Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-06-24

Kansas, q memner OF Lne ways anu
means committee, made one Of the
best arguments in the house on the
general subject of tariff that has
been made during the session. Mr..
Caldefhead Is not frequent speech
maker In congress, but when he does
take the floor 20 deliver himself on
any particular subject he always re-
ceives marked attention of the house
as he Is considered one OF the best
informed members on subjects of
nation wide Importance. His
speech was frequently interrupted by
applause.
For fifteen days we have listened
to the general charge that the tariff
was levied for the purpose Of being a
burden on the consumer. 'said Judge
Calderhead. ''There has not been
an intimation that the tariff at any
tie is for the benefit of the producer.
"The gentleman from Missouri
(Mr. Clark, opening the discussion
ON the side of the house, cited the
names of the authorities in the ma
tion who included the substance OF
all that could be said upon it., He
named Alexander Hamilton's report
and a number of others, and con-
cluded with the report Of Mr.Galla-
tin. Nothing that has been said
upon the subject since Hamilton's
report has added much to the kpowl-
edge of the people, or to the purpose
for which the protective tarif is
levied. Here is a great nation, now,
Of 10000, 900 people, occupying
land stretching from sea to sea, a
great agricultural land, to which
the inhabitants might easily turn
for their own sustenance and Hamll-
toms report was for the purpose Of
advising the country Of the necessity
Sof diversifying the industries Of the
United States, that 1t might find en-
fpioyment for all its people ant be
INDEPENDENT of the prouucers OF
other nations. y.by9 ys,. iph J
Question Same as in HamiltOns Day.
"At this hour, Mr.. Chairman, the
question is the same that It was in
his day. Ten millions of people are
engaged as laborers upon farms; SIX
and a half millions people, speaking
in round numbers, are engaged In
labor in the manufactures; 1,SOO,-
900 people are employed upon the
railways. All the vast army OF men
who are not employed in agriculture
are employed in producing some form
Of manufactured goods or in the
transportation Of them. The charge
il generally made that the whole
tariff is levied for the protection OF
the manufacturer. The General an
swer to it is that the man who has
received the most protection from
the tariff has been the farmer upon
his farm, and the wage Garner at his
work and in his wages. Testimony
to that effect Is set forth in the LAM
guage Of Mr.. Thompkins, from North
Carolina, before our committee, ID
which he testified that fifteen years
AFRO a cotton crop Of 10 900, 1000 bales
was worth 5 cents a pound before
the establishment Of manufactures,
and brought $sOO,OOO.OO and now
since the establishment Of manufac-
tories, that same crop Of 100000
bales brings to the south SsOO,OOO.-'
900; and in addition to that the dis
coyery Of the method Of producing
cotton-seed oil brings the south an
other slOO.OOO,00O. Daa
Our Own Big Purchases.
Last year we produced upon the
farms of America nearly eight thou
sand millions Of dollars worth, we
sold abroad to other countries about
one thousand millions Of dollars
worth. Who bought the rest OF III
who had the money to buy i, and
how did they get IT, Last year the
manufactured products Of America
were sixteen thousand and eight hun
dred millions Of dollars, and we ex-
ported about nine hundred million
dollars Of that. Who bought the
rest of It and who had the money to
buy III Twenty-three thousand MIL
lion dollars worth Of commerce be-
tween the United States and all the
balance Of the wprldl
The Prodaosrs are Consumers.
.1s You read It It win be evident
to you that Il has not been made for
the purpose Of enriehlng one man e
fhe expense Of another. and Il viii Be
no reply 70 say that It Is tax levied
upon the poor or upoh tie consumer.
Thers a no eonsumsr unless be 4 al