Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-06-03

Soon Capture the World -rnerea~inr Coss
AZ Government = Mad Protectson Rsot
VIII Soon ne Over.
The principal speaker at the annual
dinner Of the New England Free Trade
leagnc, held ON May 6. was Mr.. Frank
lin Pierce Of New York. He handled
his subject without gloves. He said I'm
part az follows:
Not only are the farmers beginning
TO appreciate the truth that protection
robs them and their families, but our
manufacturers, ms tho products Of their
looms exceed the demand Of the home
market, are understanding that q pro-
tective tariff. especially upon their raw
material, In against their interests.
"The present population Of the world
Is about ! 400, 900, 900, and only AGO.
600, 900 use machinery at all. The rest
do their work by rude tools guided by
the hands, and we, the Yankee nation,
who have revolutionized the world by
our inventions, who use machinery 20 q
greater extent than any other people,
we refuse 70 allow the raw material
which these 1000, 600, 900 Of nonma-
chine using people create, to enter our
ports In exchange for machine made
products, except upon the payment Of
excessive duties, while the more intelH-
gent Of our manufacturers are clamor-
ing for free raw material and saying.
Give Ms free raw material, and we
will conquer tho 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 thereby
steady market and continued service
for our laboring classes, our trusts and
combinations are hiring their competi-
tors to close their factories and throw
tens Of thousands Of laboring men out
Of employment
eve have only to get freedom Of
trade and we can capture the markets
Of the world in many lines. What the
Englishman In to the German the
American In to the Englishman, and
just as tho German il crying out against
competition with the machine made
goods and high priced labor Of England,
just 80 would England cry out against
competition with the machine made
goods and the high priced labor of
America, were duties upon all raw mia
terials removed.
1--WE Americans walk faster, talk
faster, work faster, do everything fast
or 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 emasculatcd 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 it does
in every walk OF life. The men in pro-
fessions who ask no favors. but get out
upon the dusty arena and fight for n
lead, arc the men who gain strength by
every effort. Give us 10 years Of free
trade, and we would capture from Eng
land one.fourth Of her vast trade. Give
us 90 years Of free trade, and we will
lead the world as exporters.
4HC sy btCAu AitAS uCUaSuCu-
ed public men and corrupted public
life. Give any body Of men. however
pure, the power to take 500, 600, 900
from tho pockets of the millions and
transfer it TO the pockets of a few men
through an act of legislation, and you
have created corrupting power which
will destroy the virtue and the patriot
ism of that body of men.
''we shall never get rid of the evils
which have described until every dol
lar raised by taxation is paid into the
national treasury; until We stop entire
~ this practice of allowing the right Of
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 Ia in direct taxation.
Every man has right to know exactly
what he pays toward the expenses of
government, and direct taxation Is the
only means of stopping the lavish ex-
penditurc of public money.
''For n period of ten years between
1891 and 1900 inclusive. with tariff
of 81 per cent upon foreign imports,
and at the very time when we were 60
ing to tho great expense Of establishing
cur government, the cost of government
was only $3.50 per capita for the ten
years. From 1851 to 1850 inclusive, un.
der tariff for revenue only, the cost Of
government was only s21.Ss per capita
for the ten years. From 1871 to 1880
inclusive the actual running expenses ID
government had risen to $l36. IL pen
capita, more than six times the amount
required under q tariff for revenue only,
and during the last ten years the cost
Of government has been increasing.
AS n nation we can stand this lavish
expenditure OF the peoples money, bat
we can never stand the Injuries, the
iniquities. the lack Of patriotism which
great wealth. quickly acquired. Ia sure
to bring.
I'VE can be gobbed by q protective
tariff and still live, but when the rob
her takes tho money and buys special
legislation and turns &c over 20 cam
paign committees to buy votes with
the very lifc of free government il as
sailed. Nations do not 60 down todeatf
in the momentous sweep of battle. They
rather die from the poison which ths
lobbyist and the vote buyer infuse int
the body polite.
"The mad riot Of protection will scor
be over. The evidences of che revolution
which shall destroy il are upon ever
hand. It's growth has been an evidenc,
of what self interest and audacity ane
etfrontery can accomplish as against En-
people not united by any bonds nav,
those Of the public welfare