L  .glish  opinions  of  our  policy  —  By  free  trade  we  are  expected
to  unite  in  European  affairs  —  Join  a  brotherhood  of  nations —  This  for-
bidden by  our  interests  —  Such  a  brotherhood  impossible  —  Nations  act
as  they  always  have  done  —  Each  takes  care  of  itself —  Our  duty  to  take
care  of  ourselves  —  England  has  always  done  so  —  Gave  no  signs  of
change  until  she  feared  our  rivalry  —  Wants  to  reduce  us  to  inferiority  -r-
Our  duty  to  reject  free  trade  and  persist  in  the  policy  that  has  made  us
great.  513


PREFACE.
'X'HE  information  contained  in  this  publication  is  within
the  reach  of  all  who  have  access  to  public  or  select
libraries,  but  not  to  the  general  public.  It  has  been  put
into  the  present  form  with  the  hope  that  it  may  indicate,
to  such  of  the  latter  as  the  volume  may  reach,  the  sources
of  trustworthy  information  upon  one  of  our  most  impor-
tant and  interesting  public  questions.
The  arguments  with  reference  to  the  general  aspects
of  the  subject  have  been  long  since  exhausted.  It  would
be  as  difficult  to  add  any  new  ones  as  it  would  be  to  write
an  original  essay  upon  the  causes  that  led  to  our  national
independence.  In  arrangement  alone  can  there  be  any-
thing like  originality.
By  the  method  adopted,  opportunity  will  be  afforded
to  such  as  desire  correct  and  non-partisan  information,  to
understand  what  is  involved  in  each  of  the  opposing  prin-
ciples of  protection  and  free  trade,  and  to  decide  intelli-
gently between  them.  Nobody  ought  to  desire  anything
raore  than  such  an  adjustment  of  our  tariff  laws  as  shall  do
equal  justice  to  all  our  business  and  industrial  interests.
