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THE BULLETIN
Fix this textVol 3 -No. 134 -New Series.
Fix this textSATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1885.
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Fix this textThe Bull
Fix this textSATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1885.
Fix this textGeorge’s New Book.
Fix this textIn the Argus hare begun to appear the ad-
Fix this textvance sheets of a new work by the author
Fix this textof “Progress and Poverty.” “Protection
Fix this textor Freetrade ” is the title of this new publi-
Fix this textcation, and so far, it shows no falling off
Fix this textin the nervous perspicuity to which much
Fix this textof the success of Mr. George’s works is due.
Fix this textThe charm of style is a potent one. In the
Fix this textpages of Buckle, of Fboude, and of Macau-
Fix this textlay, are to be found errors so faultlessly
Fix this textdressed as truths that even a careful reader
Fix this textis apt to be misled. When Buckle saw in
Fix this textthe Exhibition of 1851. the symbol of an era
Fix this textof universal peace and good-will; and
Fix this textwhen, a few years later, he ingeniously
Fix this textaccounted for the Crimean. War by pointing
Fix this textout that it arose between the two most
Fix this textbackward countries in Europe—countries in
Fix this textwhich Western ideas had made little pro-
Fix this textgress-many of the foremost minds in Eng-
Fix this textland believed him. But the alterations
Fix this textwhich have since taken place in the Euro-
Fix this textpean map as the result of bloody struggles,
Fix this texttogether with the fact that at the present
Fix this textmoment millions of armed men are with
Fix this textdifficulty held in leash, show that’in this
Fix this textopinion, as in many others, he was wrong.
Fix this textSo with George. Some of the positions
Fix this textalready occupied by him in “ Protection or
Fix this textFreetrade,” and defended with the dialectic
Fix this textskill of which he is a master, we hold to be
Fix this textuntenable. While defending his front with
Fix this texta show of overwhelming force, he leaves
Fix this textLis flanks and rear dangerously exposed.
Fix this text• • •
Fix this textEven in the few sheets of the new book
Fix this textalready published a large amount of ground
Fix this textis covered, and there are many indications
Fix this textthat the scope is to be wide, and the inquiry
Fix this textexhaustive. At the very outset, a heap of
Fix this textrubbish is cleared away by the determina-
Fix this texttion of the writer to keep clear of that style
Fix this textof reasoning known to logicians as the post
Fix this texthoc ergo propter hoc method—a method
Fix this textthat frequently attiibutes effects to ante-
Fix this textcedent causes with which they have no
Fix this textnecessary connexion. For instance, America
Fix this textis, generally, prosperous. So is England.
Fix this textTo attribute to Protection the prosperity of
Fix this textthe one, because that fiscal policy preceded
Fix this textsuch well-being, is just as illogical as to as-
Fix this textsign, for a similar reason, the success of the
Fix this textother to Free-trade. It is on abstract prin-
Fix this textciples that George has, so far, proceeded.
Fix this textExamples illustrative of those principles
Fix this textwill no doubt, be forthcoming as the work
Fix this textproceeds. And here it may be remarked
Fix this textthat, in human affairs, the result of the ap-
Fix this textplication of sound principles is not always
Fix this texthappy, nor is the consequence of following
Fix this textunsound ones always deplorable. Assum-
Fix this texting for instance, that the true history of
Fix this textthe’Saviour’s life and teachings has come
Fix this textdown to us in the New Testament, it is cer-
Fix this texttain that by conforming to those teachings
Fix this textnot as they are conveniently interpreted by
Fix this textpaid advocates who,, clad in purple and
Fix this textfeasting sumptuously, humorously claim
Fix this textto be imitators of the Nazarene, but by
Fix this textreading them as they came from the mouth
Fix this textof the Christ Himself-civilisation, as we
Fix this textnow know it, would have no existence.
Fix this textAgain, it is wrong to lie. But there are cir-
Fix this textcumstances under which an untruth is not
Fix this textalone allowable, but meritorious. We have
Fix this textsaid so much for the purpose of showing
Fix this textthat, even if the canons enunciated by
Fix this textGeorge were unassailable, their application
Fix this textwould not be necessarily beneficial. But are
Fix this textthey unassailable? Let us see.
Fix this text• * *
Fix this text“ The protective theory asserts a general law.
