The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-07
mus HAVE PROTECTION.

MoSi HAVE fhOTECT1ON.
Henry Natterson. a valiant. II bitter.
foe OF the protective tariff, recently
declared In defense Of the low-tarin
policy OF Democracy tina there is no
Tree trade party In this ountry
which must De taken. then. as a rela-
tive reputation OF the revision of the
tariff under the Underwood-Simmons
bill. because that measure has not ac-
complished any revenue achievements
that we n of. Strictly speaking.
the Democratic policy of revision may
not be o~ut-and-out free trade. but his
country is tired OF the sophistry of
the "tarin for revenue only" which
operates pm free trade lines. and wants
NO more experiments in near free
trade. but an exemplihcstion Of the
Republican policy Of protection. Any
future revision of the tariff must take
in the protective features.
The changed attitude OF the British
government in recognizing the neces-
sity OF protecting the dyestuf indus
tries of England sustains the investi-
cations made in this country that an
adequate degree OF protection would
be necessary in order to insure the
continued profitable operation Of the
industry after the war closed. Ameri-
can capital that refused to iavest In an
enterprise whose existence depended
on the duration Of European hostilities
were assailed by free trade papers as
lacking in the spirit of progress. But
what have these papers to say now
when free trade England proposes to
give a greater degree OF protection
than American manufacturers have
asked in the establishment OF a dye
stun Industry? What is true about
this industry applies to all other new
enterprises which are proposed to
establish our complete independence
of foreign countries in the future. and
secure relief from the Inconvenience
of our present dependence. which the
war so fully revealed.
The Solid SOUTH which has been
the bulwark of the Democratic party
when the votes were needed. has been
strangely obtuse to the hurtfulness of
the economic policies of the party to
its own interests. But the light is
breaking in that section. through the
forced illumination OF the destruction !
OF the sugar industry. The Manufac.
tuners Record. OF Baltimore. which
has done more for the industrial and
financial development OF the South
than any other one agency. speaks out
for that section in no uncertain voice.
II Is not a partisan publication. aud
certainly has never been accused OF
being in active sympathy with the Re-
publican party. This is what IL has
TO say in its current issue on the tariff
question:
This country. or the majority OF its
people. believe In a protective tarin.
fact. The South needs protection more
than any other section OF the country.
ana the business men OF the south are
the need OF this section for a protective
tarin in order to secure the broadest de-
Neiopment OF it's Industries. The pro-
lection sentiment throughout the SCUM
Is steadily growing. and bat for local
conditions "a would long aso have been
able 20 make itself felt and thus helped
10 strengthen the protective-taTif forces
OF the country. The poli.iciars and
come OF the newspapers Of the South
may undertake 10 decry or denv the
steady growth OF . protective-tarIH
sentiment among all the leading buSi-
ness forces OF this section. but the
growth Is there and n can easily DE-
FOUND by any Intelligent. honest. OBJ
server. The Louisiana sugar people who
rave been sacrihced In the Rouse Of their
friends BY the elimination OF the tarfn
on sugar are not more pronounced IN
their demand for q protective tariff for
their interests than are the iron people.
ana the lumber people. and the COTTON
manufacturers and the rice growers.
ana others who represent the real busl-
ness heart and life OF the South. IL
must be borne In mind that the business
depression throughout the country was
severe before the war commenced. and
that II had steadily grown worse from
the time the new tarin bill was 5aased.
The tens OF thousands OF working peo-
pie out Of employment bear teEtinony
70 the condition to which unwise legis-
lation has brought our countrys trade.
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