Show SOME Son FIlINGS II GS TO HE HE- I It I should not be bc forgotten b by th the critics of ot the majority in Congress 1 that there are problems to be con con- down there In Washingto which do not alwa always find mention menton J In in tho the published reports One of ot tho timings things is the constant care that must mua be ex exercised b by legislators In the In Interest Interest In- In terest of the tho American people a as touching tho the conflicting interest o othe of the foreigner Our senators and congressmen beleve be be- leve protection Is better beter for the their fellow Americans than the tho contrary policy poley And w while o the they do not pro pro- 5 j H oro y I A I I pose to leave one ono schedule too high the they arc are none the less IcS resolved to open no gates through which competitors com coin from abroad can cnn drive down OW the tho prosperity of the American citi citi- zen The prosperity of ot tho the American r peo- peo eo- eo plo is broa broadly l marked by tho the excess of or exports over imports Whenever the United States buys bus from abroad more dollars dollars' worth than is sold abroad of our own goods our whole nation naton is loser Whenever we wo sell ehl el more than we Wc bu buy wo we are aro gainer gainor Generally speaking tIme the excess s o of Imports Import over exports was always al marl marked ec until after the close of the civil war There were a few tess' years eur when the balance balanco of ot trade was WIS In tho favor of or the tho United States Not over ten times In tho the first hundred years ears of ot tho the naton nations nation's history From 1876 to the present time the balance of trade has been against the United States Just three times times In In in In 1889 and in 1893 And in each cach case casc the tho Democratic attack atack on the thc principle of ot protection can well weB account for the reversal In trac trade Our Congress Is legislating for a great nation naton a nation naton of approximately approximately a hundred people Inthe In Jn Inthe I the light of or nil all al that on ml has hns been found b by experience it is fair to believe that protection protection ls is better beter for tor tho the nation naton nfl nfl- na na- tion ton at largo large than the contrary policy Some of us ma may think certain schedules should be changed But i if is isit isit it f not fair tall to assume that the men in Washington are aro bettor better beter prepared t to get the te facts to arrive at a sound judgment than are wo we Will VJ vii it not be bc well wel to trust the tIme themen themen men we have elected to make a n n new w tariff that will wi be in tho the interest of or orthe the whole people of ot the time United States lp Js it Just fair Call for tor us to condemn those thoo men without knowing the causes that influence their ever every action acton And shall we probably risk anything J in ip which the they will not be bo sharers |