The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-09

Il IL tS support such u Policy a. VIII IN
crease the Wealth. Comfort and Prosper
ity Of the W hoie i~opir-


n IL q. support such u Policy a. VIII In
cr.a.. the Wealth. Comfort and Prosper
ny of thu whole People.
In discussing the simple issue % high
taxation aud restricted trade. versus
freer trade and lower taxes. II : no.
ticeable that the principal arguments
of the protectionists are misrepresen-
tations Of the motives Of their oppo-
nents. Instead OF giving facts show
ing the advantage of u protection pol
icy. the tariff editorials Of the repub-
lcan press repeat the parrot gable Of
british free trade" "Englanls tariff
system" and Golden club doctrines.
accompanied with charges that ia
seeking u secure more liberal trade
policy. the democrats are acting as the
agents OF British manufacturers. by
falsely claiming that theirs Is the
true American policy, and by a pro.
fession Of jingoism toward foreign ma
tions. the republicans have succeeded
in creating a popular belief that they
are the only patriotic party And it is
on this mistaken idea that they rely
for support against the logic and facts
which are SO completely az ainst them
In reality there Is not the slightest
ground for their claims OF superior
patriotism. True Americanism is the
support of such policies as will increa sc
the wealth. comfort and prosperity Of
the whole of our people. The demo
Gratis are convinced that protection as
a principle is wrong. and that it works
injury 10 the many while benettting
few They know by experience that
high tariffs are opposed 10 the best in
terests of the whole people. and are
therefore working ior their abolition.
They want to trade with other coun-
tries. not because il will benefit the
foreigner. but because we can thus get
goods cheaper and sell more of our
products abroad. They believe that
American energy. skill and intelli-
gence. with our matchles> natural re-
sources, need no government aid. and
that we can make goods and buy and
sell in open competition with the whole
world.
Contrast this manly independent at
titude with that of the republican pro-
tectionists. In spite of our great pos
sessions of the richest farming land in
the world. of inexhaustible deposits of
coal. iron ore. copper and other miner
ais, of our vast forests. and the facili-
ties for commerce afforded by our
great lakes and rivers. and unrivalled
harbors, the servile protectionists
whines: Good congress protect me. l
am afraid of the competition Of En-
gland. little island up in the north
east corner of the Atlantic. with infe-
rior resources to the one state of Penn
svlvania. haven't brains enough. or
strength enough 10 make things as
well as England does. SO please tax
every body and everything and help me
do business" Nice kind of "Amcri-
canism" isn'tit? Every self-respecting
American should be ashamed of the
party which represents him as cow
ardly dependent on government
bounties. afraid of little country
which long ago left off taxing its
people to support manufacturers And
ne should be ashamed of the false pre-
tense Of patriotism which puts money
in the pockets OF monopoli,ts and
gives fat offices to the >houters for pro-
lection BYRON W. Holt.