Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-25
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preme personal control.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Free Trade va. Trust Goods.
Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio,
has just returned from a trip to Eu-
rope, filed with fierce Indignation at
the false impression" which has been
created on the other side Of the Atlan.
tic by Representative Babcock's bill to
put articles manufactured or controlled
by trusts on the free list. Mr.. eros.
venor is protectionist of the most or
thodox and narrow type. He doesn't
believe in giving the foreigner an OPP
portunity to sell anything In the Uni
ted States. incidentally, rs an influ-
entail Republican member Of Congress,
what he says about Mr.. Babcock's bill
is significant as an expression Of the
views OF the extreme protcctionist ele-
ment in his party. II told Mr.. Wilson,
Member of Parliament" says Mr..
Grosvcnor, that Mr.. Rabcock's bill, II
1t ever materialized, would In all proba-
bility never be considered by the Ways
and Means Committee OF s,ie House:
that Mr.. Babcock was not regarded In
any sense rs n leader on the tariff Ques-
ton, and that knew personally that
President Mckinley does not approve
the BILL"
1t seems, according to Mr.. Grosvenor.
that IL articles manufactured and con-
trolled by trusts were deprived of pro-
lection, "the tide of prosperity would
be checked" the business of the coun-
try would be disturbed and the march
of enterprise would be halted. If any
concessions at all were made in the
matter of the tariff those terrible free
traders would be encouraged to begin
another campaign against protection.
and then the country would surely go
to the dogs. Mr.. Babcock is a good
Republican, but these awful forebod-
ings which Mr.. Grosvenor's fertile i'm
agination has conjured UP have never
occurred to the Wisconsin Congress-
man. He belongs to the elementary
school Of statesmen who believe that
when American industrial enterprise
has driven the foreigner almost out Of
business in his own market 1t no
longer requires protection by pater-
nal government. Mr.. Grosyenor has
difficulty In finding words to express his
contempt for such crude statesman
ship.
The central fact in Mr.. Grosvenor's
denunclation of the Babcock bill Is that
he and his party are rcsolutely opposed
to any legislation which will protect
the American consumer from the
trusts. A bill which might prove bene-
fetal to the interests of the people who
buy trust products will, according to
the Ohio statesman. never be consid-
cred, probably, by the Ways and
Means Committee" Mr.. Babcock
might as well begin to prepare now for
the snubbing which the leaders of his
party have in store for him. They have
no intention Of letting him pose rs a
tariff reformer in the Republican party.
He must swallow the whole program,
trusts, protection and everything else.
If he hopes to escape expulsion from
the loyal fold 1t now remains to be
seen whether MIR. Babcock can be as
easily squelched as Mr.. Grosvenor
thinks, or whether he is man Of grit
and determination.-Balt Sun.
An Exa npie.
| Until the Steel Trust and other Dro
! tected interests can corner all informa.
I ton from the other side Of the Atinntic
tariff discussion in this country will MT
down.
AS sample Of the kind of news that
will have to be suppressed. a state
ment sent from Manchester, England,
is sufficient. Reports say that Ameri.
can steel manufacturers are offering
wire rods for sale there Mt $205O ton.
Customers in this country are compel.
led to pay for the same goods $50 q
ton.
In all decency, how can this state OF
affairs be justified? If. after paying,
freight across the ocean, the steel
manufacturers can afford to sell ma.
terial $3.50 q ton cheaper than on this
side, is not the American consumer be.
ing bunkoed too much?
II the manufacturers lose on their
safes III EuS!tuu, uoeS uol tDe ALHeTI-
can customer pay the loss? Or IL the
manufacturer makes clear profit on
his foreign Sales how Is this extortion
of home consumers to be explained?
This is just one instance Of the ben
efits" from the present tariff. Small
wonder that Congressman Babcock Is
in favor of readjustment. No less won
der that the steel manufacturers,
through Spokesman Mark Hanna. have
declared war on Chairman Babcock
and his associates. There will be no
honest tariff reduction while the pres
ent Ohio Republican regime Is in con.
troll of Congress.-St. Louis Republic.
Seeing and knowing.
An eminent justice who was trying a
right-of-way case had before him wilt
ness, an old farmer. who was proceed
ing to tell the jury that he had knowed
the path for sixty year, and my feyther
towld as he heard my Granddaughter