Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-01
FREE TRADE VS.. PROTECTION.

FREE TRADE Use PEVIECIlUNe
A Joint Debate at Cleveland Between Prof.
of Yale College.
CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 30.-Free trade VS..
a protective tariff was debated tonight
before an audience of 1000 people in the
Tabernacle, as one of series of popular
course of entertainments given by the bu-
reau of education. Hon. NJ. A. Foran,
congressman elect, presided. Prof. Van
Buren, Denslow, of Chicago, opened the
debate by advocating protection. He ar
gued at the outset that the stimulation
and fostering of industry fortifes society
morally as we'll as financially. He contro-
verted the maxim that that government
is best which governs least, otherwise the
confederate government which governs
less than any known, would be the best,
whereas it is no government whatever.
Trace free trader home and you will find
him an importer selfshly interested in that
policy The question is one of interna-
tional spirit, nation against nation. Each
duty upon foreign production is the but
tress of an industry. No nation was ever
insane enough to admit all articles free.
England, claimed as free trade country,
lays as much in duties in proportion to
the population, as the United States, and
| only admits free articles not competing
with English industries. She charges
1850 per cent. on American
tobaccos. The verdict of history and
craftsmanship is almost universal in favor
of protection. All transportation is a
medium of bringing together farmers and
manufacturers. If we send ships to Eng
land it is to meet the manufacturers, and
if they sail ships here they send them to
meet the farmers. The thirty minutes al
lowed the opening speech expired, and
Prof VIM. G. Sumner, of Yale college, re-
Piled faYoring free trade. He said the
American people need only their energy,
industrial virtues, and opportunity in or
der to prosper. Protection is to prevent
importation; free trade means hostility
! to protection, which COM
pels the consumers to pay
taxes to fellow citizens. National and
state tax are proper, but taxes which do
not go to the government are obnoxious
and oppressive Absolute free trade and
| VIC dDOllIlOu VI Cu6tOH HOuS0S WOulu
| do more to solve the civil service and
other national problems than anything
else. Ohio has free trade with Kentucky
and nobody claims either state is injured.
Why not with Canada and the whole
world? If trade should be free from
Maine to Texas, why not between Maine
and New Brunswick? An industry is
not an end, simply because of pro-
ducing. What kind of industry is
that which has to be supported?
What apology for one which does
not pay? The more it does not pay the
worse it is. Manufacturers who lobby at
Washington for protective tariff ask for
a tax on other people to prevent loss them
selves. 1t is nonsense to say that they go
so that wages can be raised. If people get
big wages they produce and earn it. Free
trade increases the ratio of comforts and
means to effort put forth. Protection
works the other way. The only thing that
makes wealth is industry and economy.
Stealing from one another deteriorates
property and demoralizes the community.
The whole system of protection
is delusion. Prof. Denslow closed in a
ten minutes speech. He characterized the
reasoning of his opponent specious soph-
istry and ornamental Islander Of American
industries and craftsmanship. He pro-
ceeded to show by comparative statistics
that under the protection of the tariff,
manufacturers of woolens and kindred
goods have thriven until America has be-
come the cheapest market for them in the
world. He had just warmed up with his
subject, when notice of the expiration of
| a ndi oIo
ously some minutes for him to 90 on, but
the management adhered to the rule of
closing entertainment at the given hour.
Beer and Malt Liquors.
The brewing industry shows perhaps a
greater proportionate increase than that
of any other business in the city, for while
the number of establishments has been de-
creased by one, the amount of beer pro-
duced shows an increase of over 323 pei
cent. for the past eleven months of this
year as compared with the entire yea1
1881, the 6O,712I barrels produced in that
year having already risen to 196,64O bar.
rels in this, rate of increase which should
make the product for 1882 not far from
225, 900 barrels.
HAteHslVe anu 1mportant changes have
been made in many of the breweries, new
machinery introduced and the buildings
enlarged, Improvements which have been
more fully noted in another column. The
following statistics of brewing business in
st. Paul have been carefully compiled
from the records of the internal revenue
Office at this point and their accuracy may
be relied on:
Year Firms. Bills. Value. Malt used
1871. 10 26,668 s21s,344 $685.
1878..........1U 1864 27U,9I2 1886
1879..........11 4O,762 s24,696 1O3,879
1880..........11 50,67956 z04, 837 l3O.OO71S
1881. .........11 6O,712I 4SS,49s 130,71O1z
II mos 1882. 10 196,640 1,e71,44 188,967
Employes-In 1880, 100; in 1881, 12S; in 1882
40.
That Husband OF Mime
Is three tunes the man he was before he began
using ''Wells' Health Rene ger.i' 81.