The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-02-21
AN ENGLISH AUTHORITY.

Sir Charles Tupper. in his lecture on
preferential trade. which he delivered
in Manchester a few weeks ago. drew a
vivid picture of the way in which 1t is
claimed Great Britain is treated III mat
tiers OF trade by the nations which derive
the greatest benefit from her policy OF
free trade He said;
But there is another point which is be-
ing brought forward. They say: We
dare not adopt this policy that is pre-
posed. We dare not impose duty OF
per cent. or 10 per cent. upon the pro-
ducts OF foreign countries coming into
England so as to favor our colonies, he
cause. II we do. those countries will re-
taliate. and we shall have our great for
Sign trade interfered with Retallate--
how can they retaliateg when you get
a fence as high as il l. possible to erect
II. you cannot get 1t any higher. Know
ing that England was bound hand and
foot by this policy Of free trade to which
che had committed herself. that what
ever they did they could do IL with I'M
punity, foreign countries have gone on
building up their tariIs against her.
Show me the country in the world that
has exhibited the slightest appreciation
Of the magnificent generosity OF England
in doing what no other country In the
world has done for them. that is, allow
ing them to send every thing they manu-
facturc or produce into the United King
dom to strike down and parsllyze British
industry agricultural and manufactur-
ing. from one end OF the country TO the
ether. and yet receiving no consideration
whatever. ICheersl We have had an
opportunity Of seeing how grateful count
tries are for the favor with which Eng
land has treated them. What Is the
fact with reference to the great republic
to the south OF usf In 1870. when they
sent fgL00000Q OF American products into
England without having TO pay one far
thing OF duty, and only received some
thing like s20l.ecl OF British products
in return into the United states uf
America. one would have supposed that
that would satisfy the most greedy nation
In the world so far as reciprocal trade
was concerned. But Il did not. What
dld they do7 They sat down and de-
vised Mckinley tariff, by which they
could SCI how much more they could
strike down this 220O.W0 which they
were taking IN exchange FOR fgi. .O0O 200
With what obiect2 with the vhiect OF
paralyzing the trade OF the United King.
dom. with the object OF running Industries
In the United Kingdom, and with the cb-
iect of striking a severe blow at Eng
lands great dependency, The Dominion
OF Canada tApplausel
What will our Democratic trends or
the free trade genus say to this magnln-
cent tribute to the business acumcn and
craftsmanship OF The Republican partye
Sir Charles Tuppsr evidently believes
that the Republican tariff. and especially
the Mckinley law. was designed Tor the
benefit OF our own people as against for
elgn countries. lie also shows that these
Republican laws created balance of
trade In our favor wi.h Great Britain.
Now. IL Sir Charles is right-anj IL is
TO be presumed that he can have no OBJ
sect in miss-stating the benefit this coun-
try has derived from protective tariff
then IL was a wrong, little short OF a
crime, to repeal the Republican tarins-
tariffs that produced a balance OF trade
IN our favor With England of over
SS0oaoo in single year--and to sub.
stitute therefor Democratic taria which
has reversed this enormous balance OF
trade in Englands favor slr Cha~,es
Tupper unconsclalsN states very fc~c..
bs the difference "a hc o1tu. g. as. n,s
d,lihcratc polloS, of ccnnbicia ana
Democratic tanT iosaaiioa. INV.
fermer, he exrliciug ssys. benoala Aasr-
lca a, Ensiau1's esren,e, iho lat,sr as
statistics show and oos owa psoaie have
lately ,Ntef,encei heosn,s England et.
err vs.~e-e sA .As nls, * .alA ssas-