The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-26

Inc prostfation oil their Industries, and pre-.
venting their skilled labor from emigrailng
70 other countries where wages were higher.
France, with the single exception OF the
United States, has the highest tariff rates
OF any other government on the globe, and
next 10 our own country, she Is the most
prosperous. 9efli llN'is = e.
O. After all, is projection absolutely
necessary Tor the encouragement OF both
capital and labor In this country
A. Yes. But labor needs It the more,
because capital can the better ,ake care OF
Itself. Laborers cannot DO good citizens II
they arc only half fed and haf paid. A
hungry man cannot DO considered re-.
liable citizen, because any man will steal
before he will starve. On the otEer hand
capital Is timid, and II must be encouraged,
or It Will not DO invested In enterprises
which build up country, Therefore I
assert thnt protection is necessary 10 on.
able workingmen to live like gentlemen
and ut the same time encourage the liberal
investment OF capital by the men who
own 1t. T. .,..,l,5
Q. Is there duty on tea and coffee?
a: No: Neither OF these articles are
produced In this country, and there Is
therefore no import tax laid upon them.
: Y. Gan n government prosper at the cx-
pense Of its labor?5 Ff,a-f' . ,siUg 7. !.
a. No. To illustrate: II man Is re.
CURED to work ut 81 90 n day, while Il
costs him 81 % 10 keep his family, he must
necessarily become dissatisfied; It is this
that gives rise 10 communistic ideas, and
forces workingmen TO unite for seli.prcser.
walton. A government which does not look
after the interests Of its laboring subjects,
may prosper for time. but il will neces.
sarlly come TO grief in the end. 'sr g
4 ilN Right Is right as God Is lust, r.
f it's5 And right the day Will Win" ,IGtF
Q. Does protection make monopolies2
A. No. The contrary is true. By pro.
lection the business Of manufacturing Is
made profitable, and the rule is, when Il
mill Is started in q community and 1t is
found 10 be paying investment, others OF
the same kind are established, thus afford.
ing local competition which breaks down
monopolies. Before we had protection,
the English held n monopoly upon
everything we consumed, and therefore
made our people pay whatever prices were
demanded OF them. II was this spirit OF
monopoly on the part OF Great britain
which forced the American colonies 10
strike for Independence. 1t is only o..
caslonally that real monopolies exist in the
United States. The spirit OF our institu.
tons are against them, and while they
flourish for time, they sooner
or later so down. 5a.
Z @. What has been our experience rs
government under protection, aud what
under free trade?
A. Senator Frye, OF Maine, answers this
question most fully. lie says: "0nr periods
Of prosperity have been the years Of pro.
lection, and OF adversely those Of free
trade; and by free trade l mean Il tariff for
revenue only. In 1889 .lS0ls we had pro-
lection; in lS0l.lSl2, free trade; in lSl2.
1916, protection; in lSlG.lSai, free trade;
in 1874. 1888, protection; in 1888 1872, free
Trade; in lSl".lSiI, protection; in lSi7.lSGl,
Tree trade; and in 1851 1851, protection
again. Take for example those good old
Democratic times from lS47 TO 1860. That
party found the country when they took il |
IN condition OF healthy prosperity, placed
i promptly under tIriffior revenue only,
hSu ~ Aui lNehc SctlIs, lelL IL IN ucDt, |
with its treasury bankrupt, unable to Dor.
row 4 few millions even for l2 per cent in.
erest, its industries almost destroyed, its
;onragc completely paralyzed. The Re
publican party received it in this con-
lition, placed it as promptly under pro-
ective tariff, carried on four
Tears' war, raised billions OF dollars by tax
.tion, other billions by bonds, paid its debt
or yeaisat the rate Of one hundred millions
. year, reduced the rate OF interest to 81
Der cent, and have it to-day in the most
prosperous condition it ever enjoyed" To
he above | will simply. add one remark,
Viz: by the high protective tariff OF 1861
abor, for; tho. first time, was placed upon
Is feet i'll the New World, and from that
line to the present, it has been independ.
INT and respectable; and all this time our
Industries have prospered as never before
since the old bell in independence Hall
leralded the birth OF the Republic. '''1'
Q. Give q comparison OF ten years Of our
under tariff for revenue only
Is compared with ten years OF tariff for
protection B.. An, 1lS, ..s,-,'-5
A. Below I furnish table OF exports
md imports from lS50to 1850 under a rev.
,nue tariiI, and from 1870 to 1850 under
arif for protection. fa.i4
UNDER A REVENUE TARIFF. l,'