminent was on the verge of ban
v ruptcy, and had to resort to the eXpeC
N ent of staving off its obligations al
IF asking its creditors to call again ne,
le Saturday. Laughter. And the plat
lr had already been prepared for an issI
Of bonds when President Harrison wei
,e out of office.
I'd Mr.. MITCHELL. Oh, no.
re- Mr.. CARMACK. Yes, sir that is tru
:. heard it asserted on the floor of Il
O. Senate by Senator Blackburn at the e