Show protective TAXES ARE unconstitutional the tariff for protection is is un i it makes no difference whether that be one per center per percent cent if it is for protection and not for revenue it is necess necessarily aril y an ail invasion odthe of the principle of equality collia lity before every tax lax shields one man mail from tile competition of his countrymen if it does aioo s not to do this it is ia not protective tec tive the supreme court of ottlie the united states said to lay with will one liand hand the power odthe of the government on oil the private citizen arid and with the other bestow it upon favored indi vidu alt to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes i if none the loss less robbery because it is dono done under the form of law and is e called idled taxation fixation this is not legislation it is ft a decree under legislative forms nor is it taxation beyond a cavil there can call be no lawful t taxation axa tion which is not laid for a public purpose the supreme Su prenie court of the state of iowa in hann vs N verion erion held no authority or even doctrine can call be found winch which asserts that there can call bo be any legitimate 0 taxation when tile money to ila raised does not 0 go O into public treasury if there is is any proposition alnut abut which there is an entire en tire uniformity mity of judicial authority it is eliat taxes are arc to 1 be c imposed impo sed for the use of the people and add not lot for tile the special benefit of individuals while the alie state is bound to protect all it csaser to give that just protection when it gives undue a advantage l or special secial and exclusive privileges to particular individual individuals at the cost coit and charge of the rest of the community the authority of congress to levy taxes is defined in the alie constitution as follows congress shall have power to levy and collect taxes duties imposts impost s and ex excises cibes to pay the debts arid and provide for tile alio common cognion defense ond end general welfare of the united states we e maintain that bulldis building up oa one industry at the expense of other industrial dust du cannot cause the promotion of tile general welfare one industry is as go gool I 1 as another agriculture M and cornnie rc and the alie unprotected t aro a as deserving ilia 1 imiru faCh lrus to ux tam anesa therefore and anal give the proceeds to the one under form forin of law lav c protection is therefore a direct violation of the spirit and letter of the constitution if it be said that the protection is only against foreigners we reply th that at the protection is ii not a against ainest foreigners but against aej other industries olour of our own country for not a dollars worth 0 of f foreign goods can ever b hi imported into th this is country except in pigment for fair oj oa o j products of labor that have sent nent out not a dollars worth of foreign goods will trill ever be imported unless some american in are producing 0 a surplus with wit which to buy the foreign forcini 0 goods to prevent the indus industries like a agriculture from from disposing of their surplus by confiscating one thiril third cf the pay received for it on oil tle plea jica that agriculture has no right to produce indirectly manufactured goods is a clear case of robbery in the interests of capitalists ita lists who desire to produce in mills what farmers and men of small means produce un oil their furma indirectly by an ail exchange chango cx of products stac tile protective tax in destro destroying ving i one industry like agriculture C fur for tile the benefit of another industry the protected protect d manufactures finds no warrant in ill tile the constitution |