The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-03-10
PUG MATS AND FREE TRADE

DLUG MATS AND FREE TRADE.
The following paragraphs appeared
~ tie same Issue OF Jhe klnsiey
GRAPHIC, II rsd-lIOt Pop sheet, eiiited
by ii prominent attorney Of Edwards
county;
It IL estimated that more than hale Of tho
agod laborers OF England ure recipients OF
poor re Ief.
I The papers report more deaths from starvn-
tiun ia l.GFq5I tbs winter than mas been
known FOR years. At tue same time there is
q deoiiue oil popular demOustrlltIo.,s among
tEe un"inpl- ; e,l thvre. IN p..Or are being
starved intO pslieut sdoInisslO",
Come HOW, I3rOIisei French, why not
mention LIE Tact thai England - a Tree
trade cuuntFy, ar would JhLG be iJH
BFEqiBeHs ia favor Ut prOLrCJIOHI-
GreeHs5,trg hep4tbticu3I-BuIuIer.
We do not mention it for the reason
that there is just about us much ia
the argument that free trade CAUSES
| the misery existing IA England us there
is ia Bob IngsFsuIi's humorous argu-
ment that piag hats tre tie cause of
civilization. lie siGys: Wherever yQg
| and high state of civilization, There
you fnd tils plug hat, as ia the United
States and England. YhsTeYer civIH-
zatinn has not advanced fIE, AS ia
Spain und China, there you find tlle
low hat Therefore plug hats pro-
duced civilization.
If England were the only free trade
country III tne world; If, with this
single exception, euhditiQns surround
ing the I'tbUrers were exactly the same
as tlIuse existing everywhere else; ANA
England were still the only country in
which detected misery were on tlle
Increase; then the conditiua Of the
laborer there might be an argument
against free trade.
But the fHcts Bgs exactly tie reverse
of such aH assumption. In tile United
States she comditlons surrounding the
} !aborsr. uther than tl,use CONNECTED
with amy tariff policy, ire VASTLY nurs
favOrabIe than thas'' winch environ the
ls.bursr in England, aud are Obvious To
all well Informed persons.
III Germany, where The protective
tariff policy prevails, ,he conditions
produced by otlIer causes than the pro-
teetivs IariE ara very SIMILAR 10 thnse
ia England, aud the condition of the
labOrer thers is worse than ia England
The impoverished condition of the
lower Iabqring classes in Europe is
proGueed by n variety of causes that
have nO cOnne"tIuT with the tariff
policy. The principal one is the In;.in-
tenaHee of large stumbling armies and
an expensive aristocratic government.
so great ie tIle dHliI pG the resources
of the people that it has passed into ..
household say ing that every ltborer in
Europe carries an armed soldier u, his
shoulders.
Tile land in Europe is owned by 9.
comparatively few persons who exact
enormous TeHt from tile tillers of the
soil, which is consumed by the aristo-
cratic landlords in luxury and sujEnllur.
Another oause is the excessive Increase
in population. The population la
lcreHsea faster than capital accommodates
and the hand also being limited, il is
overcrOwsjed, and the means Of suIisist-
ence necessarily does net increase iu
/ The same RATIO IS the increase of popu-
lation. Many other oHnses, which DO
not exist In this country, ana have no
connection with u tariR policy, also
operate 10 produce the eousiitiun refer
req 70 in OUT previous srtiels. Enough
however has Dsen said ~ show that
we were guilty Of No serious omission
by not 'slIudiug u the f.get that Eng
laid il = fres trads country.
Such paragraphs as those quoted, we
give sl5apEy for tie purpose Of pointing
F5sit the fact thai ali over tlis ssorl
tile sisingar point IL being aRlsraaahsd
When n nstiOn's quiet is secured AZ
the price u tie hopsIessusss 0f iler de-
graded labOrsrs, ste is slafnbeFiiIg over
j s,nouidsrirlg volcano, whose fury,
syglls.s & does break forth. viii be some
thing terrible Real Statesmen lind
no m'gtssr for es1srgratulatisn Ia such
facts IS We quoted, but Will rather
sndeFat and aslsss lhey point OCT ~
them iiesr imperative tlEts ~ avert lie
Changer BY remedy ing the laws govern
mig Shs disLFIButlalt OF wealth, before
IL is everlaez tngiy too isle.
Faz whole question Of politics has
bssume E matter Of business purely. 1
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