Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-05-21
PROTECTION VS.. FREE TRADE

Lord Salisbury, the able British pre-.
mier, who has been at the head of the
administration for some six years, in
the center of practical free trade, has
arrived at different conclusion from
that advocated by Grover Cleveland
and our theoretical statesmen in the
United States on that subject, In a
public address at Hastings on the 18th
instant, in speaking of the policy of
free trade, he said: England only
maintains the position which she occu-
pies by the vast industries existing
here, but danger is growing up" In
abiding to the policy of reciprocity, he
says: "Great Britain has stripped her
self of the armor and weapons with
which the battle is fought" and he
states: 81 am bound to say think the
free traders have gone too far"
The cablegram gives his language as
follows:
England only maintains the position
which she occupies by the vast industries
existing here, but danger is growing mp.
Foreign nations are adopting protection,
excluding us from markets and trying to
kill our trade. The important point is
that while the nations are negotiating to
obtain the reach Of others commercial
favors, none are anxious about the favor
of Great Britain, because Great Britain
has stripped herself of the armor and
weapons with which the battle is fought.
The attitude which we have taken in re-
garding it disloyal to the glorious and
sacred doctrines of free trade to levy
duties on anybody for the sake of any
thing we get thereby may be noble but
not businesslike. [Cheers.l If you intend
holding yonr own in this conflict Of tariffs
you must be prepared to refuse nations
who iniure you access to your markets.
We complain most Of the United States.
and it so happens that the United States
maintains and furnishes us with articles
that are essential TO the good of the peo-
pie, and with raw materials which are
essential to our manufacturers. We can
not exclude either without serious injury
to ourselves, but there is an enormous
mass of imports, such as wine, spirits,
silk, gloves and laces from countries be-
besides the United States, VIII Oh are
merely uxuries and of which diminished
consumption could be risked in order to
secure &C less to the markets of our neigh
bors. | expect to be communicated for
propounding such a doctrine. but / ain
bound to say think the free traders have
gone too tar
This distinguished statesman is COM
ing up to the standpoint Of Blaine and
the Republican party on this great
question of public policy. He comes
out and acknowledges that the free
traders have gone too farther policy
Is ruinOus IN its effects. He tells his
people if they intend holding their own
in this conflict Of tariffs they must be
prepared TO protect their own markets.
Here, however, our Democrats want to
open up the American market to every
competitor of our own people, from
near and far. Salisbury is hedging to
save what England built up largely
during the financial distress of the
United States, occasioned by the war
of the rebellion. The policy of the
Democratic party, however, is to plunge
not hedge-and carry out theory re-
CARELESS of the practical effects upon
labor, business and the welfare of
the nation.