| Show advantages OF when wo hear some of our citizens say that they are democrats we wonder if they know that democrats believe in no protection if they know this and still maintain that democracy is the proper political faith we havo only lo 10 say that their acts in many instances belie their belief we need not go into the intricacies of the census figures to convince ourselves that protection is a good thing though those figures favor the principle of protection for wo have examples in our every day life which prove its advantages in building up a city per example but a few days ago there appeared in the columns of THE ENQUIRER a notice soliciting bids for the erection of the Contral building in the notice appeared these significant words bids from home contractors only will be considered likewise when the B Y academy board met to consider the bids for the completion of the new academy building they rejected the lowest bid because it camo from an eastern airm and the public applauded these acts it was heard said on all sides that that was the way to build up a city home work for homo workmen they repeated with delight and probably not one in ten realized that this was the strongest kind of protection it is on the same principle and to derive thu same advantages that republicans public ans seek to levy a protective tariff as thereby they realize that work is afforded our laborers and the country is built up and made strong none feared that because in the notice asking for bids for the central building a clause was put in limiting bids to home contractors they would take advantage of the same to enrich themselves those asking for bids realized that we had competition at home that would pretty well equalize the price and in this they were right even though the homo bid should be a little higher the advantage lay in the fact that all money would be kept in the corn and help enrich the people in general by letting the contract to home builders the same holds true with regard to the government our tariff is a protection that compels home patronage and thus the country is enriched it is a condition of facts that cant be denied and besides being a perfectly reasonable conclusion figures bear us out in the argument SAMS statistics show that in 1860 after fourteen years of free trade the wealth per capita in the united states was only in 1880 after twenty years of protection dur aug which time we had a devastating civil war lasting four years the wealth per capita had reached the high sum of the cause of this great increase under protection may appear more plain by looking at the figures of our imports and exports darbu fourteen years of free trade our imports exceeded our exports abe reverse of thib of affairs is found under a protective tariff under fourteen years of protection our exports ex ceedee our imports hence yon sea kind reader that under free trade or a tariff for revenue only the money is sent out of the country and tho people are left poorer under a protective tariff the money is kept at home and the people are made richer |
