The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-06-06
"BAsrIAr's sopH1sns." The Chicago 7}i5-

'BAsTIAT's SoPHIsMs. "-The Chicago Tri6
me has been for some time past, publishing
translations from French work entitled
''BaStjatS SophjSDas Of the Protective Pozicy,'
In support of its Free Trade doctrines. From
what we have seen of the work, in the TT55-
une, we judge the title at the head of this
item would be the most appropriate for M.
Bastiat's work. However weghty his areu-
ments may be in favor of Free Trade, as be
tween the old monarchies of Europe, they are
certainly not applicable to the question of Free
Trade between this country and Europe. Nor
do they meet the question ola Protective pol
icy for this Government. fit was a question
of Free Trade, or a Protective Policy between
the States of this Union, there might be some
force in his reasoning. To illustrate we quote
one of M. Bastiat's illustrations. He saws:
Let us take glance into one of the huts
perched upon our side of the Pyrenees.
The father of family has received the little
wages OF his labor; but his half naked chill
dren are shivering before a biting northern
Dlast, beside tireless hearth and an empty
table. There Is wool, and wood, and corn. on
the other side of the mountain, but these are
Iorolaaen 10 them for the other side of the
mountain is not France. Foreign wood mnst
not warm the hearth of the poor Shepherd .
MS children mnst not taste the Bread of Bis
cay, nor cover their numbed Inns with tbe
wool OF Navarro. 1t is thus that the general
good requires Does not this seem to 2be in
opposition to justice ?''
Now suppose this ''father of a familvn had
plenty OF wood growing in his own dooryard
TO supply his ireless hearth, and all that was
wanting was to have those 'half naked chill
dren, " cut it and build the fire. Would # be
cheaper or better to still buy the wood cbop-
ped on the other side of the mountain and
nave 1t carted over to him? According To M
DaSClats sophlstry and the Chicago Tribune.
Iaise reasoning, 1t would be. But TO make fine
case still stronger and more applicable ia
facts in regard to Free Trade in this eonntrv
would 1t be cheaper for that father and his
nan naked children to chop the trees and haul
the logs TO the other side of the Pyrenees
have them sawed and split to the desired
length and size for his ''freless hearth y and
then carted back again? because ssbis half
naked children, didn't happen to have saw
and saWbuck The Protective Policy saws if
would be cheaper and more economical tn bpv
the saw, and make the saw buck even thouob
II be rude one, and saw the wood mn at home.
and to carry the Policy little further SIM
pose this same 'father ola family, had in one
corner of his door yard an iron mine tb5f
could be easily wrought into saws bv mart 81
those half naked children, while the others
sawed the wood to fill the fireless hearth
To carry out the Chicago Tribune,s annIico
ton of NJ. Bastiast's illustrated Sonbisn,
Uncle Sam is ''the father of fanily.p and
the American people are 'his half naked chill
dren' that are 'shiVering before biting nor
thern blast beside freless hearth and am.
empty table" We have the wood the wool the
IRON and the corr, all on our side of the sinoun.
TAM or the ocean rather, and the skilled IA
Dor TO manufacture them. Still says NJ. Bas-
uat, and the Chicago Tribune, it is better 10.
!LIleai economy, cheaper and wiser to send
tneSe raw materials across the ocean, in Brit.
ISh Shlps and have British mechanics m anufac-
lure them, and return them, 10 rs in
n'l'lsh ships, than to manufactrra
lnem at home Can more consummafe fol1v
u iiioF7 glarlng sophistry be conceived.