The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-20
The "IIards.oG" Policy.

The "IInnds.On" Policy.
Hon. VIM. L. Wilson was one OF the
speakers ut the banquet OF tho New
York Chamber OF Commerce, In the
course OF his remarks Mr.. Wilson said:
We nrc giving to, tho development Of this greN,
country all thai knowledge and science and SKIN
and Invention which tho world has accumula'
ted in the past can apply, What have people
like this to n'k OF this government, especially of
tho lAw.innklng powctf Chiefly, from the bust,
ness point OF view, "hnndS OH" Chiefly that
tho government shall not interfere, but shall
leave tho people 10 work out their own material
welfare.
''liands.oT" is Mr.. Wilson's Ameri-
can rendition of French phrase much
usodb British Observation-Disclosures,
the lct.alonc, go.as.you.please, or, go-as.
you.can, policy. Government is to have
absolutely nothing 10 do with business
outside OF its own purely official affairs
relating TO administration. 1t may
build and maintain n navy, may sup
port m army, issue money and fight TO
its hearts content. 1t must havo moth
ing to do with the fostering OF any in
dustry.
II n law would call into life an indus
try that would employa million OF pco-
pie and rcsultin chcapcnins the produc.
OF that industry, that law must not be
passed, for il would be an interference
with business-the business OF foreign
crs and their agents, it is true, but still
an interference and SO prohibited by the
lct-alone doctrine.
The government must keep "hands-
of" and leave the people to work out
theirown materialwclfarc." There must
be no encouragement OF wool.growing,
sugar-raising, glass, pottery, iron or
stecl-making or the making OF any other
thing. We are too great and too proud
people to allow laws to stand between
us and absolute foreign mastery OF our
markets.
We may permit our political indie.
pendence TO be guaranteed by all the
power the government has, but not our
industrial independence. Ii another
country, Great Britain Tor example, has
by centuries OF this same governmental
interference acquired great skill in
manufacturing and accumulated vast
capital, by her diplomacy, her steam
ship subsidies and her guns made for
eisn markets for her manufactures,
there must be no interference By our
government for our protection, because
such interference would fly in the lace
OF theory very beautifully elaborated
in the British free trade text books and
approved by Great Britain alone OF all
the nations and all the colonies.
There are individuals outside oiGreat
Britain who endorse and advocate the
British view, and Mr.. Wilson is one OF
them. His opinion is entitled TO re-
spect rs that OF IN homes: man who has
Encourage to state frankly what he de-
sires and would have ii he had the
power. The utterance has more than
personal weight, great as that is.
Mr.. Wilson is as July endorsed bv
the Democratic party as the British
free trade doctrine is endorsed by Mr..
Wilson. He is one OF the most promi-
nent OF Democratic speakers, as he
deserves TO be. When q speaker is
wanted TO captivate with his eloquence
and give out the pure milk OF the Demo-
cratic word, Mr.. Wilson has the honor
Q; being named first.
So that when we hear from our dis
tinguished fellow citizen from Jefferson,
county we get the unadultera,cd Demo
cratic doctrine OF the day from the
highest authority in the propaganda.