Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1890 — BISMARCK’S TRIBUTE. [ARTICLE]

BISMARCK’S TRIBUTE.

Krom a Speech In the Reichstag by Prince Bl» hih rck Mn y 11882. The success of the United States in materia! development is the most illustrious of moderiTtime. The American nation has not only successfully bo,ne and suppressed the most gigantic and expensive war of Ell history, but immediately afterward disbanded its army, found work for all its soldiers ' and marines, paid off most of its debt, given labor and homes to al 1 the unemployed of Europe as fast as they could arrive within the territory, and still by a system of taxation so indirect as not io be perceived , much less felt. Because it is my deliberate judgment that the prosperity of America is mainly due to its system of protective laws. I urge that Germany has now reached that point where it is necessary to imitate the the tariff system ol the United States. In no event can the growth of large fortunes be laid to the charge of the protective policy. Protection has proved a distributor of great suras of money; not an agency for amassing it in the hands of The records of our savings banks and building associations can be appealed to in support of this statement. The benefit of protection goes first and last to the men who earn their bread in the sweat of their faces. The auspicious and momentous result is that never before in the history of the wor d has comfort been enjoyed, education acquired and independence secured by so large a proportion of the total population as in the United States of America.— [Blaine’s reply to-Gladstone, January. 1890. e> ' “We must not destroy our protective system. It has accomplished wonders. It has pleasant surprises still in store fpr us. It has enabled us to perfect our grand system of finance, the marvel of the world, agid has caused our credit to shine with the sun of civilization. It has fostered our industries, built up our manufactories and opened our wilderness. It has elevated our manhood, dignified our labor and educated our people. It has madeour valleys to laugh in their gladness and. touching our barren mountain sides, has caused ‘the waters of commercial prosperity to flow o’er tbe land.' It has made the flag of our Nation typify all that is great of human action, all that is grand of human thought God only knows what it would not do for us if the Democratic party would only let it alone.—[Nathan Goff.