The Washington bee., 1897-06-12

IedS ue, uclu Oh hdJ ., was Mr.. Frank
lin Pierce, of New York. He haDdIad
his subject without gloves. He said in
part as follows:
''Not only are the farmers begiDniDc
to appreciate the truth that protection
robs them and their families. but orr
manufacturers, as the products of their
looms exceed the demand of the home
market, are understanding that pro-
tective tariff, especially upon their raw
material, is against their interests.
''The present population of the world
is about 1 100000, 900, and only 40o.
100000 use machinery at all The rest
do their work by rude tools guided nv
the hands, and we. the Yankee nation
who have revolutiOnized the world br
our inventions, who use machinery toa
greater extent than any other people
we refuse to allow the raw material
which these 1000. 100000 of non-na-
chine using people create. to enter our
ports in exchange for machine-made
products, except upon the payment of
excessive duties, while the more intelF-
gent of our manufacturers are clamor-
ing for free raw material and saving:
Give us free raw material, and we will
conquer the markets of the world
Instead of seeking the markets Of
the world, employing millions of men
now lying idle, making the margin Of
profits less but the output several times
greater than at present, getting there
by a steady market and continued serv-
ice for our laboring classes, our trusts
and combinations are hiring their com
petitors to close their factories and
throw tens of thousands of laboring
men out of employment.
1--WE have only to 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
lust as the German is crying out against
competition with the machine-made
goods and high priced labor of Eng
land, 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
materials removed.
: "We Americans walk faster, talk
, faster, work faster. do everything fast
er than any other people on the face
of the earth. A 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 the virility Of our
national life by a protective tariff.
Manliness asserts its mastery IN the
same way in manufacturing as 1t does
in every walk of life. The men in pro
/ fessions who ask no fayors, but get out
upon the dusty arena and fight for
: lead, are the men who gain strength by
every effort. Give Us ten years of free
trade, and we would capture from
England one-fourth of her vast trade
Give us 20 years of free trade, andWe
will lead the world as exporters.
'"The protective system has de-
bauched public men and corrupted pub
lie life. Give any body of men. however
pure, the power to take SlOOOOO@p
from the pockets of the millions ana
transfer it to the pockets OF few men
through an act of legislation and YOU
have created a corrupting power when
| will destroy the virtue and the patriot
| ism of that body of men.
1--WE shall never get rid of the evils
which | have described until every do'-
lar raised by taxation is paid into th'
/ national treasury; until we stop entire
| ly this practice of allowing the rlghtoI
government to tax property to be USED
for the purpose of allowing the manu-
! facturer to prohibit importatiOns, form
trusts and rob our people of HUNDREDS
of millions of dollars each year.
1.-The remedy is in direct taxation
Every man has a right to know exactly
! what he pays toward the expenses ol
! government. and direct taxation IS the
only means of stopping the lavish eA-
penditure of public money.
For a period of ten years between
1871 and 1900 inclusive, with a tarll
of SH per cent. upon foreign Imports
and at the very time when we were gD'
| ing to the great expense of estabhshiH-
our government, the cost of govern
ment was only S1S.68 per capita tor 'D'
! ten years. From 1851 to 1860 inciuS'''
under a tariff for revenue only, the eOs-
i of government was only S21.S8 per cap,
tia for the ten years. From 1871 10 ~
inclusive the actual running expense
of government had risen TO 1854 p.
7 capita, more than six times the amour
required under a. tariff for reven1
only, and during the last ten years u, .,'
cost of government has been steaoN'
increasing. 81.
'tAs a nation we can stand this AVS
expenditure of the peoples money D-..
we can never stand the luxuries, ~.
iniquities. the lack of patriotism VIM.
great wealth. quickly acquired IS SUN
to bring. ...
eve can be robbed by protecU,,'
tariff and still live. but when the Ioo
ber takes the money and buys sPe'--
legislation and turns it over to eaL
paign committees to buy votes WI.
the very life of free government = =
sailed. Nations do not 60 down to &C. %,
in the momentous sweep OF Da'..i
They rather die from the poison WI. ~,
the lobbyist and the vote buyer ILL.,