Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-10-11
Twenty Reasons Why.

Here are 20 reasons why the United States
should continue the protective eyetem:
First-Because the most patriotic Ameri-
.ans have favored it, Washington, Jefferson,
Hamilton, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, the
two Adamses and Lincoln were protection
tsts.
Second-Because free trade and secession
are alike the products of sectional jealousy.
The first serious attempt to destroy the
Union was promoted by free traders, and in
1861 every secessiOnist was a free trader.
Third-Because the policy OF free trade Is oil
English origin and was confessedly origin
ated to benefit the people of Great Britain.
Fourth-Because there il a necessary com,
nercial n~ntagopisn between the United
States and Great Britain. 1t has always eN'
sted and will probably continue until Brit
ain, like phTnicin and Carthage, after a long
-eign, s%urrpnders her supremacy. Under the
circumstances we, being her chief antagonist,
would be fools to accept her suggestions.
Fifth-Because under her system the United
States has reached the position of the
wealthiest nation on the globe.
SiXth-Becar by the aid of projections We
ave created a manufacturing industry which
has no rival in magnitude.
SCyenth-Because by greatly stimulating
| productivity and mechanical ingenuity. pro,
lection has put within the reach of wage
Farmers comforts undreamed of by kings a
couple of centuries ago.
Eight-BeeeuRe it has created an enormous
home market for the farmer, without which
Ne would always have been subjected to the
ricissitudes of n varying foreign demand.
NiHth-Beeause by bringing the shop and
he farm close together il has greatly en-.
HANGED the value of all agricultural lands in
the United stairs.
Te~nth--Because it has enabled MS int brieI
period TO pay of the major part ofu1 i'm
mense national lebt incurred in the suppreB
,ion of a var waged for slavery and free
Trade.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it has always kept tn,
United States treasury in n solvent condition
Ehile free trade has always resulted in the
destruction of the national credit, and a re
sort to oan In times of profound peace.
Tweifth-Because il helps the w~orkingmar
10 secure a fair compensation for his services
by shielding him from fierce competition o
The pauper labor ofEurope.
observation-disclosures it is O fair system o
taxation, which eompels the foreigner TO pay
| or the privilege of entering our markets
:hys relieving the home producer of a portion
| Of his burden.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it is a rational svs
:enl, intoxicating the idea that it is wise for {
aation to be self-sustaining.
observation-disclosures it has stimulated mn
honai pride by developing our resources on {
grand scale.
sixteenth-Beeause the material prosperit,
y has brought about has compelled the for
signer to recognize our country as a grea-
jne.
observation-disclosures it e~Ieyatee TO tb,
irst place the producer, considering his in
terest as of more importance than those q
The mere consumer, who is too often of Tn,
lass that tolls nor spins not.
Elghteen-Because it promotes good work
manship, heliye-and-let-iee principle back 0
= making 1t unnecessary TO resort to wha
Carlyle called the cheap aud nasty method o
production, which always characterize tn
work of free traders.
observation-disclosures it unhesitatingly con
iems as an economic error the theory tina
{ Is wise % put men on the level of beasts II
order TO secure ~cheapness for the consumer
Excessive competition, the invariable out
some OF free trade, is bound to produce snel
a result by calling into play the stern maxim
IF the survival of the latest, which usual,
means in economics the worker who will Der
nit himself to becrowded nearest tae limit Q
substance.
observation-disclosures it is American.