The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25

reduces them. You pay your money and
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EFFECTS OF A HIGH TAHITI.
am willing to concede that the FIRST or i'm
late business; but this effect Is generally FOL
very su 10 ess incidenft 10 u stsvoritis@ shown:
then oyerproduction results; then a etagnation
OF business . ess, saisSes; and in IL end n ct there
and. bankruptcy to many industries. This is =
faithful, picture Of the evils Of prStection.
try fer over seventy ssS ntsi years. It 4 the natural
private AFFAIRS, 81, Il. Slandsrs incl;
! natural .Hl !.w. % ., s %s,ssiTp snd d % sSh.'G Stimuli nne
as unsstIsfaotory as the continued and inordi.
nate indulgence o.. Intoxicating liquors BY
men, The first effect is pleasant enough, but
that 10 liked to get drunk well enough. SIt ths
more stimulsnts 4 man Is Iacclstomsd to, the
more he needs. And so. In business. an indus.
try which has grown up under the fostering
w!thout.s disastrous and Illuminating collapse.
abuse, o.. ei0 It's taxing power attempt to build
up industries where private enterprise ana
private tsSritsl are net wiling to accept Ss tn, the
necessarily taxsi Tor half Of their lives. and
comoelled to pay extrayaeant prices for Ger.
them somewhat cheaper during the other half
OF their livos2 Why should the Government
IT the expense Of all the people offer special
ticular business In a field where men OF genius
and enterprise have OF their own accord re-
fused to enter2
PROTECTION NOT REQUIRED.
I do not believe that our Am erican manu-
features require the protection which the Re.
publican party seems to be so anxious to i9ist
w'sR t .ssm raw s'n mstsrisI |. . .s ,h w'f Bc nrsH!stsis
party proposes to do. We are already UNDER
selling foreiRn manufacturers n most or
can compete with them abroad. especially in
their own markets. there would seem to be no
order ord, retH 10 ensble tSnrne own Hat mna sHits to
compete with foreign ones at our very doors.
Neither is the pretence any longer available
cause Of the difference in wages paid In this
and foreign countries 1t is, true that wages
s cratic h,G party Her Which iean has asfG aiwa 1ao upheld rpe H9n tho
dignity Of labor and which is largely com;
posed OF workingmen. r~ejoices In the fact and
toleI III IollCS WiACh "oulp III " III
them. But II American workinGnien receive
higher wages. 1t Is also true that Shey perform
t sstt edu wstk fhs she sh taee " q dssper AND and more neS e in-
telligent interest in their labor. they owntheir
own houses: thev are entitled to tho elective
fled TO produce manufactures which can bring
better prices. and which are 50 excellent that
t nsss c with 1t The the s res, Of tIT The s1 wosiS' cent that
America needs is a free field and a fair fight in
the race Of life. and she will prove invincible
1t is u narrow and contracted view. how
ever. that socks to keen our country from con-
tact with the OF the World: The Ne.
everything We need, that foreign
and that our. American. farmers
should be content with home markets. ard
home prices. and that we can and should be
Sis s'iRh. hearers. but he only sshiRits his
Il comereh 81 h'''o or the and true his .our 1ess
Of genuine prosperity. We should not adopt
policy Of administration which excludes
the United States. and we should understand
that we do not monopolize all the wealth. the
pU1iey sscu ID ts be p distatad 81 Sy s an e wGFad; osi
self interest, which com prehends the wants.
needs. and capacities not only of ourselves but
OF the people
= WHO ARE THE DENEFIcIANEs?
It 10 the ~favorite claim Of our extreme pro-
are more or less. directly or indirectly, inter-
from a high protective tarir. and. that
only q comparatively small portion Of the
community really object to q continuance Of
the Government generously sees ut to in
'rease the wealth q a single manufacturerin
% receive some benefit from the prosperity
heir more favored neighbor. and that they
ought not to complain, OF tho discrimination
s 50 very remote. however. that they can
hardly be expected to appreciate II. especially
collected from them = portion Of the bounty
which it has bestowed upon their more fortu-
nate neighbor. 1t may be that q comparison
benefits received will show a bniance
the wrong side Of the account. and prove
:he system In the end to be a very expensive
it is probably true that il every business man
n . city was required to pay a tax OF 81 an
nanafacturer emrloying a conside sgtas NUM- rMlKs
]seneral prosperity Of tho city, provided 70
in advancing tho wages Of his
Torkmen or In expanding his business: but
would be Unsatisfactory. Kobbery
he whole people receive an equal share 9th
BOOTY. Every honest community should pro-
eSt against such an inlquitOuS system. and
he policy Of addition. division. and silence"
While 1t may DO acceptable to Republicans in
,ennsylvania. will not be adopted by honest
nen elsewhere.
The ott-repeated statement that in every
country the whole people receive
'ome share Of the benefits which are osten-
IDLY received by o few. has never been salts
%actorily established. and, Is impossible from
he nature OF things. Public taxation cannot
make o whole community rich. There must
be inequalities. Tho game OF poker
vas once recommended to gentleman a. a
in which everybody won something. He
.ried 1t. and no knows more than he did. He
ound that y anybody won anything. some
30 In governmental affairs. II few men &C.
lutre wealth without earning It, but through |
he favor Of a %paternal Government, It must
% at the expense Of the great body OF the tax
,ayepr sbd II d i Be- q So s%siiH r t principle that leGis,
hs greatest good for the greatest lumber
no protective system cannot have Legislative
'%anction. because the claim that the masses
re especially interested in its preservation
9 not supported by facts.
AS We glance over our great country how !
ew do We find of the protected Industries and
as compared with the Unprotected
mes. How few people. there arc. compared
With the great mass. who can say that they
re conscious that they ~receivs the least par
icls OF bono1t. directly or Indirectly. In their
occupations. from the system which
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