Show FREE TRADE AND DEST destruction RUC TION the history of commeret Commer ct prove its if great advantages it might be supposed that protection manufacturers and editors would some soma day learn that the people of this his country can no boager to be fooled ly by a pretended pretend eil comparison of protected with countries which stops when it has mentioned great britain and the th united states tho philadelphia manufacturer fac of june 21 says the picture drawn by our correspondent spon dent in london of tho the great crowds of men assembling at liverpool on alii chance that they might be sent to null to get work on the docks there at the th time of the dockers strike shows what it must bo be here as soon as the free trade incendiaries successfully apply to the th fabric of our industries the torch of dr do Bt ruction which they have been brandishing it are there then no other countries on oil this big round earth it if there are they must of necessity be protection or fret free trade countries As aa a matter of fact there are a halt half dozen countries all w ill europe which for age degree of civilization and natural opportunities ire are fat better adapted for compa comparison ilson with each other than with any newer and bagget 0 country these countries are greit grei britain france germany spain italy and turkey each of these coun countries has at some period been master of europe and held bield the in commerce until near the middle of the present century it was not certain which of the first three countries would tak the lead in manufactures commerce and trade the free trade incendiary torch wai waa first applied toen to En 0 glands industries instead of destroying it fired them with new life and energy england chose chosa freedom and light and the growth of her industries is without parallel on the eastern continent she is supreme iu in commerce she is overflowing with wealth and loans capital to the rest of 0 the ho world she pays higher wages than is is paid by any of her old country and yet undersells under sells them all she is the tha only country of the old world to which emigrants turn with a hope of bettering their financial conditions the other countries mentioned chose restrictions of af commerce and are still wandering in darkness and misery italy and spain with most restrictions havo have sunk almost out of sight in the commercial world france and germany are losing edep with tho the march of progress and must soon fall out of linn lina if they do pot not imitate the example ot of great britain tho the idleness in lo 10 london adon is s partly due to the congestion there of the ho miserable wretches who have been squeezed out of continental europe by commercial bandages which decrease earnings and increase the cost of living protection may be a panacea for economic ellsas ills as the manufacturer takes for granted but it has been peculiarly unfortunate in the old con country except where it has been abolished staga tion ion depression and misery mark the path of protection in europe the same signs 0 appear in this country but because becalm of our greatness as is to territory and our unrivaled natural opportunities restrictive tariffs have not been able to stop our Ir progress ogress though they have b really greatly retarded it if europe from the bay of biscay to the ural mountains and from tho the mediterranean sea to ill W white hito sea had free trade over a territory greater than ours our position in in commerce mi insight ht bo be behind what it is ia now if tho the test be mado still more se vere and all europe had tree free trade while each of our states lad had high protection it is quite probable that the tide of immigration would bo be rev ie eased and would low flow back to europe this is in fact about what is 13 occurring in australia where a moderate protection for each of the five colonies has checked prosperity and caused a panic DRON BYRON W HOLT |