Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-07
MAKING FREE TRADE AN ISSUE.
Henry Georges Writings Going Out Apps.
rentiy With Democratic Indor-emeut.

Henry Georges Writings Going Out Anna
rentiy With Democratic Indor-ement.
There is no use, you can't keep a young man
down in this Congress- All the youths are
bound TO come TO the front and TO take hand
IN running things, and in running them in
their own fashion. The champion Of oratory
Is Bryan OF Nebraska; the chamuions Of the
antl-silver fight are Harter, Williams and Hoar
and now johnson OF Ohio is running the ma
tional campaign business for the democrats
independently OF the congressional campaign
committee, and is marking out plan Of battle
by which they will probably have 20
tight The printing OF Henry Georges
book, free Trade or Protection" in
the Congressional Record. which was
planned by johnson, involved something
more than the question OF infringing the priv
ileges OF the leave to print IN the Record Ii
involved making an absolute free trade docu-
ment the principal one of the campaign. Hun.
dreds OF thousands Of these volumes, compiled
from the Record and sent out under the con-
gresslonal frank are being distributed through.
out the country. The intention Is 10 circulate
not less than a million, and possibly twice that
number Will be sent out. The suggestion made
in Mr.. Johnson's circular letter that they
be distributed among protectionists, and Of
course the object Is TO excite as much
strife as possible and to make the issue
definite. A large number of members are
buying these documents in lots of ten. twenty,
fifty and a hundred thousand and sending
them to their constituents. IL is probable that
many of these men not conscious that they
are making the issue for the party when they
do this, and possibly some of them would not
like TO venture so far TO declare for absolute
free trade at this time, but that is about what
they are doing. The document is an argu-
ment for absolute free trade. and the object of
those who are promoting Its circulation as .
Campaign document ID to bring the democratic
party squarely out for free trade, as opposed to
mere tariff reduction. Each Of the million
documents will be handed around among q
great many readers In country community.
They will go into every corner of the country
under congressional frank as a democratic
document Not one man in 10000 will doubt
for q moment that they are sent out 20
an authorized exposition Of the issue
Of the campaign by the democratic
campaign committee. The man who believes
in free trade will insist upon his protectionist
neighbore reading the document. Tins will
excite the controversy and the party division in
each little community will be made upon that
issue. This is what Mr.. johnson is aiming at
and that he should succeed to q very great
extent is entirely logical and probable. The
democratic Campaign committee would find
much labor and no little embarrassment IN fol-
loving about behind this document with the
explanation that it does not exactly present the
issue Of the campaign they would have it, n
IL an official document of the House, IL has .
frank on il an it is sent out by great number
of democratic members, some Cf them very
old ones, who ought to know the party issuea