The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-19
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HOUSTON. SUNDAY. MARCH 10, Isoo.
4 DEcAyING poLrcY.

TIE Kansas City Star recently called
attention 10 the omission In President Nc
Kinley's speech before the Home Market
club in Boston few weeks since Of any
reference to production, although his hosts
at The banquet composed the strongest pro-
iectlonist organization in the country.
The Star remarked that no one supposes
that Mr. Mckinley and the Home Marke,
club have abandoned their protective tariff
theories. but that the fact that the tariff
referred TO indicates that the subject is
losing interest even In the house OF It's
friends.
The reason for this. our Kansas City
contemporary thinks Is that the consider
alton OF grave international questions is
possibly leading us TO see that we must
drop much of our marrow selnshness in
our economic policies, II We arc really to
take our place among the nations as "a
wcrld power. The Star proceedg
Tho United STAGES IS a, the threshold o.
a new era. IA which II will bo Constantly
g~tting In closer touch with The affairs OF tho
world, and the problems rotating TO this new
condition viii be largely problems o. com
rerce. The country Is entering into the con-
test Cor the trade o. the Orient, Congress
Will 10 called upon 70 adopt such laws Rs
VIII best promote The welfare aud DEVELOP
the industries 81 the Natlons new Deepen
denotes. Il Will have before IL the example
OF other nainng ana the Lesson Is plain on
every side that those cnlopies where thcrf
has boon the greatest freedom OF tiade have
made the greatest progress Tho unt d
states must stand side By side with England
IN demanding an open door IN China, ant
fl doing that Il must also maiutain m "oper
ionr IN the island dependencies which hnv,
come under Its control Already the prosiden
has but In operation In Cuba and Porto Ries
tariff systems the purpose OF which is pr
marty 10 Yield revenue, and, seeondarly, /,
enable the people OF those Islands to buy tn
machinery and the other articles neceHsary 10
their development at thN least possible eS
Ienec
Demanding fair trade In tho Orient and IN,
der obligations 90 maintain Iha utmost free
dem OF trade IN the new isllni dtpendcnclps
fcw can the United states logically ocutinu,
10 maintain absurd barriers Ut homo against
the trade ~ tn. world?
THIS Is one explanation OF the very an
preciable lessening OF the interest in tn,
tariff among the proteeionists. Anothe
and possibly better ono IL that the higl
tariff people are losing In accomplishei
and daily developing facts. the old argu-
nents which for 90 long served them
The American manufacture "a compe,in
go successfully and 20 extensively In al
foreign lands with the foreign manufae
turer that he net only can not consist
emily ask for protection here against for
eisn competition, but Is cessing to feel tn
need Of II. OF course our proteetionist
still want protection ana will stili advo
cate that policy, but they are heing force
to recognize and admit the fact that sci
ishness. pure and simple. ia the only basi
for their claims
After many years the democratic doc
trine of a tariff for revenue only seem
likely To become the policy OF this coun
try. without serious opposition except frol
handful OF citizens. comparatively, whoa
only reason for opposing 1t viii be so evl
IDENTIFY q grossly selfish and grasping or
that thoir protests win fail TO innucnc
any considerable portion OF the sentimei
OF the Nation