The Chanute times., 1904-05-27

Observation-Disclosures
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What Protection Has Done.

Trade friends were in the practice
of drawing impressive pictures of
the hardships suffered by the aver
age American citizen because of the
Tariff "tax" levied on nearly every
thing he used. Even so bright a
man os the late "Sunset" Cox, in a
speech in Congress, recited long
list of these "taxed" articles, leay-
ing the inference to be drawn that
whatever an American ate, drank,
wore.or used in any way was en-
HANGED to him in price by precisely
the amount of the duty imposed
Of course, nc one familiar with the
actual facts in the case or under
standing the working of Protection
was deceived for moment by such
absurd "arguments. If any had
doubts on the subject all they neet-
ed to do was to turn to the mark t
reports and note for themselves the
fact thai, quality for quality, Amer
ican products were sold cheaper
than those of foreign origin, while
this country enjoyed the additional
advantage of keeping at home the
money paid for manufacture, and
which was given to America
workingmen and women in the form
of good American wages.
The old cry is not heard very
often now, because its absurdity has
been SO completely demonstrated
that the callowest Free Trader is
not inclined to use 1t. In fact, we
are favored with something very
different. Instead of Americans
suffering from highly "taxed" ar
ticles, the only alternative being in
ferior products from abroad, the
American invasion is earring orr
goods to every part of the earth,
where they are supplanting the pro
ducts of commercial rivals who
have been in the business for cen
turieS. An interesting indication of
this is found in an article translated
from an Italian newspaper by the
New York "Press," 1t is conceived
in seni-humorous tone, but 1t
conveys significant truth:
"The Englishman in easy circum
stances on rising in the morning
shaves himself with American soap,
using a safety razor of Yankee
make. He puts on North Carolina
stockings and shoes from Boston
and throws over his shoulders su
spenders from Connecticut. Into
his pocket he puts a Connecticut
watch and sits down to his dejeuner.
He congratulates his wife on having
a corset from Illinois and a bodice
from Massachusetts,. He eats
bread made from American flour
ground in the mills on the Great
Lakes. He eats bacon from Kan
sas City and oysters from Baltimore,
while his wife cuts beef tongue
from Chicago. At luncheon he
reads paper printed by an Amer
lean press on American paper with
American ink, and probably edited
by some lively journalist from New
York"
There are great many other
articles of American prod
duction used by Enghshmen,
Frenchmen, Italians, Germans and
men of various other nationalIties
which are omitted from the above
paragraph. Among them are Amer
ican shirts, collars and cuffs and
the machinery which makes and
launders them; American mowers,
reapers, harvesters and other agri-
cultural implements; American knit
goods, hosiery and other wear;
sewing machines and
typewriters; American cameras and
photograph outfits generally, and
so on almost without limit. And
yet fifty or sixty years ago there was
hardly an article of American manu-
facture sold abroad, and the indus
trials of this nation were determined
to keep US where we were--as the