The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-29
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER %. 1890.
TIPS on TuE TARIFF.

General James a. Walker. Of Wytheville,
according to a letter in the Pulaski News
said:
ale need not be a citizen of the state
but only an inhabitant thereof when elect
cd lie need not be registered voter or
have been an inhabitant Tor any prescribed
period of time. one weeks residence VIII
answer the requirements Of the law as wei
az year. -,
.If MIR. Mills is TWENTY-FIVE years old,
has kqen a citizen of the United states Tor
seven years, and is an inhabitant OF Nlrgl-
MIA on the day OF election. he ~ eliglDie 10
represent the people Of the Ninth congress
sional district Of Virginia in Congress, il
they choose 10 elect him.
Under the Constitution George T. Mills
NAV consider himself to be eligible. Under
the customs Of Virginia the eligibility OF re
cently-acquired citizenship OF Mills fades
into insignificance before that OF honest
John A. Buchanan.
General Walker announces that he VIII
vote for Mills, because the latter is a pro-
tectionist. He says he is for protection be-
cause he believes "the best interests Of the
peopIe Of this district are now being pro-
NOTED by the policy Of protection, and that
protection was approved by the election OF
Harrison over Cleveland IN 1855" lie then
asks:
"Does any man believe that without pro
lection for our iron and coal we would ever
have had a coke oven on the Flat Top or
n coke iron furnace in the Ninth DISTRICT
"Does any one believe that without "A
tariff on coal and iron we would have had
a New River or Cripple Creek, or Clnch
Valley, or Ohio River branch OF the NOriOlk
and Western railrOady
"And.without these, could we have had a
Roanoke City, or a Radiord, or a Iulashi
City, or POcahontas, or an lyanhoe' or Il
Big Stone Gapg
"Witbout these developments where
would our mechanics find lucrative en-
ployment. our labOrers good wages, our
merchants customers, and our professional
men EMPLOYMENT, Our lands have quad
rupled i'm value all along the lines OF these
improvements, and farms have, by the en-
HANGED prices, been redeemed ana leil
their owners rich
His letter concludes with these words;
III shall vote for Mr. Mills because, II
elected. he will be able 10 do much for our
people i'm the way of inducing capital To
come our way, and because | consider the
material development of our section oil IL
ss-.e end the increased prosperity OF our
people above pnty "ilegiance, and more to
be desired than the advancement of party
or the promotion OF individuals
In replying afliTmatiyely to the first three
questions The TIMES would call General
Walkers attention TO the following remarks
made TO the visiting iron and steel men at
Birmingham by Captain Joseph F. John
ston, who was introduced as a representa-
tive Of Birmingham and Alabama. The
situation at Birmingham is pretty much
the same as that in Southwest Virginia, and
Captain Johnston's speech 10 therefore appli-
cable. He said
"Representing, as we do, industries that
have scarcely been stripped of their swad-
ding clothes, vet can say 10 our friends
from abroad that there are few here who
think we need any protection, except mat
given us by God and nature.
ave would have no Chinese wall to shut
us in out from the world.
1--WE are ready To strip ourselves TO the
skin and battle on equal terms with all
competitors.
I'VE have a reciprocity not confined to
sugar and hides and tobacco, or TO any lati-
llut. Oul us tl'ou 90 Jul ohiN' "hN w.
genial as the mellow rays of our southern
sun.
eve NAV be infant industries, but we do
not wish TO suck the hfe-bloOd of any hon
Orable pursuit or grow fat at the expense OF
any class.
1--WE want fair trade, fair opportunity,
fair wages fol our labor, and fair returns
for our investments.
ave are not afraid of fair competition,
even. with our brethren of England and
Scotland and Germany and France. We
believe that we can at least equal you IN
resources. We are descendants Of the same
sires, and we do not believe that the blood
which courses through our veins, the NigOr
OF our intelects, or the strength OF our
good right arms have degenerated but that
we can prove ourselves fOemen worthy Of
your steel-and IRON
This for direct answer. An indirect
answer may be had in the following from
the Washington Post, on the situation in
New England, which is supposed to have
been enjoying the particular benefits of pro-
lection for the past thirty years:
"Over against the excitement in Canada
NAV he set the repeated appeals made IN
New England for relief through Canadian
reciprocity. Present. conditions are I'M
favorable TO the special industries OF New
England. The West and South, instead
Of furnishing her markets, have become
her competitors in manufacturing, and
their advantages in the way of abundant,
Cheap, and easy accessible raw materials
leave her practically out OF the race under
the circumstances that now exist.
"But once remove the artificial barrier
that separates her from her Northern neigh
Dor and the conditions would be somewhat
eqnalized. The nearest and most natural
supplies Of coal, iron and similar products
for New England use are in the maritime
provinces Of Canada, and nothing but an ar
bitrary line prevents her manufacturers
from possessing the same facilities Tor
cheap production that the West and South
now enjoy.
"Then, the Canadian market is the nat
ural market for New England manufac-
lures. Having lost 10 great extent the
markets OF the Vest and South, New Eng
land desires TO be put in a position TO occupy
and supply the nearby markets OF Canada.
The interests OF these two countries are
mutual and there seems 20 be no good
reason why they should be denied the ad-
vantages Of reciprocal trade
WHAT'S the difference between reciprocal
trade with Canada and reciprocal trade
with France, Germany, England, or any
other country 1t is but the difference be-
tween tweedle dee and tweedle DUN. This
being the case, what becomes Of the theory
of protection Absolutely nothing. except
that il enables the monopolists and
trusts so 10 rob the laboring man as 10 ena-
ole them TO furnish corruption fund suti-
GENTLY large 10 turn the scale in Presi-
dental election in favor Of that party
which has fostered the theory Of protection
for its own particular self-protection, and
for that alone.
The defeat Of Cleveland by Harrison in
1855 was on line with this policy. The
fact that Grover Cleveland received In
1883 as the most fearless exponent
OF tarin reform In the Democratic
party 9s,65s more votes than Harrison, the
ngure-head Of fat-fryers and blocks-offyes
handlers, and the fact that this plurality
was more than $1,000 increase over his
plurality OF 1884 should forever silence srch
deductions rs that echoed In General
Walkers reasonings.
The people who gave Cleveland that ma