The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-11
HOUSTON, MONDAY, NOV. II, 1901
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TARIFF.

The Chicago Tribune. referring 10 the
Statement Of Mr. sidney Brooks, the distln
suIshed British writer upon International
subjects. that Continental Europe dislikes
America, remarks IN recent editorial
THE reasons for this Isolation are many
and various. In the first place. Of course
there is~ienlousy n Americas commercial
success II Is not easy 10 love q man who
undersells you. ana as long as Americans
persist In this practice thoy must accept
the resentment that goes with it,"
This Is remarkable statemrut 10 come
from protectionIst newspaper The very
foundation stone Of the protection theory
IS that American Industries are weak and
need building mp. that they are NOT able
IN cpgnpete with The Industries Of Euypc
II is here admitted thst the American
industries can not only hold their own
with the Industries ~ Europe. hut thar
they can undersrll them, and to such an
extent as to awaken Europcar resent
ment. In other words as Colonel Ingcrsoll
once pat IT, American Industries are not
infants TO bc fed on pap. hut thcy wear
No. II brogans aud are sturdy enough -
roam the world over.
1t IS time the American people were he.
ginning to realize the truth about the pro
tectlye tariff. II does not help Amerieans
IN any way. ON the contrary, It simply
enShles the American manufacturer to
charge the American consumer a greater
price than he could IL he had to meet
che foreign competitiop. that Is shut out
by te wall Of tario protection. lie is not
entitled 10 this protection because, even
with the foreign competition. he can I'M
derEell the foreigner at a proGt, as he does
in the foreigners own homo market The
Nrntartfnn pNttnW L. rnRu..ftNu4b1v np
slckest and most gigantic Yankee trick
ever devised, The people North. South,
East and West. who suffer fpom Il should
bs aroused To the truth aud abolish it.
The democratic party has long adyo-
Gated the ouly tarln policy that Is de.
fensible. that Is a ta-in for revenue only.
il Is necessary N raise a reenue TO pay
the expenses Of the government rcycnuo
can be raised by the tariff more easily
and less oppresslyely than In any other
way. For revenue. and only upon those
articles that produce revenue In the
greatest quantity for the government with
the least injury TO the people. Is tariff
Justnable
But a tarln like our present tariT for so.
called protective purposes Is simply an
adrolt way OF enrlching certain manufac-
turers by governmental means Repeal the
present tariff aud what would be the re.
ault? At once American manufacturers
would be compelled 30 lower their prices
and American purchasers all over the coun-
try would be entitled to buy more cheaply.
The European manufacturer would make no
proht. The European manufactures can not
compete with the American manufacturer
In his own European market much less in
ours.
When the American people have been
brought 10 realize the truth about the
tarif, and when the present protective
tarlff laws, the raukest kind Of class legls-
lation, are repealed. then we will have
America for Americans aud a limit VIII
be put to the rapacity OF the milllonslres
snd their party who insist that patriotism
requires that they be allowed to continue
eating M cae people.