New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-16
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Americans can learn something about their
own laws. if they WILL by Observing what Is
thought of them by hostile interests abroad
When tbc representatives of 5000. OOo.oOo oil
foreign capital thronged the Senate anterooln
and demanded that a bilTTasscd by the repre-
sentativcs of the people should he defeated. be-
cause il would interfere with Their power 10
close american works and taN American con
>l,mcrS at their pleasure. the eyes oil some zen
ators were very quickly opened. 80 the people
have learned much about I'll" meaning ana
nature of the new tariff, by hearing what for
cgn observers say about 1t. 1t was >ir John
Macdonald the Canadian Premier VIII" on
plndrd "A host Of Democratic fal>ehood- hy say
inc in the Canadian Parliament of the Canadian
barley grower: lie has to pay II cents duty
for taking 1t across the line How can it, III
that case be said that the consumers pay the
dutyH Ii comes ont Of the pockets ct the
Canadian farmers - il was "The Londoh
Times" which fooli>hly uncovered th" real lrlr-
paSc Of British free traders by saying of In"
Golden Cub: 1T has done what II can III
Europe. and it is now turning lis eyes west
ward and blacing itself for a struggle which
5 to come. 1t cannot rest while the mtcd
states are un>ubdued.'
Possibly The voters of this country may not
wan, TO be suhducd Possibly they may think
industrial independence as precious as II wa
70 the patriots ii a centmy ago. Bnt II Is
1.-THE London Times which now says OF tn"
Mckinley hll. in IL leading editorial OF De-
lul-r > -Thr blow aimed at British indus
Try hy the Mckinley hill is an entirely unpl"-
vokrd act of untiivn'ilinc>>. and must be rrr"G-
ni2cl IL >,;ch.
Curious indeed. that Americans should not
want to de- >llhducd and should resist rii"li-
10 >ulduc them. Curious. even moe, that 4
decent British Journal should call II an IN
provoked act of un.ricndinc>>' 70 r"tard IA"
>ul,iuing process As long n possible. For III
these two quotations there is the whole matter
II 4 nutshell Great britain starts oui 10 sab
dino Am rlc;,n industries hN conn c'iiion he
Americans >iSi. and that makes the organs
# British opinion exceedingly angry. ana " Inc
Times" calls il "prOclalininc tam wal
But the truth Is that the wa! was proclaimed
when the attempt began t" >'lhduc this c"'iii-
n.y. to break down and crush an American
Nati,na policy. and Ia destroy American IN
,u>,li that British manufacturers might gr'
rich the faster. Tn" people OF th" h'""
states defeat this AZ every nation well may
when thus altackcd-whru lis NciH cAi>t"n'"
~ an independent industrial power i threat
cn"d. 1.-The Lcndon Times" and those whom
t represents VIII lea1n III III" end thai II :
no, easier TO Suhduc the nit.d states III l>?"
than il was in 1876.
Next comes The London Economist. which
ndcule> 1.-The Protrctioni>t nations Of Europe
I'm, tariff N Sl.,ll
unmeas,ircd terms as they have employed.
and adds
We are cven more a, a loss {, understand WHY Tn"
Times should speak Of it a. ali act Of studied hostility
to this country. The policy which the United States
are pursuing may te. AID ia onr opinion i. most M
taken policy. Iut the American people hay" Ie!h I"
regulate their fiscal affairs In whatever manl"r tlr'
think best. aud for 10 r-ci a, All Insult IL" "\"i
else Of that freedom becau>" Ga hes WIFE "if interest
il foolish and absurd ~nth d display VI Hlipi "'I'
only a,gmvate the evil.
That is the whole business IN nutshell
again: EngliShmcn "resc:lt As an insult IA"
exercise Of freedom by tbs country " brcd'I>'
il clashes with british Interests" and for II"
other reason Yet there were other foolish
British journals which pretended the same day
to bclicv" that the American bill would pr
mote British interests and even III" Ec"n"-
mist" itself laburcd through a column Ia prov"
that the new tariff would after all expand
British trade with other countries, while d" III
many cases the higher duties Will be neutral
zcd lv the ris. in American prices, 50 thai
the home and fcrcicn products Will compete
IN American markets on pretty much I'll" sam
relative terms rs al present.. The fcon"-
mist might have added that III very many
other cases the prices Of all goods now SOLD
largely here will be reduced in Great Britain. III
order to enable them to compete in this countr!
IN spite Of tn" new tariff. because tho BI1iI>h
producers have fer many years been taking "x
tOrtionate profits But there is lack OF hcartl-
ness about "'rhc Economists encouragement
and that paper concludes: "Ther Is, how
ever. no Disgusting the fact that the inevitable
result of the bill will be to restrict onr rad"
with the States" In that case, obviously.
American workers will get part OF the work ~
do which British workers have been dong.
As that is the precise object of the measure
American workers, at all events, are not likely
10 be turned against it BY exhibitions OF Brit
ish wrath Or British grief.