Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-09-26
TWENTY REASONS WHY.

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% Americans have favored it. Wash.
ington, jefferson, Hamilton, Jack.
son, Madison, Monroe, the two
- Adams ald Lincoln were proteC-
10 tiOnists.
Sccond-Bccause free trade and Sc
= ccssion are alike the products of Sec
tional jealousy. The first serious at
tempt to destroy the Union was pro-
NOTED by free traders, and i'm 1861
every seccssionst was free trader
Third-Because the policy Of free
trade is of English origin and was
confessedly originated to benefit the
people Of Great Britain.
Because there is neces.
sary commercial antagonism be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain. 1t has always existed and
will probably continue until Britain,
like Phnnicia and Carthage, after a
long reign, surrenders her supre-
macy. Under the circumstances
we, being her chief antagonist,
! would be fools to accept her sugges-
tions.
Fifth-Becuuse under the system
the United States has reached the
position of the wcalthiest nation on
the globe.
SiXth-Bccausc Wy the aid of pre-
lection we have created manu-
featuring industry which has no
rival I'm magnitude.
Seventh - Because by greatly
stimulating productivity and me-
chanical ingenuity, protection has
put within the reach ofwage-earners
comforts undreamcd Of by kings Il
couple of centuries ago.
Eighth Because il has created an
enormous home market for the
E,rnor, without which ne wuuu
always have been subjected to the
vicissitudcs of varying foreign
demand.
Ninth-Bccause 10y bringing the
shop and the farm close together il
has greatly enhanced the value of
all agricultural lands in the United
States.
Tcnth- Because it has enabled us
in brief period to pay of the
major part Of an immense national
debt incurred in the suppression of
Il war waged for slavery and free
trade.
El6vcnth-Bccou II has always &
kept the United States Treasury ina Il
solvent condition while free trade has i
always resulted in the destruction of
he national credit, aud resort to
ouns In times of profound peace.
Twelfth-Because It helps the
to secure u fair COM .,
lcnsation for his service, by shield IN
ny him from the fierce competition to
# the pauper labor of Europe. p'
Thirtccnth-Bccauso il Is a fair -, -,
ystcm to taxation, which compels M
he foreigner to pay for the privilege nj
4 entering our markets, thus rcliev- pa
ng the home producer of IL portion ", W.
4 his burden, me-
Fourteenth Because Il Is a ra- sp
ional system, inculcating the idea an
hat II Is wise for a nation to bc self ~, ~,
ustainiug. n,
observation-disclosures Il has stimu- m,
'ted national pride 10y developing on
ur resources on n grand scale. y" w.
sixteenth Because the material m,
rosperity 1t has brought about has cS
the foreigner 20 recognize m'
ar country as great one, nn NV
Seventeenth Because il elevates \
, the first place the producer. con. ism
dering his Interests as of more im- all
lrtance than those OF the mere ~"
'usumcr who Is too often Of the str
ass that tolls nor spins not a
Eightcenth- Because Il promotes y"
'od workmanship, the live-and-let-
We principle back of it making IL
lueyySAry TO resort to what Car ,
lc called the cheap aud nasty c,r
ethod OF production which always ou
the work of free aeI
,dvrs. G
Nineteenth Rcvause it uuhcsitat tmi
civ condemns aSau c,,unOuicr rrrar cou
/, theory that il is wise 10 put men eve
the level of heasts In orirr 90 ,,', NV
'ure ehcapncss for the consumer. orp
,ccssive competition, the invari- nup
le outcome ~ tryo trade, is bound o's.
produce such a insult by calling "@"S @
o play the stern maxim of the .n,,
'viNa of thc iittcst. which usually ofu
ans lu economics thc worker who nor
j permit himself lo be crowded b,ai
in'st the limit ~ subsistence. th,
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