New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-06

view Of such facts you will readily perceive the mistake
tries AS examples and guides for The conditions OF
wages. taxation and capital In the manniac.usins ma
srV Oh alike bSp SrS dStes as between themselves
would be imperative. Under SUCH du,ies tnee tr
o9a trade would oease M the leading art
Giles is so nearly uniform that duty OF 10 per v'a ga
P pnp hrb snem raes defend US against them
same. in effect may DO said OF the anglo 81, f6e
progress Of liberal ideas It bo proved that French
producers under that arrangement reoe gpaod Inv
protection against British industry than Is aoruou W
our tariff 10 American manufacturers In their shalp
competition with France and England so long as V vha
local taxation shall depend on tho will and action OF ,o
several states so long OF and OF inter-
est "a country are kept up by the ON
the part OF our producers remove the causes OF a'
disparity WHICH places them at 80 great disau' No
Ss With hat power il rests
whether IN this great question OF public ana econoo
policy their people foreigners shall De MET Gpn
Is all we ask.
CONGRESS HAS PURSUED A WISE COURSE.
Congress has we think wisely entered on protective
system To give it q fair trial. need only confidence
I'm It's stability. A changing and uncertain legiSiauoh
dshearens the producer and is constant checK on Gu
terprise The talk about free trade would be harmless
enough, but for the doubts and the Tears ., posoog
change which 1t inevitably exctes 9ardIy possibe
that such o scheme should find favor with the AMERICAN
P %thsss daily. oher ecnsderations wholly Irrelevant
ara too often brought into the discussion OF
questions which are purely economic. what nave
party politics, what have benevolent Efforts AT
reform In morals manners, TO do with measures
which relate directly and solely TO the industrial inter-
ests and policy Of the nationi There Is undoubtedly
attractive in the name OF free trade. IL
assumes the tone OF cosmopolitan goodwill. ana pro-
fesses TO perpetual harmony among the nations
Regarded abstracty, It's theories are charming ana
promise us "a communication devoutly To Dc wished.
But the question Is, Can We cOntde IN tins promise
There il class Of miable enthusiasts who believe III
the possibIlityas all believe in the desirabeness-
peace. Would the nation but listen 10 tnein,
she would forthwith raze every f0ruhcaton, freight
her warshps with and cotton, and melt her
great guns into rails and pows. Why does che
still fortify her harbers, repensh her arsenals and
keep up her navyi Because the arguments ana eXhor
tations of the Peace Society founded on human
nature not IL u.s. but IL should be. Because ihey
strangely underrate the everpresent though sometime
dormant oger OF sclflshness and passion. Nhen mo
wolf shall dwell peaceably" with the lamb when the
nations shall all to eyethe pleasing dream 81 The
non resistant may become blessed reality OF kindred
origin and character 1t seems 10 me, IL the lurNe no
ton OF free trade-very fair theory, but wholly mn
satisfactory practice. Ignoring as were the great
law seinterest and the lesson OF all history goes
upon the absurd assumption that henceforth the differ
ent communities OF mankind will be governed, In their
intercourse of trade business by the golden rule 1t
a system which will probably work well In the nlllen-
num- but II Is decidedly premature In an age IKE ours
Unless these allaclOus, IT u Just ~ ucn te
duty nation protect It's own industry against the
injurious OF foreign competition as II Is To provide
the OF defending its soil and its homes against the
aggressions Of open war.