The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-13
THE PROTECTION ISSUE.

THE PROTECTION ISSUE.
TIE American people are prosperous
beyond al precedent, because for
thirty years homo manufactures have
ssceived adequate protection. Our in
dustries have been 30 diversified that a
large and steady demand for all the
products Of the farm. the mine, the
mill, the factory and the workshop
has been maintained. Washington.
Jefferson, Jackson. Clay. W. bster and
al the great Statesmen of the first fifty
years Of our government, believed in
the principle Of protection. To this re-
mark John e. Calhoun 10 the only ex-
oeption, and in the early part of his
career he was favorable to protection
policy, especially when . national debt
Vas to be paid OF.
Republicans, ~ party, did much to
maintain the true principle OF free
trade when they conquered the rebell-
ious States The victory Of the Union
arms made free tEadeiamonG the states
4 psrmanent blessing for all the people
Who live under our flag. Free trade
England never did this for any of her
colonies or dependencies. Free trade
goes everywhere our flag goes. Eng
land confers no such advantage to her
colonial subjects. Her Golden clubs
ask us to do for British manufact urers
what their government will not do for
them herself. More than this, the Re-
publican party offers reciprocity to all
neighboring peoples, on fair and equal
terms. This 10 10 far as We ought to
90. Commercial reciprocity implies
equality Of advantage. Protection is
needed and insisted upon only where
tho conditions of business are unequal.
That protection has made us pros
porous, no we'll informed man can
truthfully deny. The labor 10 tho
country, both In the towns and rural
districts wss never In such demand az
It IL today. Labor was never 50 we'll
paid, universally, ~ it is, today. L.
Dor gets cash-in par money-with no
oounterfeits OF discounts in currency
20 tho lsborer's loss. Manufacturers
give credit TO jobber, merchants and
middle men. but the working men get
cash and run no risks. The same is
true of farm products; farmers COM
mand cash for oil they have to sell.
They give no credit. Manufacturers,
merchants, dealers in grain, cattle, etc.
pay cash, give credit and run theil
risks. Sometimes they make a profit
often they lose their profit and their
capital too. In these days it IL capital
which runs tho risks, at least that sort
Of capital that invests in commojitiel
produced BY labor.
We have heard something Of discon-
tsot--and designing politicians ar<
doing ali they can to make fools be
lieyeS thsre b occasion for it. The,
posnt TO strikes % proof Of this preva
lent sense Of calamity. But strikes TO
higher wages or fewer hours of labor
only occur when demand for lsbo
exists. In nonprosperous times strike'
do no occur. The rawlings Of the anar
chist do not express the condition of tn
honest masses In this country.
We arc told by advocates OF some o
tho mushroom parties that there ar'
interests more important than that o
the tariff. We do not see the situation
In that light. That al classes Of 10
Dor should be employed st livinl
wages 10 most important factor /,
tho general welfare. Protection sc
cures this. It 10 doubtless importan
that sound currency be maintained
that vice--esp ecially the vice Of drunk
ensss should bo pTevented-.but tn
prime necessity IL that every ma,
should have . chance to earn his brea,
BY honest work. Poverty multiple
vices, makes drunkeness, creates crime
makes men reckless and violent. Civ
men work md crime is 1t its mi nj
mum. The5protestive system speak
for itself. Stand BY It at the polls IN
tho present prosperity will be mai1
tanned. 1900: 800 Is
Afidavits arc ont proving thai
during the war, Adlai Stevenson, th
Democratic candidate for Vice Pres
dent. was : member Of the copperhea
order Of tho. Knights Of the Code
Circle. No member Of such 3 treaso1
abls band aof ooDspirators should eve
{ receive snyodiee from loyal voters.