The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-05-19
ruH PROTECTIVE SYsfan.
WhaA Il Coeto ~ Auerioan Farmer.
Dslns ~ fAlrl Rars e 0saAan usAaanss
Oesae Isaee = That Sunless.
1 REAL ouEsrIoN-rHB QUESTION on
REN1DlEs.

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RENEDlES.
The discussion leads at last to an
objection OF genuine force. Il 10
this
Freedom to labor 70 lind its own
highest opportunities might be q
good policy II things were IN Il ma
tural condition; but labor now is
trained to act In channels created
and preserved by Protection. You
take away Protection, you destroy
artificial channels. How are they
now, most OF them well on In life, to
yield the support OF the cunning Of
their hands and learn new thingsl
The objection thus put Is, I say, .
forcible one. ! do not simply admit
Il: ! emphasize It. And what ! ask,
is TO be thought Of . system which
drives men out Of their natural en-
Payments. and forces them to Gull.
ings artifcially created and sustain.
ed only by shifting lawsl Are not
the inevitable vicissitudes OF life
enoughf Must this also be added
to the lot OF the artisan that his trade
u 70 b : football Tor the selflshness
Of schemers and the ignorance OF
lawmakersf
This Is the part Of the skilled work.
man In the Protective system. IL Il
not1 The tariff question was
broached Ia the very first Congress,
within seventy hours Of It's opening.
and Tor = hundred years the tarifl
thinkers have been busy: every
change harming some one: every
grant made TO q manufacturer
clique signifying trouble TO those
outside the ring. and, In any case,
loss TO the operative either OF the
industry directly effected or Of the
industries whose rights had not been
occurred by . presentation in the
Congressional lobby.
The argument holds good also with
reference to the capital and brains
now invested In projected manufac,
lures. Drawn into unnatural lines
Of effort under the guarantee OF pro.
tective duties, by what right can yol
take away their support Mills
furnaces. costly machinery-paid fol
and erected on the faith Of an oiIlcia
announcement OF . tariff policy; hov
can you justify the subversion O
that policy and the ruin OF those Wit
have put their trust in Congressf
The objection. I say again, IL !;
strong one. And It Is occ OF th,
strongest con0emnations OF the pro
tective system. What shall We thinl
OF an industrial system" establish
ed by law and elaborated with th,
care bestowed on q Japanese mosaic
the chief OF whose results is that ID,
labor, capital and enterprise OF "a,
country are set ct the mercy Of ,
Legislative body, subject alike to Il
wisdom and its ignorance. ~ capric,
and its passi0nf
But strong a. 10 the plea, & ID obviou
that Il applies only 20 the question 8
remedies Il 4 the argument or u,
cancer. The cancer threatens Is,
patients life: yet. shall We use "a,
knifof And wo have here indeed I
cancer on the body % American IN
dustry. We must deal with Il q
such. Il the knife be necessary, y,
shall use the knife. Yet We trus
that mildeT remedies will avail.
Because one 10 Free Trader, h,
does not necessarily insist on In,
tearing down Of the Custom Houses
tomorrow. nor the abolition OF Ia,
tariff next week. Gut on the 0roa,
abuses first: like those involved II
the relations OF the tariff 20 stee
rails. to copper. to drugs and medi
cines. Give TO our people the riRh
to fiy the American flag once more OF
the open seas. Remove the burdens
on raw materials. Free the way fol
the export Of our manufactures "a
Mexico and South America. These
things first: after that We shall
see.
BY gradual, considerate and con.
sentative measures we may, withou,
catastrophe TO any, put our indus
tries on q solid footing, widen our
commerce. restore our CARRYING
trade, give our working people the
full wages to which the richness OF
our resources and their own dill.
gence and skill entitle them.
And thus We should have, indeed.
an industrial revolution: but a rev.