Any argument in defense or sup
port of protection, based on its neces
sity or utility, in enlarging and
strengthening tin* weaker industries
of the country, by shielding them
from competition wi"a foreign rivals,
is just as good an argument for home
protection, to shield weak and inima
Hire industries in one part of the
country against the disastrous effects
ot competition wi'h more favorably
placed and stronger ones, in other j
pin ts, and just as good an argument I
for protecting the individual from ;
competition with his more capable or)
stronger rival in the same locality, j
>r, as applied to individuals, to pro-!
tect the weak and naturally incapable
against (he disadvantages of compe
tition with the strong and capable, j
The principle is (he same. If it is
right and expedient to tux one class!
of men to help sustain another class, I
because less favorably situated, with j
respect to facilities of advancement I
in the world, and to reimburse them
for their natural or acquired disadvan
tages. Then, the principle must be
right, as applied to individuals, and j
must cover n.-t one class of disadvant- i
ages, only, but all classes; for they all |
detract in different ways and degrees,!
from men’s ability to pursue their sev-1
oral callings with equal success. Thev i
are ail attended with the same general
consequences; and thus, in another i
way, the development of this principle !
of protection conducts us to socialism, i
The Great Spring Tonic.
