Telegram-herald., 1890-07-07

Englzla BELIEVES IA projection 70 her
oxn interests fully 4s thoroughly
az doss tne United States. she
looks out for her own interests
drst. l.st aud al the tine. ard one OF
the ways sne bas OF fartherlng her IN
terests < by pouring INTO the ears Of
! her sgents IN this eoontry-ths Demo
cratic parsy-the fascinating tale OF
free trade. The free trade movement
had its origin IA England, and every
fresh impetus gwen the movement IA
this country comes from there. Is any
one, bat a Democrat, SIMPLE enough 70
suppose that Englznd's interest N es-
tzbhshing the free trade policy IN this
country grows out OF desire 10 benefit
usl Was England ever known 10 zdyo-
cate policy that abe did not know 10
be highly beneficial 10 herself Can
any one point to : period IN England's :
history, when she was impelled by a
missionary spirit % benefit another
country When England is deeply IN
terested N movement. always look
closely for the reason Of her interest.
There Is sure TO be a good one for her.
If the Trojans could not trust the
Greeks even when offering gifts, much
less can the United States trust England
when preaching free trade.
But IN what does England's protec-
ton consist What is the principle Of
II, The only principle in il is an utter
lack of principle. She is dominated by
the ''rule or ruin" idea in every at
tempt to protect her own interests.
Her favorite plan is to advance her
prosperity by destroying her neigh
boris. Ii Is the incarnation of selfish
ness. In this respect it is the very op-
pOsite Of American protection. While
advancing our own interests first of all f.,
We never yet have attempted to do so to
the destruction of another's. Ameri-
cans believe IN the principle of "live
and let live" and do not find their
highest ideal of national prosperity III
the destruction of foreign competition.
The cold-blooded manner in which
England strangles all opposition, when
possible, was frankly set forth in an
official report published by order of the
British House of Commons, to wit:
"The laboring classes IN the manu-
featuring districts OF this country, and
especially IN the iron and coal districts,
are very little aware of the extent TO
which they are often indebted for being
| employed at all to the immense losses uhich
their employers Uery often incur IN bad times
an ordsr to destroy competition, and TO gain
and keep possession OF foreign markets.
Authentic instances are well known of
employers having III such times carried
on their works at a loss amounting in
| the aggregate to three or four hundred
thousand pounds in the course Of three or four
years. Ii the efforts of those who en-
| courage combinations to restrict the
amount of labor and to produce strikes
were TO be successful for any length of
time, the great accumulations of capi-
| tai could not then be made which en-
! able fec of the ucolthy capitalists TO ouer-
theim all foreign competition IN times of
great depression, and thus to clear the
way for the whole trade to step in when
prices revive, and TO carry on a great
business, before foreign capital can
| again accumulate to such extent as 10
be able to establish competition IN
prices with any chances of success.
The large capitalists of this country
were the great Instruments Of pdrtdre (if the
expression may be al!owed) against The
competing capital Of foreign countries, and
are the most essential instruments now
remaining by which our manufacture
ing supremacy may be maintained"