Show f DOKS lIt TECTrOXp < JTE < T f Editors Herald Having heard the remark that Protection l I Pro-tection does not protect attributed to i i you be good enoughto explumshow your you-r > cap reconcile what appears to involve j it I absolute a contradiction v SCBSCEIBEB 11 JTiinHrnAU will endeavor to answer 1 I I r i L 1 i subscriber jnot because thejquestion t he raiscsia aonatter of local importance or one in whWh the people of Utah are L gic itly conceriied but becausehe is a i subscriber heisaysr and entitledto ai i fair answer to n proper question i 1 v Our friendsJiouldalway kCt11ril1i i i L I t antI the fact that political parties and campaigns are the most fruitful sources of catchphrases and technical techni-cal terms ioi anything in existence Hence theword fprotectionTuscd in that connection means such a tariff on imports as will restrict that kind of trade and thereby protect the producer pro-ducer The term is used for convenience conveni-ence sake without subscribing to the assumed rinciples out of which Jt grows therefore when it is said that protection doesnot protect we have referenceto the doctrine bearing the name claiming that it and the facts do not coincide So much forth apparent paradox Then proceeding to thesubjectproper we announce as sound political economy econ-omy IThat commerce Ls what makes comniunUies friendly and nations great 11That the less commerce is restricted re-stricted the more the friendship and the greater the nations which do not restrict it III That a high tariff ton commodities commodi-ties isin favor of the seller and against the producer and consumer The question as to whether or not we shall deal freely and on amicable terms with our neighbors neigh-bors and those who are remote from us is too profound a subject to be thoroughljdiscussed intn dailyjiewi paper article It is one of those far reaching and comprehensive political sciences upon which volumes havd been written mid oratory poured forth like the blue waves which rolled nightly on deep Galilee fJf can only bespoken of herewith regard toTils general features therefore Superficially anil unsatisfac I torily i I TIC United State is the most independent inde-pendent nation on the globe It doe not actually require imports because its pepple can live within themselves peitlier does it require ministers or am bissador abroad because its political status before the world is such and the methods communication to and from so complete that it can afford to get along without representation cl < < cw here TJuti it as a governmentaftcr in such a position as would justify so arrogant arro-gant an attitude in the full flush of the setting set-ting sun of the Nineteenth centurj Are wo living even on our own soil and able to defy competition from remote quarters in such a elfpoiaed defiant manner as that kind of policy would suggest Are we prepared toSay to China that its tea cannot enter our portst Jam that its coffee must not come to France that its silks ure not wanted to England that its fabric cannot can-not enter and to Cuba that kits tobacco mustjremain at home so far as we arc concerned Hardly Not because we cannot get along without such things but because they arp all friendly powers and because most if not all of them are ctfnstanth purchasing some of our surplus sur-plus prducts They purchase from us whatwe do not require and we purchase pur-chase from them what we do require thus making a commercial counterpoise which an indiscriminate 11 and exorbitant tariff wuld1d ran e I U if not entirely paralyze J If a package of tea is taxed fie as a I condition of its entry into the port of ISm I-Sm Francisco the dealer must add that j amount to tlie price he would otherwise i demand and the consumer pays it Tins i Is so called protection but does it protect pro-tect A So with coffee so with tobacco and everything else we import and Vrc must import everything other nations have tp sell so long as we require them or they will take steps to prevent our surplus from reaching their shore This would be a detriment to t our producer and workers jwith whom traffic in everv thing and where would they6 gain where be protected in such au event When the farmer cdnnot sell the pro duct of his farm and his flocks beyond the amount required for home consumption con-sumption it is so much dead property pro-perty becauseJie can neither use it nor convert it into anything that he lm use but ifit could be exported without restraint while at the same timahe was enabled to buy withoutduty5omo articles of foreign production whkh our habits and training hne taught us to regard as necessities and which we cannot raise at home he would then to j thafetcnt least be profiting liy the piotectionof free trade Th6reislagreat cryjovervthcTwooI interest I in-terest protectionj being demanded for it Why The clamor for a high tariff on that product is a most peculiar agitation agita-tion and may defeat itself If we tax imported wool so highly that it cannot can-not enter the United States it is mani festlj r done for the purpose of making theprice of our ovn wool l and woolen I fabric higher and in greater demand ilitipossiblc forittfem to grow into 1 greaterrdeinarid i when we certainly havei > already more than we need and will under the restriction arrangement f proposed have to buy and sell the entire = en-tire product among ourselves And i j having so much more Lfneeded for phomeconsumption why should we fear i foreign competition even if these werq 1 1 no tarifl When the expense shipment acts as a restraining agency Can any jonefsce aprotcc ion that prefects ill such a policy We hope Subscriber is answered Because THK HITUEDS spare inimited i and it must > appear every morning order that other suosel1ber may bo r f gratified 5 1 |