The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-10-09
MAN|fESTO.BY
CHAMBERLAIN
Pamphlet Issued in Which He Car
ries Present British Tariff War
Into Enemies Camp.
STATES HIS VIEW OF SITUATION
With CHARACTERISTIC AGGRESSION
Declares That Nations which Have
Rejected CObden's Theories Have
Grown i'm Wealth and Strength
His Views on Colonies Desire for
Better Commercial Treatment.

London, Oct. 5.-"Every other nation
| and all our own self-governing colonies
have refused to accept the gospel of Cob
den, and yet although they ought, accord
ing to it's dogmas, to be in the last stage
| of depression and decline, they have
grown during the last 20 years in wealth,
population and trade and in everything
that goes to make up the greatness OF a
nation
That is the keynote of Joseph Cham
berlain's manifesto which he published
October 5 in the form of preface to a
shilling pamphlet entitled: "Mr Cham
berlain's Proposals; What They Mean
and What We Shall Gain by Them" by
c. A. Vince, secretary to Mr.. Chamber
lain's tariff organization.
Mr.. Chamberlain does not mince mat
tiers. With characteristic aggression he
carries the war into the enemy's camp.
Those who maintain" he writes, 'in
spirit of blind obscurantism, the abso-
lutte inspiration of an antiquated doctrine
will have much to explain" His re-
marks are addressed to men of all po-
litical opinions, since the questions now
raised are not necessarily matters of
party politics, nor indeed is it likely that
the issues will be ultimately decided on
strictly party lines" He begins by say
ing:
ut is difficult to believe that the re-
suits of the investigation will not con-
vince every impartial man of the neces-
sity for some reconstruction of the sys-
tenn which has remained stationary and
unaltered for more than half century
while every other policy has been modi-
fled and adapted to meet modern require
ments."
Continuing, Mr. Chamberlain also
points out that the property of the work
ing classes has increased in greater pro-
portion in the protected countries than
in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Chamberlain held that the consol-
ing theory that other countries are ruin
ing themselves by bounties and import
duties hardly comedies with the fact that
British exports have been practically
stationary for IL years, while those of
other countries have increased so rapid
ly that eff the relative progress con-
tinues for few years longer they will
have left us far behind"
Speaks of the Colonies.
Dealing with the colonies desire for
better commercial treatment, Mr.. Cham
berlain says:
ut is no answer to offer them an i'm
| I'll sal, kar lroo w
refused. If we reject their proposals for
reciprocity we shall be in great danger of
losing our present trade with them, as
we'll as the prospects Of it's future extern
sion. 1t is entirely owing to the growth
of our colonial trade that the actual and
| heavy decline in our imports to foreign
protected countries has been concealed in
our general returns. Do the stern advo-
Gates of unrestricted imports consider it
satisfactory that we should have nothing
to bargain with and continue to be CRATE
| full for such crumbs as fall from the rich
mans table, in the shape, at the best, of
the most favored nation clause, which
only gives us the benefits of arrange
ments previously made with sole refer
/
and in respect whereto we had never
been consulted? Is it not childish to ig-
more the fact that by bargaining on equal
terms other nations have been able to
promote their special interests, and that
| if we also had in our hands weapons of
retaliation, we should probably be able
to bring the world much nearer uni
versal free-trade system than it has ever
been since Cobden's time? Our free food
friends will have to be little more
definite and more accurate. They will
| have to explain why the transfer of tax
alton, say from tea to bread, would be
disastrous, even though it benefited our
| industries and restored them to some
thing like the relative position which
they enjoyed 20 years ago. They will
have to decide once for all whether for
eign bounties are blessing or a curse,
whether dumping is a philanthropic
operation whereby foreigners are en-
deavoring to secure the welfare of this
country, or an insidious attempt to ruin
our industries and obtain our markets
for themselves. They will not be allowed
to evade these questions by the cheap
Idevice of abusing their opponents"
Dealing passionately with the accusa-
tion that his policy is intended to reduce
the workman and his family to starva
tion," Mr.. Chamberlain writes:
LET them at least admit that, rightly
or wrongly, this policy is propounded in
the interests of the masses of the people.
of the poor much more than of the rich,
and that those who are responsible for It
have earned by strenuous endeavor in
the past the right to resent the charge
of neglecting the interests of the indus
| trial population.
| (Signed) JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN.
| Report Denied.
Madrid, Oct 5.-The government says
| the report published in the United States
by news agency Friday, that the queen
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