The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-12-28
THE RESUZ rs OF P4 TER.
NAZLSH

Whoie LOT OF US VINO are not sugar planters
and never fattened on bountieS and prOtec
ton. 1t is horrible to think about it, bu
us Will have to make living withou
government favors just like North Louisiana
farmers have been dong all their borr
days.-Donaldsonville Times.
In the foregoing lines The Times
has clearly pointed out one. of the
evils resulting from protective
tariff. The thing has gone so far
that, perhaps it were bcotless to
dwell upon the question or abstract
morality or the dangers involved in
the present unseemly scramble for
federal aid, and the people are so
thoroughly imbued with the ida of
paternalistic government that one
who lnveigbs against the pie
system seriously jeopards his repu-
tation for sanity. We will not ques-
ton the motive or wisdom of GER
tain members of the Louisiana dele
cation for trying to secure protec-
ton for the industries of their State,
because, we are told, this is prac-
teal age; we live under practical
government and as practical people
we should make the most of the sit
look after the dollars and cents of
the proposition.
But as intelligent observers of
current history it were we'll to note
the tendency OF paternalism in gov
eminent. Since away back in the |
earlier days the sturdy sons Of the |
hills and pinevoods in North Louis |
lana have toiled necessarily and |
though with a soil almost ..barren
by nature and impoverished BY cul-
tivation' they have managed to live
and to become fairly prosperous.
From the beginning they have been
taught the lesson of industry and
self reliance. In the hard school
of experience they learned to rely
upon their own brain and Drawn for
support and be it said to their
credit they made splendid use of
their opportunities. AS growers Of
cotton it did not take them long to
find out that they could expect
neither bounty nor protection from
the government and though their
daily fare was perhaps meagre a,
times they rad the satisfaction to
know it did not come from WASH
ngton. Not so, however, with their ,
brothers to the South. These, from ,
lime immemorial, have been knock
ng at the doors of Uncle Sam for
;ome of the pie which is dispensed t
~ means of tariff. They have c
asted of the sweets of protection II
md it is the most natural thing for
hem to want more. They would
'e more than human If they did y
lot. By the aid of the government
hey built up a great industry which
to day at the mercy of every
him and caprice of legislation. S.
or fear that federal aid will be W
withdrawn those who have their for
mes invested in this industry are W
rlven to the necessity Of subordin- al
ting every honest political convic- di
on to the desire for the continued D,
OoAA'y VI Tic govern lcnt. ana nj
ley are simply doing what is being o,
one throughout the country In
outh Louisiana both parties have
greed to ask for protection. Demo- ye
rats as we'll as Republicans have &c
lined in the scramble. We are SD
zen told by a Democratic senator tn
I'd number of congressman of
e same party that the policy of
OBJECTION is not opposed to the q
inciples of the Democracy. Of liza
e three Democratic daily news he
lpers in New Orleans the States IS on
e only one which still holds to the no
'ctrine of a "tariff for revenue ira
lly." tru
What is true of South Louisiana no
true Of every other Sec un
m of the country which has been tin
e beneficiary Of governmental aid w.
is most dangerous form of that snr
ternalism which is sapping the cg,
andation of Republican institu- die
ms. 1t is cropping out in high au,
IFS, ship subsidies, appropria. mes
ms for public buildings and the