The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-03
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struction.
That is so absurd that its venom
ought to be impotent to poison the
public mind For it must be clear to
all who think, that however mistaken
it may be supposed any political party
is in its views, the purpose of each and
all parties must be the general well
fare and the promotion of the nation s
prosperity.
! That was a fair challenge the SEN
ator made to the advocates of high
protection, to show wherein the price
of labor, the wages of the worker, had
ever been enhanced by increased tariff
duties on foreign imports The theory
has been advanced that the chief OBJ
Ject in view in the raising of such
duties was the raising of wages, but
practice has utterly failed to prove the
truth of the proposition That wages
IN the United States are higher under
protection than they are in England
under what is called free trade. is true
But it has never been demonstrated
that protection was the cause of the
higher wages here, or that free
trade" was the cause of lower wages
there. And there are two facts against
the theory: One is that wages in En-
gland are very much higher now than
they were under protection when it
ruled over there. And the other is
that wages are much higher in free
trade England than in ''protectedp
Germany today.
On the wool question we believe the
Senator states the truth. During the
disturbance of the tariff question wool
has declined in price, although it cam
not be denied that the same high du-
ties prevail as ever, the Mckinley law
being still in force But when the
question is settled, and not till then.
and the effects of the new tariff law
have had time to be shown, we believe
the good that Voorhees, foreshadows
will be felt by the farmer and also by
the wool grower.
Cheaper and more genuine wooden
goods, resulting from free wool and a
reduction of the duty on wooden manu-
Ifactures, will prove a benefit to the
millions of consumers ana need not be
iof injury to the manufacturers. And
if the wool er,.o11,a,, 5oo. 80 ,,o..:.-
much for his product as under a high
tariff-something that has yet to be
determined-he will gain the benefits
of cheaper goods for his own use with
the rest of the consumers.
The tariff bill presented to the Sen
ate cannot be called free trade meas
ure. 1t is not that in any sense. 1t
is tariff for revenue bill. It is OBJ
ljectionable to many extreme Democrats
who think it contains too many of the
elements Of protection. But it is a
measure designed to meet the exigen.
cies of the existing situation No mat
ter how true may be the strongest OF
denominations against the protective
system, reforms can only be success.
fully and wisely inaugurated by de.
grees.
There is no design on the part of the
advocates of the Wilson bill to injure
ANY Industry in the land That none
of them may be placed in jeopardy
concessions have been made in the pro.
posed reductions of duty affecting
them. The present measure is expected
to be a settlement of the tariff cues.
ton for several years. We have every
confidence that it will prove for the
benefit of the manufacturers as vel
as the consumers. Cheapening of goods
will increase their consumption, stimu
late trade, provide an increase of labor
cause greater sales and general pros
perity, and so improve the condition
of affairs that return to the high
, tariff system will be undesirable BY
, any class in the country.
!, We may look for big fight in the
Senate. All the staple arguments an6
old fallacies of protection, brought for
ward years and years ago in England
and in continental Europe, will be re
peated and urged with the force OF
eloquence and the strength of convic
, ton. But the Wilson bill will be
) passed, it will be signed by the Presi
) dent, it will bring relief to the country
and the result will in time justify al
the good predictions that have beer
made as to its vast and widespread
benefits to the people of the United
States.
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