The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-06-01

Protection breeds hate aud >.iGshn~ss-
Free Trade, Lose aud sympathy hat
tr.s Trad. Did TOR England Protection
ssidicnied.

of the Manhattan Single Tax club ~
N-v York on Jeffer>nn'S birthday was
that Of Mr.. John Crerar. queens coun-
Acllor, of Canada. Following j. part
OF his reply to the toast. Free Trade:
Free traders the world overare SYM
pathetically linked in the bonds If a
common creed and purpose. The
creed. fundamentally. is very simple:
ca That in every consttntionally gov
erned state if> citizens should under
the law, stand upon AN equal footing,
and ca that TAXATION. NO matter in
what questionable shape il may come.
l. AN evil which can only be- justified or
defended when levied 10 meet the lc-
ultimate cost Of government Men
who recognize the truth Of these two
postulates naturally drift in' one
economic common school. VIII, 4 the
spirit Of sclf->ceking. envy. hatred and
malice never enters The supreme
purpose of free traders j. to have their
principles Incorporated into the laws
OF all civilized countries. believing that
when that il done armies and navies
will dwindle To "A nucleus reserved as a
basis for drill; that the dynamite brand
OF socialism would disappear: that
peace on earth and good will amongst
men will begin To reign and that the
millennium may then be looked for at
any moment. Turning to- the anti
thetic school of protection. there is
difficulty in discovering common
creed or community of thought or pur-
pose. All protectionists would accept
tariff increase upon their own line Of
goods. even if in con>equenc nee a CORE
spending decrease was imposed upon
the goods of their protectionist bros hers
next door. Free traders wish their
principles incorporated in the laws "
all commercial nations, whereas pro-
tectionists would be glad 10 see the
principles of protection eliminated
from the national policy Of every coun-
try but their own.
'-proteciioni>t> who personally bene-
81 by high tariff. are ina certain sense
consistent Convince them that they
would make more money by the a bolt
tion Of import duties and they are
ready To become free traders forthwith.
Many of them do not hesitate To fan
their heated brows with contra band
handkcrchef~. or Ia pace the sidewalks
shod ia Struggled shoes. They are not
bigots when hcrcsy suits their pockets.
But there i another class. who have 10
personal gain involved. who advocate
protection.
For example. | recently me. a
learned divine III dinner and over the
walnut, and the wine our conversation
driftci to the question Of unrestricted
reciprocity between Canada and the
United states. He poured into my ear
paintive wall that under such pol
icy the surplus products Of American
manufacturers would be dumped into
Canada al sacrifice prices. and our con
sumer> would be tempted 10 buy at
such prices. being less than the cost of
production. | >ympathized with my
friend. and mntterei that such i'm
providence would surely prove fatal 10
orr home industries. that we might
suffer but survive a food of foreign
goods if compelled To buy them at 200
per cent. overcast. but purchases at
less than cost would assuredly bring
our country into bankruptcy. You
dcplore. said. "a food of goods man
ufactured i'm the south would it make
any difference 10 us If they came from
the north. the east or the west Of u.s.
Certainly not he replied. Then.
! whispered. how would it he If they
came from abover oh he answered.
that. you know. j. impossible By
no means. ! rejoined. for in the mat
ter of grain and poultry something Of
the kind did at one time happen. and
it might happen again. Now. sir. tell
me honestly what. in your Judgment
would be the consequence To our in
FAINT industries. If deluge from heav-
en- set in Of boots and shoes. household
furniture and rcady-madc clothinrr
well. he said. to stand by my own
hypothesis. must admit that il would
use them up and prove deplorablc oc-
currcncc.' Mr. Chairman. the learned
divine was a scholar. educated in our
colleges. and in his arts course politi-
cal economy taught by the classic mas
tiers was his text book. and when he
got his degrees, he would have avowcd
his belief in these teachers. but because
political economy had been fore>worn
nv his party. he was willing to deny
that Adam smith had ever lived.
MIR Chairman il has always been
mystery To me how the Young giant
republic came To pick up the cffete,
ca~t-of protcctiopi>t raimcnt Of the
mother country. and. after stitching
and patching il up. TO haunt it before
the world a. brand new. American
garment. About year ago CHANGED
to meet gentleman from New York
at banquet. who had been chosen to
reply To the toast of the American
Press. which he did with great abil-
ity. Previous Ia the toast we were
gathered and talked about the trade
question. He was "A believer IN
a reciprocity of tariffs between
commercial nations and argued that
free trade was impractica BILE unless
made universal. | ventured TO point
to the example of England. which
over forty years had survived under a
system Of lop-sided. jug-handled free
trade. and as "A result has become mis-
tress of the commercial seas and credit
or-general of Christendom. You for
get. he said. that England first of all
developed her industries for 100 years
under the fostering care Of protective
tariff. and IL was only after that policy
had enurcd in colossal riches and in
her the master workman and
workshop Of the world that she DELHI
.rat.ly aIapf.l nd "a nptv f,,lisv fro.