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Show Hj A Terrlllc Jolt, J I to I England's great statesman, Cham- 1 (. bcrhiln, In touching on that country's , 1 present condition, gives the Pom- I h ocratlc proposition of free trade In J ;;, tills countiy a most terrlllc rap. The I I' Democratic party Is partlcularlly fond ' , of referring to England as an example I S, of the glories of fico trade, and what S ! Chamberlain sajsiiitisteeitalnly :omc M In the nature or a bombshell. jjl In lilt great speech In paillaincnt, ilf Mr. Clumbcilain alluded to the leccnt H visit he made to Venice, when he Wti' found thecatnpanlle, which had stood He for centuries, and which, when he KM previously visited Venice, seemed as We , permanent as tlie city Itself, now a Ri mass of ruins. He continued: WM, f "1 do not say that 1 anticipate such ! , a fate for the British emphe, but I lall say I see signs of decay, ciacks and ajir . crevices showing that the foundations 9m ' ' arc not broad and deep enough to sus- M tain It. Am 1 wrong to warn jou? Hi-; j ' On the other hand, the protected Ml countries, which you have been toid, w I and 1 myself once believed, were going B I V rapidly to wieck and ruin, have pio- I ft ,4 grossed Infinitely better In proportion I I -, tlinn ourselves, and Instead of, as Cob-I Cob-I 'f den believed, our remaining the work- I ' I shops of the world, we aic sending less t and less of our manufacturers abroad, , while the protected countries are send-, send-, c ing moio and moie of their niaiiufact-') niaiiufact-') t ures here. i "Tho ast majority of the workmen i ' In the colonies are piotectlonlsts, and m i I am disinclined to accept the easy cx- B planatlon that they were all fools. 1 A fall to undeistand why a man who Is intelligent here becomes an Idiot when 4ft he goes to Australasia. He does.how- WL ever, get rlu of a number of old-world ' prejudices and supersltions. m '- "Now, what Is the history of protec- & tlonV Flist, there is tariff and no In-H In-H I dustries. Then gradually primary In-IS In-IS " dustrles for which the country has naff na-ff r I tural facilities grow up behind the Ik tariff wall; then secondary, Industries HI f ; spring up, llrst of necessaries, then of Iff'' luxuiles, until at last all the ground Is Hi : covered. HDf f "The countries to which 1 have re- I P". i ' fcrred are in different stages of tlic HJ? protective process. In the United 1 B k States the process is completed. She BHj(? pioduces everything and excludes n, everything. There Is no trade to be HI done with her for a paltry sk shil- Hf Hugs per head. |