St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-17


T. NJ. Paine, Northern Prcifio
Junction-To a certain extent l favor
protection for the benefit of all. We do
not need free trade The tariff should
be reduced to good revenue and moth
ing else.
George b. Arnold, Kasson--I
favor protection for the reason that L
think we should protect home indus
tries and the mechanics and labOrers OF
our own country. Free trade is not de-
manded now. Internal revenue would
repeal, excepting on Spirituous, VinouS
and fermented liquors. | would repeal
the tariff OH all articles of necessity, but
would be in favor of enough tariff for the
necessary expenses of the government
only.
Leon Lum, Brainerd, Lawyer:
favor protection because | believe it liz
creaseS the earnings of the wageworker,
and his ability to spend without adding
to the manufacturers profits, and with
out taxing appreciably any class of citi-
zens. except the rich who buy luxuries.
L do not know why free trade is de-
manded or needed now, more than in the
past. 1t may be said that our manu-
IacturerS are established and ought to
be strong enough to stand without aid,
but they are established with a scale of
wages higher than that of Europe, and
the manufacturers profits remaining
the same as those of Europe. The in
evltable reduction must be in the work
lngman'S wages to correspond with Eu-
rOpean wages. l, as an Individual. am
willing to pay slightly more for what
little hardware and clothing | use, i'll
order that wagewOrkerS as a class, may
nave more money to spend, and hence
be larger consumers. Their increased
spending power helps the professional
man and farmer as well as the trades
man. L would double the internal reye-
nue. t4X upon wines and liquors, and
use the treasury surplus in buying
United States bonds in an open market,
releasing the money which is locked up
III THEM and forcing 1t into trade and
manufacture; am not afraid of Il surplus
so long as the nation owes and is paving
interest upon millions of dollars. 1t is
admitted by both political parties that
there are numerous small and VeXatiOuS
custom duties which bring in but little
revenue and should be abolished, but
we need no horizontal tariff reduction.
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W. b. Mitchell, st. Cloud, Editor
i favor protection because | believe id
to be the policy under and by which tho
United States has developed to the pres
ent wonderful degree its natural re-
sources and has attained the remarka-
bic prosperity enjoyed by practically
all classes; and because | believe it to
be the only policy by which this growth
and prosperity can be maintained and
continued. Free trade is not demanded
now, and can not be sustained for many
years to come. | would not repeal any
OF the internal revenue taxes, except,
perhaps, a part of the tobacco tax. To
provide against an increase of the sur
plus OH this account. l would have the
government eXpend the revenue thus
ing our water ways, in giving the far
merS cheaper outlets through the lakes
and canals to market, and OH a compre-
henSive system of public improvements,
including the erection of suitable post
office buildings in all towns and cities
having sufficient population to entitle
them to the free delivery system. A re-
duction of the tariff is desirable to such
an extent and in such directions as il
can be done without jeOpardiZing inn
portant manufacturing or other indus
trial interests.
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j. +. Shoemaker, LuVerne,
Farmer favor the tariff, believing 1t
to be to our interests as against other
manufacturing and producing nations. |
don't believe free trade is demanded, or
even practicable. / favor the reduction
of tariff so as to produce no more rev
enue than is actually required for run
ming expenses ana such internal, coast
and naval improvements as appear nee
essary. | would place the tariff on
such articles as would afford the great
est protection to our producing and
manufacturing classes. favor the
placing of lumber on the free list for the
purpose of protecting our forests by re-
ducing the annual cut, which is deS-
tined to lay our forests in barren waste.
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G.. S. Eastwood, Heron Lake,
Editor favor protection, because [
believe the prosperity of our farmers
depends more upon home market than
upon foreign one. Free trade is not
demanded now. History tells us that
the most prosperous countries are the
i
ternal revenue. Would reduce the tariff
OH few articles. Would double tho
present tariff Oh wool.
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S. w. Hays. Redwood Falls, Ed
itOr-I favor protection because to it,
more than to any other cause, we owe
our prosperous financial condition as a
nation. 1t has developed our resources,
given employment to skilled and UNI
skilled labor that without it would have
been idle; given wOrkingmen an Oppor-
tunity of lettering their condition and
of providing themselves with comfort
able homes, and their children with a
good common school education: afford
ed profitable investment for capital;
prevented our mechanics from cOmpet-
ing with the productions of poorly paid
foreign labor; furnished home market
for agricultural products; given us such
articles as the people need for cOnsump-
ton and use in every day life
at much lower cost than
if there had been no tariff.
| would reduce the tariff to such an eX-
tent as will prevent the accumulation OF
a large surplus in the treasury. As our
tariff laws were enacted by the friends
of American labor and American enter
prise and industries, i'll my Judgment
they are the only parties to whom their
revision should be entrusted. | am
further in favor of reducing the tariff,
after careful investigation, at which
all parties interested should have pa
tient hearing, wherever it will not give
any advantage to foreign importers over
home manufacturers, at the same time
not forgetting that the wages of the
American workingman should never be
reduced to those of his foreign compel.
itOr.
THE STATE CAULDRON.