The Washington herald., 1909-04-04
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

the low tariR people 10 get money sufi-
cient % carry them through q campaign.
much less 20 wage the war between cleo
tiOns. Only a few times in the history OF
the country has = been different
The constant fight IN favor OF protec-
ton before the people was begun about
800 New York and Philadelphia had so
cieties pledged 10 the support OF home
industries, and the test which determined
their attitude toward q politician was
whether he would wear American-made
clothes Similar societies sprang I'd IN
other States. and the politician who op-
posed them had hard sailing afterward.
Even Presidents OF the United States
found Il advisable. Il not necessary, that
they become members About this same
tine the petition and memorial 70 Con
gress Was freely brought into requisi-
ton. and that body mlght wei have cor
cluded that The world was on IRE for pro
lection II they had judged By the number
d long papers presented. whose breath
has long since been squeezed out OF them
By their incorporation In the big volumes
OF The American state Papers" Al one
took a Virginia low tariff association 10
task for advocating free trade. and the
argumentative fur few for many weeks
Then. as now. the tariff vas largely a
local issue. and when the Southeruers had
something 10 protect he labOred Tor pro
lection as assiduOusly as any other man
The prOpagandists knew this fun well
and always sought 70 take advantage or
The situation This sort OF crusade did
not sUit the free trade advocates OF that
day and many OF them took the propa-
sandists severely 20 task for e. OF thei-
work in 1870 one member said Their IN
founded and infammatory statements
have pervadeG every part Of the Union.
Each member Of the present Congress
has been deluged with enough stun 70
al two large volumes
The high tar1 publicity campaign which
resulted IN the passage OF the bin of
denominations was the greatest that had
yet been undertaken The country was
fairly deIuged with protection literature.
Hezeklah Niles and Matthew Carey had
come onto the STAGE Of action ard they
trained their most powerful guns on the
free trader Niles had started his Reg
ister IN Baltimore years before, but Il
vas now coming into its Own. A man
perfectly sincere fl his convictions. with
70 selfish interest intermixed Herewith.
De mas he american system" The pas
sion Of his life he made Niles Register
| the recognized authority on ali tsrin mat
ters and acquired an influence perhaps
never before Or since enjoyed by any tar
III writer.
Matthew Carey went a. Il n a different
way He was the greatest pamphleteer
protection has ever had IN one OF hts
later phsmplets he states that he had
written and published ffJv-seCen book
Z lets or protection. aggregating some 2E5
pages, besides many essays. circulars.
memorials and newspaper articles He
charged the manufacturers whom he had
helped by his work with being migrate
I ful. and when they refused 70 pay him
I $50 for expenses incurred he published
I the letters of gratitude they had written
I him alOusice OF their answers 20 his re-
quests for compensation.
From the days OF Carey and Niles
down 20 the present tine the output %
literature 81 favor OF protection has never
I been allowed 70 fail OF The mauufac-
turers of the country contribute literally
70 the propaganda. and in addition 10 this.
use their own fnstrumentalities 10 reach
%A-@ E-AA--- ~ A--C --r-i4A AAlllE at1lllaZ
manufacture OF automobiles Is seldinS
I broadcast 10 the press a liberal supply Of
+ high tarid literature. and others are FOL
I lowing his example
When one looks over the list OF publ
cations dealing directly and indirectly
with The tariff. as shown BY the indices
I Of the Library of Congress. he is astound-
: ed by their vast number. They range all
the way Up from a ten-page pamphlet 70
six-huudred-page book and from that
Up 20 a ten-volume set Nearly al OF
this literature IS controversial. and most
or II bears the mark OF the p1rtisan and
The politician, rather than taat Of the
student and the historian. In al the vast
array there are not over half a dozen
books whose statements are not more or
less unged By partisan bias. The protec-
I ton literature bears q proportion OF more
/ than TWO 10 one as compared with the
I Zee trade literature
/ The propaganda has justified its exist
{ tence many times over 70 those responsible
4 for il. Representing as II does the most
/ incessant and complete missionary effort
ever made by any political party IN any
country, il has also yielded fruits beyond
the richest dreams Of avarice. Whether
14c 0oSttAie OF pTOieclon IS night or
wrong. IL has been hammered so deeply
/ into the minds OF the people that al the
present time IL seems not to be a question
I OF protection or free trade. but OF the de-
gree Of protection The propagandfsts
have taught the nation 20 forget the old
ioea that protection should be a tempo
rary thing and 10 regard il as a perma-
rent principle
lCoUughr. 800. by Frederic ]. Hzskirl
Tom mOrroyr-AEa aerfcan TarfR Law