The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-06-15
Cobdenism Condemned.

The Right Hon. w. II, his Eminence Cardinal
Forster, Liberal NJ 7. Manning, Archbishop
for Bradford, died. OF Westminster, died
1885. 1892
When the founder of On December t. 1884,
the Imperial Federation Cardinal Manning said
league the late Mr. For 10 the honorable secre-
Ster came to discuss lary OF the United En-
the question of imperial pre Trade league:
federation with me IN the Gays OF Cob
eight years ago, | told uen was MS entnusl-
him that the most care astlc advocate and sup
ful consideration had porter L thought II
been able to give the England showed the
subject led to the conway OF free trade all
clusOn that the means the world would follow
drawing the colonies The success at lirStwas
and the mother country great, we mad the
more closely together genus, means ana raw
and binding them for all material to apply first
time would have to be of all, steam TO loco
found in fiscal arrange motion and machinery.
ments by which theIt won for us the sta
outlying portions OF the pies OF the world But
empire would betwenty years ago saw
treated by this great an United America, an
country on a different United Germany, an
footing from foreign United Italy, France
countries. His replylpacitic, Spain tranquil,
was: Austria Hungary con-
wei, an FREE solidated.. The aim of
| trader, out am not oevery nation became to
| fdndtical a free trader win back from England
that L should not be their lost staples. En-
perfectly willing toglish foremen and En-
adOpt such a policy ms gllSh machinery had
that for the great and been obtained. Year
important object ofafter year, as success
binding this great en- was achieved the de-
pire together" Sir termination became
Chas Upper. more fixed to exclude
Can any one doubt British manufacturers
that honest man as was by high duties. En-
Mr. Golden, could he gland cannot be alone
speak to-day, he too among the nations, can
would say, "My hopes not alone swim against
have not been realized the feeling of the de-
That which promised Imocracy OF every coun-
has not been fulfilled try to defend national
Englishmen must adopt Industry. | am hearth
the policy suiting thely with you in your eff
changed circumstanceslto forts TO unite the en-
Of the day" His atti- pire by commercial ad-
tude in negotiating the vantageS."
commercial treaty of
| 1850 with France is proof
of this. He practically
said: In reciprocity forl
advantages given you'll
| by England you FRENCH
men must place no
higher duty on English
goods than Is per cent
Now il ranges up to 400
per cent.
From the United Empire Trade Publications
"THE prohibitive duties we lay on all
articles of foreign manufacture which
prudence requires us to establish at
home, with the patriotic determine ton
of every good citizen to use no foreign
article which can be made within our
selves, without regard to difference in
price, secures us against a relapse into
foreign dependency. From letter of
Thomas jefferson to Jean Baptiste Say.
br Is under free trade that big profits
are made. The Brown Bayley's steel
works, an English concern, declared
dividend of % per cent. the other day.
How the American Cobdenite would
rave if it were paid by an Americas
manufacturing firm