Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-08-22

able 70 eXtorf Sucn 0anQSomc pVhls
from our own people By virtue Of pro
tective tariff laws in shutting out for
eign competition and with the trust
shutting out home competition. that
they are now able to successfully cope
with the so-called pauper labor OF
Europe In European markets. The sit
uation to-day simply resolves itself
down 70 this We are, by our tarin
laws, trying TO protect our so-callTd
infant industries against the eompe-
tition Of the pauper labor Of Europe
in our home market and European
countries who have grown gray and
ripe with experience in trade and
commerce. are nov seriously contem-
plating similar action against our
products in European markets not
simply as q retaliatory measure, but
because OF the inroads u products
are making in supplying the demand
Of their own people, In fine, We, the
voting public, are taxing ourselves to
pay the fiddler, and we are not allowed
to Join in the dance, the protected
! manufacturer and trust magnate
doing both the hddling and the dane
ing. Under such conditions, what q
farce we are enacting in allowing our
reason TO be 50 hoodwinked as to con-
tinue TO vote for tariff laws other
than for defrzying the expenses Of the
government.
We look with pride and much salts
faction upon the growth and pros
perity Of our country in the aggre-
gate, but turning to the picture again
we discover a great gulf existing be-
tween the condition and opportunities
Of our OWN people; Of the ~glittering
wealth and luxuries Of the favored few
on the one side, and the poverty Of the
great middle classes together with
the struggling laborer toiling far in
the rear and chafng under unfair dis
elimination, on the other. What are
your feelings after taking this second
view Of the picture:
The Constitution guarantees to US
that American citizenship is oHr suf-
heient claim for equity before the
law and equal chances in the race for
the neoesSaries and luxuries Of life.
Then let the honest thinking and
patriotic citizens Of this nation see to
il that we are permitted to enjoy our
full measure Of this promise. Crush
the persistent leeches that are draw
ing the life-bloOd Of this great nation
and make it impossible for our com
mon carriers to avoid the provisions
of our well framed and wise inter-
state commerce laws, In discrimina-
ton in freight rates by a system Of
rebates.
To accomplish this end our duty is
plainly marked out; the path is well
trodden and blazed by u fore-fath-
ems. They teach us that good gov
eminent, general and universal pros
perity and happiness can only be
maintained under a plain system, void
OF pomp, protecting all and granting
favors 10 none. Let the honest patri-
otto citizen and voter, regardless OF
old party policies and Affiliations, re-
solve 70 leave of following after
phantoms, such as trying to legislate
value and prosperity by tariff laws
and by the enactment Of coinage laws
try to change relative values and pro-
duee plenty. Sound the key notes to
fundamental principles OF economics,
freedom Of the individual In trade
and commerce and fix a graduated
scale Of incomes for the expenses OF
government. This is our legal and
specific remedy that will put new life
and start the blood 20 flowing into.
the veins and arteries Of trade and
commerce which have been paralyzed
and lain dormant under the action Of
tariff laws and the trust. Then and
not till then can we hope for a realiza-
ton Of the promises Of the constitu-
tion for equity before the law and
equal chances in the race for the nee
essaries and comforts Of life. Yours
truly, LEE STONE.