Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01

ed themselves the question: IF England
can manufacture so wonderful through
| centuries of protection, why can not we
adopt the same system and attain the same
success? they went home resolved to do
so. They adopted protective tariff; then
! progressed ana soon invaded England with
their goods, wares, and merchandise.
1t was really veni, vidi, Wei resulting op-
posltely from what England expected
The fact was well stated by Mr. Cunhffe
Lister, a prominent English manufacturer
IN a speech to his countrymen Feb. s 1888,
when he told them. The exhibition of
1851 was no, brought about by free trade
1t was the result of inventions, of
mechanical skill, and industry and ent err
prise under protection. We were then far
ahead Of all nations Of the world Ii was
not free trade that placed US ahead of the
nations Of the world. II we had had free
trade We never should have attained that
position We held our positions rs a ma
tion of protectionsts We let foreigners
see what protection has done for us and
they copied US.
The contrasts in the underlying princi-
pies of our government aud the English
government has frequently been pointed
out. Ours is based upon and recognizes
the rights of humanity. England is
monarchy, claiming to govern by divine
right dec grattiG, and Is t0I the benefit of
royalty, aristocracy. and cottonocracy.
We claim that 'the brightest picture in
our history is the advancement of the
workinqmar into the front rank of dis
tinction and influence. Even John
Bright, who denounced American pro-
tectionists as "barbarians fit subject
for lunatic asylums, etc, said
America Is the home Of the workingnlan.
He has there advantages
which the people of this country England
have not yet gained, because we are siad-
ually making our way out Of the darkness
and tyraunies of past ages
We move on higher plane than any
other people. Humanity is our guide, not
royalty nor aristocracy. Protection in
this country benefits the farms, the fur
naces, and the factories, and those who
toll in them. The royal commission, in
its report on the depression and suffering
Of the working classes in England said it
was owing to tae importation OF foreign
made goods into the English markets
which appeared to grow at IA more rapid
rate than population, necessarllv throw
ing English labOrers out of employment
Those and the producers were the ones
who were suffering through England lad
hitting foreign fabrics free of duty.
Yet that same royal commission added
A MOST SIGNIFICANT FACT.
"Those. on other hand, who are in receipt
of fixed salaries, who draw their incomes
from fixed investments, have comparative
ly little to complain Of Those classes of
population who derive their income from
foreign investments or from property not
directly connected with foreign industries,
appear to have little ground of complaint.
On the contrary, they prohted by the re.
markabla low prices of many comm0d.
titles.
The royal commission of 1856 sustains
the claims of American protectionists, that
those with fixed incomes, money lenders,
etc. are the most benefited by free trade,
while those who produce, the iaborer
nottingham, are injured thereby Free
trade benefits the classes who produce
nothing, who contribute nothing, because
they create nothing, toward the wealth or
prosperity of the country Protection
benefits the artisan and toiler, the laborer
who is constantly contributing to the
wealth and prosperity of the nation. Free
trade is fast running England Protection
has made the United States the most pros
porous country in the worlC UNIVERSITY
boys" by study and reflection, will soon
comprehend why it is that the presidents
professors etc. in our colleges and uni
versities are nearly all free traders. He
will soon discover the foly Of that Utopian
idea so often taught in colleges, etc that
there is politicaI economy alike adapted
to all countries and governments as they
exist.
On that falacy the London Quarterly
Review says: IF all the countries of the
globe were actually, or were ready to be
come, constituent portions of one and the
same great family, the theory of free-trad-
ers might seem plausible But the plain
truth is that the whole analogy is forced
and unnatural By treating the human
race as one greet family we are not follow |
ing, but departing from the apparent de- |
sign of Providence, as indicated In the dis |
pensations that everywhere present the N |
selves to our observation. In these we
are totally unable to discern any trace of /
the ideal corporation" Again the writer |
says: "The Deity seems to have stamped /
on the features Of nature and humanity, |
shall remtin separate and distinct, each |
pursuing, uader the restraints only of moral
obligations and just laws, its own interests; !
and thus, in beautiful harmony with the
similar arrangements among individuals |
of the same nation, each, however uncon.
sciously, contributing 10 that general good |
of all the parts.
Genuine American patriotism consists |
in striving TO promote the general we'll /,
fart" of our people first, that that Is the
great underlying principle Of our govern.
ment, and the chief purpose for which ii |
was formed. 1t is not In the minds Of the
so.called philosophers professors, etc, |
that the truest patriotism Is found; but it
is in the hearts of the common people. the /
toilers, whether on the farm, in the mill, /
or in the factory Philosophers and pro- |
fessors are nearly always abstract, absiruse, |
rarely to be trusted in practical matters
those pertaining to everyday Great |
stat asInen have realized this stolen truth /
Bismarck wanted to save Prussia from /
the professors.
Napolean Bonaparte said ''If a nation |
was made Of adamaut the political econo- /
mists would grind it to powder Glad /