The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-24
FOR FREE TRADERS.
Twonty.Sfx Questions PropOunded
Them by . Professionals.

Twonty.Six Questions Propounded "a
Them by . Protectionist.
American Economist
II protection makes millionaires, why have
nine in ten of the large fortunes in America
been amasssd in the so-called non-protected In
dustries?
II protection does not maintain American
wages, why are they about twice as high as in
any other country under the sum-
If protection IL an absufdity, how does 1t hap
pen that It has converted to its doctrines the
greatest Statesmen and countries in Europe and
the worldf
II free trade would benefit American agricult-
ure. why has II impoverished the farmers of
England. Ireland, India, and wherever it has
been triedf
II free trade would help this country gen.
orally, why did it plunge N into bankruptcy
and misery every single time It has been tried
here?
If protection Expresses the common people,
why was George Washington protsctionistf
II free trade eievates labor, why were the
Shareholders free trade1f
II reciprocity IL . humbug, why are free
traders 90 anxious to make the point that ''it ID
only another name for free trade, anyhow
II the adoption OF Cleveland's tariff policy IN
this country would not benefit England, why
are the English press and public 20 earnest in
their advocacy of his electionf
II
try to straddle the tariff issue, which he him.
self raised, in 1888 and again in 1927
II the Mckinley act raises prices OF manufac-
lures, why are they lower now than before it
became lawf
II it lowers wages. why are wages higher now
than before 1t passed.
II protection il unjust, why was Abraham
Lincoln protectionist7
II It Expresses farmers, why were they the
ones to vote its Inauguration. and why have
they more steadfastly than any other class Of
citizens voted to maintain IT.
II Q nation must buy In order to sell, why was
the balance Of trade in our favor more than
500, 000, 600 in the past YEAR,
II strikes are due to the tariff, why are there
two strikes in free trade England to every one
in the United States?
II protection 10 unconstitutional, why wera
the trainers OF tho constitution protectionists?
II free traders are really the friends of the
farmers, why did they abolish the duty on the
farmers woolf
If free raw materials would give us the
"market of the world" why are our imports of
cotton goods far in excess of our exports?
II the protected United States is not prosper
GUS. why are We the only nation in the wide
world that has no emigrants?
If the tariff 10 "tax' why can you buy num-
berless articles for less than the very duty which
il imposed on them?
II protection is opposed on the ground that
our industries are no longer "infants," why
doesn't the Cobdenite support the tin plate
duty7
If our higher wages are due to the greater
efficiency of American workingmen, why do
foreigners who come here receive two and three
times a. much as is paid for the same work in
their own countryf
II the house OF representatives was not Ia
boring in the interests Of the British Cordage
Trust, why did it pass the free binding Irvine
bill?
II . revenue tariff does not cause pauperism,
why were there more paupers in New York dur
ing the revenue tariff of '49 than evar before or
ever after?
If free trade Is patriotic. why do free Haders
always sheer at everything American?