The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-03-13

4 Necessary >ubst..~ss for boomea Ss"'
tection-
James q. Blaine keeps his ear close
70 the ground and Is man u great ~,
genuity. Il was habit which enabled
him "a discover In advance the doom o'
protection and quality that cmPo"'
cred him 10 face about without seem
INC 10 turn. lie has substituted reci-
rro,.;tv for protection with all the delft
ness Of conjurer TRANSFORMING copper
pennies into silver quarters What =
reciprocity? Free trade based upon
protection principles.
According 10 protectionists IT'S rreJ"'
dicial 10 the people Of nation 20 re-
ceiye more goods from the people Of any /
other nation than they send - those
people. or. in the languages q point
zeal economy. II exports and imports
between two nations do not Offset each
other the nation which imports more
han Il exports Is afflicted with IAN adj
,.rse balance 81 trade" This Is = kind
81 afiiiction which an individual miEn'
bear with considerable equanimity' ~.
protcctionists regard i As species o.
commercial tuberculosis when the IN
diyiduals Of country are concerned As
nm aggregation; and, notwithstanding
the fact that Ireland has long had
| ..balance Of trade in her favor couh.
| tries are supposed to he Impoverished
| by importing and enriched by export
! ing. Influenced by this middle age mo-
| ton. Mr.. Blaine proposes that we DC
! not allowed 10 order what we want from
another country unless the government
/ OF that country permits its people 700
der what they want from Us but wher-
ever this reciprocal arrangement can
be effected Mr. Blaine would proclaim
free trade. What II our workingmen
are thrown out Of employment by the
influx Of panper-made goods What II
the farmer is deprived Of his home mar
kct? What if our industries are pre-
vented by foreign competition from d.
yersifying? What if steel rails do rise
to one hundred and sixty dollars Q tor
and calico 10 thirty cents a yard? vha'
IL wire nails do once more rival golJ ~
price? Every objection 70 free trs't
disappears provided for~ooth. the frcs
trade Is reciprocal. AS II il would no
be reciprocal If protection were aboi
shed.
What virtue Is there in reciprocity
that does not attach in far greater per
lection TO free trade? How can II maxi
anv differsnce To the people OF TN
country whether their imports from
Brazil are offset by exports TO brazl
or by exports to countries with wnic
Brazil trades? If we import NOR
from Brazil than we export 70 tha
rounfry we pay the difference by mean
az drafts based on commodities shippe
elsewhere. From other countries "
import less than we export To then
and similarly they pay the dIfferenc
! in drafts. SO far as current trade
: concerned there is no such thing a.
continuous difference when all partis
10 the commercial relation arc consi'
cred. The people Of one nation may
indie bted to those of another but tMr
|. will he indebted TO that. and IN y
general settlement there is gener'
balance. 1t Is only when people IN 81
country pay debts TO those IN anothe
: or make loans to them, or make gli
4 10 foreign. friends, or remit rents
2 nonresident landlords, that the ev'
balance Of trade is disturbed Al
. then Il is not the country that expor
= the difference but the country that u
. ports the difference that Is enriched.
These principles understood y
q clear that free trade Is reciprocity y
il is natural reciprocity natural a.
= ing governed BY the natural inclinatio
r Of the people instead Of arbitrary ruiz
n And natural reciprocity does not lay
foundation for substituting steamsi
T. lines while that i precisely WI
r Blaine's reciprocity does. II Is Z
Il that makes il popular with protects
lists. who are socialists 10 the extent
1T wanting government 70 build ships =
II contribute to the expense Of sail
them. but indiv dualists when y con
" 10 ownership. management. ana 9
III tribution IF protits--Chicago Times