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Editorial February 8, 1889

Wichita Eagle

Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

What is this article about?

Editorial urges immediate passage of a protective tariff bill to safeguard American labor against free-trade advocates like Grover Cleveland, emphasizing voter education and an extra congressional session to enact Republican tariff measures before the Fifty-second Congress.

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American labor. They are well intrenched behind the sophomores of the Manchester school of economy and the plausible theories of half educated economists like Grover Cleveland and his opinionated Secretary of the Treasury. There are two ways of dislodging them. First, the immediate passage of a thoroughly protective tariff bill reducing the revenues; and, secondly, the following up of that bill with strong and capable educational work on the tariff. The reason for every increase in duty should be made clear to the average voter, and every attempt on the part of the free-trade press to misrepresent those reasons should be met and promptly overcome. Unless this is done the opposition will make the passage of a tariff bill the occasion for a general onslaught on the protective principle, and if possible capture a majority in the Fifty-second Congress. Hence the necessity of an extra session of Congress and the final passage of a Republican tariff bill

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic Policy Trade Or Commerce Partisan Politics

What keywords are associated?

Protective Tariff American Labor Free Trade Criticism Tariff Education Republican Policy Fifty Second Congress

What entities or persons were involved?

Grover Cleveland Secretary Of The Treasury Manchester School Of Economy Free Trade Press Republican

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Advocacy For Protective Tariff To Support American Labor

Stance / Tone

Strongly Pro Protectionist

Key Figures

Grover Cleveland Secretary Of The Treasury Manchester School Of Economy Free Trade Press Republican

Key Arguments

American Labor Protected By Protective Tariffs Criticism Of Manchester School And Economists Like Cleveland Passage Of Protective Tariff Bill To Reduce Revenues Educational Work To Explain Tariff Increases To Voters Counter Free Trade Press Misrepresentations Prevent Opposition Capture Of Fifty Second Congress Necessity Of Extra Session For Republican Tariff Bill

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