The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-10-10

80 s0C asE~Soe ~ 4>u6 s0oOs
Evansville Courier.
Major Nick inley IN his opening speech
u Canton. Ohio. on Friday last, said
That the Tariff Bill which bears HE nsme
was passed In the interest OF America
and mot 10 please foreign nations. He
asked. why IL Il that England. France
snd Germany are hostile 10 this tariff ~
And he answered Il By saying that lit
was because IL would prevent those ma
tions from trading with the United
States-r II will not be denied that this
IL . remarkable statement for = public
man who has won = high reputation -
. Legislator TO make. There il no dis
pute anywhere between economic
writer's on this ,oins: The commerce
OfA nation j. the corner stone Of It's
prosperity. So well il this principle
understood that from The earliest time
70 the present civilized nations have
made every effort a. extend and enlarge
their commerce. TIE very Congress
that passed Hr. Mckinlry's bill which
prohibits foreign trade In many isnpor-
tant articles. aud which restricts foreign
trade ia practically al articles OF COM
merce. psssesl hill granting . subsidy
20 steamships with the view 20 extend
our foreign trade We pass one law TO
prohibit foreign trade aud another 10 in
vite Ii. both laws imposing heavy bur-
dens Of taxation upon The People. II j.
the universal practice OF merchants IL
the city OF Evansville, for instance. 10
extend their sales and reach out for the
custom Of people living la other cities
and States. Our jobbers are continually
seeking new trade territory. MANY Of
them sell goods to every State and Ter
Yitory IN tha south East and South
West. II they were TO follow Mr.. Me-
kinley's idea that commerce u y thing
10 be hedgcj in bv artificial barriers.
they would confDe their enterprise 10
the city Of Evansville. exclusively. But
THE IL not business. aud every man en-
gaged In business. whether he under
stands the Tariff or mot. understands
that bic profits will be largest when he
can buy in the cheapest markets wher-
ever be msy find them and sell to the
greatest nu mber Of customers. whether
they live IN Evansville or in Texas or
New Mexico
Bot Mr.. Mckinley IL mistaken when
he says that England denounces the Nc
kiuley bill IS Z blow to English CON-
nerce. We may safely take the state
Inents Of English statesmen on this
point a. more trustworthy evidence oi
the real feeling in England than Mr.. Nc.
kinley's statement. A. long ago AZ lS6l
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain said At . public
dinner In London:
For mvself. speaking only as an Eng.
lishman, look forward with anxiety
not unmixed with slarsn. to the time
when our merchants aud manu- facturers
will have TO face tho free and unre.
s'ricted corn petition Of the great Repub.
lie Of the West. and when the enterprise
ofits citizens and the unpsl alIeled re-
sources Of ifs soil will no longer be
shackelei and handicapped bv the arfi-
1icsl restrictions which have heretofore
impeded the full development Of its ex.
ternal commerce.
That the passage 81 the McKinl bill
has not changed Mr.. Cham berIain I
views, Tut has rather emphasixed them
will b. seen in the following extrac,
from an interview with him in New
York week before last A. 10 the effect d
the Mckinley bill on English commerce
AS ~ Englishuan, AN glad "a see
the United States adopt the Mckinley
or any other bill that will serve 10 main
tain the buIwark ~ protection that hs,
been erected around this country. The
high tariffs which the United States ha,
exsctei tor yesr- have served 20 increase
Engiaud's traie mud enrich her mer.
chants. Ihsve repeatedly said In public
nj home what l now say to you, ths
England would suffer great loss IL th(
protective system should be abolished Ia
the United States We have built 10 81
enormous trade with the countries D.
South America. with Australia, anC
other countries which we could not hold
II Free Trade were adopted here. Yot
have enormous resources In raw materi.
als. in workmanship aud IL machinery
against which England W ould cut sorr,
figure ii both countries were placed or
equal footing In the race for commercia
supremacy. will not say that England
would b. totally vanQuished. but sh,
would be greatly injured in the compe
titi0u- 10 few years the United State
would rule the commercial world be
yond the shadow OF doubt. Thns
people 10 England who have expresse,
themselves In opposition to the messur
evidently have not studied The question
o. they should They need 10 sxamin
Americas resources.
As an Engiishman, therefore. 1 hop
your policy Of protection will be kep
up indefinitely. The higher the tariff
the better will be satisfied, for cauno
Imagine . severer blow 20 nv countr
than the United States could deal BY d.
cIAring for free trade"
Similar sentiments have been e,
pressed BY Mr.. William Rathbone, meu
Der Of Parliament, Lord Brsssey, an e,
tensive traveller and closo observer OF II
dusfrial affairs. Mr.. Daniel Pidgeon,
inachinest and manufscturer, Mr.. Jam'
Thornly. agent cotton manufacturer
and others.