Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-02-10
pnorEorloS FROM TWO POINTS

PROTECTION FROM TWO POINTS
The employing manufacturer looks
ri protection from an entirely differ
ent standpoint from that occupied by
his employees and She consumers OF
his wares, remarks the Provo Dispatch.
His business is 10 exclude competition.
He is for monopoly, but has il ever
been said that when he can fix his
own price on an article his workmen
get the differences in prices brought
about by this condition, in increased
wages, or does the consumer buy III a
lower priceY Not muchl Protection
was never designed 70 protect all the
parties in interest. II was projected
only to protect the owners--not the
wage workers or the consumers OF the
product. Suppose the manufacture OF
type setting machines Was protected
by a heavy tariff, say prohibitory
tariff, would that protect either the
man who did the labor ON them or the
telling printers who are displaced by
the machine. Which class are the
protectionists endeayoring to serve in
this enterprise7 A tariff on wool pro-
tects whomY The mills? No. The
operatives9 No. The consumersf
NJ yvlx- sbar9 Esrs..fx. fkn s.sal
growers who get a small price more
per pound. What relation do the
wool growers Of the nation boar to The
remainder Of the peoplef Is II not
about one to every $4,000? Does the
good old doctrine OF the greatest good
10 the greatest number demand that
we protect the grower and permit all
the other parties in interest to take
care OF themselves ii sugar produc-
ton Is 10 be protected or bonussed,
which il the same thing, how much
are the wheat growers, the orchard
men, the mechanics, the lawyers, the
uoCttiEt ia EhUtts tbt ENhCiaA phUhfsi
benefittedY Protection is a precious
boon TO monopoly but it Is rank death
TO the consumers, 10 those engaged In
other pursuits, to the taxpayers as
well. Protection isn't for the masses
IL is solely and only for the monopo-
lists. A protected or borussed indus
try is not independent 1t is depend
ent. II has no life in il which is OF
permanent value TO the general BUSH
ness OF the land. IL il simply a leach
upon the body polite, adding nothing
10 the taxable volumes, doing no good
save only to those who run il. The
South is now making iron and spin
ming cotton cheaper than they can
make or manufacture there products
anywhere else in the United States.
The Sontherners are much like other
people. III they can get an advantage
for their iron mills or cotton looms
from the government, they will do 50.
They loudly cry for protection. Our
proseotionists here point 10 this cry as
the voice OF the South. IL is only the
voice OF the mills, the monopolists, not
the voice OF the farmers, the miners
the mechanics the wage workers, ia
short. the people. The masses OF tbs
Southerners are as they have always
been, free traders. The voice of tile
one class calling for protection il mol
the voice of the people. The protec
ton of one class or one man il the
death OF the other class and other men
interested. Suppose silver was to-day
the money il was prior 10 1878, hos
much necessity would there be for
protection In the west7 Who would
care for iig We would dig and smell
our silver and go into the markets
where we could buy the cheapest that
which we need, or where we could sell
our silver bullion for the most money
That Is all there lie 10 IL. All this pro
lection or subsidy is false stimulation
unwholesome and deceptive in every
way. The country blacksmith goes
into a neighborhood where there i,
work 10 be dome. He does not go int
the wilderness and then wait for o.
seek to substitute people to settle round
him.