The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-04-03

the Drains anu lnJelIlSence OF tine
New World There is where Boston
first received the name of Hub OF
the Universe, for around it fiuttered
the greatest statesmen, the greatest
orators, and the greatest of thinkers
and there ii was that some big
minded fellow said in steentorian
tones: GIVE me liberty, or give me
death" And there it was when any
great, near-great, or thought he was
great man, thought he had anything
on his chest, he always went to
Faneuil Hall to work it off, and there
il was that the master minds of the
day met and planned and schemed
for American liberty and independ-
ence
There il was that the world famed
BOSTON Tea Part was planned, organ
lied and executed, and thereby hangs
a tale that reminds me of present day
politics.
1t seems as though this tariff ques-
ton is no new thing, for away back
in those days it was a question of the
hour, men got greatly excited over it
then as now, and it seems that big
business had a hand in shaping the
policies of the nation then as now.
To get to the meat of the cocoanut,
old King George, over in England,
thought he needed new automobile
and a few other fancy fixtures, and
as finances were running low, cash
scarce as hens teeth, and the people
grumbling at the high cost of living,
he cast about him for a new and in
creased source of revenue, and the
thought struck him that those folks
across the water were drinking en-
tirely too much tea, and he figured
that a tea-drinking, God fearing,
| peace-loving people would be easily
| imposed upon, so he issued an edict,
which in English, meant an order to
| tax each and every pound of tea that
came into the American colonies,
| three cents a pound.
| 1t wasn't much to say it quick, but
il did not set we'll, and right away
the people began to be indignate and
tell their troubles to their neighbors.
Now it seems, according to our
guides story, that there was a big
firm of tea merchants in Boston at
that time, who were very patriotic,
and who also had big cargo of tea
on a ship in from China or some ORR
entail port.
The firm, by name of Chase &
Sanborn, believed in a tariff for rev.
enue only, they were good democrats
and had long worked and talked for
a revision of the tariff, down
wards" They believed in protect
ing their patrons and customers, and
they were opposed to high duty,
especially on goods in their line of
trade, so they registered a mighty
kick and as the cargo Of tea had been
bought before this new import tax
; had been imposed, they said it was
not fair, only they said it in more
emphatic language.
The next meeting was to plan a
coup" whatever that is, / did not
stop to ask our guide for eXplana-
tions, but listened with rapt atten-
: ton for | knew these Chase & San
born people, and they are some
sauve people, l can tell you.
Well, they planned that coupe as
I was telling you about, as follows:
: They secured the service of some OF
the greatest speakers Of the day, in
2 Guiding some men that were running
l for Congress on the downward re-
vision platform, and they held meet
ings in the same old historical
Faneuil Hall, and that is where the
place first earned its name as the
: cradle OF American liberty, for these
patriotic speakers got up and reciteC
all the indignities that were being
heaped on the colonies, and as a pc
Grafton they would exclaim: Taxa
ton without representation. Give
Us liberty or give Us death; dom
but not one cent for tribute, or SOM
other sentence germane TO the sub
ject. before the house, and set then
down amidst thunderous applause
and some old tories would sit in tn
house taking notes and figuring HOY
they would report those bold say
ing. Oh, those were some boom-de
ray times, believe me, If our old gu
: was giving it TO us straight.
Then when the public mind ha
been worked up to a proper feelin
of the wrongs they were enduring
and the chief of police had been d,