Show the american economist in a long article tells ot the berer increasing danders of oriental competition not alone in manufactured goods but in the production of raw material here 13 a paragraph on wool the increase in the production of v ool and cotton in china has already become one 0 the notable features of the oriental trade it ia stated aliat in the last fifteen years the exports of cheeps H ool from the mongolian nce of the empire have increased and the limit has not ct been reached in the cotton deports from shanghai amounted in round numbers to pounds of which japan took something over pounds by isai the total had increased to pounds ard the to 0 er pounds it is noted moreover that the increased demand did not increase the price whence the conclusion is drawn that the supply is by no means inadequate to any drain that may be made upon it nothing can save the of civilized countries from the disastrous effects of that competition save a complete protection in his home market that w be necessary even in england itself and in america it will be so imperative pera tive that to neglect it would be an economic dime this is an argument advanced in favor of hili protection the economist would not dare question the important part pla ved by silver in stimulating the agricultural and interests of the orient for would come a howl from alio ranks of the G 0 P that would bo deafening and here is a strong illustration of what utah adherence to that party will do As long as the western men he silver men give their moral support to the republican party aliey will foster and abet this subverting and twisting of every historical or pasa inc condition to the proof of the feces baity of protection and the more protection is promulgated as the panacea for our evils the more silver is dwarfed to insignificance the literature oe the republican party is and will te protection tec tion to the exclusion of every other question and the silver man who coun tenancies ten ances by offering his support the declaration that protection is alie paramount issue grievously errs the remedy says the economist is protection when we consider eliat the economist has tor years spoken of the few cents per day the pauper labor of the orient receive and that by investigating the silver quentio in all its ramifications we discover that their mere pittance is cut in two but even that reduced pay they receive as much of the necessities of life as they ever did and are as comfortably housed and in aery way provided for a true understanding of the amount of protection anat will be required to shut out their articles of production from the united states may be obtained the wool growers will then likely get a 15 cent duty and everybody in the united states will want to be a cheep owner there will be enormous duties on everything the orient can produce except that which the american farmer and raises in surplus for of aliat avail would be a tariff on the farm articles that must go out and compete with this cheap labor silver fortified labor silver blessed labor of not only the orient but of south america and other silver using lands who will protect the farmer we can say with truth that none offer protection true protection to the wool man the farmer the artisan the common laborer to all alike other than the silver advocates in ahli fair land of ours |