St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-12-23
TOILING PEOPLEVS. TAR
IFF-FED MONOPOLIES.
Sterling North Louisiana Democrat Delivers stirring
Jeffersonian speech.--An Eye Opener
BY Hon. Dawkins

with F11ropean goods, and Wha
! is SO monstrousIy unjust are sol
to the foreigner cheaper than t
J the American people. The pro
tectiye tariff enabled American
J manufacturer to successful.
comnete in foreign markets witt
fore i manufacturers, ami
piyen him poWer to rob Withoui
hindrance the American buyer
The present tariff policy permits
lone set of Americans to enrich
themselves for the business Of
other Americans; it permits the
4 home manufacturer to run his
hands into the pockets of the
i farmers. consumers and toilers
Iof this country and take all that
greed dictates for the enlarge
iment of his business and enrich
.Ement of himself. It IS out
rageously unjust and has nc
place in a nation such as our.
! where all men were intended to
ibe equal and have equal chances
in the battle Of life. Don't be
deceived; the tariff is tax pri-
Imarily intended for the support
Iof the government, but by the
Republican policy, the mass Of
this tax goes into the pockets Of
the manufacturers and into the
public treasury. 1t is a tax that
meets the American at the
cradle and leaves him only at the
grave.
The time is here for the
American people to destroy that
system which has enabled the
vampires to fatten on the braWn
land brain and muscle of this
country. With all kinds of
products of products from Amer
lean mills and factories selling
in the markets of the world in
competition with similar foreign
products and selling in those
markets cheaper thagp they are
being sold here. tis foolish to
argue protection for home man
Hufacturers. Truth is the people.
should be saved from the oppres-
sion of this protected class; the
people actually need protection.
The so-called infant industries
have long ago shed their sWad-
ding clothes; they have become
giants and have run the foreign
manufacturers out of the Amer
lean market, established here
nonopolies and by trade combi-
nations are robbing the people
right and left.
The only hope of relief from
this oppression is in that Democ-
racy which found birth and in.
spiration in the genius of Thorn
as Jefferson and enforcement Of
its principles in the rugged in
tegrity Of Andrew Jackson.
Though the Oldest party in the.
nation; though many times seem
ingly on its death bed, the party
of Jefferson is still alive and mili-
antand ready and able to give the
people salvation from class legis-
lation through the application of
its doctrine OF equal rights to all,
special favors to none.
Discussions of national ques-
tions have no place in a State
primary, when State matters are
at issue; but in this campaign
five gentlemen are aspiring to
represent Louisiana in the Sen
ate OF the United States, and
Democrats have the right to ask
and to know where these men
stand on national questions. The
gentleman in whose honor you
are assembled is asking a Demo-.
cratic senatorial commission.
he has proclaimed that the party
OF Jefferson, of Jackson and of
Tilden is his party; that he be-
lieves in the Democratic faith;
that he will uphold the tenets Of
YOUR party and if elected will
sit on the Democratic side and
and cast his vote in the Demo
cratic column. Processing such
faith and aligned as he is, it
gives me pleasure to commend
to you his candidacy.