Consequently it became necessary for the Republican Party to get on the other side of the fence. Thereupon it adopted the idea of protection as a party slogan and undertook to sell to the American people. a superstitious belief in high tariffs. and much as the doctor who cured all his patients by first throwing them into fits and then curing the fits. our friend. the enemy. in days of storm or sunshine. prescribed an increased duty on imports as the solution of every problem. In the carrying out of this sales campaign. we heard much of "infant industries ". "high wages ". "American standards ". "the foreigner pays the tax ". " pauper labor of Europe ". "American markets for American producers ". and "America first ". and a proclaiming to the world. the message: The race is to the swift and the battle is to the strong. Let them keep who have. let them take who can. and let the devil take the hindmost. The time allotted for the discussion of the bill pending before the House does not permit any enumeration of the woes unnumbered that have flowed from the enactment of unreasonably high tariff schedules during the years of Republican ascendency in our national politics preceding the advent of Grover Cleveland as President on March 4.
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