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Show REASON OF PAPER SCARCITY Tho newspaper publishers of tho land aro up against a tough proposition proposi-tion In scarcity or paper, a very heavy Increase In price and the po8 Blblllty of a wholly Inadequate supply. sup-ply. Why? Because through our national short slghtcdness wo depended upon other countries for chemicals needed In paper manufacture and failed, thru lack of adequate Protection to develop de-velop this Industry In our own coun- try- Under tho false theory of Freo Trade we mado ourselves dependent upon other lands for things which wo should bo producing at homo. But, say somo of tho papers and some other Freo Traders tho manufacturers manu-facturers should havo developed tho Industries without Protection', Why didn't tho Freo Trnders nnd tho newspapers which take bucIi a etand Invest their own money to create cre-ate thoso industries? Tho field was theirs, their capital was as good na anybody else's and they surely should be willing to lnveet their money In enterprises which thoy Insist somo other intangible man should establish. estab-lish. No duty devolved upon any other particular man or men to Invest their money In Industries whoso possiblo profits did not appeal to them. When this fact 1b driven homo on those who nro nlwa's eager to mako somobody olso build railroads and establish es-tablish factories, without any assurance assur-ance of profit Jhcro will como a clearer understanding of business i conditions, and Protection agalnBt H foreign Invasion of our markets, to ' the ruin of our prosperity, will be-como be-como as popular ns protection ngnlnst nn nrmed Inyadon by foreign armies Is now becoming since Mexico showed show-ed us our wcakuesa. Manufacturers Record. |