The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-09
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tariff because he has to pay more for clothing
here than he did in England. He must have
known this before he came, and yet he came.
Why2 Because he knew that in this country he
would have more money to pay with than he
could ever hope for in England. -Ph Philadelphia
Call.
An American in London denOunces free
trade. He must have known about it before
he went there. Why did he go thereR Be
cause he knew that he would get everything
cheap there and save twice as much as he
could in America work he never so hard How
easy it is to argue about the charlottesville
CouTiersJ ournal.
Does the Courier-Journal imagine that it
can dispose of the great economic question Of
tariff so fippantly2 Is it simple enough to
hope that its readers will not reason for them
selves, and from these two paragraphs inevi-
tably draw a conclusion unfavorable to its
dogmaY England is practically free trade; Ire
land, unwillingly, is wholly SO, while Amer
lea practices protection. The Courier Journal
makes its man of straw journey
to England, where he would sget
everything cheap and save twice
as much ashe could in America, work he never
so hard If this is not the shallowest charla-
tanry in politics, the logic of current events
can no longer be trusted. According to the
Courier Journals foundation for its argument,
the place for Americans is in England, where
the end of each twelvemonth will find them
twice as well of, with savings twice as great
&c -, ,.o,,1d ,>o,eae. haro Rxr q
strange paradox, and in utter defiance of the
theories of American tarif-reformers, the peo
pie of England and Ireland continue deliberate
ly running away from sure prosperity, cheaper
necessities and greater savings to encounter
the high prices and uncertain prospects Of the
new world Stranger STILL this exodus-in
magnitude the greatest in the worlds history
lis not one of sudden growth, but continues
practically unabated, proof beyond all power
of successful contradiction that, unless human
Judgment be no longer trustworthy, the oppor
tunities for the poor man are 50 much greater
in America than in England that
literal hundreds of thousands have,
left that kingdom--left friends and
native land-to find new and better
homes under the American government, Not
satisfied with lettering themselves, thereis q
constant stream of money flowing from this
side of the Atlantic to the other to bring
others, who, somehow, unable to save twice
as much" as those in America, have not
sufficient means to pay the beggarly sum
asked for a steerage passage,
The mistake made by the Courier-Journai,
and other papers of its kind, is in arguing
without taking into consideration that the
people, laboring classes and all, do much
thinking for themselves When that or any
other paper asserts that the conditions in
England or any other foreign country are
better than in America for the laboring or
any other classes, statement is made that
no intelligent person can by any possibility
be brought to believe. There are in this
country million voters who were aliens by
birth, not one in thousand Of whom has
their nativity except to visit less fortunate
friends who still reside there. 1t is no ex-
aggeration to say that the American republic
offers greater advantages to all classes than
can any other country in the world. The
men who work for wages here live better,
dress better and are better housed than their
fellows, anywhere, and with anything like
reasonable economy, will find themselves at
the end of the year with savings greater than
can be realized in any country under the
sun. This is no idle assertion; the fact that
hundreds Of thousands Of sturdy citizens Of
European countries annually seek homes in
America is sufficient contradiction to- such
wild assertions as che one quoted from the
Courier-Journal. The marvel is that any
reputable journal can consent to so stultify
itself before the intelligent people Of this
country.