, 1879-03-07
PROTECTION IN ENGLAND.
Revival or tho Old Tory rrotcction Nnc-
trkHp-DntttH on American Products May
To lkestnrctl.


Rcy,yal Of tho Old Tory rrotcction Y,oc.
trlrD-1,n,,.u IN sncrl.nr rroi,,rt. ,t,,
| a., u..,nro,I '
NV ''s'1..cu. t,a..eA
LosDoat feps H''-tk ID now eonspaeFaol5
moro tlinn thirty ycnrs s:ncc England practical
| " plonted the principle Of FREQ trade. There
nrn stfii eomo cr,fi,, m, .1,trh ,1ntira ovo law
,a, ,,,'t 49,, ~. ,s va'u .,,n.. a,a ,,,a 49,,
.e"' ~. ..io ''s. ~ wy a"o's wv "''' wv
QUO OIL Tie dulles IS III any way protective, sce
thcy apply only TO sirh articles rs wine, spirits,
uho h,,+t. T., f,,r. ,,r trou +r,7, ..,, , t,.1
| xrS. o "A1s'' W 'as"i ~ '.ev ..a"o ""s " Ha'u-
'oueot one MIL was enff'eu iofWaet oy SUCH
men aa RIc''nra Golden s'r Rohtrt Peel, ".
r,,orr w. ouIv @ so mds ,,on ,S
.,.,,1t, ,a1,,',ra1 ..I r....ia., ~,
tssa'.s . :, io.o"eu' n''u I"E's"" certainly ,oM
al'oas mat time enter npo" remarkable career
OF commercial prosperity. It Is the fashion l,ero
t. attribute til, result to the nsw fiscal n,l,,y
ff,cn ,t1nn,cJ Inn IN, ,ur],,,1 u, to,h, IN
.s. '.t ~. s',eIsu .l' ~ uoun1 tnu,
sefY mue"' Apfhe lAas llt'e railways ana
u,ld that great cllaucc brought Inc whole world
/ 1u,o t1os rr re,ntons Win rup,un1, rhcv ,nc,r1
+ho r'r,t,te ,,,,r1,n,. ~, r.,"..,, sd rt",.'..
no "oa.a n,u'A'ts -. ~ ts', a'.u Ens.N
a'oio was rca'iY to take advantage Of the now
order o. lltaSs. ........,
Aawnelt, Ensani'd then hcEnn to wax rich nll'l
stft'h}s, !!iti 1t was easy to gsp freo trale the
P'"!'o - ~ al" WoteGlioHsts S>uu s@illc ~ HQ
lacked Upon 4s prrsots Of weak Or unsountl
1ninda Even Dsraeii, -,,oT Lord Dcaconstielt,
though ut oi'e ti'Hu the champion Of trOtec-
tlosl' prolcsscd attcr u tl'nn to be thnVert to
trce'tr,t!n tisus, ut Ills conversion Inns nlwn,s
heeA atrengy doubted. No doubt llc Ia At heart
pratecti>n!Et kti1l, a!u WIN Knows bnt tlnt In
thy rcnctson whiril sccIaa now to hayc SET In t,0
will nyaiu be tu lender Of lt!e rausv!
The Frcnt lntnlfl0dlng interest Of tho country
!0uEAt tree trato TO the very last, but England
has not Ut nsly tine III the present century hcrn
MI agricultural Country III any tcgscc. Cum-
Enrrco md manufactures wcrp Ilr great iiltcr-
csts, and 1t WAS nnkural enough that these
should advucatc frrcftrl(le. Il was uvitlcnt to
the untlluktu.: even. tlAt no other countries
wcru In II position to Bcntl manufactured goods
III considerable Nulntlty to Jii.gln.u!. C!carIy
no interest neeA fear foreign rumpctttion III
homo markets. exert the agricultural, aud,
since this was III the minority, H. had to gIvo
| wnt. The duty nn ecrcnl vrills was tie oul"
| unc tl,Mt I,ud any real bcarllg oil tt,e easc.
The promise 10 thu masses uf cheaper
brsad wos potent argument. probably
the rcal purpose Of thu frcc.tradv mol
ley WAS, so tas US tic ,laps OF ihr voters
were concerned, only to intll,ce otller couu-
tries tu do The s,l,!e llnl otncr countries 70
| rnntrp ut every great market i'll tho Tpr]t EIt.
vluu,lss free Trade vas univ u bnt thr,,wu mt IN
catrh very iort!p nrtyr. nnt,lrfy. fhe worifi,s
trnllc She got tiIe greater uurt OF Il "A It was
hit Fortunately did not Crt te entire co,u,,u1u.
nm mt rre.,1mInw 10 pro,ollIlrr either Inr or
u,.ujl,st frrc tr0r. iii merely ttyi,s what be
lew EpElaul'e motive Lu huyu necn thirty ytnr,
THE prouf uf tnis liza in j1M. fnrt ti,at. "a eoon
M genuine co1unuttt!on in hotuu marots hns
hnrtnr settlr,l fart thr nld stnrv nr nrnt",,ts,
comes to thM iront attnin slhn yrrv ~ ma ,I,nt