The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-10-22
t0RE EARTHLY EXCUSE
lER REPUBLICAN SHOWS PpOTBc.
lion IS NOT NEEDED NOW.
,. Bacon Proves by UnanswerabIe
.msnts That the Protection Policy
mas Outlived Its Usefulness.

v, 2ionel Alexander S. Bacon. of Nav
r, &, In a recent address before IN
"a merclal Travellers Club, said i,
n Aere are two arguments In fayo,
ne partial monopoly known as 3
tectlve tariff; one military. the otbe,
nomic. -e'
we are taught in the science Of
that the only strong nations are
ese homogeneous in population and
ferslfied in industries A nation of
ners might appear to be strong.
IN the event of war, when block
might be slaughtered for
INT Of MYns ana ammunition, or
l6zen in WI inter- for want of adequate
lothing. nation of doctors would
physic thentselyes to death, and a ma
ion Of lawyers would soon expire in
he horrible agofies >,endless elo-
Huence. The sci9Hce of warsteaches,
therefore,, that 4rery nation should |
oster agriculture nd it's manufactures |
bf steel, explosives and clothing. so
nat IN the eventHOf war, it may have
within its own boundaries everything
necessary TO army clothe and feed it's
irmies.
On this Theory. it is the duty of
every patriotic Ieople to endure even
Fne limit OF taxation that it NAV he
strong In the crisis of war which NAV
qeterm1ne the nations life. Patriot !
ism would require us to suffer in times
PI peace and thus prepare for the I
of war. While it wouId {
re much cheaper for a nation to supply S
It's own military needs in it's own fac @
tories, we are not disposed to object i.
TO tariff that should foster infant
plants so long as they are infants and p
unable to withstand destructive COM O
petition from abroad. Il
Inc economic argument in favor of ="
a protective tariff is, that every nation Of
should foster its infant industries until p
-ney are sufficiently strong to with in
stanu destructive competition from OF
tproau, ana until domestic competition
mali lower the price to consumers at
,onie, the theory being that rich for-I
Ign competitor might occupy the home n,
, |, Tor few years at loss, until
ne nome factories Were DESTROYED
hen raise the price and recoup oIi
ormer losses in a single year. The
My basis of this economic argument to
the ultimate benefit to the people at cis
ONE Dy reason of lower prices through as,
omestic competition. no
UP TO and for some wears after I.
sou, there is no doubt that out indus. inf
les We're not sufficiently diversified ON
make us strong in military sense a
to protect our people against high mo
ices OF foreign manufacturers in an tbe
onom1c sense, and on both grounds De,
protective tariff, although very TX of /
nslVe to the consumer. might be ms. wo1
led on grounds of patriotism and ex- REQ
diency. 80 So
1
What are the conditions in 1904? reti
e nave plants that are able not onlv CON
supply our own wants. but in one of r
ar, working night and day, we could nv
'arI9o ~ ~, H eo' ootIi actlve and pap
the highest precision. We conJd ti6o
"a them by cultivating cur waste hav,
ds and fence corners. We conId anoo
n1sh them with uniforms and nm Don,
clothing without increasing our coo,
nts, and in the event of great fnrt1
elgn war, like the Napoieonic wars pina
would sell everything to both sides | tho
at the end of ten years. Womb i Nv
4 all their bonds and then saw to -
- i'' 80 10 work and pay hard
Nafi,