Fix this textIt Is, and of necessity must he, advocated as a uni-
Fix this textversal principle, as true of one country as of
Fix this textanother. American Protectionists contend that—
Fix this textat least up to a certain point in national develop-
Fix this textment—Protection is everywhere beneficial, that
Fix this textthe prosperous nations have built up their pros-
Fix this textperity by Protection. . . . And this they must
Fix this textdo if their argument is to have any plausibility,
Fix this textfor it would be absurd to assert that a theory of
Fix this textnational growth and prosperity applies to some
Fix this textcountries and not to others.”—“ Protection or
Fix this textPrse-trade.”
Fix this textThe singular thing about this statement is
Fix this textthat it is Free-trade, and not Protection,
Fix this textthat “asserts a general law ” that “must be
Fix this textadvocated as a universal principle, as true
Fix this textof one country as of another.” Not even
Fix this textthe most uncompromising Protectionists, if
Fix this textliving in a country where fruit could not be
Fix this textgrown, would think of placing a duty on
Fix this textoranges, except for the purpose of raising a
Fix this textrevenue. No body of New England Frateo-
Fix this texttionists, if transplanted to a Pacific island
Fix this textwhere sheep could not be raised, would put
Fix this texta tax upon wool. It is Free-trade that de-
Fix this textmands universal acceptance for its prin-
Fix this textciples—that teaches that industries natural
Fix this textto a country must remain undeveloped until
Fix this textthe cost of production, including wages, has
Fix this textbeen brought down to the point where the
Fix this textcountry can compete with other lands in
Fix this textwhich similar industries have been firmly
Fix this textestablished, and wages are but one remove
Fix this textfrom the starvation point. For instance,
Fix this textimmense beds of coal anl of iron exist in
Fix this textAmerica. Similar deposits are to be foundin
Fix this textChina. In one place wages are high—low in
Fix this textthe other. According to Free-trade the Penn-
Fix this textsylvanian deposits should not be touched
Fix this textuntil the American workman could produce
Fix this textas cheaply as the Chinese, or, in other words,
Fix this textwas prepared to live on the same pittance.
Fix this textTo go to Nature for an illustration, it is
Fix this textFree-trade that claims to be of universal
Fix this textapplication like the law of gravitation,
Fix this textwhose workings can be traced in the re-
Fix this textmotest bodies in space just as well as in the
Fix this textplanets that spin round the sun. Protec-
Fix this texttion, on the other hand, may be likened to
Fix this textthe quality of iveii/ht which depends entirely
Fix this texton circumstances. If there is one quality
Fix this textwhich, more than another, appears inherent
Fix this textin matter—inseparable from it—it is pon-
Fix this textderosity. By a certain effort a man lifts a
Fix this textbody from the ground and concludes that
Fix this textfixed weight is one of the body’s attributes
Fix this textjust like its bulk or its length. But such is
Fix this textnot the case. On some planets his utmost
Fix this textstrength would be powerless to move such
Fix this texta body at all, while on others he could
Fix this textthrow it to a considerable distance with
Fix this textlittle effort. Indeed, positions in space can
Fix this textbe easily imagined where the word
Fix this text“ weight” would have no meaning—where a
Fix this textfeather on one scale would balance a ball of
Fix this textlead on the other.
Fix this text• * ♦
Fix this textGeorge was at one time a Protectionist.
Fix this textHe is now a Free-trader. What caused his
Fix this textviews to change ? Let him speak for him-
Fix this textself :—
Fix this text“ As he [in able American Protectionist whom
Fix this texthe heard lecture] urged that American Industries
Fix this textmust be protected from the competition of foreign
Fix this textcountries, that we ought to work up our own raw
Fix this textmaterials, and allow nothing to be imported that
Fix this textwe could produce for ourselves, I began to see
Fix this textthat these propositions, if true, must be univer-
Fix this textsally true. For the first time I began seriously to-
Fix this textthink of what this theory Involved, to realise that
Fix this textIf It were (rue, not only should every nation shut
Fix this textitself out trom every other nation; not only
Fix this textshould the various sections of every large country
Fix this textinstitute tariffs of their own to shelter their indus-
Fix this texttries from the competition of other sections, but
Fix this textthat the reason given why no people should
Fix this textobtain from abroad anything that they could
Fix this textmake at home must apply to every family. It
Fix this text[Protection] implies that a federation of mankind,
Fix this textsuch as that which prevents the establishment of
Fix this texttariffs between the States of the American Union,
Fix this textwould be a disaster to the race. . . . Such a
Fix this texttheory might consort with that form of Polythe-
Fix this textism which assigns to each nation a separate ar d
Fix this texthostile God, but it is hard to reconcile It with the
Fix this textidea of the unity of the Creative Mind and the
Fix this textuniversatlty of law. Imagine a Christian mission-
Fix this textary expounding to a ntwly-disoovered people the
Fix this textsublime truths of the gospel of peace and love—
Fix this textthe fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of mar.
