The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-12-07

hiAAB put hS Who iOiChtiOooiy hOptiiO W
big appropriations for rivers and har-
bors. That is what beat him, and it
hurt the Democratic cause from crown
to heel, though great man got the
plum of Speaker.
Now, Champ Clark has but one lion
in his path, and 1t Is reserved for such
men, as Ollie James and Owsley Stan
ley to take the beast by the throat and
throttle him, and that is the near
protectionist" in the Democratic ranks.
If we are going to be for protection
for Southern raw materials, then let
us go the whole hog and stand for
protection for Northern finished prod
ucts. It is absurd that we should
claim tariff on wool and lumber and
coal and iron ore and then say to the
manufacturers who buy and employ
these in their business that they shall
compete with English and German
manufacturers who have those things
free.
Let us come to the parting of the
ways. Let every man who labels him.
self Democrat get out of the party
If he wants a tariff for the benefit of
anything in his locality. Let us hon
or men like those Democratic Ken
tuckians who scorned duty on hemp,
and like Champ Clark, who refused to
vote for a tariff on lead and zinc.
1t has got to come to that, or this
will follow: The insurgent Republi-
cans like Bristow who is free trader
without knowing it, as Dolliver was,
will take command and give us free
trade. OF course, employ the term
free trade according as the Constitu
ton of the United States and common
Justice recognize tan honest and 9
constitutional tariff, no schedule o.
which shall be for purpose other thar
revenue. If this infamous and out
; rageous propaganda of the Republican
!. party that the manufacturer shall b.
insured by Congress "a reasonable
profit" then it follows that all of u
must be guaranteed a irving" an,
that is nothing but socialism. Di,
you observe that the Socialist pole,
$4,000 votes in. November 8?
,
Where does Congress get authorit
; to levy a tax that will give a man
profit? Some other American citize
5 has got to pay that profit. Here
the fundamental law as the father
made it: Section 8 of article / d.
! clares: Congress shall have powe
I to lay and collect taxes, duties, in
posts and excises," and if Congress
2 lays" tax with no intention to eco
l lect" it-and such is every protectiv
, duty-then it is a piece of pure favo
: itism, making one class the slave {
: another class. If Congress insure
| thO vi bhO WOOi 3 hOWS
or the cotton-spinner, "a reasonabl
/. profit who is going to fix it SO ths
+ the cotton-grower, the stone-cutte
t the brick-layer, the ditch-digger, til
t coalheaver, the street-cleaner, til
- policeman, the fireman, the lawye
f the doctor of physic, the clergyman
D the merchant and his clerks, the raj
n road and its operatives, and thousand
# of others, whom it is impossible
s these a job and a reasonable profit
y earn my food, raiment and sheltt
= writing for newspapers. am ;
l. much entitled to be protected |
- Congress through its taxing power {
y Andrew Carnegie or any other tart
"A bloated plutocrat: but I know that
is absolutely impossible to advantas
me by operation of a tariff. On Il
4 other hand, humble as is my financi
station, have paid thousands :"
protect" the tariff barons.
This question has never been di
cussed to a frazzle-as Teddy W;
beat the other day-that the low tar
set did not triumph, for in a dispu
z between honesty and knavery befo
= such a public as ours, virtue newt
bly, triumphs in the end. In 1857
Republican Congress gave us the To-
\ est tariff we ever had, and James
!! Blaine, in his book, declares that fire.
u trade would have been our settled pc
n icy if the war of 1861 had not com
y Under free trade our merchant marir
on the high seas was the largest
tonnage in the world. exceeding En-
| lands even. Now 1t is extinguishe