Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-06
Tariff Reform" Which is Free
Trade.

Said Mr.. Henry Watterson Of Ken
lucky: "The Democratic party is a free
trade party or it IS nothing" The les
honest members of that perty have mad
and still make Strenuous efforts 10 hid
the truth from the people. With thel
free wool bill, and their free cotton Ii
and cotton bagging bill and such othe
iree-trade bills sent TO the Senate as the.
see fl to pass before the adjournment 0
Congress, they will fnd their task NOR
difficult in the approaching campaign
than ever before. Too many bold free
trade speeches by representative Demo
Gratis have been placed on record, to-
many bitter and unqualified denuncla
tions of protection in the abstract TO
successful deception.
One little occurrence we PARTICULAR!
wish to call to the attention OF readers o
the american Economist
On April II. Congressman Burrows o
Michigan called the attention Of tn,
House to the fact that Democratic Con
gressmen had been inserting as their re
marks on the free VOL bill, long extract,
from Henry Georges "Protection anC
Free-Trade." 1t further appeared thai
this was merely the carrying ont of a
scheme to give Mr. Georges work wide
circulation at public expense. A num-
Der of Democrats had divided tho book
between them, each taking complete a
number of chapters in consecutive order,
which were regularly inserted by them
in the Congressional Record.
ThEs the whole work was printed on
the installment plan, and, having appear
I'd in the Record, could be sent free, ac-
cording to law, through the mails. This
accomplished, all that remained to do
was FOR each member to order a large
number of copies of his own "speech, +"
and the party had between them an equal
number Of Henry Georges work complete.
We DO rot care at this time to COM
ment on the fagrant abuse of Congress
sional privilege in Tins utilizing the
United States Govern nent as a free-trade
campaign bureau, nor DO we care to
dwell upon any other of the dIsreputable
features OF the free-trade scheme. But
we do want to call the attention of
American voters every v here to the char
acter of the literature which these Dem
ocrats are sending ont in defense of their
misuamed tariff reform" movement.
Do you know who Henry George is 7
What kind of book his Protection and
Free-Trade" Is
Henry George believes that it is morally
wrong to own land, that 1t is no better
than robbery. What teacher and guide
for the farmers and the hundreds of thou
sands Of people whose savings of la
borions lifetime are invested in modest
homes. His book on the tariff does not
advocate tariff reform" However much
we may disagree with him, We must con-
Tess that be Is honest in bis convictions
too honest not to see aud to acknowledge
the duplicity of that bogus term. He
believes in free-trade--as he delights TO
put it himself--f-r ee-t-r-a- d-e-free-trade
That is, he would annihilate every custom
house tomorrow If he could. And such
is the doctrine the Democrats of the Fifty
second Congress circulate as tariff ere
form" Yet in few months their army
Of hired orators will be around abusing
every one who accuses them of leaning
toward free-trade, and again their uni
tuOuSduho vi Will bt
shouting in unison from one end Of the
country to the other, as they did IN 1888 !:
"Don't, don't, don't be afraid,
Tariff Reform is not Free-Trade"
One brief extract from Mr. Georges
book sums up his tariff creed. On page
50 he says: "Those protectionists (he
mentions Henry G.. Carey and Professors
4. p. Smith and X. +. Thompson) are
right who declare that protection Is the
only justification for tariff, aud the ai-
vocaies of tariff for revenue only have
no case" Aud It is that unequvocal pro-
nounciamento for absolute free trade In
the literal sense of the term, by man
who calls land ownership a sin. which
Democratic Congressman are scattering
broadcast among farmers In behalf Of
tariff reform" Gentlemen, you are work
ing ont the perpetuaton of the principles
Of the Mckinley tariff And we rejoice
IN the success OF your heme.-American
Economist.