Telegram-herald., 1888-09-16
PROTECTION ~ Ec0sOaIC GUS
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meat for these are vastly al1srsll
As oslsesH I'D sid1as ths rgnis Of
person a8d property are uaqasi.le1
- loak a. one Individual does mol ggesp4ss
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T .s euutled ~ the uus4s- n3sTgy ia psns0n.
sad Ia tas ass aud cOutr0i u his property
Z bui ss 5000 a. ths interests of the Govern
meat, tnat . TIE aggregated public. come
in qursloa. immsdl4-s.y tie liberty Of ths
I individual la psls0a aua ia as and cou-
uo. 0f bis property eeeosss qnshhsd
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+ lhe rElssBey . the Government. amount.
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F d-esa and tae sbfidssmens lf his Individual
+ liberty lie even Is a perm .ssi0a VI Govern
T meat, 1is duty - citizen beiag 10 protect
I The 50vsrnmsnt 70 ths eKtsn, oi lsis. il he
does not willingly Do 80. the Government
uses force and c0mpels him 10 do 50. The
I duty of The citizen 70 hold his individual
/ rights ln abeyance 70 Tie GoysEnments
I Interests IS TIE foundation principle
/ OF a. public Improvements. For IL
lustratioa. whenever our local government.
or Us regularly Constituted agents. declare
/ that certain measures. street grading for in
stance is necessary publio improvement,
the lndl lvldaai must acquiesce. Although his
lud sment Is Otherwise and hs is taxed for
such improvement his property. in many
cases. being actually damaged, pat &c must
submit without recompense for the general
good
Again in an ekigency. as from fire or
/ Hood an individuals property representing
| lt msy be the accumulation OF a life time,
may be destroyed oy The public authority
| 10 stay further destruction II in the iudg
ment Of the regularly constituted agents Of
toe public 10 j. necessary so 70 do, and the
! owner is without any mesus of pecuniary
relisfin the premises. the owners judgment
may not accord with that Of the public
agents. bur that does not avail Oihsr illus
tranons might be given, yet these are
enough tor the purpose.
single individual has no power under
any recognized principle ID thus foros a
control over the person or property OF an
other tor bis own purposes. Indeed, it might
be said that the individual gives TO the
Government a control over his person and
property. IN consideration OF the Govern
msnt assuring and defending him
| in bis individual. unqualified right
over his own person and property. IS
against the encroachmsnss of other indi-
| viduals.
II the Government can thus subject the
person and property Of the individual to its
own purposes. wherein is there any con-
stituiional objection against the Govern
msnt's passing law com polling the person
who brings products from abroad, be be
citizen or foreigner. 10 pay a duty upon
such products before ne can put them upon
the market when by such a law. the Gov
erument obtsins the means Of properly
discharging its governmental functions,
and other wise advancing Is interests,
l. the exemption Of product from such
duty more sacred than the individual en-
ioymsnt of life. liberty and property? But
ali these are he'd Ia sGbleotion to the inter
ssts Of the Government
Il ID also said that no industry has
right TO special protection, as against sll
other industries. This Il readily conceded.
aud IL this we're the principle and result Of
protective laws they would certainly be
"vicious, ineqgiisoe and illegal" but as
sursdly this Is not the true principls. Peo-
pie are undoubtedly misled by use OF
terms. We often hear the expression
protection 10 manufacturers. etc, etc.
and persons without thought in the prem
ises conclude that a particular indiyidus
interest is being protected 81 the ex psnse Of
al Others But protsstivs laws are general
and DO rot psrticulsrzs single individual
or single industry as such. They spPly TO
al individuals an 20 al industries coming
under he terms Of The lsr. and al persons
are a. liberty To- pace themselves within
iae terms of the isr if thev 81 desire. The
trns. underlying principle Of = protective
lsw = this. thar bg such lsw the 60 vsrn-
rnent ia protected. aud its interests sn hsncsd
in ths development Of ifs resources ana in
dustrss ndsr tbs p-iucip's al idea of
uncousruionAiitT is eliminated. such =
law ought - bring he greatest good 20 the
greatest number. Whether such princi-
pc snd tns results e eur protective avs
coincide is an economic question. which
may hs discussed in snsfssr article.
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