Show protection NEEDED DF destruction WOULD OVERTAKE OUR industries WITHOUT IT tariff necessary to roster loster infant industries and to them thena when full 1 grown as a significant from every E aery government should seek to develop the hi highest skill and industry among all its people and at tho the samp linw all the natural resources of its own territory I 1 i the history of civilization proves that no nation ever has permanently secured these desirable results without protection and a moments reflection will convince us that a country whose industries are undeveloped never could establish them in direct competition with older countries whose industries are already wealthy and well established lis lied for tho the older and richer country could well afford in its own interests to flood such newer country with goods at prices far below the cost of producing such goods in the newer country and so break down and crush out all efforts of tho the newer country to establish solid manufactures and give varied industries to its people indeed such has ever been the policy of groat great britain toward yot younger luger an aud d weaker nations in a debate on this subject in tho the english house of lords lord goderich said other nations know that thit what we english moan mean by free trade is bothin nothing more nor less than by means meins me ins of the tb great advantages wo we enjoy to get the monopoly of all tho the markets of nations for our manufacturers and to prevent them one and all from over ever becoming comin manufacturing nations this this certainly is audaciously frank but it is also the very concentrated essence of national commercial selfishness and nothing bat but a strong protective tariff can prevent england from form forcing this policy on us she has tried it upon ig us repeatedly but especially in 1813 at the close of the war for the av avowed owed purpose of breaking down our manufactures for lord brougham at that very time in the house of commons said it is well worth while to incur incura a loss M upon tho the first exportations exhortations I 1 in n order by the glut to stille stifle in tho the cradle those manufactures fac tures in the united states which the war had forced into existence contrary to the natural order of things what was the result of this policy toward us our manufactures went down like grime gram before the mower and our agriculture and the wages of labor speedily followed Pin financial ancial prostration was general and the presence of debt was universal and intolerable said greeley Gro elcy the policy cf of england is further shown by david syme a wealthy manufacturer fac and prominent free trader who boldly declares in any quarter of the globo globe where competition shows itself as likely to interfere with english monopoly immediately the capital of her manufacturers is massed in that particular quarter and goods aro are exported there in large quantities and sold at such prices that outside campeti competition tion is effectually crushed out english manufacturers have been enoi known it to export goods to a distant market and sell them under coet cost for years with a view of getting the market into their own hands again and to gain and keep that foreign market ind nd step in lit for the rholo when prices revive how flow literally true this is is we know to ur bitter cost in the united states from these facts and statements ar and d many others could bo easily added it i is clear that while great britain with all her immense wealth and firmly established in manufactures adheres to such a policy there is no safety for our labor nor security for our industrial capital without a strong and permanent protective tariff such a policy only can give I 1 us the varied industries and multiplicity of products which certainly are essential to the continued prosperity or any nation or people this fact is BO so plain and so true historically that even the english free traders cannot deny it thus lord goderich in the speech from which wo have quoted above referring to the protect protective iA policy then just adopt od xi by france aid said tho the policy that france acts on is that of encouraging its native manufactures manufacturer and it is a wise policy for france for if elio elie were freely to admit our manufactures it would speedily reduce her to an agricultural nation and therefore a poor nation as all nations must be that depend exclusively upon agriculture there aro are no historical facts moro clearly established than these three first every nation that has depended exclusively or nearly so upon agriculture for the support and maintenance of its people baa has been a poor nation second tho nation that has had the greatest variety of well developed home industries has been tho the wealthiest and strong strongest gest nation third without a protective tariff it is impossible for any new nation to establish and maintain a variety of industries in competition with a nation in which they ure are already rich and firmly established consequently the necessity as well as tho the wisdom of adhering to a it protective policy in the united states must be apparent tra reut D G 4 harriman |