Show VESTED RIGHTS the manufacturer wela because ile iio cannot continue to 1100 tho the people tho protector protected prote ctol manufacturers are beginning to talk about vested divested rights being jeopardized by a change of policy in regard to tariff fostered industries ever since tho birth of our nation the manufacturers have been especially favored by legislation and luring during tho the last 0 30 0 years ars they have practically all y hail had tho the monopoly of our markets the best in the world each year people have been obliged ged to hold up their hands whilo while the manufacturers abstracted from to from the poorly filled pockets dockets the manufacturers have so ion long 0 been accustomed to overhauling tho the pockets of the people that they now regard it its as a vested right and think this country is going to the tha dogs doga bee because ause they have been told that they must not tako take so BO much in tile the I 1 future u A few thousand pirates on the north coast of africa preyed upon tile tho commerce of tho the mediterranean sea for many generations several nations of eur europe ope were purchasing exemption from robbery of their ships by paying annual tribute to this band of pirates the pi iii rates owned ships and fortresses and hail had vested rights 7 which were serious seriously 7 disturbed when the victims tired of paying increasing exactions decided to rid tho the mediterranean of those these ene enemies inies of commerce and of ma mankind unkind the pirates not only lost their i ested rights to rob but their property and their means of earning a livelihood as well and yet they did not squeal or plead the baby act as our protected industries are doing they recognized that millions of people all over the world had vested tights rights which were impaired by piratical obstructions to commerce there is a lesson in this for our manufacturers rs they will not be harshly dealt with it is certain that they will not be required to as disgorge gorge their past spoils and it is L likely that they m will mill ill be permitted to continue to plunder those lie net engaged in protected industries though they the must bo be more modest in their demands and recognize that farmers and even common laborers have vested rights not yet mortgaged away to the millionaires who havo have obtained their wealth by legal robbery |