New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-10

Inc frst serious attempt to. destroy the
Union was promoted by free traders, and. In.
1861 every secessionist was free trader
Ihird-Because the policy offree trade is;of
English origin and was confessedIy origin
ated to benefit the people of Great Britain.
Fourth-Because there is a necessary COM
mercla antagonism between the United
States and Great Britain 1t has always ex-
listed and will probably continue until Brit
ain, like Phmnicia and Carthage, after long
reign surrenders her supremacy Under the
circumstances we, being her chief antagonist,
would .l.l, De fools to accept her suggestions.
F1fth-Because under her system the United
States has reached the position of the.
Wealthiest nation on the globe
SIxth-Because by the aid of protection we
have created a manufacturing industry which
has no rival in magnitude.
Seyenth-Beeause by greatly stimulating
productivity and mechanical ingenuity, pro-
lection has put within the reach of wage
earners comforts undreamed of by kings a
couple of centuries ago.
Eight-Because it has created an enormous
home market for the farmer, without which
we would always have been subjected to. the
ylelssltudes of varying foreign demand.
Ninth-Because by bringing the shop and
the farm close together it has greatly en-
HANGED the value of all agricultural lands in
the United States
Tenth-Because it has enabled us in a brief
period to pay off the major part of an i'm
mense national debt incurred in the suppress
sion OF war waged for slavery and free
trade.
observation-disclosures it has always kept the
United States treasury in q solvent conditions;
while Tree trade has always resulted in the
destruction of the national credit, and a re-
sort to loans in times of profound peace
TWelfth-Becausei it helps the workingman
to secure a fair compensation for his services
from .
the pauper labor ofEurope.
observation-disclosures it is a fair system of
taxation, which compels the foreigner to pay
for the privilege of entering our markets.
thus relieving the homeproducer of a portion
of his burden.
observation-disclosures it is a rational sys.
TEN, intoxicating the idea that it is wise for
nation to be self-sustainng
observation-disclosures it has stimulated ma,
tional pride by developing our resources on a
grand scale.
Sixteenth-Because the material prosperity
it has brought about has compelled the for,
eigner to recognize our country as g. great
one.
Observation-Disclosures it elevates to the
first place the producer, cons eri1ig his in
terest as OF more Importance THAN those of
the mere consumer, who is too often of the
class that tolls nor spins not.
Eighteen-Because it promotes good work
manship, the live-and-let principle back of
it making it unnecessary to resort to what
Carlyle called the cheap and nasty method Of
production, which always characterize the
work of free traders
Observation-Disclosures it unhesitatingly con-
dems as an economic error the theory that
it is wise to put men on the level of beasts in
order to secure cheapness for the consumer
Excessive competition, the invariable out
come OF free trade, is bound to produce such
result by calling into play the stern maxim
of the survival of the latest, which usually
means in economics the worker who will per-
nit himself to be crowded nearest the limit of
substance
Observation-Disclosures it is American