Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1905-12-21
PURCHASES AND SALES iNCRSASE
UNDER PROTECTION.

History Proves the Eriiacy of the
Free Traders Claim That Low Tar
III Duiies Promote Imports aud In
crease Cu.toias Revenues.
Customs tariffs of the United States,
adequately protective, tend To increase
foreign trade. They produce prosperi-
t. among the American people. ill.,
cease the production and expectation
OF domestic commodities, and by in
crllsing the purchasing and consum-
iZs power OF the people of this country
tend to increase importations Of for
ci.ru commodities. y study OF the
c..Alges in imports and exports for tie
Years immediately before and after
tatif changes will demonstrate that
he claim of the free traders and tile
,aiitr smaShGrs'' that lower tariffs in
,."2ise our foreign trade ana that only
l3i,iar lower tariffs VIII Foreigners buy
idl:aly from the United States and sell
LARGELY TO this country is wholly un-
i,uuded.
Il practical study in the results
N4..h might he expected from Il re-
U,:ction OF the present tariff duties be
lg,, the protective line or such rcduc-
tia.s as are now called for by the
,,ti Il rippers'' for the purpose of i'll
9. Going trade and revenues, an eN-
aiit,ition of the results which have
uD.H.ned in the years before ana after
ctry change in the United States
t,r.i from 1850 down TO the present
lay shows that under lower tariffs
r.ye.ues fell off. under higher pro
tcctivc tariffs revenues Increased. If
VII! new be shown from the records
ci Tie same years that under protective
tlgi.,3 our foreign trade has invariably
i;,rIr&Sed; that under lower tariffs orr
trace with foreign countries, both in
c>r3its ana imports, has declined.
IL. icing the fact. demonStrdble from
4 -t...y of the experiences before and
a.,.. the changes which have been
mStt in the tariff laws Of the United
Stdtps i'll 1852. 1850, 1894 ana 1897, it
becomes Il matter of special Interest
10 nu.e what becomes OF The claim OF
Tie Tariff smashers" and dual tariff
aG:tatJrs that we should now reduce
tho ra es of the tariff law in order to
promote our foreign trade.
There never was advanced i'll the
whole course of discussions of the eco
na!Hics of American industry more
hollow humbug than that or pro
tact;vc system destroys our foreign
t.aGe. The facts of history prove be
yond shadow of doubt that the claim
of thc opponents Of protection that the
to, ligrpt,pn nrn fnrniou
trade. compelling foreigners TO refuse
to bCy American products because
"lc"c: gners will not buy where they
cannot SELL" has nor y solitary fact iD
experience upon which to hang us u
DEMONSTRATION to the people OF the
actual results in our foreign trade.
II ldcre is one thing certain besides
IL, r@ct that protection gives revenues
whore lower tariffs fail to supply ade-
Cl.1lc funds for government use ii is
the Plain truth recorded III the pages
o2 he experiences of the American peo-
pc under all the tariff laws which the
country has known in twenty-five
ycart, that adequate protective tariff
laws are accompanied by increased
foreign trade. exports as well as im-
ports.
Foreigners do not refuse to buy Amer
lean products when we have protective
tariffs Under protection they buy
more generously than they do under
lover tariffs. Foreigners do not fail
to sci commodities to the American
people during the existence of protec
tive t3riffs, because under protection
the .imerican people are prosperous
ana t.cy are better able to buy high
priced foreign goods, luXuries. etc. IT,,
then. Il can be shown not only that pro-
toctivc tariffs are the only kind of tar
ifs which produce revenues and that
Under their operations our foreign
trade including both our sales To for
c:Gn countries and our purchases from
i9Tcgl countries. increases, what be-
comes Of the basis for the present day
AGITATION for a lowering of our tariff
GUt!es?
The recent agitation of trade CUES
..0ns in Germany incident to the pro
posed establishment of closer protcc-
ti"e lines upon German Industries has
LGd tie effect of producing Il general
c,3uJ" throughout this country among
The tariff smashcrs" that our protac-
tige tariff SYSTEM is shutting us out of
fs'e;gn markets. decreasing our sales
t. foreigners. '.yvho will not buy of us
lyrauae we DO not buy of them" And
Us statement is made in the face of
tha facts easily shown from the gov
c.l'lapnt records. that under our pro
t-ctiTe system we sell more conmodi-
ti,S abroad and we buy more foreign
gIaGS than we did under the expert
mnut# with lower tariffs.
Protection encourages domestic in
Gi8tT. Increases the productive power
Of car mills and shOps,fGiycs added
rso5 rerity to the whole people and en-
ai.i,s them to buy Increased quantities;
ct a;ch goods as enter the markets of