The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-08-25
PERILS OF FREE TRADE.
Eailacies of Free Trade and Threatened Il
Ruin of American Industries
Pointed Out.
England EndcavorinG to Find an Outlet
for the Products of Her Pauper
Labor.

Democratic orators are denying that
British manufacturers have subscribed
$40. 600, 900 to the Democratic campaign
fund, bat they will not say that the
amount is not e2,0O0,0D0 That the
English free traders are deeply interest
ed in the campaign and ardently IN
favor of the election of Cleveland and
n free trade congress is patent to any
one who takes the trouble to follow the
course of events In a recent leading
editorial the London Times says:
The electioneering campaign iii
America ought to be most interesting to
the English people for historical, politi-
cal. philosophical and economic reasons.
= The main question Mt issue Is
English free trade against the Continent
al system of protection. The Republic
is on trial Good, conservative govern
ment, under Cleveland, is opposed by
the rule and ruin party of Blaine, whose
friends nominated Harrison, and who
would certainly be the Secretary of
State under Harrison administration.
Thus the American people are directly
involved in the contest through their
pockets, which will be affected by the
tariff, and their future, which would be
seriously influenced by the restoration
to mower of such fire-brand as Blaine,
with his home-rule sympathies and anti
Chinese policy. The American election
is infinitely more important to English
men than their own internal politics just
at this iuncture, and they should OBJ
serve every phase of the campaign close
" and undcrstandingly. 1t is from this
point of view that the copious dispatches
TO the Sunday Times are cabled. The
result Of the American election ,ciN help
to decide many important issues an
Great Britain.
In connection with this frank avowal
| of the purposes and aims of the Johnny
| Bull wing of the Democratic party we
| quote from II recent address ON protec-
| ton by Mr.. John j. Gerting, which en-
phasizes the fact that England is hand
| and glove in sympathy with the Democ-
racy for the purpose of finding an outlet
for the products of her pauper labor.
| He says:
| In England free trade is beneficial, and
| why? Because the English are n nation
| of manufacturers. IL is their interest to
! have every port in the world open free to
| ner manufactures, because it is by selling
their manufactures to foreign nations
they make their dnily bread. But it is
| not every country that can prosper under
free trade IL free trade was universally
advantageous why are not Canada and
| Ireland superior in wealth 10 tne United
States. England prosperS from free-trade
| because it puts its manufactures upon
other nations. When this country was
first started, when We were simply colo
nies, England crippled our industries
I'They scarcely allowed them to start
Since the revolution we have looked tC
the interests of our own country first, anC
the rest of the world next. In that way
from poverty stricken country in lT16
we are now the wealthiest country, l may
say, ON the face of the earth-the wealth.
est country IN its resources. We produc,
more; we have more energy than any
other people. Now. the most OF his pros
perity came to us since we have had pro
lection laws The workingman here get
about twice as much rs the workingma;
in England.
| If WE ABOLISH OUR LAWS
upon tariff you will have the pauper labo
of England to compete with, and the re
suit will be that millions Of dollars wortl
of manufactured goods from England vii
sweep away our own manufactures. jus
MS prison labor and Chinese immigrant
act injurious to our workingmen, 50 will
: the pauper labor of England be inluriou
) to our workingmen if allowed To compel
r by the adoption of free trade with on
manufacturers. The result of u free trad