Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-11
paaI Animus Of he English Free
Traders Commented on by
the President.
p-o+action the Rule That Has Been
Adopted the World
Over
Pertinent Inquiry NJ ade by Maine
Congressman Several
Years Ago.

II WAS after the passas. Of the McKin-
lac bIl that the real anlnus Of the Eng
FL free traders was manifested, and IN
.o1,mpnting upon the English criticisms
President Harrison in his message said:
..Tbs criticisms of the bill that have
.or4a 10 us from foreign sources may well
he rejected for repugnancy. If these
srities really believe that the adoption by
gs Of free.trade policy or of tariff rates
having reference solely to revenue would
diminish the participation of their own
rountrles in tine commerce of the world,
tbair advocacy and promotion by speech
and other forms of organized effort of this
movement among our people is a rare ex-
bibltion of unsel6shness in trade. And on
Inc other hand, if they sincerely believe
tbat the adoption of the protective tariff
pojry by this country insures to their
proft and our hurt, il is notieably strange
FIAT they SHOULD lead the cutlery against
tbe authors of policy so helpful to their
countrymeu and crown with their favor
those who would snatch from them a sub
stantial share of trade with other lands
already inadequate t. their necessities.
Now. as to foreign markets. The diff
6cnties encountered In seeking admis
sion to foreign markets is not entirely
question of the amount OF protective
tariff imposed III the countries where the
pr0ducts are manufactured, rs it is the
amount of protection imposed upon for
sjgn.made goods by the country into
which admission is sought for the sale Of
those goods. Every civilized country in
tue world, excepting England, has enact
ed protective tariff for the protection of
their own labor or producers, and the eff
feats of those tariffs upon England Is set
forth by the highest authority in Eng
land. Lord Salisbury, her prime minister,
sand at Manchester, the birthplace of Eng
l.h free trade, April l6, 1884, "You
know the industry of this town is being
crmpad and fettered ana confused by the
growing wall of hostile tariffs. which
shuts YOU out from most of the civilized
markets of the world Hear, hear. and
cheers Tai to be proved that
most OF the advantage which we might
have offered 10 the ulaer nations of the
world in return for more favorable tariffs
have been thrown away for the want of
foresight of formere legislation.
At all events, you must consld I this:
That if you are being shut out by the
tariffs from the civilized markets of the
NtiIb lut ulltlN lllA " lldl hCbH tRAJ NC
coming more and more precious to you.
Three months later the prime minister said
toa large gathering Of laborers TO whom
be pictured the depressed condition of
English industries and the inability of
the working class to gain livelihood;
Look around. Where will you find men
who count upon d secure and certain flu
ture. Cheers Everywhere you will hear
otindustry langushing, of commerce I'M
able to find profitable employment, of the
hearts Of men of business failing them Tor
fear Of banks refusing to take money on
deposit because they do not know where
TO invest it-every sign of the presence
over the community Of great apprehension,
of a disappearance of that old security
CHEERS which made property In England
as solid as the rocks upon winch England
herself is founded Cheers. That time
has passed away; men will not invest as
they formerly would men are not en-
poyad as they formerly were; capitalists
do not gain profit; the working classes
are ceasing in many places 70 gain a
livelihood" A voice-"They are starv-
ing
Lord Salisbury told the workinymen in
the Town Hall in Birmingham: Free
trade does not gain g.ound among thJ ma
ton. Of the world; on the contrary it Is
what a gentleman behind me calls no
trade. AT all events, the matter
Is one That requires grave and careful in
vestigdtiOn to see whether no remedy, by
diplomacy or otherwise, can be applied to
state Of things which is acting with fatal
ELECT upon the commerce OF this coun-
try -
1T is a matter which seriously concerns
the life of trade. Ii seriously concerns,
therefore, the employment and wages OF
the working classes. On another oc-
oaslon the prime minister of England
says of free trade in e. gland: the re-
slt has been great misery and ruin.
No more pertinent inquiry was ever
male in congress than that of Hon. Seth
L NlIlken, of Maine, in the house OF
representatives., April 80, 1884;
Who is demanding a modification OF
Tho tariff in the direction Of free trade? Is
lt the mechanic. the manufacturer, the
miner or the farmer? No. Where are
fee petitions asking this legislation? Do
they aI,ear before this house from any
great industry in this country? No Who
g. pushing this measure2 The Golden
Club. the theorists in our colleges and those
democrats who inherit the doctrines which
were announced in the days when slavery,
"alch iespised American labor and free
American workingmen, desired through
tree trade to obtain cheap food and
clothing for the slaves. Does any one
a17w Of any workingman who belongs "a
t1a Golden cluby Does be know Of any
Frf.t teal American farmer OF mechanic OF
aalufacturer who has not larger British
t.an American interest that is a member
taat cIuuy How does it happen that
ma British institution is taking so much
interest in our affairs and is reaching it
aHEers over here so eagerly and industri
sy % manipulate on politics? Why il
distributing its free trade and tariff re-
FORM tracts all overour cOuntrv2 Why j,
s-y member Of congress del1ged with
.Ae4, is it a dl>interestcd spiritof benef
@aes which cauaas it to take so grea
-a- and proyid. the great amount d
money which an this costsg
PROTECTION AND EXPORT.