The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-01-24
GLADSTONE AND BLAINE.

GLADSTONE AND BLAINE.
me Frse-Tr.ds Ar1umsats Of the Grand
Old Man Shattered BY the Greet Amer.
isaa statesman-Whst May He Good On
. Little Island WIN Not Do for Vast
Continent-Frse Trade and Protection.
From the published debate on the
question Of free trade and protection in
the North American Review for January
the following extracts are taken:
In his plea for free trade Mr.. Glad
stone says:
Each Of the rolling years teaches No more
and more ixedly to think that in international
transactions the British nation for the present
enjoys commercial primscy; that no country
Ia the world shows any capacity 70 wrest IL
from US except It be America; that II Amer
lea shall frankly adopt and steadily maintain
Vystem OF free trade she viii by degrees per.
hsps not slow degrees, outstrip US In tho race,
and will probably tAke me place which at pres
ont belongs 70 US; but she viii not injure US BY
the operStion. On the contrary, she will do US
good. Her freedom Of trade win add TO our pres
ent commerce and our present wealth, so that
We shall be better that We are now. One-half Of
American labor enjoys protective wages; the
other half Of the product Of the United States
u furnished by mere free-trsde toilers.' Now
I want 10 ask whether the wages Of the agri-
cultural half are raised by the existence of pro-
-, 80 -.-n,s, ss
sia,,sn,arr ~, 49, s-,rG ~ ",,o..,.. ." -,
49, q, ,,,, ..,,..S :, WIG iu 's u =.
49,. :, a. a.s,.i AL 90 81 .n
that those prices are free-trsde prices. Yos
have frse-trade toilers' all over your counr
tries, and by their side you have protected
artisans. ask, then next this question: Is
tho remuneration OF the free-trade toilers, all
things taken into account, equivalent to that
OF the protected artisans! II 1t Is not, why do
not the agricultural men pass over into the
provinces OF demand for manufacturing and
mining labor. and. by augmenting the supply.
reduce and equalize the ratef Which Is like
asking now comes II that man Is content
with one loaf when two are offered him. The
answer would be: He Is not content; when
ever ne can ne takes the two and leaves the
one. II 1ouows That In this case there
exists no excess OF wages for him TO sp-
propriate. / urge that all protection Is NOR
ally, as well as economically, bad. This
Is very different thing from saying
that Oil protectionists are bad. Many
OF them, without doubt, are good, nay excel
lent, as were In tAis country many OF the sup
porters OF the corn lsW. II Is OF the tendencies
OF a6ystem that speak. which operate vari-
ousiy upon most men unconsciously, upon some
men not at all; and surely that system can not
be good. makes an Individual or set OF H.
dividuals live on the resources of the COM
muh1ty and causes him relatively to diminish
that store. which duty to his fellow citizens and
70 their rights should teach him by his contribu-
lions TO augment"
MIR. BLAINE's ARGUMENT
Tn his re;oindcr AR blaine aaya.
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monds ,,rhis thoor,. 80 go, hs ha,;,,.s.,
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the oIIo,son,. ~ ,n ro,,,,-,nr, rs;t;o, 80
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. advan,aseons ,nr tho ITn;tsd Sta,s, ,or
nrozi, ,or AnStr,,i,. 4; S,.ort ,o- 81, oo,,n.,;os
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t,ons II would no dioicu,t ., NO, ir,nos.itIa
tor NJ CI,dStono 20 Ana o,y ,r;no;rIa =, "a
ministrat;on or ,nr ,,casnre 81 fnoncs - ar
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aodrctiro On. rss,,,s TOW ohsary,tion .rd
a~n.rianco a, HE o,,n conn,rr 10 80, ,aI,
into the error and foiI 70 annrec;a-o
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linton Is siYtv r,,,ss son,b Of the so,,thernmost
nart ., Cra.t Iri,ain anS ,ho sou,ha-nr,>,,,
',art ~ the Union Ia hut T,,tIe mo-a thar ono
hnnarad ,,;I., ,,o,, ~. t-o,,o, r.. na,,,
nroducts are NOR. waved mora nrr,erons ana
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IN onrse,ve. =. a sorh,, He tells ma that 70
carry ,r .,bs susinoss =, domes,ic s,c,on,, on
a sco,a .rch ,s ,n,n,,,nd nas na,,r go o.
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ana ye. NJ GIadstone tbinSs ,ha, n r.
which "a essentiaI 70 an island IN the No-,harn
Ooao- sho,,,d 10 oao,.a, ~ ~ IL. :, = -.
try which even 20 his own yision T. 9, uo-,a
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Gladstone ON 10Th q, his nrorositio,s n. a..
fends fres ,r,de In C-eat Rritai,. ho ass,iIsn-,
,ec,ion IN N. ITni,od St,tes Tho as, ,-on,.i
,tor = rej,hor Ssn,, nor ofs-rn Durin, .biS -,
neros us,o N ,s,I, freetr,de ,,ri1s ws-o ,h-;ce
folIowad Inv ,ndpstrial stognotior ~, t,norcinI
er,harrossnert hy distress o,ro,, al oIaSSss
Sonandant w .nhsistenca uron ,ro;r 60,
Iotors Tbr,c. ,ra-o ,hasa h,,-tar, -an,o,,,S -.
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II is nv lone series a, erns-.nsn-.
avid hr thu, ,est on,v an, county,, COW as,ahItsh
ON in5,stIol srs.ar, ,h,, I'm r., -,
I'm daveJonipy i,s hidden wealth and .stah,iSh.
inc ;,s nerrnonen, nro.nor;,y Ava aaoh 60
trr ,nrs, act ;,t.,,i,on,i,- To- ,,soI, Ouos.,o,
NJ ,r,de can NO ,no,a no reou,o.ad h, NV, 800
science ,b,n = ro,s oan ha ,,r,,,,,c.J v,;,h -
cnrate ,orecast The untnnwn onon,;,iss 90
"a NAM Thai a nrohjs,n IN tad. or ,s,icnI,n-.
can NOT have an .bsoIp,e answer IN oav,nco
Mr. Gladstone ma, arcue for Gr,,t Rri,ain ne
be win b.,t for m. TTn;,ea S.a+es wa 49,, ~
.,st on he,na o,,ised hv ,oc,s az NO, ~ |
tbeor;es. we mn.t insist IN ,dbe-in, 70 ,he |
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