Telegram-herald., 1890-06-30
OFFICIAL PAPER or THE CITY,
BLAINE ALL RIGHT.

Inc receLb uttcEAAccs OF DtAiDc III
advocacy OF reciprocity with South
America and the amusing comments on
the same by Democratic journals, have
produced good effect. They have not
only called renewed attention 10 the
true principles upon whichAmerican the
protective policy Is based, but they have
also added luster 10 the craftsmanship
of Blaine. HIS policy has been sus-
tanned by some of the ablest Republican
papers IN the country as not only con-
sstent with the protective system, but
also advisable. A correspondent OF
the New York Tribune says:
American protectionists will do well
20 follow the leadership OF the states
man who defeated the Cleveland policy
by his timely message from Paris. He
ia protectIOnIst of the protectcnlsts,
but ne has mind above the saving OF
a penny on sugar and well-digsStcd
body of information about the resourc-
% OF South America that Is not con-
fined 10 familiarity with columns of
commercial statistics. He comprehends
the necessity OF opening forelgn mar
kets for the produce and manufacturers
of the United States, the productIveness
ofwhlch has been enormously increased
by thirty years of tariff legislation.
The time has come when these markets
must be opened, IN order not only TO
relieve the pressure of ver-productlon
but also TO Justify she theory aud prac-
tice Of protection. Henry Clay and HOr-
ace Greeley never advocated a high
tariff as an expedient for limit
ing American industries 10 the supply
of the home market, but rather as a
policy Of enlightened self-lnterest, by
which those industries would eventual
ly be developed so as 20 compete IN the
markets of the world. Secretary Blaine
Is following the best traditions of the
father of American Protection. His
continental policy Is a magnificent
scheme for enlarging the trade Of the
United States, restoring the American
commercial marine and furnishing for
eign markets for industrial energies
vastly N excess OF tue nations require
ments. With the expansion of trade
there viii be a marked developement
of American prestige and moral intiu-
ence exerted IN favor of arbitration as
a substitute for war and for the pro-
motion of the highest ends OF cIviliza-
ton N the Southern hemisphere"
The Irish World, one OF the strongest
advocates Of the protective system also
shows the consistency Of Blaine's posi-
ton, and even indentifes it with the
original purpose of the system. 1t
says.
Protection 20 American industry,
with cultivation of fraternity and com
merCe amongst the great family of
American republics, was 3 distinctive
American policy. It appealed to the
American instinct. 70 American patriot
isn and American common sense. It
vas In harmony witn toe Monroe Doc
trine. of which the Cleveland admins
tration had made such a humlating
farce. It offered without any sacrifice
the foreign markets for American pro-
ducts for which the tarif Teformers
were willing % sacrifice the wages and
comforts of our wage workers and re-
duce them TO the level of their Euro
pean competitors. To meant the open
Ing NJ - American manufacturers,
merchants, shippers and wOrkmen OF
boundless fields of profitable invest
msnt now largely appropriated by
competing foreign nations. It meant
the LAYING Of the foundation of 4
mighty confederation Of Ameri-
can nations TO enjoy IN
prosperity and peace the unmeasured
resources OF this continent, and against
which ali the combined armaments OF
the other hemisphere could not pre-
10 Il
the Chicago Convention. interpreted
aud vindicated by James g. Blaine.
and approved at the polls by the people.
This vas the policy for which Mr.
Blaine has been laboTing with Inde-
fahgabls zeal for 80 many years. It
was the soul and animstng impulse OF
that great diplomatic triumph. the
Pan American Conference. and TO be in
the end the recognized and permanent
policy OF the country q It's inevitable
destiny"
James g. Blame has not gone noon
ing iast yet, but he has turned the
pemocratc party into a congregation
Of hopeless iunatcs IA their attempts %
convict him Of inconsistency. They
never yet succeeding IN downing him.
EXCEPT vhen they stole h's votes-or
Buffers
4
Carr. GHEEN. Of the thrse-rlasted
schooner Abby n. Gbeen. has outstrip-
ped al his predecessors. He has not
oniy seen sea serpeuts but he has eaten
them. The eKistsnea Of those ns0u-
sssrs Il now proven hevcnd doubt and
au1uch uccted question settled.
CHrcAso e doubtless the secort city.
Here are consrssUlstCns.'