Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-01-05
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great universities of Germany. vii
these volumes find less. readers ol
hearty endorsement from intelligen,
Germans, who by the accident oI
emigration find their home on
American soil?
Let !. rs look at another example.
In 1910 where was German ascen-
dency in Europey And what at that
period was the position Of England:
How are those relative positions re-
ycrsed to-day? And for what canse;
Simply those We have stated. The
protection Of the Zollycrin, with the
intelligence. that as a necessary Sc
qucncc has come to the masses, from
The wealth it has brought them, has
plsccd Germany to day in the front
rank Of European nations.
The Free Trade Of England, with
the poverty and ignorance it has
brought to her common people, has
60 crippled her power, that to-day,
from being the first in rank, she is
degraded to the third in point Of in
fiuencc, and with her former power.
ful ally, is q terrible example Of their
disastrous political economy, and
while she yet has m0ney-the earn
inss Of . former protective policy
she lacks man, who have been driven
from her soil by free trade, or cmas-
culateL; and without them her rich
es are bu: . milestone to sink her
still lower in the scale Of nations.
These contrasts are not the pic
lures Of fancy; and while the solid
victories OF Germany are the valid
evidences Of the health and wisdom
OF her scheme OF EceAomy, the tim
i.lity, vascillation aud ses6shncss OF
Eng and, are the pnrtents oi that
coming trial by which she will be
compelled to an utter abandonment
Of her !ree-trade theories, and their
disastrous results, or give immediate
occasion for another Hume, to
wrlte the history OF her decline and
fall!
The natural and historic coDstruc-
ton OF the German mimi, by which,
IN all ages it has 90 largely contrib.
uted to the growth aud progress OF
the mechanical arts,-makes this
question OF Protection to Home In
dustry, as connected with the coun-
ry oi their adoption, and their future
prosperity in it, enc of the first i'm
portance to taem, every way. Any
one Of this people conversant with
the record OF his native land tor the
past City years, can see how immense
has been the progress there in all
that makes up the welfare of a ma
tion, since the adoption OF the Zoll-
verin as the permanent policy Of the
country.
Prosperity or disaster more quick
~ follow the adoption OF amy policy
here. where freedom of action for all
causes, is so mitch greater than in
the conservative atmosphere OF Eu-
rope. 1t took = generation to de.
vriop the ripe fruits IF the Zollvcrin
in Germany it has required but ten
years Of q like just Economy. to
bring such riches aud resources ia
the United States, that the result has
called out the astonishmcnt AMI ad-
miration of the world. Shall this
policy so happily entered upon, and
fortunate in It's results be perpetual
cd, and the development and pros.
perity OF all our industries be per.
manently assured, or shall The theory
and practice OF British Free Trade,
foreign in name and inten:s to our
own, be adopted in tins country, and
entail upon US here, all the misery
and degradation that has has come
to England aud France through its
influence.
Germans Of America, With the ex
ampleot Fatherland IN her protec-
ton and resultant power, before yon,
intcll,gently aud thoughtiuIly decide
this question, which is so deeply
iraught with veal or wo to your
selves and your prcsperi,y.-["The
Bureau Chicago, Ills, Dec. 1870.