The Republican., 1891-07-17
Tariff k0rnalS.

No. /. Assuming that. Mr.. CIeve.
land and all other free.trade apostles
say, the duty on any foreign import
increases the price of tine Ameri, an
products OF like kind by that amount.
then the Mckinley Tariff duty of Is
cents bushel on corn outs over $780,
600. 900 into the pockets of American
farmers each year, upon the basis of
the product Of 1889. viz, 2.1I3, S92 900
bushels. BY similar computation
the duties on all products Of Agricul.
ture will put over $8O0. .OO0.0 annu.
ally into the pockets Of the American
farmers. II any Free Trailer objects
to this mode Of Stain. the results Of
his doctrine, will he be so kind as u
inform the American people just
where that doctrine begins and where
it ends. and why?
No. 2. Free Traders say that we
can't export unless We import. But
during the last ten years the value
Of our exports to free-trade Great
Britain have been 1873 per cent greater
than the value of our imports from
that country. and have yielded a bal.
ance of 81. 267. 200. 900 in our favor.
No. 3. They say protection de.
presses foreign commerce. Let Us
see about that. Under the most pro-
tective tariff which has eyer been
adopted by an enlightened nation
we increased our imports from $2s9. ).
OOO, 900 in 1861. to s7s9. 900, 900 in 1890.
aud our total foreign commerce from
$50S. .S64 900 in 1861 to 81 ,6i7 ,139, ,093
in 1850. The increase dnrins thirty
years of adequate protection Was
more than double the foreign com.
merce secured during 100 Years ofin.
adequate protection and free trade.
Please to observe. Mr.. Free Trader,
that there is wide distinction be-
tween protective tariff and pro.
hibitory-in practice it is much
wider than between free trade and a
prohibatory tariff.
No. 4. They say that protection is
detrimental to agriculture. Let Us
see about that. Our total cereal
product increased from 932, 900, ,O0O
bushels in 1862 to 3.2O9. .O0O. 900 BUSH
els in 1889. The value of our entire
agricultural product. other than cot
ton. in 1890 was three times Its value
in 1860. But our home markets de.
veloped by protection have enabled
us to take 10 this enormous increase,
SO that our exports of products Oi
agriculture. exclusive of cotton.
although amounting in value to
$379. 9.OOO. 900 in 1890. constituted only
about 6 per cent Of our total product.
In word the developed home mar.
ket, mainly the result Of protection,
took three times the agricultural
product of 1860. and the consumptive
demand in this country is growing
faster than production.
No. 5. Free Traders talk a great
deal about tariff reform. But the
Republican party has done a great
deal In the direction of tariff reform
Here is the record: The various
"war tariff acts" passed in order tC
save the life of the Nation and tO
preserve its credit. reduced the free
list to SIS. .l57 .6lS. or At per cent o,
total value of our imports in 1859
but the Republican party by its var.
iOus reform measures increases the
free list to $266. .1O2, ,779. or "a per cent
of the total value of imports in 1890
The Mckinley bill, the greatest re-
form measure of all, increased the
free list from 81 per cent to about sc
per cent of the total value of our im
ports. Our present tariff make.
cocoa. farins. sagO. lapiocO. coffee
and sugar free and gives every poor
man in the country q free breakfas
table. 1t gives the farmer free fertil'
izers. free animals for breeding pur.
poses. and free grass seeds. 1t giv Z
all the people free quinine and hun.
dreds of other articles the free i'm
portation Of which does not interfere
with the development of the Nation
al industry. .t.
What has the Free trade party Il