The Columbus journal., 1892-10-19
Wall OF JOHN BULL.
AMERICAN PROTECTION DRlv-
ING HIM OUT OF BUSINESS.


The Recon Speech Of Lord Salisbury
Throws Light In Democratic Dark
ness-Blaine's Reciprocity tho Thing
The Party Of Progress vindicated.
Senator Mile and those other free
trade Democrats whose idea of reci-
procity is to throw open the markets
of the United States to the manufac-
tured products of Great Britain, and
who believe that the revenue system OF
that country ought to be adopted here,
should read and mediate on the re-
Of English workmen which were
printed recently. They show that
that distinguished leader of the Con-
sentative party appreciates the advan-
tages of the position occupied by the
United States far more clearly than
the sO-called statesmen who rule the
Democracy, and that he can see what
they cannot-tle merits Of Mr.. Blaine's
reciprocity policy. He perceives the
dangers to which England is exposed
by the prevailing system of war tar
IFS" and he is courageous enough to
express his sentiments clearly. though
he is well aware that they will bring
down on him the wrath of the free
traders. 1t would be well if all Ameri-
can party chiefs would state their be-
liefs as frankly.
Lord Salisbury says:
Despite the prophecies of the free
trade advocates foreign nations are
adopting protection. They are exclud-
ing us from their markets and are try
ing to kill our trade. And this state
of things appears to grow worse. We
live in an age of war tariffs. Another
important point is that while nations
are negotiating to obtain each others
commercial favor none is anxious about
the favor of Great Britain, because
Great Britain has stripped herself of
the armor and weapons with which the
battle is to be fought.
The attitude we have taken in re-
garding it rs disloyal to the glorious
and sacred doctrines of free trade to
levy duties on anybody for the sake of
anything we get thereby may be noble
but it is not bu~sinesslike. On these
terms You will not get anything. If
You intend to hold your own in this
conflict of tariffs you must be pre-
pared to refuse nations who injure You
access to your markets.
The Democratic free TRADERS are
anxious that this country should strip
which the battles of m are to
be fought. They propose that it
should let in free the manufactures of
France and Germany, for instance,
without cxacting concessions from
those countries for American products,
and leave the entire matter to the sell
tishness OF those foreign nations,
as England has done. The
Blaine-Harrison reciprocity policy
is the antipodcs of this. 1t
says to Germany: I'VE will deal lib
orally with your beet sugar if you will
deal fairly with our pork and grain"
Germany accedes to the proposition be-
cause it has to. A Republican admin
istration says to Latin-American coun-
tries: I'VE will let in your sugar and
coffee free if you will let in some of our
products free, lower the duty on others.
and give us special advantages which
other nations shall not share" Those
Latin-American States have done so,
and the English consular reports show
how English trade has been crippled
thereby.
The policy of the United States in
protecting it's own manufactures is. in
tenseIy distastcful to England. which
has found SD profitable a market in this
country, and the Englishmen would
like to hit back if they could. But
what can they do about it.? Lord Sal
isbury looks on the position of the
United States as invuinerable. He
says:
We complain most of the United
States, and it so happens that the
United States maintains and furnishes
us with articles which are essential to
our manufacturers. We cannot exclude
either without serious injury to our
selves. l am not prepared in order to
punish other countries to infiict dan
wounds on ourselves. We must
confine ourselves to those matters
wherein we will not suffer much
whether importation continues or di-
minishes.
England must have the provisions
and brea0stuffs of the United States to
feed her people and enable them to de-
vote themselves To manufacturing. She
must have cotton, or her mills would
close. During the last fiscal year she |
took four hundred and forty million
dollars worth of American products.
Cotton, meats and cereals amounted to
over three hundred and fifteen mill
ions. No other country could furnish
what England needed, and il was nee
essary to purchase from the United
States. England cannot retaliate. She
has stripped herself of her armor and
weapons. She is trying to carry on
a commercial war on Quakerish princi-
pies, and finds that other nations will
not follow her example. She has
left to trade with and is just
where Messrs. Mills and Cleveland
wish the United States to 10. If Eng
land could say to the United States: III
you will lower the duties on our iron
and steel products and textiles we will
let in your provisions and breadstuffs
free, removing the onerous duties we
impose upon them which keep
them out" the farmers of this country
demand a reduction of duties on
manufactured goods. But tits
not IN the power of England to make
such an offer. She can make faces,
and humble threats, like Giants Pope
and Pagan, but is impotent to do
any harm. The United States has a
cinch on her and will continue to have
il unless the free-trade Democrats get