St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-23


thirty years to enable our Republican
!friends to redeem that promise. APP
plauSe.I II it cannot be redeemed in
thirty years. is it not presumptive evi-
dence. at least. that it can never be re-
| deemed. [Applause.] And. my friends,
instead of the country becoming self
sustaining. instead of becoming inde-
pendent of all other countries, instead
of bringing the producer and the con-
sumer and setting them side by side and
our country being independent and cut
off from all other countries In the world,
our commerce with foreign countries
| continues to grow. while the infant in.
udstry continues to grow weaker. Ap-
/ plause]I 1t was contended in the beginning
| OF our government, by the old fathers who
adopted this policy in the infancy not
only of the government but the infancy
of manufactures, that while it was a
burden upon the taxpayers, yet it was
one necessary to be borne in the then
condition of the country. They claimed
it was policy infantile in its nature,
and temporary. They were in favor oil
adopting that burden in order that that
might hasten the adoption and the de-
velopment of policy that would give
us munitions of war, clothing and such
things as we would need in foreign
contest with one of the great
armed powers of Europe. 1t was
supposed, when this policy was adopted,
that In few years, with the encourages
ment of small amount of protection,
that American manufacturers would be
able to stand alone; hence, the leaders
OF the Republican party, up to fifteen
and twenty years ago. declared, in ac-
cordance with the old doctrines of the
fathers of protection, that they were in
favor of a
Protection That Lead to Free
Trade.
Mr.. Garfield so proclaimed. You may
take ali the illustrious chiefs Of the Re
publican party and you will find them
on record for moderate protection that
would enable the infant after awhile to
come to years of maturity and stand
alone against the world. [Applause]
But the Mckinley bill Is new de-
parture in this country. 1t propounds
new policy for the American people. 1t
declares that the doctrine of protection
is permanent in this country, and that
the highest rate of taxation is the,wisest
policy for the people to submit to.
What has protection done for our
manufacturers? Have the years that
we have given them protection enabled
them to stand alone? Have they grown
stronger and stronger with the encour-
agement we have given them, or weak
er and weaker? In the beginning of
the government the protective duty was
from to 10 per cent, imposed at
the suggestion of Alexander Ham
ilton, the father of protection. After
they had had that for number of years
they wanted Is and 20 and got it. Then
they wanted 25 and 80. 1t has gone on
up to hundred, in some cases to 300
per cent, and a few years ago bill
"! WAS reported to the house OF representa-
tiyes proposing duty on pearl buttons
of 400 per cent. Laughter and ap-
plause.] Well. my friends,
This Infant Gets Weaker
and weaker. We had better take the
bottle away from its mouth before it
kills it. Laughter and applause.
Protection, instead of aiding the infant
to stand alone, is ma ing him worse
and worse. 1t is like Col. Sellers eye
salve, If you remember the play, in the
"GildedAge." There was a very hope
fui, sanguine fellow who was ALWAYS
Just on the point of making $1,000, 900
He was always assuring his friends
that there were millions in every pro-
iect which he proposed; all, however,
had failed, until he fell upon eye salve,
and meeting his friend, he said: "Now
have got it, and | will tell you. Cy,
that there is millions in this thing"
"Bpt." he, ne says, "H9w are you going to
maks it?" "Wh..' he says, ''the ma
terlal costs me 81 a barrel; each barrel
makes 500 boXes.aild can sell each box
for 81; that is $500 of profit on 81 of in
your market for this enormous
amount OF eye salve?' ''Why," he
says. ''China, Asia-40O, 10000 of peo-
pie in Asia-each one has two eyes, both
Now he says. ICY. the best part Of ali
this thing Is that the more of my eye
Salve they take, the more they want.
Applause and langhter.] And that is
the way of tnis protective tariff; it is
more eye salve all the time. And the
people have, submitted to it up to this
good day, and n6W it is boldly pro-
claimed That this infant will die unless
we continue to impose an increased
heavy taxation to enable it to live in this
country. [Applause.]
Now, my friends. let US examine the |
arguments in favor of it little while. |
1t is contended that we must place |
duties on foreign goods coming to this
country SO high as to check their iu- |
portatiou-to prevent them frou com |
ing. What effect will that have Oh this |
c6nptry? What effect will that have on
the labor and the products of the labor
of this country? Every dollar Of prod |
uct that js checked, impeded and hin
dered from coming to this country |
checks dollars worth of the surplus |
product Of American labor from going
away from this country. [Applause.] !
Every trade requires at least two OF |
more persons to make it. No one man
can make
Trade with Himself