The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-09
IT Is FREE TRADE.

trade principles. as expressed in the message
of last December, the Mills bill, and the
Cleveland letter to Tammany, it may be worth
while to collect a little impartial testimony,
showing how those documents are understood
and what is really the attitude of the Demo
cratic party upon the question of free trade.
The compilation will be of value to the work.
ingmen and supporters Of the American in
dustrial system, and it will have special inter-
est to Irish-Americans.
Here are a few impartial comments
upon President Cleveland's message of De-
cember last:
"a Member of Parliament in cable to New
York Herald: ITO convert the United States
is indeed a triumph. The Golden Club will
henceforth set up special shrine for the
all its publications gratis. Golden founded
free trade Cleveland saved it. Such Is the
burden of the song all through England to-
day."
London Spectator: '.His terse and telling
message has struck blow at American pro-
lection such as could never have been struck
by any fair-trade league. He has
fired shot at the protectionists which will be
all the more effective for his refusal to discuss
the theoretic ISSUE"
London Times: cit is calculated that to
give effect to Mr. Cleveland's policy duties to
the amount of some f16 600. 900 year, about
two-ffths of the entire customs revenue, must
be surrendered. This operation may not es-
tablish free trade in the strict sense of the
term, but it will to great extent make free
trade. The tariff cannot be reduced
to the strict proportions of a revenue corre-
spending to the limited and diminishing nee
essities of the federal government without ad-
uniting great food Of foreign competition"
London Post: eve must regard the mes
sage Of the President of the United States az
being distinct procurement in favor of
free trade. We shall be much mistaken if
the effect of this state communication will
not be to strengthen considerably the case Of
free traders in all parts of the world. 1t will
be regarded as step in the right direction by
all who believe in the soundest of free-trade
principles"
London News: "The President does not
seem to perceive the effect of his own argu-
ments. or even the meaning of his own words.
| His statement that the question of free trade
is irrelevant is astounding and preposterous.
His real meaning is that the scheme
terprise has been built up in America is fun
damentally vicious"
London Standard: "When the inevitable
tariff are set forth by man in Mr.. Cleveland's
position. in the language which he has used,
free trade becomes at once living issue.
Peoples Journal, Dundee Scotland: ''The
| tariff reform which the President recommends
goes as far, at least as the abolition or reduc-
| ton of the duties on raw materials. Should
| Congress give effect to this proposal, its i'm
| mediate result would be an enormous stimu-
lus to English industry"
| Pail Mall Gazette: English free traders
would he we'll advised if they moderated the
ecstacy of their jubilation over President
| Cleveland's message. Every word which they
| say in its favor will be used as a powerful
argument against the adoption Of its recon-
| mendation."
| London Saturday Review: "Mr. Cleveland
| and the Democratic party have taken up
again the old free-trade policy of the South
Carolina politicians"
London Iron and Steel Trades Journal:
"The facts set forth in the Presidents
message are now brought so prominently
under the notice of the American Congress,
| and of American citizens, that violent slim
| uluS must De gwen TO the party which advo-
Gates entire freedom of trade"
| Glasgow Herald: President Cleveland has
| precipitated the inevitable struggle between
free trade and protection in the United States,
and that is tantamount to saying that he is
on the side of free trade"
Special cable to New York World: ''The
| English papers continue to devote much
| space to what they call Mr.. Cleveland's
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| average English comment the public here has
been led to believe that free trade Is now
as good as adopted in the United States.
1t is considered here lin England that free
trade with us lin America is just what is
needed to revive dropping English indus
tries"
This is English testimony. We give some
from distinguished Americans:
Frank Hurd said: 81 shall never be able to
describe the Joy with which | read that mes
sage. All felt was that the issue of free
trade is now decisively brought before the
American people, and that its cause was more
than half won. l feel absolutely certain that
he has raised the issue of the coming cam
paign."
Henry Watterson said, in New York. JAN
uary last: 1.-The platform is the message-the
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encouraging. Considering how the painted
harlot of protection is whistling to keep her
courage up, should call it assured"
Henry George, in February, last said: 81
look upon the Presidents message as free
trade document"
Professor Perry of Williams College, said
| of the administration: Secretary Manning
has done for free trade in the United States
the past year more effective work than any
other man in the country. Postmaster gen.
eral Villas is an outspoken and undoubted
friend of free commerce. President Cleve-
land will go as fast and far towards that goal
as the people and Congress will permit him.
II this is not evidence enough, we append q
little more:
The New York World, editorialy, said: ''We
scorn any political association with any pro-
tectionist No protectionst can be Demo.
crat. Our hope is in making the Democracy
an out-and-out, thick-and-thn, aggressive,
intolerant free trade party, subordinating all
issues to this, and thereby drawing to itself
all citizens who have true appreciation oil
this grand principle"
The London Globe says '.Mr. Cleveland
has taken his stand on free trade, and. al
though his party managers have considerably
planed down his platform he is universally
recognized in the States pledged to initiate
new departure in fiscal policy. Nor can there
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