In the former the farmer has a market at his door. not only for his wheat. corn. and oats. but for his butter. poultry. eggs. small fruits. and the perishable products which form such an important part of the small farmers wealth. The same rule that applies to the county applies to the country at large. Upon the same principle that induces men in new towns to offer a bonus for the establishment of factories in their midst. the Government guaranties protection from the ruinous competition of European pauper labor to the men who will establish and maintain factories in this country. What is protection? - Call it by what name you will. tariff. subsidy. or bounty. whether exercised on land or water. it is the same fostering care given by the parent government to her infant industries for the benefit of the people of the whole country in their competition with the people of other countries. England protected her manufacturers by tariff until they could defy competition. and then she proceeded to protect her shipping by subsidies. and has continued that policy until this day. when she controls more than half the shipping of the world.
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