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Show ROBERTS AND THE TARIFF. ' ' 'iM Brother B. H. Roberts, in his speeches to the kl people in the country, tells them that the Repub- JE Hcans believe In a protective tariff, that the Den ocracy believes in no tariff except just sufficient to 31 meet expenses of the government economically ad- ministered, and that protection is robbery. Mr. 111 Roberts is talking to men and women who want to "Jl believe what he says, who hold his word and his jH advice above that of any Gentile who could be sent fflfl among them, hence he should be careful when he f'! talksi and uhould not state a truth in a way to oas- M lly carry a deception to his audience. For instance, Lsl his statement would naturally give an unlettered IH man the impression that the Republicans wanted 11 through taxation a great deal more money than 11 just to meet government expenses, while tho Dem- 'fiB ocrats are so considerate of tho people that they fill only want just enough for the purpose. ' f Hencef it is the" duty of Mr. Roberts, If he wants krLa to be fair, to be more explicit. !! He should explain that the only justification for Ij H taxing a people Is the noed of money to carry on ijH the government. IH But that the Republicans in doing this believe j in taxing such imported articles as come directly 'li'fl in competition with the same articles manufac- ij B tured in the United States. Hence they put a tax u jH on the cloths from British, French and German .1 M looms, on wool and hides and lead and a multitude J nH of other articles for the reason that most of these 'lB articles are in forolgn countries produced by la- iHH borers who work for from one-fourth to one-half 11 what American worklngmen and women are paid. H On the other hand the belief of Democrats is :isH that the articles to be taxed should be luxuries, H like tea, coffee, tobacco, brandies, rare wines, dia- til monds, rare laces, carpets, etc. That it is wrong ' jiM to protect American workingmon and women ilLfl against direct competition with tho cheap labor iH of the outside world, because their theory is that HH such article as We are producing in our country IH be admitted free, while it might reduce the wage ' rates in the United States, it would give to the 'ifl people so much cheaper goods, that the wage flH earners could bear the reduction. $ We think Mr. Roberts would admit that the IH foregoing is a fair statement of the difference In MB the beliefs- of the two parties. rl9 Now it strikes us that the Republican com- JflH mlttee could afford to pay Mr. Roberts generously IH to go through Utah making that explanation. At j9 Lehi the. burden of his speech would be some- HI ! '; aB K; tiling Hlce this: "Fellow Citizens: I come among H you to explain how much better It would bo could H the tariff be removed from sugar. In Brazil, the H men who rtfle sugar wear no plothes save a atrip H of cotton cloth around thefr loins. Thoy eat a H little corn brekd and a few beans, and smoke the H tobacco that grows almost spontaneously In that H country. Their dally wages are from 15 to SO H cents. The freights up from Brazil, by sail ships, B to Now York are very cheap; except for the tariff H on sugar you all in Utah could get sugar at half H what It costs you now. By this explanation you H will see as the Democratic party sees, that proteo- Hj tion is robbery." H v Should some one In the crowd ask: "But, Mr. B Roberts, what would become of our great factory, H! and our sugar beet fields and the wage earners H who make the sugar?" H Mr. Roberts, as an honest man, would be II bound to reply: M "Let the mill rot down. Let the farmers who II now raise sugar beets,, raise cabbages, no foreign B farmer .can .compete with them raising cabbages, PB and foe the wage earners, let them hunt another H! job, the government cannot look out and give men B employment' m Then should another voice from the audience JB ask: "Mr, Roberts, do the men in Brazil Jive in IB good bouses, educate their children, do the girls IB have pianos, are there plenty of books and pic-t B tures and other luxuries in their homes, have they IB horpes and carriages and generally are they pros- B perous?" IB I He would be bound to answer that there were B no such things, but that our government cannot bBI bo respon:ible fcr the condition of the people in other countries. I 1. 1 . ' " In JSphralm his Speech would be something ii'ke this: "Fellow Citizens: I have come to advise you to vote for the Democratic tioket for the good it Will do you. The purpose "of thp 'party, Is. to strike the tariff from ivool,. that. .your, clothing may be so much cheaper' to you. Asia is a mountainous country; on the Hillsides are mil-ilonfe mil-ilonfe of slioep. On tlitf pampas of Argentlno are millions of acres sof unocoTlp'ed lands. Horses cost nothing thdre and one little greaser with a pony can look after 15,000 'sheep. His wages are only 30 cents a day. They are even less In Asia. Freights are cheap on the ocean. Wdol can bo laid down Jn Liverpool or Southampton at rates so low that English manufacturers could afford to send your olothing 50 per cent cheaper than your olothing costfe you. Vote the Democratic tiqket and. help bring about this reform. l "But," ories a -voice, "Mr. Roberts, what wouU become of aur flocks and our income? What would we have with, which to buy-British goods?" ' Then Mr. Roberts wduld have to answer that tie Government cannot 'look out for1 many people, peo-ple, but the country Is open to the fustier. Mr. Roberts' next spdech would probably be in Tlntic. There lie coulfl explain 'that fri Spain men worked "for 60 dentsVer dSy, pack the leatf ore out of the things on" their' heads, that except for the tariff on lead, it could be laid down in oiir Country $20 06 peir ttn cheaper than It now" Is. . fc .. .. .. .. . " ,, and every miner who has a lead pipe,ip. his cabin ought to get it cheaper than he nOtf pays'lor it. But we suspect that hjs ftceech woulff Hbs cut 'short right there. ' HoweVer, he" itftghi not be killed, and some one might ask him: "Mr. Roberts, has this pet theory ever been tested in this country, and, if so, how diifl H, 1 work?" " " I He would have to answer, "Oh yes, often in the thirties, in the forties, in the flftie, and. we threatened It eight years ago; of "fcburSe' It smashed things in 1837, In 184G, and in,l57,Jd tlie threat of it prostrated everything In 1893sf Another question: "What was the elft1 on tie money of the country, Mr., Roberts.?" f r i 1 "That is singular. It has drained the cduntry of money' every time It has been tried." , Question,; "What was the effect on s the laboi of the country?' ' ' ' 1' ,nJft' v Answer: rdh. it stopped t'he milis and thou-sands thou-sands of laborers were turned adrift? i Question! "Mr. Roberts, While" the 'tariff has stfmetlniesfdmporar'llj" advanbsd the price 6f articles, when the factories have been established in our country and prosperdd until competition has been created, has not the effect been to reduce re-duce the prce ofthe arj,lcl$ belqw what it -was befqre. thOi tariff wag put on?" ' 3 . , ' Answer: "I believe that has boen the result." Question: "Mr. Roberts, you believed In silver efglitVearagOdicf ydii noV?" Answer: "Most certainly." , Question: ,"What -wasyour chief argument in favor. of restoring silver?" j , . $ I Answer: "Why; that the volume of. money must be increased before there could bo any stoppage oT falling1 prices and a return of prosperity." Question: "Then, Mr. Roberts, should your tariff, for revenue only be tried again, and the same results should follow as before, besidei ruining ruin-ing a multitude of industries, would not the drain of moiley eause all forms of property to fall just in proportion to the drain?" I Answer: "I suppose it would, at first.' . Question: "Bui when would it begin to got better?" Answer: "I do not lcnow." Question: "Mr. Roberts, have you ever known a .country that sold its raw products and bought Its manufacturers goods that has not become bankrupt?" "Answer: "I believe not." Question: "Mr. Roberts, have you any letters , patent about you to prove that on the tariff question ques-tion your title to any knowledge of it must have confe by revelation?" |