New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-20
PART ii.
PAGES II TO IA.
PROTECTION AND SCIENCE
ELLIS II. ROBERTS'S LECTURE TO UNION
COLLEGE STUDENTS
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE REPUBLICAN DOCTRINE
JUSTIFIED BY AN APPEAL TO GENERAL
HUMAN EXPERIENCE


JUSTIFIED Ely AN APPEAL TO GENERAL
HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
Schenectady. y. Y. April 10 ,SpeciaD-Tne lecture
FOR to-day. in me established by General
Butterfeld. at Union College delivered by Ellis
II. Roberts of New-York.
After congratulating The repres antatives OF the col
lese upon the success of the course, he announced
his subject with the words: Il shall ask YOU 10
study with me the proof that protective tariff is
justified by science" Mr.. Roberts spoke of the
time as being especially opportune for considera-
ton of the subject. the hostile forces of protec-
ton and free trade for the moment lying on
their arms. and politics is out of the discussion
Following is a summary Of his remarks:
Science is the master power of our times. II
has wrought marvcls in metallurgy. IN astronomy
and especially in electricity. IL mas miie the realm
Of Taeds We're M for Beauty and at
tractveness; modern thought has given yiIaiE 10
century, namely political economy. political science
and social science Political economy mas Deen ave- l
products of modern ANALYSIS and purpTsf henry
economy when he declares its chief aim to be TO
promote the happiness of nations -, .,o
safe ana 10 s0Te oo ne mrrev All Of modern
thought leads to the worthiest conception OF the
ana Raess stain morality Say a. ue les aSG Sn
which speak in the imperative mood All thinkers
and writer's confront social and political tasks WIN
6 6as i0' to- per6r hem Una All agree society
ought forth every el1Ort 10 prevent CIiiit ~
the citizen with safeguards at home and abroad;
science and TO economies. The rock of the AcrOpo;
lis serves for foundation for the pantheon anu
peiiment and frieze, transform the beetling GINS
into the most s2enda icie ana makl much o the
directive. educational powers OF soveTnmeni; anu
l. teaches also that the highest welfare of the In,
dividual and Of the State springs from industrial
.'S?Bf Better fifty years of Europe than cycle of
Why? Because Industry has advanced in Europe
and America out OF hunting and agriculture, out OF
from the handoom into the factory; from the sing e
forge TO the gigantic furnace ana trlphaini1it,
ton. Wherever industry is most active ana mos
progressive there you VIII ma me oa GS 1rohounce
regard for the rights of man the most distnc' Ten
ence of the wonders of modern mechanism nov
monsirous is the declaration OF cicero IN D } "
ciis uttered in the days of the grandeur OF Rome.
All artisans are engaged in a degrading profession
mere San pc man NAV be imagined as isolated and
untrammeiled but social man: with the family AMI
the state Government enters upon its task of pro-
lection. II is in all its stages a crysiallzed ponce.
half Of the nineteenth century has had many points
in common Great Br ande 4aS mich 5f Work is done
for shortening OF labor, for the improvement
Of tenement-h0us for caring for women and chi.-
dren in factories and mines. our own statute
books full Of laws conceived IN me sam Ep'l,.
Who longer denies that society ana the sat are
bound BTGye and maRa g6 sS So 4 nob de e o
on these lines all countries regqlae and PFotsc.
70 stand for a different policy. But AZ its diIlo.
macy is in large measure mercan'e , n1 Rritish
commerce. TO open foreign markets ana 10 hoiG
guns and the ironclads o: the foremost navy In me
world is. beyond that o: any other nation, ere
lection The Demonstration is complete that the
old plea that sovernment should 90 no'hihg ri a
with reason and experience TO the appea d OF
ciai distress. the old shibboeth was laissez fare
II any now shouts that cry, be sure that ne
the State and that he dwells amid the owls and
bats OF the midnight hour ro,day the AnaIGnIs'
a protective tariff is not at all an anomaly on the
Sib The cnrren, Of esisaon in all fields in this
ancient college. from which have gone forth so
protection for what is best and highest in the com,
munity is the keyno,e OF social science You 6T
gnorance and VICE S ana 10 promo. a,
and the family from contamina ion. You aim at
,ee,Ve taTn has for its Object this precise result
and by revenue system it seeks 10 advance indus
nonrshes and biesses mankind
wo4 hf haTds6p and dea are oyer as s gain
and victory. The chronicles OF that battlefield are
permit. Yet We can behold from our vantage,
ground that some laws assert themselves sternly
the survivor tries at once defend his advanced
pOsition the task OF the fttest is to Itself
against whatever foe may come in the intellectual
world, elsewhere. there NAV be cbb and flow
but knowledge does not willingly surrender 10 ig
norance. and the human mind strives TO fOrtfy the
achievements l. has What books and
schools what all and literature. but arms
and forts the most skiful systems OF defensive AZ
well aggressive warfare Tor the survival OF the
fttest In the realm OF thought and learning?
In the sphere OF industry ana production. no less
wisdom demands that every possible help shall be
survive The true law is not the wicked cry Let
even among brutes the cOnquerOr protects him
and the power OF protection. Always the better
requires defence and safeguard. The sinks
By its own Weights overcome by it's vil"n"ss
BY every precedent and parallel in The struggle
o. industry for that progress which clevatcs The
race Il entitled TO every protection. 50 that the
better shall triumph. that society and the state
Shall have the advantage Of the true survival OF
the ftest. in all spheres whore political science
calls FOR protection II must be wisely adjusted. ana
must be adequate for the purpose sought. The
principle established details % tariff % other
statutes. will can for study. skill sagacity. The
principle schedules has been the aim OF the
present argument
Mr. Roberts closed by comparison OF the manu-
features and wealth OF the chief nations. 70 show
that in the experience OF the United states pro
tectlve tariff required by science has the jusihca-
ton which Macauay claimed FOR the new philoso-
ply OF Lord Bacon-that Of its fruits