New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-07
DEMOCRACY MEANS FREE Trade.

Those who buy imports pay the duty charged
inrity Of our citizens who buy domestic articles OF
the class pay sum at least approximately equai
TO this duty the home manufact urer This refer
epco to tho operation OF tariff laws Is not male
by way of instruction, but in order that we may be
constantly reminded OF the in which they i'm
pose burden upon those who consume domestic
products, as well as those who consume imported
-President's message.
The statement that purchasers Of American
manufactures pay sum at least approximately
equal TO the duty" on the imported articles Is
so preposterous that Democrat in the House,
except Mr. Cox, has seriously attempted to de-
fend it, A protective tariff has steadily reduced
prices In every branch Of manufacture. The
President can find no support in comparative
pricc-lists Of 500 and 1888 for his extravaganza
assertion 1t is one Of the crudest applications
of free-trade theories to American economic eX-
pericncc These sentences from the message suffice
to establish the Presidents reputation as free
trade dogmatist. a
In his message TO Congress President Cleveland
struck the keynote OF future prosperity and sounded
the death hne Of robbcr protective tariff by which
the manufacturer IS made richer and the grand army
Of abong people reduced year by year r. to PoSfE
which protects the few at the expense of the many
i species Of class legislation ,' which Is pot upon
posed TO the protection policy Of our Government.
William II. Martin, Dem, Texas, tarf debate
May g
This is the enthusiastic way in which out
spoken frce-trade Democrats have received the
Presidents message. Yet Americans are asked TO
believe that there Free Traders in the
House of Representatives, and no free-trade doc
trines in the mcssagel
The tariff reform which the President recommends
goes as far at least As the abolition or reduction OF
the duties on raw materials. Should Congress give
effect TO this proposal its immediate result would be
an enormous stimulus to English Industry. Iron,
though product Of Manufacture Is IN one sense a
would stimulate the iron industry In this country.
The abolition OF the duty on wool, which the Presi
dent mentions, would also probably lead 10 a great
export OF wool to America and a considerable rise
In the price OF that commodity. The first effect OF
the adoption OF the Pres dents policy would be a
great Increase In our trade with the United states
@(Peoplo's Journal, Dundee, Scotland Dec. 10.
THIS wide-awake Scotch journal declared that
the prospect OF the changes recommended by the
President had diiluscd fresh hope throughout
business circles" in Dundee; and then it added
that free wool would lead to IA great export trade
and that the policy of reducing the duties on raw
materials would have most beneficial effect on
English manufacturing interests. These pre-
montions of prosperity for British Industrial in
terests should suffice TO warn Americans that the
President and his party promoting the business
ends OF foreigners
The father of all sin and lies Is the father OF the
Il.
This is one OF the jokes Of the tariff debate
that set the Democratic side OH the roar" Mr.
Cox thoroughly in earnest, too in proclaim
ing the diabolism of the tariff. He learned
Free Trade under DIR. Wayand, ana practscd
what had been preached TO him when no voted
against the Morrill, tariff at the outbreak of the
War Twenty-eght years of prosperity, during
which the industrial interests of the country have
prospcred under the tariff, have taught him
nothing. lie is Free Trader now as then, and
so ardent in his devotion to the cause that he
ssorbes all tho iniquity of the tariff system" t.
| the Father Of Lies"