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The question is to ascertain which of the two the protectionists or the raw-materialists of Bordeaux give its just acceptation to the word "labor." Now, upon this ground, it must be said, the protectionist is, by all odds, right; for observe the dialogue which might take place between them: The PROTECTIONIST: "You agree that national labor ought to be protected.
And I don't know whether she is Presbyterian or Mormon; a Protectionist or a Free Trader; whether she is engaged to be married or has lately been divorced! A friend of mine adopts the sensible plan of always providing you with a short history of the person to whom he is about to lead you. "I want to introduce you to a Mrs. Jones," he whispers. "Clever woman. Wrote a book two years ago.
Yet in the Protectionist dispensation, this has become an article of faith. To my mind, it is undeserving of even respectful consideration.
The Free Traders were like a man who, seeing his antagonist is no match for him, boldly calls for a free fight and no favor, while the Protectionist was the man who, seeing himself overmatched, called for the police.
We may here add that the Anglo-German commercial treaty which expired in 1903 has been extended for two years; and that Germany's other commercial treaties were at the same time continued. It is hazardous at present to venture on any definite judgment as to the measure of success attained by the German protectionist policy.
The present writer, looking from afar, has always thought two motives to have been paramount in the chancellor's mind when he separated from the liberals and became, not a convinced, but a thorough-going protectionist. It is not said that these were his only motives.
When the Senate bill reached the House it contained lower duties than the protectionist members desired.
The persistent pressure which Germany brought to bear on the even more protectionist systems of Russia and Austria undoubtedly induced those Powers to grant easier terms to German goods than they would have done had Germany lost her bargaining power by persisting in her former Free Trade tendencies.
I went stoutly for the Protectionist, but the priests plumped for the Free Trader, and their congregations have been regretting it ever since. One tenant was driving in a gig with me to the poll when a priest passed me on the road and said to my tenant: 'May the blast of the Almighty be upon you, for I know you are being taken to vote the wrong way.
In England a growing uneasiness over the protectionist policies and the colonial ambitions of her European rivals were soon to revive imperial sentiment. In Canada the ties of affection for the old land, as well as the inertia fostered by long years of colonial dependence, kept the independence movement from spreading far.
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