Mr. Chairman. when the farmers of my own and other States engaged in the cultivation of tobacco ask to have the duty on Sumatra tobacco increased. or at least the existing law amended it so thatwill do what it was intended to do. masterly inactivity prevails. but as soon as the elegant gentlemen of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and other lines ask fbr a contribution of four million of dollarsbecause that is the suni given in this appropriation. $800.000 for five yearsso that they can add that amount to their incomes and increase the value of their stock. we seem to run over each other in the effort to comply with their demand. The farmers are coolly told that nothing will be done for them. but that they are expected to cheerfully contribute their share to subsidize these great corporations so as to enable them all the more to import wool and tobacco. the product of slave and pauper labor. to the detriment of that class of American industries. To make them swallow the pill you sugarcoat it. and call it a measure "for the promotion of the commerce of the country." but. gentlemen. the nauseous taste remains. because the coating is too thin. You strangle the Western farmer and expect him to buy the cord to do it with.
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