Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-08-20

if two men produce the same amount
Of commodities at the same relative
cost and sell at the same relative prof.
it, one will not get rich any faster than
the other. If, however, the one Is able
to sell at a profit while the other Is re-
quired to sell at a loss, the man who
sells at a profit must, grow richer and
richer while the other gets poorer and
poorer. The total exports Of manufac-
tured articles from the United States
during last year amounted to but little
less than s4OO, 900, 900, while the exports
of agricultural products aggregated
$940. .246, ,4SS. Here we have the farmers
of this country bringing in more than
twice as much money as the manufac-
turers, and because they have to sell
their products in competition with the
world, while the manufacturer has pro-
lection from foreign competition. we
know that the manufacturer Is getting
richer while the farmer is getting poor
er, and in the light Of existing facts 1t
is not difficult to see the reason. Ex-
planning the operation of this system
he showed that the rich people of the
north did not pay the greater propor-
tion of the protective tariff tax, for the
reason that silks, paintings, champagne
and many other articles consumed by
the rich were on the free list, while
there was q high duty on articles con-
sumed by the farmer, such as bagg1ng
and ties, etc. Referring again to the
give and take policy on which he had
fought McLaurin in 1897, and which he
said was still being advocated by some
of his competitors. Presumably Mes
srs. Latimer and Elliott, he illustrated
it's operation with a simile like this:
A good natured, easy going old farmer
had a full corn crib. A thief comes
along in broad daylight and starts off
with a sack of corn. Don't take all
my corn" says the farmer; leave me
one ear" The thief agrees, the farmer
goes and gets an ear and brings 1t back
to show his wife what he had saved.
The thief returns again and the process
Is repeated until the corn crib Is empty,
and the farmer has to show of his orig
inal holdings only one ear from each
sack carried away. Why the Republi-
can party would be glad to let us have
a public building in every town in the
south, if we would only leave them free
to continue piling up the surplus In the
treasury. 1t Is the heighth Of folly to
plead with the Republicans for fairness,
for while they will listen to you with
apparent sympathy, 1t will only be to
continue to rob you. He explained the
absurdity of a protective duty on cot
ton, because we only consume at home
about 100000 bales-a little more than
third Of what we raise, and have to
go abroad for a market for the balance.
In this connection he illustrated the diff
ference between the free and protected
markets by picturing the cotton pro-
ducer on trip to Liverpool to sell his
cotton. After getting the top of the
market in the place where the price is
fixed, he looks about and Is delighted to
find that commodities Of all kinds sell
at just about half the prices current at
home. He picks up for SO a suit of
clothes, the like Of which he had paid
Sc for in New York, and filled his trunk
with various similar purchases. Con-
graduating himself on the way, he fl
nally arrived at Charleston where he
was met by gentleman in blue uni
form connected with the custom house.
been off to Liverpool and bought lots
OF things at half the price I would have
to pay here" officer asks to see the ar
ticles, and the farmer shows the clothes
for which he paid So. Mice suit and
low price," says the officer; "but you
will ave to go down in your pocket
and ay me $3.50 before you can take it
in here" And so it was with all the
other articles. The farmer was not able
to get the benefit Of the low priced for
eign goods without paying the govern
ment more than enough to make up for
the difference in price in America.
merchant there tells him: Buy your
goods from me and you will not have
to pay any tax to the government" :"
The farmer pays Sc for a suit Of the
same value made in this country, and
the difference goes into the pocket OF
the merchant. Oh, no, we do not pay
the government any taxes on home
made goods: but the tax comes out of
the pocket of the purchaser all the
same, and he is just that much poorer
on account of the protective tariff.
And we have here men who think they
can fool old Mark Hanna" said Cover
They are just as sure to land in the Re-
publican party as Johnnie McLaurin
ever did" Then he proceeded to show
that Notwithstanding the declaration
Of Mr.. Latimer, the ship subsidy propo-
sition is dead. You have been told that
the bill has been held up pending the
congressional elections, for fear Of the
northwestern Republicans, and when
the elections are over the bill will be
taken up and passed. There is no rea-
son in that. After the congressional
elections comes the presidential elec-
ton, which is much more important.
If such a shrewd man as Hanna would
hesitate in the matter on account Of
the congressional elections, how much
more would he hesitate on account Of
the presidential election? The fact Is
that Mark Hanna promised the passage
Of this bill to the shipping combine in
return for campaign subscriptions. He
was not long in realizing what heavy
load he had to carry, and when he got
the bill through the senate, he said to
the people with whom he had bargain
ed, II have fulfilled my promise in get
ting the bill through the senate; but I
cannot get it through the house. You
will have to attend to that yourself"
And he dropped it like hot brick. In
the meantime Morgan had already ar
ranged his deal for the purchase of
foreign steamship lines, and could not
afford to wait to push the matter fur
ther. They can no longer urge shad-
ow of an excuse for the passage OF the
bill, and the proposition will never be
heard of again in congress. He took
issue with Mr.. Latimer on the PROPOSE
tion that the Republican party no long
er want the Philippines. The products
Of the south are rice, cotton, sugar and
niggers. The products of the Philip
pllcS IlCSi lOudCCO, ouSdl lio
gers. They are also capable of produc-
ing cotton. The Yankees want these
islands in the hope of being able to Sc
cure independence of the people of the
south. He argued the same way with
regard to Cuba. He was opposed to the
Spanish war because he saw no good in
it, and he had written to Senator Till
man advising him to oppose it. The
idea that it was a Democratic war was
mistake. The Republicans lent their
efforts to the utmost, and their object
was not to free Cuba, but to divert the
attention of the people from the ques-
tions then pending and to pile up more
taxes. Although opposed to the war,
when it broke out he rendered his SER
vices and did his duty, coming back to
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