New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-20

uo"n inc lines No man refuse tho tribute OF aa-
10 TIE wonderful play Of that subtle Intellect
an hs' narnsed the other side most OF its brains and
s s malectcs Yet while he IS arguing free trade
america AM a., Talking to Frenchmen, he say,
ma themselves placed in unequal conditions of pro,
naSmon, u Is that one which IS tho least favored OF
changes.s '"0 ''oS' " s'" " ''0''
.o He proves his cas-. this way. Labor Is the sole
cos. All the rest Is the gratIfty of nature What
ever labor produces in land more than the same
labor IN another land Is difference of gratuity only
tries II one man should discover rich soil he woald
s sner reap The grauy II ten thousand men dis
cover it me principle Of competition comes in and tho
gra,nty goes ~ consumers. If one farm could double
is fertility the owner would be richer. II all the
go over TO the consumers Let mo Illustrate that by
solenng which Bastlat never knew, for he died forty
ali. II one railroad alone IN this country had had steel
company, But when all the companies had them,
ana thereby could do their work cheaper and so save
xa amounts OF money, some railroad presidents
each one said can get little business If do It
t o ana get the same results Then they began
cent eit OF nature; through SIR Henry Bessemer the
the weak, shorvcd iron rail. has, every dollar OF II,
eooS 10 iGe people making cheap transportation IN
Let my poor scared friend who covers his head with
inc at night lest he should be devoured BY
universe knows how 10 get His gifts distributed to
hn lbs snce them the sratutoqs part must
change Is the barter OF values. and value being re-
duced by composition TO represent work. exchange Is
the richest country gives the most In fact 1t levels
itself down and levels tho other countries UP.
y we arc re. al bsSsa ss Secsss
behold IT, and you thousand millions wasted
besides. what do you mean to dol ] tell You what
We mean to do IT even If we build a Chinese wall of
tariff taxes around this country.
SAMPLE PREFERABLE rALrAc1Es
The minor arguments for free trade are exceedingly
simple. Reasoning in circle always is. There is
nothing so compact as begging the question. Truth
is difficult. Easy as lying Is proverb Says
learned professor. II under your tariff buy for
bushel of wheat in Liverpool the same articles for
which pay In New-Yorls bushel and peck; win
ANYBODY tell me me don't lose peck Of wheat and oso
hT there are two assumptions you peIcey on S
Will be as high at Liverpool and British wares as low
In other words. tho learned professor assumes that
get them at the same price as when two sets Of wares
are bidding for one bqshel OF wheat Verify rhs
the point the learned professor started out
TO prove
Is now raverslng this country founding great Grafton
on tho same convincing argument. If laborer with
America buy In Liverpool for one dollar what no
wants, and you make him pay two dollars TO The
Rhode Island manufacturers don't you cheat him every
day out Of half his day Dear, departed friend first
great martyr IN This great cause, why not put II the
America without cent in bis pocket and perhaps no
pocket in his trousers should find out that things
the happiness he would undoubtedly feel be anything
more than intellectual dcightl
stone OF the Jerusalem The little one Is that
what costs dollar In Liverpool VIII cost two in
rhetoric. The big ono Is that the labOrer will get his
two dollars under free trade, and goods at Liverpool
point out that all this Is assertion and not proof but
| think can prove the contrary.
left manufactures and went the land and produced
more wheat We could supply ourselves thereby with
because on our fertile lands We can make wheat
cheaper than hardware. Perfectly true, If prices
What makes wheat so cheap today So MAJ I'M
expected thousand bushels from India. Wou.ss not
extra bushels from India drive It down at more than
double the per cent? British prices are low because
and these prices have been forced down, say the
board to investigate. etc, 81 per cent from 1879 TO
of wheat Just more manufactures under tariff have
lowered prices OF goods: What a jolly rise those
same prices would nave II we supplied our lost manti
The great folly of THIS most taking FREQ trade
argument IS the reasoning from the individual TO tho
nation. II you should suspend the tariff laws for
single man he could, beyond doubt buy in Liver
pool for bushel of wheat what in New-YOrk costs
bushcl and peck But would It not be the Same
II the laws were suspended as to all I'y no manner
the nation made up OF indivduas?' Certainly; but
compared with one individual tho universe Is prac-
tically unlimited. lie can move round and disturb
turbance when they move
IDIoTIC RAWLINGS ABOUT MoNoPOLIEs.
"Monopoly,1 said Horace Greeley, doctor of laws,
and once candidate of tho Democratic party for the
Presidency monopoly ls perhaps, tho most perverted
and msapplied word in our much-abused mother
tongue" How very tame this language Is. sup
pose that during the ten years last past 1 have
listened in this hall TO idlotic ravng, moro
pesferous rant that subject than on all the Others
put together And yet do not regret u. maj a a
beautiful sight It is to the revennercform orator
90 into action against monopoly. Nelson, as he stood
blazing with decorations on the decks OF the victory
the fatal day Of Trafalgar; Napoleon al friealal
the Guard went cheering and charging by ih9na55
Sayers he stripped for the championship OF hgao
when Heenan had crossed the litlns wacr5 @ tiger
I'm his native Jungle; nay, tho very Dun hui9Sli u
strong bull OF Bashan. as he ups MS DenUw W.
the rocky deserts of Palestine are all but pae "
mndcrs Of one of these majestic creatures. Anu Se
outside the Patent Office there are no m3nQponyS ~
this country, and there never can be- An put "ru
is that see on the far horizons cdge, , VIA wa Srin
Of flame and eye Of fire, scrpent-headeu anu ininra
Trust Quick cries every masked member OF lae
Ways and Means. Quick, let us lower the ,ei de
ss Is eau homes a tho cdnrase dear ear bTccn not
too much disturbed. Tho Lord VIII reg I, I'm -
Cal in Tho british, when the day comes thet ms
Republic save Itself from dozen Ed ,.' 70 he
citizens without all from over the sea, lrtctpble and
permanent mountain range. What unreasonaDc, iH,"
us is dozen men fix the price, for s is no nover
on earth that can raise The price OF necessity OF
life above a Just price ard keep II there more man
that ~ the price Is raised and maintained cNe ID III
short While il means nn for the combination ara sun
lower prices for consumers. That is one OF me laws
OF God working for His children Compared WIN ono
of your laws of Congress, II is Leviathah 10 c'a
TIE BEST MARKET IN THE WORLD
To hear these rhetoriclans decaln, you woulu
imagine the markets of the world vast vacuum
waiting TIL now for american goods TO break through
rush in, and fiji the ycarning void VIII your soous
go TO Austria to Italy. Germany. Russia OF ira,0o'
Around all these benghtcd countries are the oin ~
walls OF tariff taxes. Britain herself IS pfoteolIIII
vast capital accumulated through ages. the spols VI
her own and other lands by trade system rs Po"tot
full fl is relentless All these nations VIII cocs'
with you the other countries which they already over
fOw ,.,. |
Does your mouth water the prospectf VIVA. /
market do you give up for all this Where Is the pest
market I'm the world Where the people have ne |
most money to spend Where have the PeoPE n, tnd