The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-14
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

While true that charity begins at home yet is equally
true that does not necessarily end there The who can read
Of the engs Of those other countries Of those of Germany
with whom thanks President Wilson, still nomnaly at
war without feeling of sympathy and desire help is unworthy
Of the American The people the United States do not
upon NONCOMPLIANCE Women and children of have al
ways received the consideration and assistance in time of
need Nor do nation desire to nct unnecessary suffering
upon those who themselves at fault AS people we are
acuated by philanhropis motives.
Such being the have been quick respond calls for
assistance made behalf of the suffering of other countries But
well wise charity We are not called upon
to beggar ourselves in order to aid others
Psuedo-p hlanhropists of the international variety have
been loudly demanding that forgive the debt owed Gus by d
European nations also that open wide markets in
order enable them their former prosperity That would
be all right if thereby did not rob people whose needs
demand our first consideration We SHALL if continue present
FreeTade policy greatly increase unemployment this country
There the present time is estimated two and quarter
millions workers out of employment Americans get no less
hungry than foreigners and charity begins at home Many OF
those unemployed probably the greater proportion of them
would be now employed able feed and cohe themselves and
families for the remarkable flood of imports which has
drowned industries We certain quantity
commodity and hire foreigners produce for
must condemn wokmen who produce such commodity
leness and want That the whole nutshell We must
hire workmn produce the goods need else
hire foreign workmne. If hire the foreigners
workmn will be unemployed
certain people who themselves up guides and instructors
financial and economic shall hav two and quarter
million idle wokmen but the number will be quadruped In that
shall sorry figure in the business and financial world
Having lost the home market shall be still unable to capture the
foreign market for if compete with foreign producers
market shall certainly he unable do the foreign
markets
With domestic markets given foreign producers
would hardly be able do much in the way of extending assistance
the needy of other countries On the contrary charity would both
begin and home it, indeed should become objects of
charity ourselves We would be spectacle if should
through policy build the productive industries of
other countries and thereby pap ourselves to the extent of be-
obliged ask charity of those countries which the
objects soicitudc the part psueo phhop
and limitation economists
The of country Protection its citizens
The Protection required vary according the needs of the
country Protection less the prerogatve and duty
of the than Protection against invading armies There
only thing for people do and that to build
industries by Of adequate Protective Tariff and then
the abundance thus made possible the needy of other nations
We should disregard the biased advice of those who
csed realizing value the foreign stocks and bonds which
they purchased Of other nations during the which time they
showed their philanthropy by buyn gthem few cents the dol
There than kind Of charity and be
guard against the bogus variety