New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-28
POPULAR DISSERTATIONS.

NOT MADE 10 PLEASE CANADA
THE HON. C. H. BLAIR GENTLY WARNS UP PRO
FEssoR GOODWIN SMITH.
TO the EDITOR Of The Tribune
Sir: In "The Nsw.York Herald Of this morning b
the following report Of the remarks made by Professor
Gold1tn Smith, of Toronto In the Dominion Of Canada
on tho Tariff law of the United States This Is the
report:
discussing The Mckinley se says the agitation GRATED
u Great Britain and Other TIE ansSis6s
Is not particularly leveled against Canada, and that
no
which Her Majesty is at peace -. a.. NJ.
kinney se s Of he which
sacpseS the psssns Of the Mckinley :ses act r Ss
elections to Congress. which are now at hand The
ZIONIST corruption win allow free voting what is the
real tendency Of American opinion. There Is strong
Congress. who ave party VOTE in favor Of the bin,
there are many who thought it a false move
As nominee Of the Republican party for Con-
gress from the XlIth District, In this city, deny
Professor Smiths assertion that the new tar1h act
was passed by the Last Congress simply to secure
votes.
My high regard for his great learning and ability has
not changed from what 1t twenty years ago. when
. student sat under him professor vi history
in the great university he had left Oxford to help
build up In this country. I had then and have yet
the greatest respect for his views upon the historical
events Of the English NSiop; but his views on
American questions l have long since ceased to
agree WITH and protest against his present utter
ances respecting the Mckinley act and the Republican
party.
It is quito apparent 10 any one thar he long ago
ceased be In accord with the United States and with
the spirit and intent Of It's institutions. He docs not
mngle with people. His retired life has not, for
many years, given him the opportunity OF properly
Judging us notwithstanding this are from year to
year subjected to his criticisms upon our system OF
life and government, Of both which he Is In my
opinion, profoundly ignorant
II the trainers of the Tariff act had desired to frame
q measure merely for the purpose Of securing votes
they certainly would not have framed the Mckinley
act: and the unfarness Of the remarks By which he
caracterzes the President Of the Cnited States and
the majority Of the and House Of Representatives
as political trcksters, par with many Of his
public utterances similar subjects. and can have no
weight with anybody that Is in sympathy with the
spirit OF our Government. In passing the Mckinley
bill the Republican party was looking forward to the
development Of Notona industries, to giving en-
ployment to own people, to encouraging and re
wardng labor and 70 the industrial and moral ele-
walton Of the great of people. The policy
OF protection TO American industries was the policy
of Washington, OF Henry Clay, and Of all the great
statesmen that hare had u heart the vital interests
Of the American people It cannot be possible that
Dr. Smith, any man Of his position, would say that
without protection the development Of this country
would at this dsee have been anything like what It Is
Our scholarly Canadian critic the result OF the
elections this ll viii show the real tendency OF Amer
nan opinion. The same questions now involved
were before the people two years ago and what was the
RESULT The Senate and House Of Representatives had
passed tariff bills dssimaT in principle, upon which
the two great political parties went before the people In
the Presidential election. The Democratic nominee
and the Democratic tariff plan were rejected the Re-
publican party and It's candidates were sustained BY
the people, and the Tariff bill recently passed Is the
fruit, the result and the outcome OF that victory
The Government Of this country IS government By the
majority Of the people: Congress and the President
were elected upon the protection platform, and II
cannot be denied that they were elected 10 pass
ond sign the present Tariff bill.
That the present Tariff bill will result unsvorably
30 Canadian interests no one can deny. First as to
agricultural interests. The importations from Can
ada lat year amounted In agricultural products to
about s25, 900 900; such products will be now raised
by the American farmer and their products, contributed
BY American producers, will In no small degree re-
lieve the depression prevailing in agricultural
industry. At all American ports bordering those OF
Canada the Importation Of Canadian products has al
ready ceased and the American farmer has found
immediate relief from competition with products raised
by the cheap and poorly paid labor Of Canada The
Mckinley bill however, In no sense aimed against
Canada but was made TO protect the American h6orer
from being reduced to the level Of the poorly paid
laborer Of Europe.
OF course We in this country. do not lestsate for
the whole world the system that We have found TO
work 50 we'll may not do for other countries.
In the lofty and idealslc world In which the Goodwin
Smith thoughts range, the nmitless breadth Of his
vision may comprise the entire civilized world; and
IL may be possible that In his time and In mine this VIII
be q free trade country, but the laboring man OF
America quite understands that when that time comes
he will receive no greater wages for MS
services than arc paid in Europe, that the
operation Of the grand system Of international
equation viii produce average alike over
the entire world that his place In the political
and social system will DO higher than that Of the
laborer in Europe.
In another part Of tho same paper tn which Dr.
Smiths censure Of the Republican party appears Ii
the following dispatch
been brought about IN BradsorS sasusy C W,se
bingham Nils. BRADFORD whose eonysr. II into
limited liability company with capital Of Rs SSsr
the head Of the vsivet department.. and M Watson
chief Of the spinning and IS not
in Bradford has for It's object the =, . S'e
In r: Tns sa s.1s sa' rsr
ness than any other concern In Europe, and tine NC
Klney blu hits them hard that the qaotaoons ios
their shares which were issued at premium, nave
dropped sharply. The present action, nerefore OF
opening mills In the United stat. mas Ieen ao 10
5000 Operatives and possesses works the walls Oh
which measure Q mile In circumference
II Dr. Smith had been as familiar with American h's-
tory As he with that Of England he would have known
that il has been upon tie basis OF proteciion 70 n9ne
industries that our great industrial development na
hen made That protection been the hvored policy
OF George Washington. Of BENJAMIN FrHnknn ana o.
Andrew Jackson while the doctrines OF Godwln sm.n-
nke the dOctr1nes Of AL other advocaus OF neo tsao,
propose that the mechanics Of this country shall either
work 1t the starvation wages that ioreen me- 1 -
receve or ba forced 10 abandon their trades ana %
come competitoss with nl.paid foreign labor: HIS
policy would reduce this Naon 70 t1e eas e s lass
Tam law in Congress dknown the Mckinley blD Is
the result Of the Teachings o. esS "a o. FnasS
w.pnss,r.r NAV cry their CRY has always been sub