The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-09-29
LORD sALIeeURv'e CONFESSION,



H says Free Trade ua. Nearly Ruined
England-"It May Hc Noble.
but 1t IS Not ,swainess.'
s Following are extracts from speech
delivered at the annual conference OF
The Home Counties Division of the Ma
tiona Union of Conservative Associa-
lions held at Hastings, England, on
Wednesday, May 18th. 1s92. by the
MAnorIs OF SALISBURY. Prime Minister
Of England. The language quoted is an
Uact reprint of q verbatim report of his
q ech rs it appeared i'll the weeAly
edition of the London Times, of Friday,
May Goth, 1892. Lord SALISBURY spoke
as follows:
industry is Paraiyzed.'
ave can not look abroad into the terri.
tories occupied by the great Industries Of
chs country without u feeling of sorrow
end misgiving. 1t is painful to think that
the mon who siionld i'c working with the
dapitalists-who should enable thom TO
work in order not only to promote their
own well-being and the industry of the
class that depend upon them, but the
prosperity of this mighty Empire--are SO
divided that industry fs paralyzed and
misery stalks abroad. deeply wish that
some means of appeasing this war could be
found. earnestly desire that such state
Of labor could be established as would give
to the laborer sufficient for his maintenance
and comfort (cheers), and sufficient time
for the cultivation Of his moral aud intel.
lectual being (cheers).
''But 1t is Not Husiness." .r
Every nation is trying how it can get the
greatest possible protection for its own in
dustraes, and, at the same time, the great
est possible access to the markets of its
neighbors. / want to point out to you that
what observe is that while A is very
anxious to get q favor Of B. and B is anx-
ious to get a favor of G, nobody cares
two straws about getting the commercial
favor of Great Britain. What is the reason
Of that? 1t is that in this great battle
Great Britain has stripped herself of the
weapons by which the battle has to he
fought. The weapon with which they all
fight is admission to their own markets.
that is to say, A says to B,'K you will
make your duties such that can sell In
your market, will make my duties such
that you can sell in my market" But we
begin by saying, 1--WE will levy no duties
On anybody" and we declare that it would
be contrary and disloyal to the glorious
and sacred doctrine of free trade to levy
any duty on anybody for the sake of what
we can get by it (cheers). It may be noble,
but u is not business Cloud cheersl
1.-THE Dictates Of Common sense.~
U may aspire to fll the office of
euunsellor to the public mind, should ask
tou to form your own opinions without
r8erence to traditions o. denunoiations-
not to care two straws whether you are
orthodox or not-bus 10 form your opinions
asDyding to the dictates Of common sense.
1v0s1d impress upon you that If you in.
Send. In this conflict of commercial treaties,
10 hold your own, you must be prepared II
need be, to inflict upon the nations which |
ln3QSs you the penalty which is in your
hands, that Of refusing them access to your |
markets Cloud and prolonged cheers, and a |
vd0, Common sense at-lastw There ie |
. rHproach in that interruption, but have |
never said anything else Qaughterl But |
them is great difficulty.
sThis is Very Heterodoa Doctrine.
The power we have most reason to COM |
plain Of b the United States, and what we |
Want the United States to furnish US with |
motly are articles Of food essential to the |
eDading Of the people, and raw materials
0ecsesary to our manufactures, and we
oku not exclude one OF the other without |
oagApus injury to ourselves. Now, am
no4 fn the least prepared, for the sake Of
wounding other nations, to inf1ict any dan
eerous or serious wound upon ourselves
You can not raise the price of food or raw
material, but there is an enormous mass Of
other articles of importations from other
countries, besides the United States, which
ere mere matters Of luxurious consump-
3np (cheers); and II It Is q question Of
Wine or silk, or spirits, Or gloves, or lace,
Or anything Of that kind. should not in
kho Ian ahrink frovva 81 ho ,,,, |
sumption and interfering with the comfort
6 the excellent people who consume these
axtarles Of luxury, for the purpose of main.
taining our rights in this commercial war,
and af insisting on our rights Of access to
ehe markets of our neighborA (CheerA)
4his tS very hetsrodox doctrine. I know,
and ] should be excomwpnicated for rnain-
taia:ag it." Gaughterl n- -<Iss
+ 61ch testimony from he head
q the English Government, ct tho
TINA quoted approvingly by the leading
9g1n Of the Government, may well be
needed by the few Americans who are
foolish enough TO urge change in the
6scal policy Of the United States. It is
. 66e, frank, and honest confession of
Ne shs0lute failure OF free trade by
The one great government, land In the
on. great country In which 1t could be
sucressfully adopted, If anywhere,)
which has ever seriously attempted to
anf0fce, and fasten II upon the CONNER
0laf nations Of the world. Il IL is q
eailurs In England, as Lord SALISBURY
daciares it is, how much more would it
b In the United Statesa II Industry
b paralyzed and misery stalks abroad"
there. where labor Is not half as well
paid g in this country. how much more
would such a radical departure, OF revo-
lutioo, prove an ignominious and costly
blunder on this side Of the Atlantic2
Yet free trade Is what GRovBR CLRvE-
LAND advocates, what he proposes to in
ougurate if again elected President, and
b the direct issue between the parties