The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-06-21
How and Whom Protection Protects.

The >rale of protective duties should be
adapted rs To sccUrc the right of every owner
of land to provide for his present wants and the
future of his family. and to add 10 the wealth
and power of hi> country 10y developing and
bringing into profitable use all the resources
of his estate. whether they tie the pro-
ducts of the farm those of the
forest, the mine or the quarry. The land
owners of nation, however are not that por-
ton of its citizens who are most dependent
upon the maintenance OF a system of duties
Which should. under all the vic>>itudcs of trade
and changes in the course of International COM
mcrce. defend their rights; for though com
merrlal depression may prevent them from
making rroilt> to be hoardcd or expended i'll
the Improvement of their estates. they may
procure >u>tcnancr from them. But it is not
Nth the landlc>S millions. Their estates
consist Of their thcW> and >inews: of the train
ing o their eyes and hands 10 quick cooperative
action; OF their taste for and aptnc>s in the
production of the attractive in form. texture
ana color; of inv eltNc genius. which enables
them, by new combinations OF mechanical prin-
cpais, or the applications of science to the arts,
to increase the productive power of nations.
These and the like aptitudc> constitute the estate
of millions of people who are known rs artists.
artisans. laborer>, or 10y other terms of te>igna-
ton; and who have the right to demand that
their estates also shall he defended hy the na-
ton, though their defense shall require other
agencies than the power of navy and army,
The daily WAGES of these toiling million are the
units of measurement by which their estates are
told, and their means of comfort and health As
rcrtaincd. And, | repeat, it is the duty of
government 50 to adjust the regulation of its
trade and commerce rs to secure its own people
whatever benefits aic to be derived from the de-
Neiopment of the material resources of the
country and the conversion of its native raw
material into Useful commodities.
\ tariff adjusted to these aims would protect
every branch Of industry, yet would not call
into existence a single monopoly. Ii would
like bcnetrcnt providence, shed its blessings
over all, and preNe the recurrence of such
seasons of suffering. depression aud want ~
occurred between the close of the war and the
goin" into effect of the tariff of 1924: between
the overthrow of protection hv the compromise
act OF lS'' and the ado tion of the tariff of 1872:
or again. such Us followed the frcc-trade tariff
of 1876, in spite OF the fact that our gold fields
had i'll single decade yielded one thousand one
hundred millions of dollars. Here was Il li-
rect and unexpected Gift from Providence. be-
slowed for the purpose Of proving. even to the
willful|y blind. the truth that protective tar
i'll is the only defensive in>trumentalty known
to modern industrial warfare; and that hy
curing the prosperity of all classes of the pco-
pie, and thus aNertn% long seasons Of ideneSS
and distress. it is, while apparently law for
the benefit OF producers only. i'll fact boon to
those who neither SOW nor reap. but are con-
>umer> only. Hon. William ID. Kelley.
The late George SturgeS of England left more
than 81 80 600 for various charities
Delegates of the United Labor party in New
York are advocating a coalition with the Union
Labor Party.
The strike of the Chicago brewers has been
declared off. 1t cost the strikers and the Cen
tra Labor Union about $4,000.
Count Mitkewiez. of Chinese concessions
fame, has sued Wharton Barker, of Phadel-
phia, for alleged breach of contract.
Five years ago eN-Sccrctary RobeSon was Of
fered S92 900 for his house in Washington. A
few days ago it was sold at auction for $50, 900.
The phylloNera is spreading in the vineyards
of California. Another disease called root rot
has also appeared to aid in the work of destruc-
ton.
Mr.. II. Harrison Garrett, the banker, of
Baltimore, was drowned in the Patapsco River.
His steam yacht, Gleam was run down by the
steamer Joppa
Hon. Stephen W. Dorsey denies the state
ment that he is going to Chicago to knife every
body and says there is not candidate named
whom he would not support.
The elections in Illinois for Judges OF the
Supreme Court resulted in general Republican
victory, Republican candidates being chosen
in the First, Third, Sixth and Seventh Dis
tricts. and Democrat in the Second.