New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-15
SIR LYON PLAYFAIR on THE TARIFF.
REPEATING THE TIMD-woRN PLEAS OF THE ENG
IISu EEEEIrRADERS.

REPEATING THE TlMIWORN fbi'hS cr
LIsH FEEEJrRADERs.
London Nov. 14.-In his speech 10 his constituents
at Lee;s last night upon ;he new United S'ates ia
legislation sir Lyon Playfar, after giving the 1''"
history OF The United states said that the promoters
of the Mckinley bill sought to prove that the measure
WAS needed i'm order to equalze the difference Det"een
the higher wages OF the United States ana 'he 'o"c
wages OF Europe but their argument would not oea'
| examination There is no intimate connection, he
said between the tariff and wages AS q WHOLE wages
in America had already been reduced under high
tariff and there To be no tendency TO raise 'he
Wages are highest in the unprotected industries anu
lowest in the protected ones.
Sir Lyon cited host OF statistics to show tbat the
consumer always paid the extra duties lie eh'ere"
upon long discussion Of the effects OF the tari' con
tending that they would be disastrous To American
agriculture The farmers would find that while the'r
foreign markets dwindling every necessity was III
creasnr In pce merely to enrich few manufacturers
He though that the trainers Of the bill might be ss-
pected of covert attack upon Canada iic declared
that Canada would be able to supply Great Brit"h
with all the food she now gets from the unneo S'a'o'
in less than twenty years The United states VIII nave
no surplus food to sed ii Is to tngands interest u
aid in developing Canadian husbandry.
The natural effect OF the Mckinley act, the speaker
maintained would bc to draw England and Canada
closer together If England bought frDm Canaca inc
latter would he compelled TO buy from England
II Canada would reconstruct her tarii on 'hc
princiLles OF revenue Europe and Asia would
contribute TO her future commercial prosperity.
She cculd become one of the greatest and mos'
| plUspcous countries in the world by malh.
tanning her political Independence. lie argued tat
inc protection of commerce naturally led 10 me re-
stricIOn immigration and would nave an auTcIec
effect upon an already unsatisfactory population Ihcl
how, he asked, increasing MANUFACTURES ~ po
| absorbed By Decreasing consumers! ,r
| Referring TO tho American Meat 1nspccton OH,
Sir LYON declared that the empowering Of the President
| by Congress TO boycott nations was "a DTuitin
fnlmcn unworthy Of great nation. Tie boycott han
never hitherto been recognized by international law
| Mckinley bill had the direction, but a deeper
| meaning. 1t safety valve 10 prevent the nEn
| pressure from blowing up protection lie pencEou
| that Mr. Blaine intended It rather a RECIPROCITY
clause than as a retaliation clause. III the Inited
States is TO continue rs nation of protection It's
evils may be lessened by the Bismarckian policy OF
| DO ut des. ., +. A., ,.,..a
Commenting the recent elections in the United Tea
States Sir LYON said that the Protectonsts were not
| dcstroycd but that they would fight in the htnrc
With their flags fIred lie declared that already tere
were signs in Germany Italy and elsewhere In Europe
of names OF distress In the protection camps IN con
cluson sir Lyon said he hoped though England mleht
| he injured for year two by the United states
toriN iccslation she would not dream OF repIisals
| Tile Tines this morning In a long editorial SAYS
that Sir LYON Payfars speech is the most complete
NJ The futilty and absurdy OF the Mckinley tariff
The oppOnents of high prote duties II says, could
hardly do better than 10 circulate his dispassioiatc
argument among the American electorate before the
nevt contest for the control of the executive power,
,rhich is almost certain to be fought this issue.