New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-23

!, turtles OF q protection more striHseh' anu '""
ough than has ever been proposed IN the Onited
| States 1t was not until Britain had attained
| such supremacy in manufactures that 1t conld
defy competition, not until Free Trade had
como IN mean no surrender by Great Britain,
but q surrender of defenccs by other countries,
that il was attempted by that nation. Nor Is
it true as events prove, that the results nave
been beneficial Underneath the commercial
magnfcence and the manufacturing triumph
there have been great trial ana suIeiihg lor
the white slaves of Free Trade.
All reasoning addressed TO the Anglomalilacs
fell upon deaf cars but the confession OF the
British Prime Minister will not. This startles
the theorists from their del,Isive dreams. Brit
ain acknowledges that Protection IN o'her cOuh-
tries is killing British trade, driving man'liac-
urers to other lands deprivlng British work
ingmen of employment and wages. Inc pas
sionately earnest appeals of Populations IRON
labor organizations and commercial bodies 10
which Lord Salisbury responded through his
Hastings speech, have for years been INFORM
ing the world that English trade was suffer-
ing. Belgian competition. German compe'itioh'
French competition. and most OF all. American
competition, have been cutting oil the markers
upon which English manufacturers had relied
and every year narrowing the channels through
which British products were conveyed TO Tor
eipn consumers The recent rcvisions Of tariff
in this country and France have powerfully
intensified destructive influence which British
trade and industry have felt for yeas. Now
great establishments which have been the PRIDE
of the nation, and have contributed much to
its prosperity, are closed and silent, or are on
shipboard taking flight to America. When the
Boards of Trade and the labor organizations OF
Great Britain demand the attention Of the
Government to these facts. Lord Salisbury
nubliclv admits that Free Trade may he noble
but is not busncsskc. On these terms you
will and do get nothing. If You intend to hold
your own in this conflict OF tariffs, you must
be prepared TO refuse nations who lnltre yen
access to your markets"
4 revolution Of national policy does not come
ouickly in a conservative and slowmoving
country like Grca; Britain. 1t will take years
for either Of the great political paitieS 70 be-
come convinced of the necessity Of acting upon
Lord Salsburys suggestion. Years more must
pass, perhaps. before party ready thus to act
can secure sufficient power. During all these
years British industry and trade will be falling
behind in the race crippled by the false theory
which forbds the nation 10 defend the pros
perity Of its people. Germany has been pro-
crossing in manufactures far more rapidly than
Great Britain. Belgium has been stealing
away customer, who formerly enriched British
iron masters. The United states, advancing
nore rapidly and powerfully than any other
nation. is swiftly approaching complete indus
trial independence. which for this Nation also
means supremacy in manufactures and in the
worlds exchanges. II Free Traders obstinate
" give the advantage to this Nation for iew
wears more it will be too late for Great Britain
ever 10 ovcrtake the child across the seas whose
wise Protection has taught all the world
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