The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-27
CHRONICLES OF 1904.
BY JULIAN WERE.

Chapter XIL--High Free Trade and
Lou Protective Tdrft.
l. And it came TO pass during the
reign OF King Grover that Mills OF Texas
got up high, old tariff; yea, high and
O. For, behold, IL put duty, unneces-
sarliy high upon 90 per cent; ,5Iioa 9t all the
upon the poor mans sugar, because the
free traders always put burdens, heavy
and weary, upon the poor, vet touch them
not with one Of their fingers.
B. And because IL was free trade tar
i'll it was tax; for. behold, free trade
duty is always tax, because it protect
eth nobody In America; whereas protec-
tive tariff is "a protection and never a tax,
except for the first few months while we
are starting the manufacture Of the pro-
duct protected,
L. But forget not that free trade Gus
tom, or revenue tarif, Is always tax,
and nothing but a tax
B. Then arose William the Conqueror
who goes by the name Of Mckinley, say
ing, We can make a far lower and better
tariff. Instead Of putting duties upon 90
per cent. OF imported goods. we will put
duties on but 30 per cent: for the Mills
Bill is unnecessarily high.
o. Then sprung there up, like men at
the blast OF Khoderick Dhu, liars, pre-
varicators, falsIfiers and much other
people who knew not their right hand
from the left, saying:
q The Mckinley bill duties average GO
per cent. Moreover. this wbopper was
actually half believed by many people
who never stop to think. Nevertheless.
between all such lying statements and
the truth there is great gulf
s. Consider, ye simple folk, and be
wise like unto the protecctionist. III we
imported but 800, ,0O0, 600. sea ye not that
80 per cent would be s420 0O0, ,0009 Where
as the duties do NOT amount to even half
that sum.
O. Hear and be wise. The old tariff did
average 30 per cent. The Mills bill lowered
it per cent, making the duties 2S11 per
cent. But the Mckinley hill duties are
cent. lower than the Mills bill.
10. Therefore is all this talk about high
protection, as IL man should buy chalk,
saying; will eat it with my bread and
call it bread and cheese.
IL. Remember ye that the Mckinley
bill took away S57,0OO,0OO duties from
12. SO the free traders were filled with
wrath because the duties were lowered 80
per cent. by protection. and especially
did their anger wax hot when they
learned that the poor man would get
twenty pounds of sugar for dollar.
IL. Howbeit, q free trade tariff may
be. a tax Of 100 Der cent, yet remain an
out and out free trade tariff, while pro-
tective tariff may be only one-fifth as
much and yet be splendid protective
tariff.
IA. Know ye not. ye simple ones not
yet posted, that even free trade England
doth levy duties of over one hundred
millions; nevertheless, IL is free trade
tariff.
Is. Where have ye been all summer, e
Mugwumps, that ye cry out like unto la
natics about high protective tariffs? Lo,
the Mckinley bill lmposeth the lowest
tariff since 1850. For, behold, its beauty
is not in being high, but in its lovely and
beneficial protection of home industry.
Ii. Moreover, when We see in q So
called Republican paper anything about
high protective duties, know. that 1t Is
but the slip OF the pen or Mugwump Is
temporarily at the helm for revenue
only"
Ft fro BE Continued