The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-11-13
Chamberlain on Protection.

Former Colonial Secretary Cham
berlain Of the British Cabinet ai-
vanced some very convincing argu-
mentS IN favor of the Protective
Tariff in his Glasgow speech last
week. That the voters of the moth
er country are beginning to consider
seriously this vital question was
evlnced by the wild enthusiasm with
which his utltraDces were received
After paying tr butte to Balfour and a
few Others Of his contemporaries, he
launched forth npon an orator icaI
effort that not only caused adnirer,
to admire him Il ore. but was so prac.
tical and conclusive in its nature a.
to insure large increase in his fol
lowing throughout the United KIM :
dom.
Discussing the tariff 81 tuatiOn in
the Unitod States and ia the colonies
he said in part:
In the United States the process is
completed. She produces everything
and excludes everything. There is
40 trade to be done With her tor d
paltry six shillings per head. Canada
uas been protect We for d long time.
The principal industries are there
and you can never get rid of them,
but The secondary industries have not
yet been created and there is an i'm
mense trade still open to you To
maintain aud increase. Australia is
less developed aud takes mole than
Canada ln she cape there are Lrac
ideally no INDUSTRIES.
1--WE can intervene now, but 1t Is
doubtful If we could intervene TWEEN =
Ly years hence. We could say tc our
great colOules-we understand your
views and aspirations, and do not
care to dictate or thluk ourselves SUI
perOr TO you; we recognize your
right to develop your Industries 50 as
not to be dependent on foreign sup
plies, but there are maLy things you
do not know how to make for which
we have great capacity of produc-
zion; leave them to Us; do not H.
crease the tariff walls against us; let
10 CAOudbkC WlUu 1Ou IOI JOuI DlO
uuctlUus; because we are kiusmen.
because 1t is good for the empire as ID
whole, and because we have taken
the first step and set you the ex
ample; we offer you preference; We
rely on your patriotism and your
affection that we shall not be losers
thereby.
Suppose we had made such an offer
to the United States and German,
ten or twenty years ago, do you sup
pose that ws should not have been
able to retain great deal of what we
have now lost and cannot recover?
[ Will give an Illustration. America
is the strictest OF the protective na-
ti0ns- 1t has a tariff which to Inc is
an abOmination, 1t is so immOder
ate, unreasonable and unnecessary,
and although America has profited
enormously l think 1t has been car
ried TO excessive lengths and l be
lieve that a great number of Intelli-
gent Americans would gladly negOt
late with us for its reduction. But
until recently even this immoderate
tariff left US with the great tinplate
trade, amounting to millions OF
pounds per anpum. and which we
might have kept IL We had given some
reciprocal advantage 1t would not
have been worth Americas while to
put duty on an article for which IT
had no particular use OF special aptI-
tude.
III we had made some such conces
sions to Germany we should still have
been exporting to that country many
articles, the market for which is now
closed to u.s."
He further said that under the
present system he could see signs OF
decli0stion aud decay and d cay for
commercial England. he cOntrasted
the increases in the trade OF England
with those OF the United States and
Germany, much to that countTy'sdis-
advantage asked how the country couio
expect 70 support its growing pOpu-
lation with It's trade practically stag