The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-09-04
Consolidated April II. 1850
PROTECTION

How does Mr.. Bryan stand on ths
great question 0f protection VS.. freS
trade, which he on all occasions al
temp,s to evade, is an important one for
voters to consider. There are those who
pretend to believe that Mr. Btsan is not
a tree trader, and some have been so i'll
informed or absolutely dishonest as to-
assert that he is in favor of protection
Here are some quotations from Mr,
Bryan's speeches, delivered in tho housJ
of representatives, Jan. 90, 1894, Jan 13s,
1894, and March 1G, 1892:
"l want TO state, as emphasically as
words can state. that fconsider it as false
in economy and Vicious IN policy TO at.
tempt to raise at Il high price in This.
country that which wH can purchases
abroad at IA low price in exchange for Tho
products OF our toll"
| II think the duties all the way through
this bill are higher than necessary, and
favor the bill, no; because OF its periec-
| ton, not because the duties are brOnght
down as low as they might be, but be
| cause the bill is infinitely better than lhSs
law which we now have, and Is step iu
the right direction
"Wool, for instance, 10 the chief raw
material IN the WOODEN industry, and 10
has been placed upon the free list,
Whether the Tariff on WOOL has raised
the price OF wool to the sheep growers
above the point it would have reached
without Tariff, is q question which has
heen discussed rather than settled.
Speaking for myself, it is immaterial in
in.1r hot har th.a Sh
receives any benefit from the Tariff or
not. Whether he does or Goes not,
whether the wool manufacturer collects
a compensatory duty from the consumer
of wooden goods and pays it over TO The
| wool growers, or collects it and keeps il
himself. or dosen't collect it at at ALL and
therefore does not need il, | am for free
wool, IN order that the vast majority OF
people who do not raise sheep, but who
do need warm clothing to protect them
| from the blasts o. winter, nay have
their clothing cheaper; and in order that
our wooIen manufacturers, unburdenel
| by a tax upon foreign wool. unburder-
ed by like tax upon home grown wool
If they pay an increased price now-may
manufacture for a wioer market.
"rhere is no probability that lie
sheep industry will be more lniuriously
affected by tree wool than It has been hy
| Projections or, perhaps, it would lie
more accurate to say that it has existed
and will exist independent Of any Tariff
legislation.
1T is easy TO Justify n bounty as
protective tariff, and il is impossible 10
justify either"
"Now, what is Protective Tariff, anil
what does it means 1t is simple
device. by which one man IS authorized
to collect money from his fellow men,
"What | denounce IS Protectv"
Tariff, levied purely and solely for the
purpose OF Protection. 1t is false econo-
my and the most vicious political princf
/ pie that has ever cursed this country.
"a Tariff Of 10 per cent. levied aur-
| posely for Protection. is as lar as the
principle is concerned, just as ndefens'-
| BILE AS Tariff Of a thousand per cent
Compare these extracts with tho
words of William Mckinley, in his ad
vocacy Of the great protective bill which
bore his name, in which he said
If the bill checks foreign importations
of goods competing with ours, il will ~
crease our production and necessarily in
| crease the demand tor labor at home.
| llApplause This nav be good reason
why the cheap labor OF other countries
should be unfriendly to this bill but fur
nshes the best Of reasons why the work
men of the United States should favor /
as they do. We do not conceal the pur-
pose OF this bill-we want our own conn-
trymen and All mankind to know il. +
is to increase production here. diversity
onr productive enterprises, enlarge the
field. and increase the demand for
American workmen.
What American can oppose these Wor-
thy and patriotic objects Others not
Americans may tind justification for d0-
ing SO. This bill is an American bill
1t is made for American people and
A merican interests. (Applause)