New-York tribune., 1886-02-21
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
FREE TRADE VERSUS PROTECTION.
PROFESSOR THOMPSON DRAWING A coAPAhiSoN
FOR YALE STUDENTS.

PROFESSOR THOMPSON DRAWING COMPARISON
FOR YALE STUDENTS.
NEv.UAyEN, Feb. 20 (Spec'dD. D.-PrOiessor
r. f. Thompson's sixth lecture on protecuon a' i"
tonight drew crowded house. HIS supJect wa, wa,
"England and America" He said: "As hel"hu 'I "Du
India. OF which ] have spoken TO you' "ero P"'y
agricultural countries, were Ehglanu '
America. In the gmidle age England was u
Y, ted TO agriculture. she got her clothi'g io
Flanders and her iron from the mines OF NORMANDY
bought with the wool raised in her own borders ln'
she might have gone dependent on ou'siue
resources to get on had Edward Ill laid ncai'y
prohibtory duty the exporl OF WOOL WIN inc i"'"
causing the Flemish spinDers to COLOMBO III L"sianu
They came there and the manufacture OF woolens wa
carried on with scn success that at the close OF LIS
reign he enacted that every Englishman should wear
suit OF English made clothes In the next reign pro-
lection was further eXtenked. Ii thus maze us oe-
ginning ana 1t 800 years bcfare It's endlhR unuor
Coblen. Every industry to-day owes lts Origin
and strength TO IT, The stuarts fostered the tarin
the same as the Tudors. Henry Will protector
tin. Elizabeth further protected iron ana
Cbarlea II was even more rigid For long
time woollen was the only textile manufacture Inc
use OF cotton was prohibited until 1886 us manu-
fature was not egaized until IVA nndera protective
tariff. 1t was burIeued until in 1882 as MIL says
Tue spinning jenry the Compton loom the steam en-
giue and all the leading inventions in English mechan-
TO 20 ont of that country. The man who Introduced
the cotton loom here had to draw it from msinory'
None of the English machines wos allowed TO Do eA-
ported until 1850.
..Great Britain made toward free trade till
she was on tho wave crest prosperity. In 1882 the
Reform bill transferred the power to the middle class 10
make wages ceeaper This ruled TIL Ioo''
when the Commons cane in. Other couh'
tries followed England's example OF Hee
trade, but they soon returned 10 pro'ec"o"'
America chung trade from lSi7 to ls6l france
from 1901 10 1873. and Germany 1864 to 1873. All
h., We dropped t Only countries Oh the continent
now Norway ami Turkey live under Tree : ade, dn IN
England at pre-ent Is being agitatel P Pi W rIes
win colonies tariff against all foreign
American began her manufactures IuilnT & tno nt hv
tafy war; but at its close England GiuSReu % un % tb
competition. James Madison, III l|SV peltecteu .9
first American t"rh sadly III heeu :" ~ & ou itrsd
Industries. Textile fabrics ana hhFu"dle v
Irom It. The Of 1872 was anotnter eHro'Iro W
protective move Inc rhel cause o. i%ise w,s M I tTe
armies by land and the suffering OF our sorL5 W"s to
fauae OF our supplies of goods ana our Whoe iIoHeI
endangered because We u4d no DanhoEs ,T qi and
Indians The factory system arose at tis P"n'; ,he
soon there 2jOOOO employees IN mills chiefly h tue
IL wn- revived 1874, aud this trh was revised IN
ls2s srcuro the pro prrity Of me country 80
Under its impulses prosperity rose rapuly anu aao
speculation In 1887 the crash followed: me peiU
The long run" ana the w9rkmeR ~ sa,G
"wo'l starve in the snort Tnn ,ireeey and Hrnry
cav led the ight tor General Harrison. lie was elected
odaS @ I r,a oT $40 restored our prosperity. In lsl4
ma ana tnr trl % & flowed to come N to MAINTAIN
Inn They did not do IT, They made three rates OF
duty Wool "a taxed 80 per cent aud blankets, manu-
faciured wool only ger cent THIS las'rd tH 300
Tho war Drought ou the tarih Of 1861 al the hands "l
Republican Con-rrss and Democratic PRESIDENT
MrK the growth Of this country IN the last twenty
wears Whe our popOatlOn hds Increased % per CEN
our wealth has increased 2li pr cent ana our mahl
trurrs ABOUT 30 er cout Great Britain has increased
the yalur Of her product, only 70 per cent III lhe yea
wears from 1870 AMI Germany - per cent Wulle Iho
tinted -t.tr- nts Increased its lO3 per cent Mr. 6d.
Stone says America IL passing rs AT an easy catei.
I-marcA say, ILo success OF the Chl'eu 9tate1 III
material development is the most nIustIons OT modeth
times ..,.,...,,ot and
How long must protection needs pc cohtlnueu aug
ti. fo,trriug of iufaut tu.trrs hsti am asked
.Vcr tuA hOp, wl last tl II makes no dlH1fthce
whether the tarH law rrpeIed OF NOT Lh-Iahd hop.
- i,r 400 yrar. am iu favor OF having 10 last here
100 vr,r- 4 century OF protection would give Us a
good start" lApPiause.l