The true northerner., 1891-10-14
The "Thundercr" with Democracy.


The London Times again comes to the
aid of the Democratic party in Chic IN
an editorial article, considerably more
than o column long. The Times shows
truly touching anxiety for the welfare
OF the American consumer He and his
privations are frequently referred TO
with expressions OF deep, unsclish,
British regret for his subject.on to the
Mckinley law Indeed. the interest OF
the Times and the British manutactur'
ers in the American consumer has not
been e.ualed since AmericaNvas favor.
ite and profitable market for the con-
sumption OF British shells and ann uni
b tion, supplied TO Nor ,hern consumers
by way of Confederate cannon and rifles,
also imported from Great Britain. The
tenderness OF the English for foreign
consumers is prOverbial, whether the
artic e consumed is scaping knife or a
Whitworth gun
The Times consoles itself and the
British employers of labor that used To
supersede Amer can labor, but do3S so
no longer, with the reflection that
"lt is not very easy to determine how
far the decline of European exports in
the commodities affected has been COM
pensated 10 the American consumer by
the development of spending native
industries The general opinion OF En-
glish manufacturers appears to be, how
ever, that American capitalists viii not
readily undertake industries whose pros
perity must depend on the stability or a
tariff which has already lost some of IT'S
popularity with the United States
electorate, and that therefore the de-
cline OF the exports points TO Il rcduc-
i'm ha of too n m cd 10 =
affected"
Speaking Of the effect OF the McKin.
ley law upon British products, the Times
admits that ain woo en- goods the lower
qIalt ties have been greatly injured, but
the higher qualities seem still TO hold
their own. Sheffield goods appear 10
exhibit the same features, though the
total decrease Of export is very large
Manchester has not greatly suffered and
Leeds appears 10 have recovered its
American losses in other parts Of the
world. Bradford. on the other hand,
has suffered even more than was anticl-
pated. At Dundee a great change has
been wrought in the qua ity and sty g
of the goods sent 10 America, but the
manufacturers d. not seem TO antici.
pate much permanent loss from the
change
The Times adds that "if the support
ers OF the tariff arc satisfied with these
results, there is, perhaps not much more
to be sad. But il is not TO be expected
that European traders should be salts
fed wth them" Probably not; but then
the tariff was not framed to satisfy Eu-
rtpean traders The Times sayspover
again. like a man whistling TO kee his
courage up. that the stabil ty and per-
manence of the tariff are too uncertain
for American capitalists to risk money
in the establishment of new lndustr es
under its protection. The wish is father
TO the thought. and both thought and
wish are contradcted by facts. Not
American capitalists only. but prominent
foreign manufacturers also have begun
the establishment Of new industries since
the Mckinley measure became law;
and a great amount Of money is being
paid for labor done in America that was
formerly pa to the foreigner for goods
manufactured abroad.