New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-13
TILE Sr4TE OE RESINESS.

II IS too much to expect that those VINO care
more for their private opinion or for their proh'
in importng than for the COOL OF the country
and the happiness Of fcllow-beings VIII be lea,
cvcp bv thc events Of the last three years, 10
rive ND their worship Of Free-Trade theories.
Hut there are millions in this country who have
only accepted such theories because they were
Taught bv respected college professors or by
favortc political leaders. and these millions are
learning fast from experience. II Is 10 theih
that the story of enlarged importations ana re-
dnccd wages AMI manufacturing products comes
with convincing power That Free Traders feel
This is confessed by their eager citation or every
advance of wages at single establishment. ana
every resumption or increase of work, rs II 10y
,sol,tel instances they could disprovc the per
s,p,l experience of the working millions Let it
H.. distinctlv understood once for all. that these
f,c,, ro neither denied nor overlooked nor depre
cot.J bv any sensible American. They only
rrovr that the tariff If 1894. which was as dis
gracefully defective rs II Was UNANIMOUSLY dishoh-
ost according to the President and other Demo
cratic leaders. fails to accomplish as much aS lis
advocates expected.
The avowcd purpose was 10 stop the defence
and support Of home industries by duties on I'M
ports If M any point the duties are left so high
that they afford full protection TO the home III
,lustry against foreign competition. IN" Demo
cratic Congress al that point was false To Demo
cratic principles and corruply favored moAopo-
lies The country has 10 learn by costly and
somewhat prolonged experience how far ana III
what cases this is tho fact: and If II should 'urh
ont that the duties remaining ar" AZ every point
high enough 10 protect home Industries ana
enable -hem Ia bear foreign competition without
reducing wages the result would only prov" mat
the dutir, are not what the people were prom
lscd I'm, are base hctrayalS Of Democratic prin-
ciplcs and pledges. corrupty granted Ia monopo-
lies in return for shares in the profits OF sugar
and whiskcv speculation But everybody Is
learning that this is not the truth, ~ respects
many Of the industries.
I'm 4 good many establishments wages have
been advanced: that l.. part of III" reduction
mad. In preparation for Democratic tarih has
h..n r,scindcd Where 90 or - per cent was
,oken OF in many cases 10 per cent has now
hpcn restored When 1t Is found that particular
industries are i'm no way affected by IN" new
tariff or enjoy all the protection they formerly
had thr old wages have in some cases been rr-
s,,r,L Hui The fact remains that large pro
norton ~ The workers are now receiving lower
WAGES Than they received in lSf2. ana th'y KNOW
both the fact and The cause
\ good many establishments which s'oppru
Will. 4 Democratic iarin was In PREPARATION
hav. now resumed wholly or in part This as"
* .l1,l,lcninr aud The Tribune heartily wishes
that all could d. ~ well or better The fact re-
mains that many have been wholly i'll" for TWO
v,,r. and many more have ~ yet hc'n ADJ" 'o
,,su,uc only with par, II their forc" or working
mart time This also the workers know hy th'T
own experience. aud the cause. Day by day ~
,b. extent II foreign competition AMI the eject
nf new duties come 10 h" more correctly meas
ur.d some cpn,ern, are increasing force or re-
.u,,iur while others In different branches ar"
r.,lurlng force or siSprnding work AMI while II
u,us, IL. months before the fun effect OF me com
uctI,Ion ON new terms can De realized every en-
lnr-.mrnt - opportunity for American labor VIII
u. hailed with ioy as Il gain for thu country ana
an additional victory over laundering Demo
cratic tariff Al this date The banking returns
show ,ho, actual business * 2O2 per cent smaller
than # was early In April two years ago. h"ior'
~. breakdown came and largely Increased
,,r, ~ that diminished business is due 10 the
marketing II foreign products. OF when III
February III" imports in many leading Dran'h'S
y.r.. twice as large as In 1893. This necessarily
Involyos u decrease greater than the average IN
the volume II trade resulting from the market
Ing Of domestic products