The Lamar register., 1899-11-08
/ ACT OF MADNESS
.ssoPosEp ABANDONMENT
OF PRoTEcTioN.
I, Are to Achieve Commercial
l-,m,ey We Must Hold 10 the Peiiey
|, u.. Made rs Inaustrialiy =. snd
L.n,lalIy suprrne-

imely article on the subject OF
msrelaI Empire and Protection"
putribu,ed by Hon. Edward n.
ey to Gunion's Magazine for oc-
I, Is Just now qai;e the fash
roas certain expounders OF "ad-
a. economic theory 10 assert that
r,ton has outlvsd whatsoever use
: !; ever bad In the matter OF
cp.nF and sustaining domestic In
.ss, and. in view Of the new con-
Is which have arisen. must now
katy moiined. or. batter stu. al
Aer ABANDONED. Such Is the pur-
:! al article in 4 recent number
Forum, and 10 this proposition
saslsy addresses himself with the
lai zeal born OF an intense con
b that tie abandonment OF our
Eati0nal policy Just at time
!u saeeeEsfui operation has
xht such splcndld results would
&c; o! madness.
|sts By establishing and maintain
protective tariff. "a Mr.. Dinslcy
og, that the founders OF our
1z. after having thrown on the
oll yoke OF England. took steps
kroS cE the commercial and indus
y1fs which the mother ooan-
sa4 80 firmly fastened upon the
o, the American people. How
st,al vas this determination and
zGsaiaceni results hare flowed
tss practical realization OF the
o, the fathers % the republic
ri!tsTs Of history. Today the re-
stands supreme among the na-
0! tie sarth--sapreme. Industrial
=zsrrialiy. and financially. the
y a the most prosperous and pow
sa,ioa the world has ever known
sE tie lapse Of a century from the
kss By congress ot the hrst tariI
s1tsT the federal constitution.
)st ~ Madison and approved By
EiaE;on-aa act for the support
, sortrnTaeni. for the discharge
so Of the Uaited States. and for
Fy7oteetiOn OF manufactures
tsataasnial principles remain
Il The Diaglcy tarsr Law of to-
Tie raising OF revenues and the
zrasrncnt Of domestic indIstrtes,
s-ses!vs manner In which these
II aiss are carried oa, ender the
Pa tASis Lave. ;osether with the
F-Efztet fac, that because OF the
eAsst employment and the In
tst purchasing power OF the
protective ssrif produces more
tzs than a fFee-traae tariff. ars
k's rsIeh Mr.. D;nxlcy's article
EaIsIss most eonvineinglys stmi-
epssnt Ia hIs Demonstration that
sons uarke; can be preserved
y maintaining to the h!shcst pos
sssrse the purchasing and eoa-
F.s power o, our Owe people. This
Z pivotal polnt OF the whole CUES
Ffsiag 10 the question OF CONNER
|zss7enaey. Mr.. Dingiey urges that
patton must be indpx,riaIlY and
Pdlliy supreme before q, can be
Hsrrially supreme: Il must be
q Al bone before Il can be strong
hc- i. is for the fall develop
iat maintenance OF this strength
|7ns that the writer appeais--a
lsth which has come by and
Esa protection. and which will re-
Sith this nation as the result OF
Pas; persistence In the faith of
Fltstrs Sho planned protection as
sarsAt, the only way TO secure for
country absolute freedom. sbso-
independenee. absolute prosperity.
iof no other reason than to serve
3 upon all whom Il may concern
9roteetionlsts see nothing in ex-
2 conditions which suggests the
pm OF ABANDONING the American
p, but are, on the contrary. nrmer
ever in their adherence to that
p, Mr. Dingley has done we'll TO
: public his views in the article
lnton's from which ne have quot
Protsetionists know where they
p and II is wen that the "ad-
'ed theory expounders should also
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