Telegram-herald., 1890-09-13
APLEA FOR PROTECTION.


rrot--ssss dazsa .as- -&s Il taev wcrs
evils l. bs Bas 4slls. % burdens . Be
Uareif a. -eoa a. passl1ls. Instead of ben-
eass - ee l1lsi1 -a.a-i 80 long A. aeces- .
s1ry. A proEecave -aTi- tiscrizninztes
fl favor q the Peopls Il tae eountry
where IL = framed wslle tart1 tcr reg- +
suus only dlscriH1lnates against then
and "a favor q foreigners. The latter >
a premium u dlscFi-ainAeicn IA tsscr %
foreign Iaanassctarsrs and foreagu pau
per wages, aad against cur oNn manu-
fartursrs and farmers aud better paid
Workmsn-
Protection 9oes not establish uonop-
Ay hut breaks down foreign monopoly
b. encouraging home composition We
ave aIreaiy made cur labor mere pro
ilcsive. elevated ils character and made
As workmAn's he larger and richsr
snan any other nation IA the world All
re people in Europe feel and know this
O. DC the faot. and what Is ths practical
result, The total immigration from
the United Kingdom rur 1857. accord
ilz 70 the Statistical Abstract" of the
United States. shows lel. ftS people
wh0 came here q DsrteT their condition.
The immigration from Gfsrmany was
lo6. so5; Austria. -. 4so. Hungary. "a, ,s55;
Sweden. +s.ess; Norway. ID. eos. Italy.
A. $50; Rosuis IN Europe. ~. ga; Poland.
et2s. France, 5, ,sS4; Switzerland. 5.el4;
Belgium. $50, Denmark, e,524. Total
Europe mot United Kingdoml. including
fnAny other countries whose imInigra-
tion We DO not here give, sle, ,Tc5.
Why 90 these people come heres Be-
cause they expect AEnshOration Of their
estate. Because they expect 70 b. and
know that they viii be, better fed, bet
ter clad. better sheltered, with more
books. newspapers and public libraries,
and better common schools for their
children. Our savings banks are princi-
pally patroni5ed by our working popula-
tiOn. What do they show? That In
1857 tho amount OF deposits IN the
savings banks Of the United States was
g. .235 .24T .s7l: that the number OF de-
posieors was S,4le,013, with an average
% each depositor Of se5l.
Now how about British Free-trade1
Il IL Free-trade7 For centuries England
was rizidly protective. Forty years ago
she adopted an Inconsistent and decep-
tive approach toward a theory which no
civilized nation ever carried out In prac-
tee, and she now says 70 America, Adopt
Frce-trads, as We have, 70 improve your
material prosperity" That prosperity
would result We don't doubt, but IL
would be British ard not American pros
psrity, ss they would get the monopoly
OF our markets and break down our
manufactures
In 1912 the noted tariff OF Sir Robert
Peel was enacted. How much Free trade
was there about it? Mr. Gladstone,
chancellor Of the English exchequer.
said oft. 1T was an attempt 70 make a
generl approach to the following rules:
FIRST. tho removal Of prohibitions;
second. the reduction Of duties on
manufactured articles and protective
duties generally 20 an average Of 20 per
cent. ad valOrem: third. on partially
manufactured articles 10 rates not ex-
ceeding 70 per cent; fourth, on raw
materials 70 rates not over , per cent"
Peel himself said: Il do not abolish
al protective duties. On the contrary,
tho amended tariff maintains many du-
t.es that are purely protective. as distin-
guished from revenue duties" The
tariffs Of tS45 and 1916 were similar in
their general t1aor, bet Of less cOnse-
qusnce. carefully protective when neces-
sary, reduced where no home interest
was hurt thereby. reduced indeed some
times 70 benefit home interests by giving
raw material cheaper 10 the manufact-
ursr.
They levy Ia IS on the goods Of other
countries. the to5GccO OF the United
States. etc. wa-n brought into their
ports, and then ask that those countries
shall levy no duaas on their goods. This
Is a beautiful FREE lom of commercial in
tercoursei There is today a decided re-
action against tha policy Of Free-trade IN
England. and Sir Edward Sullivan in hi
work Protection 20 Native Industry
severely crticises the pcssent state OF
Affairs in England. AMI says Of the Brit
ish workinEnea. 'tIhe value OF theiI
wages Is diminished by the amount Of
the customs dgty charged on tho neces
sary articles Of food they consume; and
the amount Of their wages Is reduced by
the free admission # foreign articles Of
manufacture 20 compete wita those they
produce. There ranu.,t exist
the least doubt that our marufacturng
position Is on the waa>." etc
With such testimony dire. from Eng
land We ara not very bright II we csuno
Sc that our American manu. usacturins
and agricultural industries are gasepara
blv bound up together. and that prosper
ems manufactures mean prosperous aETi
culture, and vice versa. that esCh con
sumes what the other produces. and tha
each "a the best customer 10 the other
Today the low price Il labor and th'
high price of living Il driving ne bes
workmen IN iron from England 20 com
pete with her In the labor markets Of thi
world OF course ne policy urged b.
American Free-traicrs has the fu.ll sym
pathy and support of British trsd.'rs an,
manufactures because it a for thei
benefits
Do Americans believe that the reason
f1r upheldins protective tariff f tn
great minds z eur countrT-W s<hin z
ton. Nsdiscn. jefferson. Webster. Clay
Dallas. Governors Cieorxs Chubon. Dan
tsl n Tonpkins. Dewitt Clinton an,
osh.,rs ~ Ike eu1inence-were selfsh
shallow. short sighted and absurd. OF a
they believe that they vere liberal. en
Hxhts1sd. philosophic and statesnsnlilST
and fcr tse highest ~ooa II chr country
We sra stiil a vcung countrv and lac
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