Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-05
DuNDREARIEs OF PROTECTION.

lief and remarked as he signed his
name to a note, "There, thank God,
another debt is paid"
We smile at his philosophy and con-
graduate ourselves that no such folly
finds Judgement In our minds. Not
much, we are practical. We exact
performance of promises to us. We
flatter ourselves that we believe and
act upon the maxim that confidence
is a plant of slow growth" etc. We
will not be humbugged by speclous
promises, thank you.
Perhaps 1t may be truthfully said in
matters Of private concern we are
practical, but he is blind and deaf to
assert the philosophy of Dundrcary
does not obtain overwhelmingly In
matters political.
The party of high tariffs is com
bination Of Dundrearies which for a
generation has regularly met the de-
mands Of It's creditors, the voters, with
fresh platform promises and then as
regularly thanked God that another
four years debt was paid.
Let Its action, or rather It's failure
to act in the matter of the merchant
marine serve to show that the Lords
Dundreary have controlled that party.
For years the shipping merchants
and sailors have pleaded that the
navigation laws were driving them
from one of the most profitable lines
OF business; that they were forced to
carry their goods to and from our
country under foreign flags or go out
of business; that goods thus carried
got no protection, nor did their vessels
thus managed get protection from our
government on the sea; that insurance
on both went to foreign companies;
that more than enough money to meet
the yearly interest on the public debt
was paid annually to foreigners for
carrying American goods across the
ocean; that the high tariff collected
at the customs houses each year was
scarcely more than the sum collected
each year by foreigners for freights
and fares from our people; that 80 per
cent of the mail of our people is
carried by foreigners; that these laws
compel American goods to he shipped
by routes dictated by foreign vessel
owners --t the longest, slowest, costliest
routes on the globe; that from 1916 to
1860, American merchants shipped 80
per cent of their goods under the pro-
lection Of their own government;
that now SO per cent of their goods
are shipped under the protection of
the governments of Europe; that the
amount of goods yearly carried to and
from this country has increased GAG
per cent in 36 years; that American
vessels are actually carrying less than
half what they carried 36 years ago;
that Secretaries Of the Treasury from
salmon p. Chase to John G. Carlisle
with patience worthy of better
audience have repeatedly called the
attention of Congress to these humil-
iating facts; that with the changes
asked in the navigation and tariff laws
ships can be as cheaply built here as
where the competitors buy them; that
ship building, almost lost art with
us, would be restored to Its former
glory.
What say your Lords Dundreary of
protection to this humiliating
exhibit? Do they justify or explain?
No, for both are impossible. They
promptly issue another promise in
these words, ave will restore the
merchant marine to its place, provid-
ing the voters will give us the offices"
The carrying of goods on the ocean
is just rs important and as profitable
rs is the carrying upon land.
AS Mr.. Blaine said in 1888, every
body but our own people is making
money by carrying our goods to
market.
You will hardly believe that there is
a law making 1t criminal offence for
American citizens to invest their