The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-03-24
PROTECTION GENERAL IN IT'S
EFFECTS.


Houses of Congress and only awaits
the signature of the President to be-
come law, the next measure to be
disposed of, and which is of great
moment not only to the people of the
United States, but the disposition of
which is being anxiously awaited by
vast armies of laborers in Great Brit
ain and other European countries.
It is interesting to note the jealousy
with which Representatives from the
various portions of the Union guard
the interests and industrial pursuits
of their respective constituencies.
Representatives who short time
since were vociferously advocating
free trade or tariff for revenue only
are now wildly clamoring for the pro-
lection of some industry upon the
preservation of which depends the
subsistence and happiness of those
whom these eccentric and absurdly
inconsistent demagogues represent.
It is noticeable and uncontroverti-
BILE fact that be he Republican, Dem
ocrat, Peoples party, Prohibition or
whatever his political proclivities may
have been, or whatever of reason or
inducement caused him to affiliate
with that particular organization the
representative either comes out fiat
footed and honestly advocates the
welfare of those whose interests he
pledged himself to support, or igno-
miniously betrays the confidence given
him by a confding pubfie7riinte> the
hands of INSCRIPTIONS and penuri-
Gus gold bugs. 1t is evident from
the give and take methods of
procedure employed by our legis-
lators in the arrangement of a
tariff, that il" it makes all the differ
ence in the world whose OK is gored. !"
The members from the south like
those from the north, east and west
have interests peculiar to that parti-
cular locality and must, or at least
ought to faithfully labor for the main
tainance and protection of those in
dustries which are of vital consequence
to the existance of their constituents,
as well as to their own political pro-
minence. The question is frequently
asked. How is it possible for "our"
section of country to profit by the
protection of those articles concern
ing which we are not producers but
consumers? How are we to derive a
benefit by paying tribute to the sup
port of an industry which is not adj
aptable to our locality?
No man can study the history of
the present tarff bill and follow the
discussion for and against it, and not
conclude that the doctrine of protec-
tion to home industries affects every
portion of our broad domain, stimu-
lates every branch of trade, creates
and renders profitable new enterprises
and is general and not particular in
its beneficial effects. The North,
South, East and West have industrial
pursuits peculiarly adapted to the
geographical position of each and
representatives from the various Sec
tions of the United States will not
eoncede point favorable to these
districts unless they receive valua-
BILE concession in return; and every
measure which, like the tariff, is gen.
eral in it's effects can become law
only by compromise and concession.
This principle of mutual concession
attaches to all commercial, industrial
and intellectual progress 1t re-
strains the encroachmpnts of the