Show IT is often said by tho protection pro that tariff reform is an exclusively Dem cratic measure and that it is resisted b tho Republicans almost in a body Amid such assertions it is refreshing in turnir back tho pages of history to en count such expressions as the following take from one of GARFIELDS speeches We have seen that ono extreme school economists would place the prko of all man factored articles in the hands of foreign pr ducers by rendering it impossible for our man lecturers to compete with them while tho oth extreme school by making it impossible for tl i foreigner to sell his competing wares in o market would give the people no iramedla check upon the prices which our manufacture might fix for their products I disagree wi I both these extremes I hold that a proper adjusted competition between home and foroli t products is the best gauco by which to regula I international trade Duties should be so hi that our manufacturers can fairly compete wi i I the foreign product but not so high as to table t-able them to drive out the foreign article enj the monopoly of the trade and regulate t ii i prices as they please This is my doctrine ot protection I |