New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-31
FALLACIES or FREE TRADE.
S. B ELKrNs ExpLoDEs SOME OF THEM.
A STRONG SPEECH AT MARTINsBURG TO "ESH
VIRGINIA WAGE-EARNERS


MartInsburg, ". Va, oct 30 (spcciai'- o'e "e
publican meeting held here IN the hinh 'ni' o'e"
ing. the Hon. stephen b. Elkins making the principal
address MIR ElLuns talked for nearly hour on The
tariff question and his exposure OF the iaaces OIL ,e
Democratic Free Trade platform was en'huslasuoH"
spplaudcd. Here is what he said, IN part
The balance of trade has been In our favor unuor
protective tarih ana against "' ,nr, Las 10 Io0O
During the period oi low taiih, i'o.i ~ ,radc was
there was but year that the Daiace VI h n va,
In favor During these .n noo no This vast
balance against was $3.50 o9oooo. T., n eId amd
amount was taken from The Inlteu Sd'cs III eoiu "
paid for cheap goods made by cheap yd 81 Iheep
countries From 1919 10 loee me pciiUu VI onv ous
wears under protective tariii, tnere vas oiS V W"
year In which the balance OF rsae was as sme wa
While the aggregate in our favor during hs uie wa
more than = 600 100000 THIS STRIKING lact snvoiu
help to settle all doubts as TO whether low 'an ,H
nrntecfion Is better for the United states. III inc
ieope of the United states buy abroad the gooos hc
consume because they are cheaper III many nSanS1 s
homo factories mines and mills must cVse anu WI N.
ingmen thrown out OF employment. II, instead OF
buying from abroad 5000 100000 or $500 ooooo as
We do now, should, because OF lowering lhe ,ar,
this amount, In few years the country "ouiu W
ndsr S Sea oS aq Of s46 lasting until
ihsandDg the fact OF the discovery Vi soiu -,
California, which produced annually large amount ,n
ireland, creating enormous demands for our
yet fqm 1 fs o ~ and war IN Europe had
there general panic, Business was depressseu,
I IN Value In 1860 the Government had TO pay as
high as 10 PER cent get money, borrowing as much
he fruit Of Years Of Democratic administration and
low tariff 1t natural and logical, because %
took all the money in the country to pay for the same.
After the passage of the tariff act OF 1851 noi~lh.
standing the enormous losses caused by the war the
balance of trade soon changed In our favor manu-
featuring was stimulated and our goods ana
were made at home ana, a. coa 'n' money pau
The Mills bin adds products Of the value sneem Of
lau uf purchased
and their price sent ont of the country to pay Tor
foreign products made by foreign labor. ,,.,ou,,or
and statesmanshp, for 100 years, TO force, induce
and persuade the United States 10 adopt free trade
She has during this time, made constant persistent
and vigorous wal on industries and sought oar
trade. What are we to-day, as nation and IN our
industrial success We are, In spite OF England anu
Today s. fne'and rejoices and her press is exuantt
or the Presidents message and the Mills BIZ ana
the prospect of partial free trade in the United STA
Every paper IN England iavors Iieyeland,s eiGcn9n
every business man ard wage-rarnnr in our land.
The United States imported IN 1887. in round num-
countrieS ss3s 600 600 Of which were free and
$3.50, 900 paid duty. OF tho articles that PAD
Of them Under what the President styles a vicious;
lnequable and llogical' tariff, last year we imported
this iron and steel could have been made in this
country, and had II been made here would have given
Ing this large sum at homo. Why could not American
wage-earners have had this employment and the wages
RaG to naR%S ef as
cultural products into TIE United States although IL
our boast and prize 16e a we f apr e millions
this sum admitted free and the rest pad duty
large sum that was paid to the farmers Of other
countries In the year 1887 pottery Of the value OF
been made here and 90 per cent OF its cost been paid
in wages to American worlingmcn.
Tie Government requires a certain sum, say ABOUT
The most practical and least budensome, way Of