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liz tax on thsm. II he buys o competing
article Of home production, he pays q
bounty very frequently the equivalent oil
the tariff tax, for trusts and combinations
have almost blotted ont competition here.
Mr.. McCullocb, who was Secretary oil
the Treasury under three Republican Presi-
dents, denouuces the whole protective
system, and looks forward to absolute free
trade. This we know was tia expressed
wish of Mr.. Gar6.li, whose memory the
Republican party still cherishss, al houeh
they now ~repudiats his views on the tsrih.
HcOulloch claims that this great country,
in its advanced and rapidly advancing
condition, must look to the fourteen hun
dred million outsiders. That We cannot con
sumo all we have and ~ prodoce.
1t is plain if We have no surplas Of pro-
ductions, we have nothing to exchange,
but such is not q condition, and 10 pros
per, we must trade, barter, exchange.
Substantially the same condition OF the
county Is represented by MI. Blaine
leads Mr.. McCo)loch to desire free trade,
or rather to look forward to absolute free
trade. MI. Blaine's speeches, when traced
to logical conclusions, lead to the proprie-
ty Of reduced taxes, but he takes Q tan
gebt shoot in the interest of monopoly,
fostertd by high tariff, and consequential
trusts and combines to force high prices on
prots ctsd articles. 1t may be gravsly
questioned whom he Is for or whom
against. Mr.. McCullcch rays: What is
now needed in the United States, and
needed more than anything else, is such a
medication Of our tariff as will facilitate
exchanges with other countries. The pro-
tective policy must be abandoned. Arev-
enue tariff we must have. Absolute free
trade will be smong the things hoped for.
4 \
Confronted as the non-partisan and
thoughtful Republicans are with the an
tagonisms presented to them by their great
leaders, Blaine and McCulicch, we'll may
they each say, as Mr.. Webster said on a
certain occaslon of similar trouble, Where
am / to go?"
1t can be suggested to all such that they
should realize that fifty years has passed
since Mr.. Cay originated aud fathered his
protective system, which he only asked 10
be of short duration. Let them realize
that we have passed the primitive period.
Let them take in view the innumerable
forces at work in production. The farmer
plants, resps and gathers by machinery.
The mechanic saws, planes, bores by ma
chinery. By machinery the manufacturer
produces all the Ieinements of taste, IN
variety and elegance to cotton, wool and
silk goods, and adornmsnt in forms to wood
and metal. We speak within a few seco ads
to almost every parto the earth. Merchants
have in view every day the important
markets of this and other countries, and
our surplus can bs carried by cars and
steamships to our own and distant lands.
They must see that it will not do to bo
longer Rip Vans. They nee1 not and
should not follow either Blaine or McCol-
loch. Between them they can find the
conservative banner of Democracy resting
on solid ground between the advocated ex-
tren of these two | ghts Of the Republi-
can parry. The Mills bill fits tie ext
gsncy CT their situation.
To them We cay:
"Tarry, pause a day or W.
Before you hazard
They will in the pending strife sec:
"Who most" will lease the wants oflIfe."
J.B.