The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-25
PROTECTION SENTIMENT IN ENG

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| England is talking protection and seri-
ously too. While Russia. Germany,
| France and Italy are making prepara-
| lions to retaliate against the United
| States by raising their wall of CONNER
cial prohibition, because of our refusal
to reciprocate, England with remarka-
| BILE diplomacy is talking protection. Our
relations with Great Britain are SO cor
dial that John Bull would never for a
moment think of retaliation when we in
wade his fields with our tariff protected
! goods and undersell his merchants in
their own markets, while we keep him out
| of our pasture with a fence that he can
scarcely look over. o, no! he would not
! retaliate, but he is seriously thinking of
adopting the wise craftsmanship of the
American lingo and erecting tariff wall
against our increasing imports If he
| does this, our Republican friends will
feel compltmented Indeed the Dinglev-
lite newspapers are already congratulate
ing themselves over the fact that even
Great Britain, the one champion of free
trade, has been obliged to abandon her
policy and adopt that of the United
States. This wing of the Republican
party will be ready to sacrifice the
| English market if by maintaining our
present tariff schedule it can compel Eng
land to protect itself against our COM
mercial inroads. That is the kind of
craftsmanship which dominates the Re
publican party today It is amusing. but
at the same time pathetic to hear the
Dingleyites pirate of the growing popular
ity of the theory of protection and cite
the expressions of the British press in
favor of adopting the American system.
These poor fools do not seem to realize
that this compliment to our system is
the strongest blow that can be dealt to
our prosperity.
An English paper gives reasons for
erecting a tariff wall against the United
States as follows:
I. Because there is no such thing as
free trade, and other nations refuse to
admit our merchandise free into their
markets
2. Because industrial supremacy has
vanished, ard our prosperity is gravelv
| threatened under the attacks of protec-
ZIONIST nations, which attacks must be
met by counter attacks.
3. Because the national revenue can
best be raised from import duties.
4. Because Custom Union will, as moth
ing else, draw the empire together
and promote the mutual prosperity and
loyal cohesion of it's component parts
The last two reasons are individual to
the British empire and have no relation
to foreign trade. But the first two con-
| tain the gist of the change of sentiment
on the matter of International trade. It
is admitted that protection when not in
dulged in by all nations may be benefit
to the protectionist for time, but when
every nation with which we desire to do
business erects tariff wall that excludes
imports, those nations are in the same
relative status as if absolute free trade
existed
The campaign of ten years ago in the
United States was one of education. That
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be campaign of education and the sub
ject will be the same, the tariff, but the
grounds will be shifted In 1892 it was
local matter, the effect of the tariff on
local interests was the subject of investi-
cation. Now the field has been extended
to the world and International protection
In 1892 transportation entered but
incidentally into the problem of
manufacturing and trade In 1904
it will be the prime factor as it
will include the freight carrying of the
world. If the Dingleyites can find any
consolation in the growing protection
sentiment in England, they are welcome
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