Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-07-31
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WHAT Protection Gave 10 China-Do We
Seed ia ssereY
IA recent speech in congress Sena-
tor Mantle, of Montana. tried to revive
the Chinese cheap goods scare and
warned Americans against the danger
OF Asiatic competition. AS an arpu.
ment in favor of ~eLu'ldintr the Me.
Kinley high tariff wall around the
country nc said:
The Chinese empire possesses in
great abundance aud variety every
natural resource necessary TO make
her great producing and Inanufac-
Curing nation. Her soil andclimate
and her immense territory are such as
TO enable her TO produce enormous
supplies of cotton aud wool, as well as
otter raw materials. Her people are
cqial to the Japanese in respect 20 in
dustry and in their initiative and adapt-
rttve faculty, and snpe flor to them in
respect to their powers OF application
aud endurance. Wages in Japan arc
ridiculously low rs compared with
American aud European standards.
but in China ,vages are even lower
than in Japan"
This is true statement Of the con-
ditiOns which exist 20 China. but in
stead of helping the protection:sts il
is the strongest possible condemna-
ton OF their policy. The Chinese are
The oldest of civilized people, haviur
reached high stage OF eulightment
when our ancestors were savages
Arts, sciences and letters hourished in
the Celestial empire centuries before
the Romans in vaded Britain. Unfortu.
nately for the continued progress Of the
Chinese there arose in their country
about 5000 years ago u piE-tailed,
squint-eyed Mckinley, who preached
the doctrine that the way TO become a
rich and powerful nation Was % shut
out all foreign trade. Being a cum.
Mag rascal, he succeeded in making
the people believe TINT they would be
more Patriotic II they refused to buy
goods from the outside barbarinns
aud royal degree was accordingly
issued which absolutely forbade for
eigners trading with the Chinese. This
system of protection to home industry
was maintained until n recent period.
and even now the greater part Of Chi.
ma is closed 20 outside commerce md
enterprise.
In view of the fact that China is tho
one country i'm which protection has
been fully and fairly tried for thou
sands of years, the terrible poverty
and degradation OF is propla is surely
the best proof that trade restriction is
failure. With enormous deposits Of
coal and iron; with immense forests OF
valuable tim Der; with boundless areas
of fertile farm lands. aud with mild
and healthful climate, the Chinese are
stu the poorest OF all civilized pooples
on earth. Wares are lower, food Is
Tneaner, and :he general condition OF
the muses. far worse than among any
other people.
When the American w,orLinpmar
are urged 10 vote for re-estabIishiug
In this country the policy which has
proved so disastrous in the Chinese en-
pire they should ask: If protection
raises wages, why has II not done so in
Gilman That country haC absolute
protection for 5000 years Why are
the wages of It's workers. so low? II
trade restriction Impoverished the
Chinese and checked their develop
ment. why would it not have the same
effect en- the United States? What's
the matter with your comm erce-exclu-
sion theories in China?
WHIDDFN GRAHAM