The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-05-02


~ the head Of the leading educa-
tional institution In a state which, in
proportion to It's area and population.
has prospered through protection
more, perhaps. than any other state
OF the union, Woodrow Wilson. presi-
dent OF Princeton college, seems UNI
able to shake of the effects OF early
training sufficiently 20 grasp the fact
that the world has moved since he
sat AZ the feet Of free trade college
Gamaliels. Accomplished facts. the
actual results OF nearly half a cen
fury Of protection. are TO him as moth
Ing when they conflict with the the
DRY that protection was wrong In the
first place. and is all the more un-
moral In It's marvellous fruition Of ef-
fects. Speaking not long ago at the
dinner Of the South Carolina society
In New York to the congenial toast
John c. Calhoun" the Princeton
president deeply deplo-ed the "stimu-
lation" Of the tariff. the artificial ad-
vantage" which has made II possible
for many people to thrive and make
money. Said he:
Congress became the general
foster mother-and that In a country
whose rich and almost boundless
natural resources made such fosterage
absolutely unnecessary beyond the
initial point where Industries had
once been assisted TO get on their
feet as against foreign competition"
Duly appreciative Of the implied ac-
Acknowledgement that there was once a
time In the history OF the republic
when industries needed assistance to
get on their feet as against foreign
competition. we would like 10 know
upon what state Of facts and condi
lions Mr.. Wilson bases his hypothesis
that such fosterage has become ALSO
lutely unnecessary How has he ar
rived at the conclusion that protec-
tlon Is no longer needed In this coun-
try7 We are aware that this Is the
general free trade view and aver
ment, but we do not recall that any
among the free traders has In recent
years come forward with a bill OF
particulars.
Take. for example. AR Woodrow
Wilson's own state and the city OF his
residence. Is he. perchance. aware
that Trenton's pottery payrolls carry
a per capita wage rate three times the
pottery wage rate OF Germany. Aus
tria and Hungary? Does he know.
further. that five per cent OF prodgc-
ton cost would more than cover the
cost Of laying down Saxony pottery at
New York? AS a matter Of closer de-
tail. does he know that a crate OF pot
terry can be freighted more oheaply
from Hamburg 10 Chicago than from
Trenton to Chicagog
Whether or not Mr.. Wilson knows
these things. they are an true Being
true, how does the gentleman get
over them? How does he figure that
fosterage has become unnecessary;
that in the absence OF a protective
tariff Trenton could continue 20 make
and sell pottery In competition with
a foreign production cost one-third the
Trenton production cost?
What Is true OF Trenton's pottery
industry Is relatively true OF all manu-
featuring industries IN this country
Outside Of few establishments
whose products are by patents or
patented processes secured against
foreign competition, Il would be hard
to name any American industry which
would thrive and make money as
well without as with the fosterage OF
A. -
fact, II would be impossible to name
a single industry that would be as
well or better on without such foster
age. for the blow that hurt those de
pendent upon protection would un-
sallingly injure those which do not
depend upon the tariff 10 hold the
American market. Rot even the few
would thrive when the many we're
Frustrated.
Calhoun was for many years q pro
tectlonist. He did not become a free
trader until the south. Jealous and APP
prehensive OF the growth OF northern
Industries, decided that Il would be
better to sell its raw cotton In the
dearest market and buy It's manufac-
lures in the cheapest market To-day.
thanks to projections fosterage,
southern cotton mills keep at home
more cotton than they send 10 New
England factories. To-day the south
has grown rich at an enormous rate
through its own industrial develop
ment. To-day. II alive and better in
formed as TO facts and conditions
than Woodrow Wilson appears 60 be.
John c. Calhoun would probably be
protectionist
IL Woodrow Wilson should be the
presidential nominee OF the Demo
cratic party In 1908. he would receive
the electoral votes OF all the southern
states; but II is questionable whether
his chances are going to be improved
by the advocacy Of free trade as the
American policy.
Neither Long Nor Loud.
The call for tariff revision at this
time fa nQifhQr long nor loud The