The Columbus journal., 1888-08-15
DEMOCRACY MEANS FREE TRADE
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Even the corsets Of Connecticut. around
which hover SO many happy associations.
or the brier wood pipes OF knickerbocker.
are not safe from the interchangeable
piracies Of the tariff. Oh! the beauty OF
reciprocal ~rascality! Gentlemen seem to
take umbrage because we call these tariffs.
which take from n class to give to an
other. robbery. But / have tho best
ethics for the statement that the right OF
property is violated by the individual by
cheating. stealing. robbery. or violation
Of contract: and universally, justas these
crimes prevail. production languishes. In.
dustry diminishes, and the richest soil
fails these few and impoverished inhabi-
tants. But when government lays its
powerful grip on the property Of the citi-
zen to bestow that property on favored
enterprises. it Is nom the less robbery BE-
cause dono under the forms Of law.-Mr.
Cox Dem.l. New York. Tariff Debate,
Nay II.
Mr.. Cox is one of the most popular men
In the house. and his speech was received
with frequent outbursts Of applause from
the Democratic side. more unequivocal
argument for free trade was never made
by Richard Golden or John Bright. and
his Democratic associates were uproariOus
With delight when he denounced protected
American industries as O band of brignnds,
robbers, cut threats. with Pennsylvania
Is the Robert Mccaire of the lot" We
take It that nobody can doubt, SO far as
Mr.. Cox Is concerned. that his kind of
Democracy means free trade. The signs
Of appreciation and sympathy with which
his assaults upon protection were vel
coined indicate that tho Democracy that
appiauded him stands for free trade also.
It Is to the New York World that the
Golden club is chiefly looking as the most
likely sphere for Its vigorous foreign pol
icy. Il has lone what 1t can In Europe,
and It is now turning its eyes westward
and bracing itself for the struggle which
L. to come. It annot rest while the
United States are Observation-Disclosures
Times. July 10. 1880.
The campaign of the Golden club In
1880 was . disastrous failure. although
Of its most ingenious writer's, Angus
tus Mongredicn, eloquently appealed to
American farmers to vote for o tariff for
evenue only. In 1888 its list of Ameri-
can patrons includes three members of
President Geveland's cabinet, the speaker
Of the house. Henry Watterson. author
Of the Democratic platform; Frank Hurd,
and q large number of prominent leaders
Of the administration party. Ono Of the
or.tors on the Democratic side of the
house delivered during the tariff debate
N eloquent eulogy of Golden as q Of
the strongest aud most useful friends
America ever had abroad; and this he fol
lowed up with o handsome tribute to tho
Golden club. Times have changed since
the Mongredian pamphlet was circulated
secretly among American farmers. Tho
administration Is the ally Of the Cob
dan club.
The soul and body of the tax reduction
which is proposed by the Democratic
party for tho benefit Of the people Is con-
tanned. therefore. In the clauses of the
Mills bill which admit wool free of duty
and reduce to about 40 per cent. the duties
ON wooden goods. There Is the test Of
Democracy.oCharleston News and Cou-
Fier.
Those arc tho characteristic clauses of
the measure, and they stand for free trade
and nothing else. Tho Democratic party
In the last two tariffs it framed before
the war did not dnre to put wool on the
FREQ list 1t does this now. and opens the
way for importations Of foreign woolens.
and thereby proclaips the free trade
policy. which Is gradually to be extended
TO iron. steel and everything else.
The message addressed by President
Cleveland to congress this week Is the
bOldest and most statesmanlike document
that has proceeded from the White House
for many a year. Mr.. Cleveland shows
clearly that a sweeping reduction Of tho
tariff Is inevitable. = The mes
sage nevertheless has had a depressing
effect upon tho stock markets. There Is
hardly single industry In the United
States that Is not interested In maintain
ing protective duties.-London Statist.
Dec. IL, 1887.
Tue enough! There Is. as this high
financial authority Of England states.
hardly . single American industry that is
not vitality Interested In the maintenance
q protection. British Industries lie In
the other direction. New York Tribune.