New-York tribune., 1910-01-24
U. S. ISSUES ABROln
The English Canpo,.
Single Failure.
Inndnn =

u Ne'o'ihers nave enlarrad
the evidences OF prosperity \, :. Ss
Republic as proofs of the futi,;,- s's
argument that defensive 60"
ruinous to a progressive countrv
lean and German experience Aas
cited on thousands of platforr,-
port OF the necessity for a dras,Io y
In the fiscal system Of ,ba :, izas
Free trade speakers and jou-raS-s''s
attempted to discredit the sv,d-@ a
exaggerating the cost OF living =
lea and Germany. by misreDrssn-..A a.
facts about unemployment ara
In those countries and by a 80,
the Cobdenite argument that tn
from which revenue is drawn a
hausted when inportations
by high duties. The Unionis,
published copious dispatches r-or.
lea and Germany in reburrsY
counter argument. and Ia.
Tariff Reform orators with .-s.s Hs
OF the efficiency OF protective tars-.
multiplying home industries. t,,-
the condition OF working people
ing the evils OF unemplovnen. -,
largtng revenues from indi-ec.
The Tariff Reform cause has No..
exampled progress In the course.
years The Free Trade advoc,,.
either been silenced or whiupsd ,,..
so that the Unionist party ba,
united and strongly reinforced
crate men from the ouposi,s
Whether the Unionists come =,
or have to wait a few wears
triumph, they will bring with -
new fiscal policy based upon tbs
ence Of their chief industrial rival.
American example has been =
force than English theory IN ra,-,,.s~
the fiscal practice Of the modern ra..
The British colonies found II ,Acs.
TO protect the home market: cs-
reverted TO the same policy wiz
spicuous success. and sooner a.
England will cease to stand agains, !.
world as the one great nation tba,
lects TO defend it's own industrial ~
ests and prefers TO supply foraiv, -
rather than its own workmen WITH sn.
ployment all the year round.
sues In the present canvass hars hAs,
numerous and perplexing that II.
suits may be more or less iuconrv,-,.
but the trend toward Tariff Reform hn.
mistakable- 1t is the fundamental i,sr.
on which the Unionists VIII rsr,rr, =,
power at the next election. II rot ~,
month
The times have changed sincs bo,s
Conservatives and Liberals acceut.s a,
inspired truth Mr.. Gladstons's d,cum.
so long as America continues her m.
lection system English commercial urus
perity is secure" There are 10 szu
that Americans viii ever abandon 4.
policy OF protecting their labor and II. |
dustries- Their experience under i. |
Wilson tariff. when the Treasury Va
emptied. gold payments barely nan. |
tanned by costly loan and business I. |
terests paralyzed by lack Of conatsna
Nho4 4ACa NA-C4A- LAAdl l-AC - Slcll LINK
which marvels OF debt paying and prrs
ress had been wrought was not 10 =
thoughtiessly and recklessIy d.scardsi
They have not made the mistake OF cos
verting protection into an invioIaa
principle. as was done for long peT,z
in England with Free Trade They han
continued 10 regard II as national ~ F
icy subject to alterations and atsprs
uens from decade TO decade in accori'
ance with practical experiences. Ens-
Eshmen by this time know that I
hopeless for them TO expect the c1nys'
sion OF America 10 Cobdenism. and hss
have ceased TO repeat the oldtims rsz-
ment that protection delivered ta1 |
from formidable rivalry and sec-z
their own commercial supremacy. ts
their vaunted system that IS nov Hl'
demned in their own country. VIZ
their markets glutted with foreign soea
their own prosperity has been an-
impaired.
While il is gratifying TO Americas
witness the triumph OF their own polc'
and the gradual conversion OF the "
mother land TO them, IT is more proH'
able for them 10 consider the stronss
point which Free Traders are raAs
against them in this English canvas
This is the disappearance OF taeil n'
chant marine from the high seas MI
has been said about il in the Los'
press and on Free Trade platforms :
glaring proof of the failure or Protsc'1-
The answer can be returned tnsl
ocean carrying trade, as distihs"s
from shipbuilding. is the only eonsp~-
Gus industry which has not oeen
tected in America. and consequence
the single exception proves the rus =
the system OF fostering eTnploymsl'
the home market has been hisnH
cessful Technically this is a iosl's'
ply. but practically the absence %
flag from the high seas is a PROOF =
an important interest has been hss''~
in America -
The passage of an ocean mail sD0''
bill is indispensable if the nag Is
be restored IN foreign trade O'ne's
the Panama Canal will be consl-
for the benefit of European sn's !.
foreign markets cannot be ootAih"
surplus manufactures. American ~
prise will not be properly sdvera
fleets under the fiag and bri'iSA -,
Traders will have g plausiole ATS
against the American system sr
The ignorant declarations Guns ,..t
repeated in the English canvass .,n
millions are starving in Anler'eS
lack of employment do not rsau- ,.,,s.
Gus treatment. When Mr. Liosu-ota -
and Mr.. Winston Churchill asse'' -.
tariff keeps 1oreisN -