New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-10


resumine specie payments under the Resumption
Act of 1876 These disastrous results at each 'ine
the free-trade Democratic party has iegisiateu
in conformity TO its Free Trade principles MAKE
an accurate statement OF the principles OF the TWO
parties very important at this time. The assump-
lions of the free-trade Democrats versus the P'o-
lection Republicans follows;
Free Traders assert that the right or each GU
izen TO all the property he owns Is as aosoiu'e d"
though he were the only person IN the "oriu' anu
that Just laws can go no further in ahecths any
citizen than to protect bis property from inert OF
injury by any other citizen and that all taNatioh
Is necessary evil and legalized robbery lha'
trade is the first consideration in fiscal laws anu
that country grows rich as each OF us c''%ei,e
who possesses wealth is allowed 10 add TO ms
wealth without reference TO any other citizen VINO
has no wealth, or whether any othet CITIZEN 70
,dle or NOT: that whether any other citizen with
only labor to sell is left without work. or COM
pelled to work at wages so low as 10 enaDie MN
10 live only a simple animal life. Is no concern OF
the State and that the civilization and prosperity
of a country are Indicated p9 INC 'o'U'"e - ~
foreign trade. ,,
Protection asserts that country can grow rich
except by keeping all its citizens employed ana d.
good wages by such general RESTRICTION Ill n90a
laws as to how products shall be bought anu so'u
in other countries as TO keep all persons employer
at fair wages and TO give work first OF all 70 oul
own citizens. upon the theory that cNi'za"on 20
induced and measured by the number and quah'y
of the things our own people can do or make ana
that employment should be the first consideration
and trade secondary in making all laws
Free Trade asserts that each normal man III
aoch country should be protected In acting as an
isolated individual as far he chooses TO 10 SO
in all its affairs taxing no cognizance Oh any
other man in his own country, and that mus VIII
all men in their own countries be most fuiy en-
poyed. prosperous and happy ..,1.
Protection declares that men cannot risn'luiy
frOm
ICED society 1t recognizes the fact that all cVi,
led men normally exist and act IN groups, "a 20
tbat they do not divide each to seek IN distant sian,
places the employment best suited 10 nun, hinc
as large proportion Of the people nave hol,iiiIs
10 exchange for products but their labor, ana as
that exchange can only be mace III ', rencb its
highest Industrial. intellectual and moral develop
ment that does not look rst OF hy an 50 y esatng
as to diversity industries in all portions OF It's
Free trade declares that supply and demand .na "a
make the rate of wages OF all LABOR anu 'ie PRIV VI
Protection declares that the money wages OF easn
class Of aborers is fixed in every locanty py ne
aborers insist on having to consume in their daily
life and that the minimum Price eb OF al noi so n
normal condition IS fixed by the cost Of his living
the in sSS6 n and of hs "a and that
demand" only influence prices In norman cohul'ohS
Free trade asserts that all practicabIe galDx1d
labor in each country and locaIty VIII pe ~,
that locality at less cost than in other locality
which assumes that all men are equay Wen Nv
frugal and equally free 10 locate themselves ""e'e
they can be employed a at e ony co larger
smaller OF the normal available labor OF any local.
in any one occupation in any locality, even at the
occupation generally most pronao 10 ,sI o. Ioca
ties designed by nature for particular manu-
features and some countries or localities are parucu-
iarlv designed for agricultural products only. . ,
Protection asserts that. excepting IN n iHtFi
numTr of ata sS much better adapted
another. particularly in the temperate zone to any
nan "a may be- proaby pursued
and that the history OF every nation ana ocSy
is Incompatible with the highest social development
VI Free trade declares that to induce employment
instead of ideness OF any part or the cItiAehs OF
to give Employment to its citizens in preference to
giving tito citizens of another country at any cost
any portion Of its own citizens is an. intolerape
injustice to its own citizens and an economic loss
70 Protection Te asserts that to increase the number
0 0eopie should be- the primary object Of all isca,
Jaws and that such increased employment. so
hsP and % ory he Woe Country that
such laws only change the channels OF industry
class Of citizens or to any legality n;izsn as such laws
tfhe economics' Of the free trade leaders does
not regard the temperate inelligent, industrious.
and owners Of wealth. Their Economies was de-
vised TO increase wealth TO its owners and TO the
shose with nothing to sell but their labor and who
stn haze Sa s ses into IN Grsa to
ton itself is synopyme of protection. having is
sd to a P%rsa Co
and herdins. Each added pursuit INDUCES innnmer-
Up to the present time no country in the world S
history found It possible to make rapid progress
Of some kind. and no colony Of any country has
found 1t possible 20 diversity or increase its in
s employ excepting
country.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Rep.. Ohio also made a
speech ridiculing the present position Of the
Democratic party the Wilson bill. He re-
GREETED that his confidence in the Committee on
Ways and Means had been rudely shattered by
the Senate amendments. He challenged any
Democrat in the House to tell him upon what
principle these 400 amendments had been pre-
pared and made the test Of Democracy. Every
trust In the country. he said, had profted by
the proposed changes in the Tariff bill The
value Of the capital stocks OF these trusts had
been increased by millions, while the value OF
railroad shares of farm products and of wages
had decreased since the Wilson bill passed the
House. TIE effect Of all this, said Mr. Grosvenor
had a very direct and significant bearing upon
the question of where the money will come from
to meet the expenditures authorized by the
Naval Appropriation bill "In conclusion" he
said. II appeal to the Committee on Naval AZ
fairs to readjust its bill in accordance with the
suggestions have offered" Republican laugh
teri
In the course Of the debate Mr. Meiklejohn
(Rep., Neb) paid attention to the frauds recently
made public In the manufacture Of armor plates
for which the Carnegie Company was fined $145-
600. He said the Navy Department authorities
who made the Investigation. decided that the
contractors should be fined s2S4Ooo and that
$1,000 premiums paid the firm be recovered
From this decision Carnegie appealed to Presi-
dent Cleveland. said Mr. Meiklejohn who re-
duced the amount Of the fine to $145. 900 and re-
leased the company from all liability on ac-
count Of the premiums. He called attention to
what he characterized as the remarkable coin.
cidence that this action by President Cleveland
was followed by Carnegie's letter In support OF
<h. Wilson TIA riff hill Mr. Meikiaiohn Cove ~