Show why vly I 1 an am l I 1 am a protectionist because I 1 Ic can ansee see very clearly that the political inde independence liend which every patriot would sacrifice his life to preserve to his country can only be safely assured when we are in ili independent and I 1 im am glad if it ie i squires that leaser lemer sacrifice to forego a few pen pennies aies of ormy my savings savins to do my part p art to secure that assurance assurance asi urance I 1 I 1 am a protectionist because I 1 can see I 1 think with equal clearness that the 1 l greater the diversification of our industries tho the greater the prosperity ot of our people PON I 1 am ain a protectionist because it seems to me evident evid eilt that a carefully arranged tariff arran arranged jed I 1 should say by A sd cial commission of honest disinterested and wise wie me men must be kept up to preserve us from industrial crises and disturbances tur bances anees due to foreign indusi industrial rial ch changes a ages and crises I 1 am a protectionist because I 1 think that ultimately we shall insure the most uniform moderate and satisfactory markets in when the manufacturing and the agricultural classes are most thoroughly intermingled eo so that we shall have a minimum mini munt expenditure for transportation por tation and maximum labor applied in actual production I 1 am a protectionist because I 1 find my views confirmed by the practice of the whole world with the single exception except iou of great britain where I 1 see that the principles just enunciated are violated by excess of productive capacity in manufactures and naturally to relieve her keople people from their difficulties open marketa marand ets find and free be sought by that nation great britain in this respect standing alone professor R IL thurston of cornell university |