The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-06-14
PROTECTION DECLINING.
Germany win Follow New Zealand, Austria.
liza. Canada and other Countries IN Adolf
tshing "protection.''


Germany win Follow New Zealand. Anstrs'
liza. Canada and other Countries IN ADOLF
tshing "Protectton."
Protectionism seems 10 be losing
ground in all civilized countries New
Zealand dropped il and took MP direct
taxes in 1891 and has ever since been
prosperous. The other AuNirAlasian
colonies stuck To protection ana nave
since experienced the worst panic and
depression that ever affected nation
Several Of these colonies are now dis
carding protection and all will prob
ably do so within few years. The
United States last year removed the
worst features Of protection, and pros
perity is rapidly returning. Canada
will almost certainly lower her pro-
tective duties within "A year. Many
other smaller and less important coun-
tries are offering more favora bic terms
TO trade and exchange. Even the pro-
lection wall of China is soon to have
gateways of trade through it.
The one country TO which our pro-
tectionists have pointed with pride has
been Germany. .>ee Germany" they
would say; look what protection has
done for it. Bismarck. the greatest
statesman living, except Mckinley,
knew what was good for Germany
when he gave her protection. The
/ Germans are one of the most enlight-
ened peoples on earth; they stick TO
| protection OF course they don't have
as high wages as free trade England.
but wages are higher there than when
protection was first adopted"
But Germany Is just now turning
away rom both Bismarck and protec-
ton. The farmers are the only class
that can be protected in Germany, just
as the manufacturers are the only class
that can be protected in this country
The farmers there have been enjoying
very high protection but, like our man
ufacturers. they are never satisfied and
they have been striking their govern
ment for higher and higher duties on
foreign grains. OF course il is hard on
the masses in Germany to have TO pay
monopoly prices for their bread and 9th
err food. Thus. because of protection
refined beet sugar sells for over q cents
per pound in Germany, although the
same sugar is exported to England ano
sold for 2i1 cents per pound The
masses in Germany are getting tired OF
this sort of projections: in fact, they
have stood il about as long as possible
Hence il is that. few days ago. botf
the council of the empire and the Ger
man parliament re jected what is known
. as the Kanitz plan to give the agrari
| ans a government monopoly in foreign
: grain trade and the right to maintain
!, prices for grain at a level profitab bic 70
the German producers" This form
statement sounds natural to US. 1t
. used by protection spiders whereve
I they exist and whenever they ask in
nocent flies to walk into protected pal
i Tors.
Germany has rejected the KANT
" plan of protection because she ma
a several persons asking for cheap foo
to every one asking for dearer fooc
n Her industrial classes outnumber ne
ID AGRICULTURAL classes. As the New Ior
a Times saws. lit is the manufacture
?. and the trader and not the land owns
IS bv whom the policy of the empire
20 for the future to be shaped. The
lie had been other evidences OF Il
.r same tendency in the commerce
TO treaty with Russia-which is producer
he an extension of German export
er especially Of metals and machiner
,e far beyond the most that had bee
.e hoped-and in other features of Il
late Chancellor Caprivi's policy. Al
ID IL was largely because of these TIL
d. the agrarians made their fight (
- Caprivi. They saw in his dismiss
n announcement for more decisi'
!" struggle. They have made II and ha'
Of utterly failed"
g. The days of protection are nur
IL bered. When the civilized nations
,e the earth have once freed themselv
10 from this robber of the poor and ben
* factor of the rich. 1t will be as impos'
IL BILE for them to return TO the accurs'
10 system as it is for England TO rever
i. her free trade policy.
BYRON w. Holt