The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-10
A GREAT CURSE.
PROTECTION PAMPERS AND eNER-
YATES INDUSTRIES AND DE-
BAUcHEs POLITICS.

Va N"'orhhehb - MAD Protection Riot
WIN Soon he Over.
The principal speaker at the annual
dinner of the New England FREQ Trade
league, held on May g. was Mr.. Frank
lin Pierce Of New York He handled
his subject without gloves. He said in
part as follows.
Not only are tho farmers beginning
to appreciate the truth that protection
robs them and their families, but our
manufacturers, as the products Of their
looms exceed tho demand Of tho homo
market, are understanding that pro-
tectiye tariff, especially upon their raw
material, is against their interests
The present population Of the world
is about 400, 900, 900, and only 400, r
100000 use machinery at all. Tho rest
do their work by rude tools guided by
the hands, and we, the Yankee nation,
who have reyolutionized the world by
our inventions, who use machinery to A
greater extent than any other people,
we refuse to allow tho raw material
which these 1000, 100000 of nonma.
chino using people create, to enter our
ports in exchange for machine made
products, except upon the payment Of
excessive duties, whilo tho moro mtolli-
gent of our manufacturers arc olamor-
ing for free raw material and saying,
Give us free raw material, and we
will conquer the markets Of tho world, ;
Instead Of seeking the markets Of
tho world, employing millions Of mon
now lying idle, making the margin Of
profits less but the output several times
creator than at present, getting thereby
steady market and continued service
for our laboring classes, our trusts and
combinations are hiring their oompoti.
tors to close their factories and throw
tons Of thousands Of ioboring men out
Of employment
"Wo have only to get freedom Of
trade and we can capture the markets
Of tho world In many lines, What tho
EnRlishmOn IL TO tho German tho
American Is to tho EnglishmOn, and
just as 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 tho machine modo
goods and tho high priced labor Of
America, were duties upon all raw ma.
torols removed,
"Wo Americans walk fastor, talk
foator, work fostor, do everything fast
or than any othor people ON tho faoo
Of tho earth, A people Of the grootoat
natural yigor aud the greatest ontor.
prise IN tho world, we have pamporod
our lif0 and om0goulat6d our strength
and largely impaired tho yiHlity Of our
national lifo by u protective tariff,
Manlinoss ossorts its mnstory In the
samo way In manufacturing IN 10 does
IN oyory walk Of lifo Tho mon IN pro-
fossions who Osk no fayora but got out
upon the dusty arena and fight for u
lend, aro the men who gain strength by
oyory effort Give ua 10 yoora Of free
trodc, aud wo would capture from Eng.
land ono.fourth Of her vast trade, Give
ua 30 years of free trade, and we Will
lead tho world az exporters,
"Tbe protective system hag debouoh-
cd public men and corrupted public
life, Give any body Of mon, however
puro, tho power 10 talso 300, 000 600
from Tho pockets Of tho millions nnd
transfer 10 to the pockets Of fow men
through an net Of legislation, and you
have created u eorrupting power which
will destroy tho virtue aud the patriot
ism Of that body Of mon,
"Wo shall never got rid Of Che OWLS
which have described until every doll
lar raised by taxation III paid into the
national treasury until wo stop entire
ly this practice Of allowing the right Of
government 70 tax property TO DO used
for tho purpose Of allowing the manus
faoturor TO prohibit importotions, form
trusts and rob our people Of hundreds
Of mllliona Of dollars each year
"Tho remedy IL in direct taxation
Every man has right to know exactly
what ho pays toward the expenses of
government, aud direct taxation iH tho
only means Of stopping the lavish OK.
pondiluio Of public money
For u pcriod Of ten yoOra between
1901 aud 1900 inclusive, with tuflil
Of so per cent upon foreign imports,
and nj tho very time when We were go
ing 20 tho great expense Of establishing
our government, Tho cost Of government
wna only ela,0A per onpita f0r the ton
years From 1851 70 1860 Inclusive un.
der taHfi for ieyenue only, the cost Of
government was only sal,bB per capita
for the ten years From 1871 70 1880
inclusive the actual running expenses OF
government had risen TO SlB0 Al poi
capita moro than six times the amount
required undorO tariff forrcyonuo only,
aud during the last ton years the cost
Of government has been increasing
"As a nation we can stand this lavish
expenditure Of the peoples money, bul
w6 can never stand the lukufieH tht
iniauitias, tho lack 5f patriotism whlel
great wealth, quickly acquired, N sure
10 bring
1--WE can be robbed by a protective
tariff aud still live, but when the rob
ber takes the money and buys special
legislation aud turns " over to cam
paign committees 10 buy yotes win
iho very lito 0f free government y NO.
sailed, Nations do not ~ down 10 1eatl
la the m0ment6us Hweep0 battle They
rather die from the poison which tht
iobhyist ana the vote buyer infuse lhtt
tho body politioi DBL.
oThe mad fiot0f protection viii Hooi
be over Theoyidouoohoi thptoyolulloi
which shall destroy " are upon eyeii
hand lie growth has been an evidence
| al ,ghat seif interest and aHdaeiiY hnt