Daily Republican., 1886-12-22
Emigration AID Free Trade.

There 10 one thug that should bt
sufti sisnt to convince worklngmen Of
this country that they arc better of
here under tariff protection than they
would be IL free trade was the rule.
What is that one tiiag We are asked?
1t is the fact that from four to ave hun.
dred thousand immigrants come from
the European countries OF free trade to
this country OF protection every year.
As these immigrants have free trade
TO their hearts content In Europe, and
II they get along so much better under
free trade than under protection, why
do they not stay thereS Democratic
free traders tell thsse people who come
here that their lot Is hard one, that
the monopollst and man ufacturer grow
wealthy and the poor poorer, and still
they persist on remaining here and
others persist In coming here. In
stead OF these poor emigrsnts whose
lots are such hard ones in this country,
who are trodden to the earth under the
heel OF protection going back whence
they came, they 60 to work and make
money to send to Enrope 70 bring
their friends over. They could use
that money In taking themselves back
from this country Of labor oppression
under protective tariff, to that coun-
try where free trade reigns with all Its
benign and beneficial Influences, but
they do not do it. They prefer re-
naming here and having their friends
come here and suffer under protection
with them, than to 60 back and be
happy and prosperous under fee Trade.
Is IL not strange that they should act
IL this manner? Ills natural for peo-
pie to go where they can do the best,
live better and make the most money,
aud these emigrants, 1t 10 presumed,
come here stimulated with that desire
and idea. Still when they find, &C
cording to the teachings OF free traders.
that they have ruined themselves and
made q great mistake they might re-
trieve their broken fortunes by gather
ing mp their trsppings and going back
to their own native land, bnt strange 70
say they do no. do 30. They would
rather stay here in o strange land and
suffer on under protection than TO 20
back and be happy and prosperous I'M
der free trade.
Under these circumstances II does
seem remarkably strange that the real
purposes OF free trade and free traders
are not understood. As there never
were more prosperous times in this
country than under high protective
tariff, the effort TO obliterate that tariff
certainly means TO de away with pros
porous tunes. Can there be any other
reasonable solution OF the question
than that free traders want to make
this country like European countries.
That Is what would be the sure result
OF their doctrines II carried out. As
the Democratic party is the only party
In this country that rs party supports
these free trade ideas-thAt as q party
would tear away the protection thrown
around American industries and place
labor upon level with the poorly paid
labor OF Europe, 1t seems remarkably
strange that any large proportion OF
laboriDg men should act with 1t and
support 1t. There is no land under the
sun where labor Is better paid than In
this country, and this Is ell owing to a
protective tariff. These enigrAnts /
who flock by thousands from EaroBe
into this country understand this per-
fectly. They know what they are do
ing when they come here and no per-
suasion could induce them to go back
TO the country from whence they came.
The only thing strange Is that a. soon IS
they vote, rs general thing they vote
with the party that the free traders OF
Europe support-the party to which the
Golden free trade club OF England
sends its money to hep In campaigns
against protection, the party that
would make this country another free
trade Europe II 1t had the pc ver.