New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-24

rai,ln. similar products. All that concerns us
ms, nov however. il the fact that Britain
winks at Protection in Canada and encourages
il by investing hor money, while she and her
Am rcan spokcsmcn declare that in the United
States it spells ruin with big Ii.
fIor Australaslan colonies are also Pr0tec-
Zionist. Their public debts amount to a
thousand million dollars, every penny of which
bas been advanced by British capitalists, who
have immense private investments besides.
New South Wales is supposed to have tariff
for revenue only. but according to the Colonial
Year Book. heavy duties are imposed on timber,
galvanized iron and manufactures, nails. iron
wire. paints ,alt and other articles produced
at home. South Australia adopted a Protective
Tariff in 1897. Western Australia and Tas-
mania have high tariffs designed to protect.
Victoria was the first Of this group Of colonies
TO resort to Protection and though the smallest
in surface extent OF any Of them, is apparently
the most ropuouS. AID certainly the most pros
porous. Cape Colony, in South Africa, recently
adoptcd stiff tariff, and a movement is on
foot 10 make it moro completely protective.
The venerable Earl Grey. in a work treat
ing Of the Mckinley act and Canada, belabors
those British Ministers who, by allowing the
Protective Tariffs Of the principal colonies tn
receive the royal assent have thereby east dis
&C dit III on British Free Trade and stgn-tl cned
q" the unfortunate belief created by the French
treaty Of 1860 that England had ceased to
have confidence in its policy Of 1876" But
no amount of yitupcration can blind outsiders
:, the plain conclusion that tho Ministers in
question could not have believed the grew
some stories of Free Traders about the effect
of Protection, especially in young countries.
The reference to the treaty Of 1860 suggests
another means Of testing the faith OF British
,tatcSmon in Free Trade doctrine. 1t was
laid down in 1916 that British duties, levied
fox revenue only. should be tho same on the
same articles wherever they might come from
and that the duties levied on British products
by ether nations should not be taken into
account because. no mater what Other nat. onS
might do. it was liran'S interest 10 en-
courage imports. SEce large imports would
give her people greater command Of the ncccs-
>arcs and comforts OF life, and also lead by
an memorable law to increased exports. This
is the sum and essence Of Free Trade. But
in the treaty Of 1860. negotiated by C0bdCn
these fine rules and maXimS were set aside
England reducing her duties upon certain
French products. not for the sake Of larger
imports, but in return for a reduction os French
duties upon certain British goods and. worse
still. virtually establishing "A dTcrcntial duty
against the wines Of spain and Portugal in
order 10 purchase the easier admission Of Brit
ish goods into France
British fr,c Trade is thus an elastic creed.
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where attended by disastrous consequences is
raised t. induce foreign nations like the United
states to throw open their homo markets 10
the British manufac tnrcr; but IN her own af
fairs and those Of her leading colonies Britain
countcnancoS Protection and pro;cctionist
methods without Scrupc. ~ Lord Grey i'm
plies. this is one reason why all her effort,
>!uce 1876 10 convert the world - FREQ Trade
have come 10 nothing. The world does not
hike hypocrisy.