The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-01
P0PULIST POSITION
ON THE TARIFF.
The Dingley Bill Does Not Pro
tect The mericaD Farmer and
Lab9rer-How They
SHOULD BE PROTECTED.


FstnbiIsh Confidence In The Supreme
C"urt-Trying ~ Make 1t Appear Iha,
The AUtI-tru-i D' ci-iou Was One Made
In rhe Interest "f Tho PropI.-MiddIs-
of-rhs. Road PopuIIsts aud Republican
onicers-tivii Service Humbug.
Special 10 the Caucasian.
WAsHINGToN, ID G., March 2J.-This
week the much talked of Dipgley bill
viii pass the House and go 10 The Sem
ate. lt Will lr0bablybe TWO months or
more before the bill Will pass the Sen
Hte. In the mean time 1T will no doubt
be very much changed; it is safe to
say that it will not b. made any bet
ter. Even the Republicans admit that
the tariff hill will raise more revenue
than the Government viii need: but
IT. is possible that all Of these pruphe-
cIeS as TO the amount Of revenue may
be wrong; for ii the prices Of agricul-
tuTa' products continue to fall the peO-
pie will be able to buy less and less of
the manufactured or imported ar ic!es
each year, and 50 ii may be possible
That even this high tariff bin will not
raise sufficient revenue.
The Republicans have declared loud
J that they favored a protection pol
icy which would protect American in
dJstry and American labor against
the competition of cheap, un-
derpaid, and pauper labor of foreign
countries. This Republican promise
sounded very seductive and inviting
but the Dingley bill will not redeem
the promise. There is nothing in the
bill To protect the American wheat
raiser and the American cotton raiser
agaiustthe destructive and ruinOus com
petition OF India, Russia, and Argen-
tine farmers with whom our Ameri-
can farmers have to compete in the
| markets Of The world. Is not our cot
ton industry, which is our chief indus
| try and constitutes our chief export
| staple product an American indus.
| try, and if IL is al American indus
try why do not the Republicans keep
| their campaign promise ard protect
tAis industry Are not the Iaborers
Engaged ia raising wheat and cotton
on the farms of the South and West
a5 much American laborers as those
who are engaged in the mills and fac.
tories? If SO, why do not the Republic
cans keep their promise and protect
these iab0rers against foreign COmpe
titlOu! There are only about foul
million labarers engaged in manufact
ure in the United States, while Their,
are over moe million lsborers engage,
on the farms of the United States
Suppose that We admit that the Ding
ley bill will protect the labOrer in tn
factories, should not the bill also pro
tect these nine million laborers on tn
| T. a
many in number as those engaged il
the factories?
THE WAY TO rBCIICT AGRICULTURE.
The manufacturer seeks protection
and his method of getting this pro
lection Is through an import duty
| But asriculturists and the labOrer
employ ed on the farms cannot be pro
tested by the import duties on cOttOl
and wheat, for the reason that we eX
port these articles, and are forced t
meet our competitors in foreign mark
cts. Therefore, if the Republican
should carry out their promise an,
give protection to our American in
dustries and American laborerS, the.
must use different method to pro
tect sricullure. There are but tw
methods by which it can be done
One is by taking from the India, Rus
sian. and Argentine farmer the bOunt
of one hundred per cent, which they
as silver standard countries, on &C
count of the appreciation of gold, nov
receive. The only way 10 prevent then
from reapIng this bJunty,to our dis
advantage on account of the apprecia
tion of gold, is: first; by removIn
the d ference OF exchange, which ca
be done by the United States adopr
ing the free aud unlimited coinage c
SILVER; second by giving to the whea
and cotton farmer an export bOunt
suili jientlv large to neutraliZe or bal
ance the bounty which his cOmpetitO
now receives. The first method IS tn
lust and correct one. 1t is the on
that the Peoples Party favors. Blu
since the Republican party is commit
ted to and tied up with the gold syndi
cate aud does not dare to give this jus
B. method of protection to agrlcultur
then they should give protection
. agriculture by the only other methO
} left open to them namely, by an e>
port bounty. But it is safe to say tbs
the Republican party which has N
D for many years been the friend {
. agriculture or the true friend of |. bt
! in any calling, will not give even tn
: method of protection. But hard t'm'
= will continue under any tariff hrv
2 ever Just and equitable. No tariff ca
rem we present evils aud restore pro:
) perjty. Therefore the Popu!ist Part
e will refrain from voting on the Dini
: lev bill and refuse to recognize al
!. tariff legislation as remedy for hsl
: times.
THE ANTI TRUST DECISION.
( The gold and monopoly press
v having great deal 10 say about I
r. recent decision of the SupreI
x Court upholding the antitrust Ia
t and applying it to railroad pools al
lie combinations. They are making
great effort to try TO make 1t appe
that this decision is in the interest
the people. The fact that the sub
10 died press is making this effort wou
"a be sufficient proof by itself that t
40 decision will result in no relief frt
y the evils of trusts and railroad poe
~ The railroads will continue to eva
81 the law as they have in the past;
D. as for trusts they can never be az
e; ished by any antitrust law OF e
n; kind. The only way to abolish tru
s. is to remove the causes that prod'
". them. We will have more to say
r.. this subject in our next letter.
of THE CIVIL SERVICE HUMBUG.
For the last week there has 81
=. more or less talk in Congress crltlo
i ; ing the civil service law and eXposl
ed the evils that have grown up under
'k- The Peoples Party is solidly opP0