The Louisiana Democrat., 1889-06-12
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Effects Of a Tariff Manipulated by Chear
John Politicians.

Effects of Tariff Manipulated by Choap-
John Politicians.
The protectionist propagandlsts are
seeking to WOO the States OF the oouth
into the ranks of the Republican parry
by cnnningly pressing the idea tnas
protection will make them great anu
prosperous manufacturing oenters'
The number of manufactures Is IN
creasing fast in the Southern otates'
and evidence is not wanting that some
of the manufacturers there have oeeh
impressed by the appeals maoe 70
these alleged interests. A more care,
iul consideration of the subject Will
convince the Southern manufacturers
that there is nothing to be gained oy
giving their adherence to the snor'-
sighted tariff policy of the Republican
party.
The iron interests of Alabama have
never had any thing to fear from for-
eign competition. The problem win
them at the beginning was to be ao'e
to compete with the older estapllsn-
ments of Pennsylvania They have
demonstrated their ability to do this,
and demonstrated it so effectually that
the iron operators of Eastern Pennsyl-
vania are threatened with serious als-
| aster.
Meantime New England has come
tn feel the pressure OF domestic COM
petition, and the demand there for free
raw material is constantly growing
louder. An iron furnace in Massachu-
sets, denied the privilege OF import
ing coal duty free, which would give
it.a chance of life, is making last
struggle for existence by trying the
experiment of using an inferior qual-
ity of coal from mine in Rhode Island
If this do not prove successful the ousi-
ness will have to be abandoned
Other branches Of industry are e1-
ner;encing trouble of the same KIND
Here, for example, is Wade's Fiber
and Fabric inquiring for the gooo
times which were promised as the sure
and necessary result of the election o.
Harrison. The tiber and Fabric Il
for protection, but it desires species
of protection which will protect. 1--WE
are q firm believer" it says. "in pro
tecting American industries, If 1t coult
be done under the guidance OF homes
statesmen, but in the hands OF quaci
politicians terrible work is made o
protection" A specimen OF this specie
of work is cited in the continuance o
the tariff on wool, "when any one ca
see, if he will, that free wool woui
be great move toward honest Pre-
lection"
By "honest protection" we are, {
course, to understand such regulation
} as best protect the particular indivic
Y ual who happens to be speaking @
writing. 1t seems difficult for man
I protectionists to understand that it
d impossible to frame system OF pr'
0 lection that will protect every bod.
= Mr.. Kelley. of Pennsylvania, long ae
e apprehended this point, and answere
s demands for protection to outside il
t terests by pointing out that to prote
y every body was to protect nobody. !
u respond to the demands of wool ma
g ufactlrers is to leave wool unprotecte
t. to answer the wishes OF iron men
o Massachusetts is to take the duty
N coal, and so in hundreds OF other i
4. stances.
a The iron manufacturers, whose bus
il ness. despite the fact that they ha7
u, an abundance of protection, is no
is greatly depressed. are tearfully noti1
&c the fact that there is "boom" in ir'
it abroad, particularly in England al
IS, Belgium. In countries whore no ir'
@. is produced the demand for iron
ts active. The United States have t
On iron, but can not sell it abroad,
d, cause protection has so increased t
,al cost of making it as to shut us out
is the foreign market.-Louisville Co,
n. icr.Journal.