The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-11

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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.
1--WE Americans walk faster, talk
faster, work faster, do everything fast
er than any ether people Oh the face
Of the earth. y people Of the greatest
natural vigor. and the greatest enter
prise IN the world, we have pampered
our life and e~n1asculated our strength
and largely impaired the v~irility of our
national life by a protective tariff.
ManlinCSS asserts its mastery in the
s;imc way in manufacturing as it does
in every walk Of life. The me- in pro-
LESSONS who ask no favors. but get out
upon the dusty arena and fight for a
lead, are the mon 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. and we
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 AXE 500, 100000
from the pockets of the millions and
transfer it to the pockets of a few men
through an act of legislation and you
have created a corrupting power which
will destroy the virtue and the patriot
ism of that body of men.
I'VE shall never get rid of the evils
which l have described until every dol
lar raised by taxation is 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 the purpose Of allowing the manu-
facturer to prohibit importations, form
trusts and rob II people of hundreds
of millions of dollars each year.
"The remedy is in direct taxation.
Every man has a right to know exactly
what he pays toward the expenses of
government, and direct taxation is the
only means Of stopping the lavish cx-
%penditure Of public money.
For a period of ten years between
1901 and 1900 inclusive, with a tariff
of Sh per cent. upon foreign imports,
and at the very time when we were 60
ing to the great expense of establishing
our government, the eos of govern
ment was only $18.6s per capita for the
ten years. From 1881 to 1860 inclusive,
under a tariff for revenue only, the cost
of government was only $21.s8 per cap
tia for the ten years. From 1871 to 1880
inclusive the actual running expenses
of government had risen to $l36.41 per
capita. more than six times the amount
required under a tariff for revenue
only, and during the last ten years the
cost of government has been steadily
increasing.
"As a nation we can stand this lavish
expenditure of the peoples money. but
we can never stand the luxuries. the
iniquities. the lack Of patriotism which
great wealth. quickly acquired. is sure
to. bring.
"We can be robbed by a protective
tariff and still live, but when the rob-
Der takes the money and buys special
Legislation and turns It over to AM
! paign committees to buy votes with.
the very life Of free government is as
sailed. Nations do not go down t o death
in the "momentous sweep of battle.
They rather die from the poison which
the lobbyist and the vote buyer infuse'
into the body polite.
"The mad riot Of protection will soon
be over. The evidences of the revolu-
ton which shall destroy it are uron
every hand. It's growth has beer an evil
dcnce Of what ~self-interest and audac-
ity aud cf%fronterv can accomplish as
against tho neople not united by any
bonds GOV" those OF the public welfare.
Tn" Airshis's Mysterious Voyuse.
The nirship that was launched in
Nashville last week has d,Sa pDpnred
from sight. but from accounts Of ZEN
tirclv reliable observers" il was last
seen heading for Canada. ln,imutious
are thrown ont that after taking on an
assorted cargo of dutiable goods the
snip viii recross the line n land IT'S
"al@o IN SOInr quiet spot far from the
reach OF custom house officers. IN re-
gard to Such a cargo it would be eX-
frem"Iv difficult to apply Secretary
Cages circular Of instructions for the
retroactive section Of the Dingley bill.
philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Wailace's stock of millinery
is new, fresh and the latest STYLES.
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