Fix this text. . . Could he in the same breath go on to de-
Fix this textclare that, by virtue of the laws of this same God,
Fix this texteach nation, to prosper, must defend itsvlf against
Fix this textall other nations by a Protective tariff? . . .
Fix this textNatural and revealed religion alike teach us that
Fix this textti e highest good of esca Is to be sought in the
Fix this textg< od of others. . . . To make that a crime by
Fix this textstatute which is no crime in morals, is inevitably
Fix this textto destroy respect for law.”
Fix this textTo begin with the last excerpt, until man
Fix this texthas developed qualitits of which he at prt-
Fix this textstut gives no promifp, there will be statute
Fix this textcrimes which are not moral ones. Universal
Fix this textFree-trade would have no more effect in
Fix this textpreventing this than universal Protection
Fix this textin causing it. To distil spirits without a
Fix this textlicense, dispose of goods by lottery, or, if a
Fix this textbarber, shave customers on Sunday, are
Fix this textStatute offences, but certainly not moral
Fix this textones. If the tendency of this class of crime
Fix this textis to destroy respect for law, respeot for law
Fix this textwould long since have disappeared. Geobob
Fix this textfinds it hard to reconcile Protective tariffs
Fix this textwith the “idea of the unity of the creative
Fix this textmind.” It is odd that such an astute rea-
Fix this textsoner should endeavour to strengthen his
Fix this textposition by a statement of this kind. It is a
Fix this textdangerous one to make. To first imagine a
Fix this textCreative Mind and then condemn or deny
Fix this textcertain facts because they are not reconcil-
Fix this textable with the attributes which you attribute
Fix this textto that mind is surely the height of unrea-
Fix this textson. Nothing has tended to retard human
Fix this textprogress so much as this desire to make
Fix this textfacts fit in with preconceived notions of a
Fix this textCreator’s attributes. Behind the pheno-
Fix this textmena of Nature the theologian finds—or
Fix this textthinks he finds—a Being all-powerful and
Fix this textall-good. But the scientist looks out upon
Fix this textNature itself, and sees in it a vast shambles
Fix this textwhere the weakest go to the wall—an Inex-
Fix this textorable mother who sacrifices millions that
Fix this textone may live. The difficulty that Geobgb
Fix this textfinds in reconciling imposts with the “idea
Fix this textof the unity of the Creative Mind ” is but
Fix this textanother form of the difficulty the theologian
Fix this textexperiences in combining the incompatibles
Fix this text—an omnipotent Creator and a world full of
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Fix this textIt all men spoke the same language, were
Fix this texton the same plane of civilisation, obeyed
Fix this textthe same laws, had but one central govern-
Fix this textment, and had no preference for one country
Fix this textmore than for another—if, further, labour
Fix this textwere so thoroughly organised throughout the
Fix this textworld that the soul-destroying competition
Fix this textwhich many foolishly think to be the “life
Fix this textof trade,” were held within bounds, there
Fix this textwould be no need for Protection, Freetrade
Fix this textmeans not alone the right of unrestricted
Fix this textcommerce, but the right of every man to
Fix this textcarry himself and his labour to the best
Fix this textmarket. Consider what would be the result
Fix this textof this in the present state of mankind.
Fix this textAmong men the “survival of the fittest”
Fix this textdoes not necessaiily mean the survival of
Fix this textthe highest types of humanity. Orientals
Fix this textwill live aud thrive where Europeans starve.
Fix this textBrought into competition witu Chinese —a
Fix this textrace taught frugality, patience and obedi-
Fix this textence, by ages of oppression—the free-bom
Fix this textand independent American and Australian
Fix this textcannot hold their own. Does this prove
Fix this textTHE LATE KING ALFjNSO.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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