The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-01-23

49, ~ wa AtSsSS-
tive tariff" that would be high enough to
prevent all imp0rtations of job printing
from Cairo and enable the Journal to
"laugh and grow fat" at the expense of the
people. The Journal might, with perfect
propriety, appeal for protection to the pub.
lie spirit Of the business men; point out to
them the wisdom of developing the wealth
OF the community by sustaining home in
dustry. But the protective tariff idea is to
appeal for protection to the law of the land,
aud, to be consistent, the Journal would
have to ask the county or city government
to Indirectly rob the many for the benefit
of itself alone. In order to
defend its position at all, the
Journal will be driven to plead its
inability to compete with THE BULLETIN in
the price and quality of the work; its ina.
bllity to do work as cheaply as THE Bull
LETIN and as we'll for the price, and live
that competition will smother home indus
try and prevent the development of local
wealth. But THE BULLETIN did not do
the JOB work spoken Of above at runously
low prices. 1t employed a man to solicit
the work. paid bis expenses to and from
Vienna and while there, besides his regular
salary; then there WAS tue expense of cor
respondence, expresssge on the work, OK
change on drafts, ETC.. and then, after all,
The BULLETIN made fair, living profit on
the work and the merchants of Vienns
saved money. All the expenses above snum-
Grated are, of course, to be considered in
fixing the price of the work, and will
swell the figures to beyond what the work
would have cost here. Had the Journal
done the work for the same price paid by
the merchants there, it would have had, not
only The BULLETIN's actual net profit, but
also the amount of all the expenses above
enumerated (Which it could have saved) as
margin. So that the Journal, with equal
facilities as TIE BULLETIN, could have
done the work for the same price as the
merchants paid THE BULLETIN and made
more money, or it could have done it for
considerably less and made just as much
as THE BULLETIN did The same rules
and circumstances exactly govern the in
dustries and commerce of the country at
large iu their relations to foreign Industries
and commerce. Distance - the distance
separating The BULLETIN job Office from
Vienna, and this country from foreign man
utacturers affords the Journal and the in
dustrisse Of this country all the protection they
can reasonably ask, and any artificial pro-
ectlon in addition to this is robbery. Per-
haps the sillest of all pleas in favor of
protection is the plea that the industries are
Infants" and need protection" The
same plea may very properly be urged in
defense or Justification of the fellow who
follows the business of 'cracking cribs
the professional burglar. He, too, needs
money and clothing and food, and pccui-
narily he 10 probably much more an sin.
FAINT" than the Journal man is, or some of
our foundry or iron works or glass works
proprietors are. But there is this difference
between him and the benefc;aries of the
protectionist robbers: He is entitled to ad-
mirstion for certain species of courage
which he manifests in risking his liberty,
perhaps his life, while trying to cast of
bis swsddling clothes and outgrow his sin
fancy" depending upon himself alone, aud
his ssndbag, for protection" whereas they
obtain and enjoy their booty under the
guise and protection Of law. Common
sense and common justice do not excuse the
robbery of hundred men for the benefit
Of one who has an equal chance with ell
to make living by honest industry.