Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-18

vsse industries aad she establishments OF the
great principle that government has no right
to impose any taxes except for the support Of
the government The second was the ernanci-
patton OF American industries from those re-
straints which have heretofore excluded them
from the markets of the world. II 1 wers
standing before you apoicgiSt AID Ge-
fender OF the system OF protection. and Ssspe-
cially of Chinese protection IN my own country,
] should undoubtedly run counter TO your own
broad and Intelligent views OF what Is the
wise and just policy for every nation, for I
recognize that nations, like individuals. may
sometimes profit by those faults of 9TH
ers which their own. judgment and
broader knowledge have saved them from But.
standing here one identified with the great
movement for tariff reform in the United
States, am not altogether sure that can call
on you to rejoice over its accom- plishnens, ex-
cept as You approve OF sound principles more
than you follow selfish advantages fAp-
plause-l Undoubtedly our voluntary retire
ment from the high seas and the markets of
the world was to the advantage OF those who
were wise enough to pursue these ends, and
more than any other to the advantage OF the
people OF the United Kingdom Our protec-
ton was intended to keep YOU from coming In
to compete with US in the home markets. but
now we have been tearing down the fences that
shut ourselves out from competing with you
and other nations. Not only in cotton. wheat
and corn have we an increasing surplus that
must find itself consumers in other countries
but we have to-day in the United States man
uAdctUTlng capacity tnaS can IN SIX months
supply all the home demand.
Hitherto under the protective system o,Ir
manufacturers have been tempted and have
been Sole to form combinations, so to limit
their output. to maintain their prices, and to
look for their profits to monopoly rates and
closed market to all the factories of the
world. But we have seen with increased in
tereSt and satisfaction in our trade returns
that we are beginning to send out the produce
OF our manufactures, and, more instructive
still, are sending out first of all the products
OF those manufactures in which We are paying
the highest wages. II with the material
spoliation they suffered through the protec-
tive system may still invade foreign
markets. what may We not expect to do with
freedom from such spoliation? We have
learned the vital truth that high wages and
cheap production go hand in hand, and we have
no fears that there will be any lower
ing OF the standard of life among our
intelligent laborers. If, then, the reap
pearance OF America a carrier on the
high seas, an importer of manufactured prod
uctS to neutral markets, may seem to you at
first startling proposition it is but the inevf-
table and benefcent working out of those prin-
ciples which We have been seeking to put into
legislation in our country in the last ten years
The manufacturing supremacy of the world
must ultimately pass to that people and coun-
try which has the largest supply of the raw
materials and the cheapest access to them, and
| which brings 10 their development the highest
results of art. science and invention and the
most buSineSs-like methods for their diStribu-
ton We believe, for these reasons, that the
supremacy must some day other pass to the
United States but there is enough trade in the
dergoing development and transformation
| under the gigantic forces of our own day, and
whatever we may do will not in the long run, !
| presume, be your loss" Applause