The times., 1894-05-11
PROTECTION EQUITY,
HOW A GREAT NATION GUARDS ITS
SUBJECTS INTERESTS.

Minister Foster. in addressing the
Canadian parliament, said "'rhe fact
that you have country which is not
in its present condition able to com
s pete with the general industries and
competitive powers of the world shows
+ lis necessary that your people shall have
advantage ground upon which they may
collect their forces, upon which they
may deploy their industrial activities,
upon which they may gain experience,
and in which they may get skill, and
the object of "a protective tariff in its in
Z itial stages is to give that advantage
ground.
The people Of Canada may well be
( proud Of her protective tariff and the
surc foundation upon which Mr.. Foster
is building.
Here is q confession that Canada is
not able to compete with other nations
under present onditions-namely, la
Dor conditions and transportation con-
ditions
The remedy for this unequal condi-
tion of trade is protection, whereby ad-
vantage ground is possessef; advantage
ground for o purpose; ground upon
which the trespassing competition must
not come unless he first pays sum
equal to the difference in cost Of pro-
duction, whereby his products cannot be
sold in competition at ruinous rates.
Upon this advantage ground Canada
proposes to deploy or extend her indus
trial enterprises, enlarging old factories
oft ff,,tr fO
make or manufacture everything posi-
bic, instead Of relying upon others who
in the time of her need may refuse to
sell
BY Industrial activity the people Of
Canada may diversity their occupations.
Experience in such occupations makes
of them masters of their trade, whereby
they must eventually possess all the
skill Of the most favored nation.
What do the people of the United
States believe concerning our national
duty? Do we need protection, or have
the conditions which formerly rendered
it necessary ceased to exist? Senator
Voorhees,, while addressing the United
States senate on the pending tariff bill
ON April 3, touching this question of
protection, said:
'"rhe natural selfishness of the hu
man heart, prone to avarice and greed
as sparks to fly upward, has been edu-
Gated, developed, fed, nourished, pam
pered here on American soil by the gov
ernment itself until it now stands not
only revealed but confessed Us a giant
robber, predatory monster, obstruct-
ing the highways of legislation and chal
lenging legislators themselves to stand
and deliver
Manufacturing interests which 100
years ago were indeed and in fact in
their infancy and We're nursed and fos.
tered while yet in the cradle of their
birth are now the colossal tasllmasters
of the whole people, commanding trib-
ute from every days labor beneath the
sun, haughtily striding the corridors of
this capitol and issuing their edicts i'll
the tones OF dictatols for or against the
enactment of pendins measures i'll the
halls of congress .
How strangely at variance arc the
Statements Of The minister of finance of
the Canadian government with the ut
tee ON finance Of the United States sen
ate!
Minister Foster in the Canadian par
lament speaks of protection as ''advan-
tage ground Chairman Voorhees, in
the United States senate describes pro-
lection Us "a revealed, confessed giant
4 robber, predatory monster.
Protection is described by Mr.. Foster
in the Canadian parliament as q field of
opportunity upon which they may col
lect their forces, upon which they may
\ deploy their industrial activities, but
by Mr. Voorhees, in tho United States
senate it is an opportunity for the greed
"of colossal taslmasters of the whole
people, commanding tribute from every
days labor beneath the SUM-
In the Canadian parliament Mr.. Fos-
+ ter declares that protection brings to q
nation experience and skill, by which
: its people may become equal competi-
tors with the people of other nations. III
the United States senate Mr.. Voorhees,
declares that the selfishness of the peo-
pie of the United States has been edu-
Gated, developed, fed, nourished, pam
pered by protection until they now stand
as self confessed robbers
BY such comparisons as the foregoing
citizens Of the United States must feel a
. sense of the humiliation aud disgrace
which appear from our public records
by the utterance of demagogues who
profess to represent the majority of our
people.
The majority of our people do be-
ieve with Mr. Foster Of Canada that we
own the advantage ground and are not
willing to surrender this acquisition
without availing ourselves of better OPP
portunities.
The advantages claimed for Canada as
set forth by Mr. Foster need no defense,
but in the United States the dominant
political party in control of both houses
of congress. following the lesi of the
chief executive have marked nrs a
course directly the opposite OF shAi rep
resented by Mr.. Foster for Canada
namely, the throwing open OF our mar
kets either TO absolute free trade or to
ruinous rates of competition.
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