The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1902-10-31
THE RIGHT TO THE FREEDOM OF
TRADE.

TRADE.
The enlightened president who es-
tablished equal rights in America and
who had Paine's support, Thomas
Jefferson, declared in l174 that one OF
1.-THE rights of America was 1.-THE
exercise Of "A free trade with all parts
of the world" He said afterwards
that ian exchange Of surpluses be-
tween neighbOring nations il both
right and duty under the moral
law" Perfect and universal free
trade il one of the natural rights of
man" He recommended according
lv that there should he perfect free
dom to all persons for the vent of
whatever they may choose te bring
into our ports"
Herbert Spencer has shown how
little liberty there can be for the citi-
Zens of those countries which are most
fond Of war. Those chapters in the
second volume of the "Principles of
Sociology" which compose what he
calls the militant and the "indus-
trial types of society call attention
to such facts a. that there l. more
freedom for Englishmen than for Ger
mans or for Russians, and much more
for the English now than there was a
hundred years ago, and again that
there il most liberty within a nation
when there j. most peace without.
1t takes strong government to wage
war successfully, a. proved to be the
ease here i'm America forty years ago.
There il no danger now of arbitrary
arrests merely for declaring sympa-
thy with the enemy nor of cOnscrIp-
ton. All this may have been neces--
sary i'm the great war. 80 much the
more is il our duty To keep up peace
full relations with our neighbOr-; and
nothing works more surely for peace
than freedom of trade. Russia ami
Germany are consistently protection
ist. We should make America As
much their superior As possible.
DeSpOtisms are managed 80 a. To
pamper the few at the cost Of the
many. \ republic exists for the good
of all the citizens. We Americans
have. all of us, equal rightsto liberty
and To the free pursuit of happiness.
Every one has right tn enter INTO
any nranch of industry he likes, and
to buy his tools, machinery and raw
materials a. cheaply aS he can. He
ought to be perfectly free To do his
best for his own support and the COM
mon welfare. Accordingly, our gov
eminent has no right To hinder the
purchase of wool by factories, or of
hides and leather by shoe shops, or Of
Canadian wheat by millers who need
il for grinding out the best possible
flour. If any industry tl0urishes more
than the rest, this fact proves that il
is peculiarly beneficial to the commu-
nitV generally. 1t needs no special
protection hut it has a plain right To
he left free from any injurious inter-
ence of meddlesome laws. The farm
ers, for instance, might Very properly
call attention TO the great work they
are doing, not only in feeding our
own vast population, but IN furnish
ing large part of our exports, and
then say to the president and con
greSS: I'VE do not need any tariff
against farmers in foreign lands, or
even in Canada. What We dO want
j. fair chance To buy our lumber,
tools and tlnWare at market price
No tariff could do so much for our
farms a. the canning factories. Ihe>"
employ several millions of hands and
feed many millions OF mouths in var
ious parts OF the world. 1t was Al
outrage to- try 80 enable n few men to
enrich themselves in making tin plate
at the risk of Gripping this great in-
duStry. Then, again, ,he American
shoe shop i holding its own against
every rival in Europe; and therefore
it has fair right to hUy all the arti
Giles in needs a. cheaply ~ They can
he furnished anyw here.
People tell "A story n bout "a wealthy